Starting with a sweep over Franklin & Marshall at home, the men’s tennis team has cruised to a remarkable six-match winning streak over the past two weeks. Last weekend, Hopkins hosted Swarthmore on Friday, battling to a 6-3 win, and won both of their matches with ease on Saturday. Their record boosted to 14-4 on the season and 8-0 in the conference.
As the season presses on, the women’s tennis team has continued to improve from week to week. On Saturday, the Lady Jays topped Centennial Conference opponent Muhlenberg as well as 21st ranked Mary Washington. The two wins extended the team’s win streak to six consecutive games.
The 13th ranked men’s track and field team traveled to Chester, Pa. to compete in the Widener Invitational meet. Many Hopkins athletes had strong performances in this two-day meet to make it a successful weekend for the Jays.
As the sun was setting on Homewood Field, the seventh-ranked Jays prepared to play their third game in nine days and their last at home. The visiting Villanova Wildcats were all that stood in the way of a potential five-game win streak.
Seventh-ranked Hopkins women’s lacrosse fell 12-10 to 12th-ranked Penn State on the road on Friday night. The Jays were outscored 8-3 in the second half by the Nittany Lions, who moved to 9-6 on the season and 3-3 in American Lacrosse Conference Action. The Jays fell to 12-3 on the season and 2-3 in the ALC. Seniors Taylor D’Amore and Sammy Cermack collectively totaled 10 points in the losing effort.
The Hopkins women’s track team had another impressive performance on April 18 at the Larry Ellis Invitational. Blue Jay senior Maggie Shelton had a record-breaking performance on Friday night, further cementing her place in the record books. Shelton finished the 800-meter race with a time of 2:07.29, beating the former Hopkins record set by Annie Monagle with a time of 2:08.73. Along with the Hopkins record, Shelton bested the conference record of Haverford’s Annick Lamar, 2:08.15, that she set back in 2008, securing a spot in the Centennial Conference record books.
For the Hopkins baseball team, a busy schedule has become customary.
The women’s track team had a successful weekend at the Mount St. Mary's Multi's and at the Widener Invite.
The Blue Jays rode two dynamic pitching performances from sophomore Carter Burns and junior Jacob Enterlin and the thumping bat of sophomore Raul Shah to two victories (8-4, 5-3) against Swarthmore the afternoon of Saturday April 12. Shah was 5-6 on the day with two home runs and three RBI, while Burns and Enterlin combined to hurl 18 strikeouts over 17.0 innings pitched.
With 20 seconds left in the second overtime, Hopkins sophomore Dene Dimartino scored the winning goal, snapping the fifth-ranked Northwestern Wildcats’ five-game win streak. The Lady Jays are now 11-2 overall in the season, and their ALC record is back to .500 with just two league games to go.
Sophomore third baseman Raul Shah had quite the weekend at the plate, especially in the doubleheader against Swarthmore. Shah was 5-6 at the plate with two homers, leading Hopkins to wins in both games. On the week, Shah hit .611 at the plate with a 1.056 slugging percentage, and was named in D3baseball.com’s Team of the Week. After spending last season as a seldom-used backup, Shah has emerged as one of the key contributors on the team this year. He was kind enough to answer a few questions about his season, his offseason training and the team’s performance thus far.
The Hopkins women’s tennis team beat visiting Washington College in a shut out 9-0 on Saturday afternoon. Currently ranked third, the Lady Jays remain the only unbeaten team in the Centennial Conference. They improved to 13-1 overall and 5-0 in the conference.
A crowd of nearly 10,000 erupted in cheers as the Blue Jays stormed onto Homewood Field last Saturday. The Jays were playing the role of massive underdogs and not-so-gracious hosts.
On a day that saw a staggering 17 men’s facility records fall, the Blue Jays’ men’s track and field team placed second at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational. The Blue Jays scored 86 points at the Hopkins/Loyola Track and Field Complex on Saturday. For the second consecutive year, Salisbury won the event with 114 points. Buffalo State finished third with 80 points.
This season, the Hopkins men’s tennis team has bested all of their conference play opponents, and this Saturday was no different. Last week’s matches ended on a high note; after going 1-2 in the weekend matches, the Blue Jays swept Centennial Conference opponent Franklin & Marshall to improve their undefeated conference record to 4-0. Hopkins was able to carry their momentum to Haverford on Saturday to prevail yet again with a 9-0 sweep in the matches.
The Hopkins women’s track and field team competed in their sole home meet of the year, the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational, this past Saturday. The field was stacked with competitive performances in which seven facility records were broken on the women’s side alone.
Whether they are competing close to home or across the country, the men’s track team has yet to encounter an arena that can slow them down.
In their double-header against Franklin & Marshall, careless play in the field was the Blue Jays’ downfall, as 10 Hopkins errors (five in each game) made way for eight Diplomat runs over the afternoon.
Facing the nation’s best scorer this past weekend, the Hopkins women’s lacrosse team fell in a tough 10-9 loss to the Florida Gators. Florida’s Shannon Gilroy is leading the nation in scoring, and held her title as she scored seven second-half points to give fourth ranked Florida the win over the 13th ranked Lady Jays.
After winning the indoor conference championship, the women’s track and field team has looked to continue their success and hold up to their 5th place national ranking this outdoor season. In order to give every runner an opportunity to race this past weekend, the team split up into three different, but competitive meets: the Stanford Invitational, the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, and Millersville Metrics in Pennsylvania. The Lady Jays competed against many top Division I teams and put up strong performances in each meet.
