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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Jason Bryden

#10 Blue Jays Down Shoremen in Centennial Semifinal, 5-0

BALTIMORE, Md. – Host #10 Johns Hopkins advanced to the final of the Centennial Conference Tournament in men's tennis with a 5-0 win over visiting Washington College in the semifinal round of the conference tournament on Thursday afternoon at the Tennis Courts at Johns Hopkins.  The Blue Jays are the second seed in the tournament, while the Shoremen are seeded third. 

#10 Johns Hopkins 5 Washington College 0

Doubles
- The Blue Jays won all three doubles matches to lead 3-0.
- Joe DeMarco and George Jiang at third doubles won the first match to complete in an 8-3 win over Christian Gruyon and Ryohei Kawai.
- First doubles finished next as Thomas Yu and James Yu, the third ranked doubles tandem in the region, won 8-4 over Karl Hoegstedt and Andre-Remi Jakobi, ranked sixth in the region.
- In No. 2 doubles, Daniel Ardila and Jonathan Zhang topped Jack Fanshawe and Landon Strober in the last match to finish, 8-4.

Singles
- Fifth singles was the first match to come to a close as the hosts' James Yu won 6-0, 6-1 over Aaradith Ravichandran to give Johns Hopkins a 4-0 lead.
- Thomas Yu, ranked first in the region, secured the win for the Blue Jays as he topped Hoegstedt, ranked eighth in the Atlantic South, 6-0, 6-1.
- Mason Liu, ranked 17th in the region, bested Jakobi 7-6 (7-3) in the first set at No. 3 when the match was stopped due to Johns Hopkins clinching the match.  Ardila took a 7-5 win in the opening set at four singles over Fanshawe when the match ended. 
- Zhang, ranked 18th in the Atlantic South, won the first set versus Strober 6-3 and were tied 2-2 at No. 2 singles when the contest ended.
- Marco Azur was leading Gruyon, 6-3, 5-1, at No. 6 at the time of the match coming to a close.

Notes
- Washington, ranked 15th in the Atlantic South Region, finishes its season at 7-9, while #10 Johns Hopkins, ranked third in the region is now 18-3 on the season.
- The Shoremen were competing in their 12th conference tournament, which commenced in 2006.
- The two teams have combined to win all 28 conference championships with Johns Hopkins winning 16 and Washington capturing 12.
- WC had three seniors this season and they were Gruyon, Strober and Andrew Province.
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