The Hopkins men’s tennis team continued their dominance as of late, beating Ursinus and Carnegie Mellon on back-to-back days this past Saturday and Sunday.
The Blue Jays extended the current win streak to five games, blanking both teams by a score of 9-0.
The 12th-ranked Hopkins traveled to Ursinus on Saturday, improving to 4-0 in the Centennial Conference.
Leading 3-0 after doubles, Hopkins went on to sweep all six singles matches.
Jay sophomores Andy Hersh and Morgan Dauer lost only two games in an 8-2 win at first doubles. The sophomores set the tone for the day, with the rest of the Jays dominating in subsequent matches.
Hopkins Junior Ron Friedman and freshman Joonas Karjalainen won their match 8-1 at third doubles. At second, freshman German Gonzalez and sophomore Jeff Kamei won their match 8-6.
The outstanding play was extended into the singles matches, as Ursinus was clearly overmatched by the powerful Hopkins team.
Hersh won the first singles match 6-2, 6-2. Dauer was absolutely relentless in singles, refusing to lose a game, and winning by a count of 6-0, 6-0. Gonzalez beat his apponent, 6-4, 6-0, winning the second set without losing a game.
Kamei won 6-0, 6-2 at fourth singles.
Friedman lost just one game at fifth in a 6-0, 6-1. Finally, Karjalainen concluded the sweep of Ursinus, winning in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
The following day Hopkins hosted the 17th-ranked Carnegie Mellon Tartans.
The Jays clearly showed why they deserve to be the 12th-ranked team, blowing out the Tartans in shutout fashion, 9-0. The Jays improved to 9-3 overall, winning their fifth straight match and posting their third consecutive shutout of this season.
The Blue Jays started off hot, with junior Jacob Barnaby and senior Casey Blythe setting the tempo at first doubles. Winning by a final 8-3, Barnaby picked up his 99th career win (singles and doubles) and he is only one win shy of becoming the sixth player in school history to reach 100 wins.
At second doubles, junior Warren Elgort and senior Andrew Wang beat up Carnegie Mellon 8-4. At third, Sophomore Jeff Kamei and senior Ryan Rauck completed the doubles sweep 8-2.
Moving on to singles matches, Hopkins won three of the six in straight sets. First singles was the closest match of the day. Wang managed to pull out a win in the thrilling three set match. Wang took the first set 7-6 before losing the second set 7-5. The final set went to a super tiebreaker where Wang squeaked by winning 11-9.
At second singles, Elgort also needed three sets to put away his opponent. He won the first set 7-5, lost the second 1-6, then rebounded to dominate the third set, 6-0.
Hersh went off to knock off his opponent at third singles, winning 7-5, 6-0. Blythe and Dauer also won their matches in straight sets.
Freshman Jeremy Schwartz rounded out the match, seeking a win to complete the Hopkins third straight sweep. Schwartz came from behind and came away with a win in a three-set match. After dropping the first set 6-1, Schwartz won the second 6-4 before taking the third, 10-4, in a super tiebreaker.
The Jays look to extend their win streak this week, with seven matches left in the season before the Centennial Conference Championships on April 30. They head to Haverford for this weekend.
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