The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team defeated Goucher College 6-1 last Thursday afternoon. They won five of six singles matches and all three doubles matches to secure the win. Junior Kevin Alford defeated Drew Rothman 6-0, 6-3 in No. 1 singles, and senior Ashish Lall dropped the first set before rebounding to defeat Reid Anderson 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 3 singles match.
The match was originally scheduled for the previous Tuesday but had to be rescheduled due to adverse weather. The team had expected to win the matchup, but not without some resistance.
"Goucher is always a tough match because there is a rivalry there," said senior Sion Roy. "Even though it was a 6-1 victory all the matches were close and difficult."
Sophomore Grant Roch won 6-2, 6-2 in No. 4, freshman Justin Belisario won 6-2, 6-0 in No. 5, and senior Henry Huang won 6-3, 7-5 in No. 6. Alford and Belisario won in No. 1 doubles by defeating Rothman and Josh Sofer, 8-4. Lall and senior Erhan Bedistani won 8-0 in No. 2, while Roch and Huang won 8-0 in No. 3.
The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team won the top three singles matches but dropped a tough 4-3 decision at Haverford College Saturday afternoon. The team was without Justin Chan because of an illness.
"Haverford was an extremely tough loss because they cost us No. 2 in the conference," said Roy.
The Blue Jays fell to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in Centennial Conference action, while the Fords improved to 12-5 overall and 5-1 in the league. Alford finished in No. 1 singles 4-6, 6-3 (2), and Roy topped his 6-4, 6-0 in No. 2.
Ashish was the other singles winner for Hopkins, as he defeated his Haverford opponent 7-5, 6-2 in No. 3.
Haverford took the other three singles matches as they defeated sophomore Grant Roch 6-0, 6-3 in No. 4, Belisario 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in No. 5, and topped senior Henry Huang 6-0, 6-4 in No. 6.
Alford and Belisario defeated Bowman and Matt Stein 8-4 in No.1 doubles, but the Fords would take the doubles point with an 8-4 win in No. 2 and an 8-1 victory in No. 3.
The Blue Jays return to the courts Wednesday when they travel to Western Maryland for a 3:30 p.m. match.
The Women's team, meanwhile, was busy facing conference rival Franklin & Marshall. Franklin & Marshall won four of six singles matches and all three doubles matches to defeat Johns Hopkins, 7-2, in women's tennis action Friday afternoon.
Senior Emily Petersen defeated F&M opponent Jen Dubow 6-4, 6-4 in No. 1 singles, and sophomore Liz Crowe topped her opponent 6-1, 7-5 in No. 5 singles to account for the Blue Jays' two points.
Sophomore Lauren Shevchik was beat 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, as was sophomore Cara Loeys 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Michelle Liang was also topped by the Diplomats, in the No. 4 singles 2-6, 6-2 (10-6).
The Franklin & Marshall No. 1 doubles squad needed a tiebreaker to beat Peterson and Shevchik 9-8 (2) at No. 1 doubles. However the Diplomats won the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles with less trouble, 8-2 and 9-7 respectively.
The Lady Jays also traveled to Western Maryland last Wed. to face the Green Terror.
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