BALTIMORE, MD – Host and 18
th-ranked Johns Hopkins beat 21
st-ranked Mary Washington, 6-3, in non-conference action Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays improve to 11-5 overall while the Eagles fall to 12-6.
Hopkins fell behind 2-0, but rallied to win six of the final seven matches to earn the win. Rishi Charan Shankar and Peter Leese gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead with an 8-6 win at number one doubles over
Allen Gong and
Pranav Gadiraju. Trevor Rein and Evan Fisher then beat
Daniel Ardila and
Marco Azar, 8-5, and it was 2-0 Eagles.
Hanyu Liu and
Chakor Rajendra prevented the doubles' sweep with an 8-7 win over Albert Vladimirskiy and Jack Riordan at three.
Gong took the first singles' point and tied the match when he beat Rein 6-3, 6-1 at number four. Liu then defeated Artis Hart 6-4, 6-2 at three to put Hopkins up 3-2. Shankar answered with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Ardila at one to tie the match at three. Gadiraju put the Blue Jays back on top when he won 6-1, 6-2 at six over Fisher. Rajendra then clinched the win as he came from behind to beat Brock Ladehoff 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at two. Azar capped the victory with another come-from-behind win for the Jays. He beat Leese 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 at five to make it a 6-3 final.
Hopkins wraps up the regular season on Saturday, April 27 with a pair of matches versus Ursinus and at Muhlenberg.
Notes: Liu's win at three singles was the 100
th combined win of his career • He is now 100-69 for his career, including 54-22 at Hopkins • The win was also the 150
th of head coach
Brendan Kincaid's career • He is now 150-68 for his career, including 49-12 at JHU.