Even before the Hopkins women’s tennis team went 3-1 this week, their lone loss coming against Division I foe Delaware, the Jays were ranked ninth in the latest national poll, their highest national ranking in two years thanks to a 10-1 record at the time.
Hopkins would stretch its win total to 11 on Thursday when they took on McDaniel in a conference affair, giving them their eighth win in a row. The Green Terror were no match for the ladies who rolled over them in a 9-0 debacle. Hopkins was led by sophomore Yoko Hirase and junior Courtney Boger in the match, neither of whom dropped a single game between doubles and singles.
The next day, the Jays clinched the number-one seed in the Centennial Conference playoffs and the right to host the tournament by beating the Mules of Muhlenberg 7-2.
As has been the case all season long, the Jays were paced by their impressive doubles play that got them an early 3-0 lead. Freshman Hailey Hogan and sophomore Nandita Krishnan, who won her third Centennial Conference player of the week award this week, lived up to their number-one ranking in the Atlantic South with an 8-4 at first doubles. At singles, junior Carolyn Warren won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, at first singles.
On Saturday, the Jays played indoors against 23rd-ranked Mary Washington, running their win streak to 10 with a 7-2 showing.
Hopkins again swept their doubles matches and watched Warren sweep her two single sets to become just the fourth player in Hopkins history to witch the 50-win plateau.
The Jays held their own against the Blue Hens of Delware on Sunday, falling 6-1 to end their 10-game win streak. Krishnan had the lone Hopkins win, losing just one game at second singles.
The girls are at home on Thursday against Gettysburg.
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