BALTIMORE, MD -- The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team picked up two wins on Saturday as the Blue Jays topped Franklin & Marshall at home (6-1) and knocked off Washington College (6-1) on the road.  The sixth-ranked Blue Jays improve to 8-4 on the year and have won three of their last four.

Johns Hopkins opened its two-match day with the 6-1 win over the Diplomats in the Baltimore.  The Blue Jays grabbed the doubles point with wins at one and three and then took five of the six singles matches to grab the 6-1 win.

Dylan Blenkiron and Jason Li picked up a 6-3 win at third doubles, only to have F&M grab a 6-4 win at two.  The Blue Jays' top team of Allen Gong and Chakor Rajendra then locked up the doubles point as they grabbed a 6-4 victory.

In singles, Rajendra eased to a 6-2, 6-0 over Luke Brodsky at one and the Blue Jays added straight-set wins from Joshua Kim (6-2, 6-2) at five, Mukkundh Boopathi (6-4, 6-4) at four and Jason Li (6-2, 7-5) at three to lock up the team victory.

Pranay Gadiraju closed out the win at sixth singles for the Blue Jays as he took Nate Arnold in three sets 6-2, 4-6, 6-0).

After making a quick 90-minute drive the Eastern Shore, the Blue Jays followed a nearly identical script in the 6-1 win against the Shoremen as they won two of the three doubles matches to grab a 1-0 lead and then took five of the six singles matches to account for the 6-1 final score.

Again it was the third doubles team grabbing a win to get things started as Blenkiron and Brian Yi scored a 6-1 victory, while Rajendra and Gong matched that with a 6-1 win at number one before the Shoremen grabbed a 7-5 win at two.

In singles, the Blue Jays grabbed straight-set wins at six, three and two to go up 4-0.  Daniel Green jump-started the three wins as he topped Oscar Wroblewski (6-1, 6-1) at six, while Yi was finished not long after as he scored a 6-1, 6-2 victory at three.  Gong added a 6-1, 6-3 win in the number three spot to put the Blue Jays on the brink.

Jorge Urgal Zuleta picked up a 6-3, 7-6 win at five to get the Shoremen on the board, but Owen Akers clinched things for the Blue Jays with a 6-2, 6-4 win at four.

Blenkiron closed things with a 7-6 (12-10), 6-2 win in the number one spot.

Johns Hopkins will return to action on April 10-11 when the Blue Jays participate in the Mary Washington Invitational. Read Full Article