BALTIMORE – The Gettysburg College men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision to No. 17 Johns Hopkins University in a Centennial Conference meeting on Friday.
 
Gettysburg (2-2, 0-2 CC) suffered a sweep in doubles at the hands of Johns Hopkins (7-3, 3-0 CC). Senior Christian Deschapelles (Riverside, Conn./King School) and junior Andrew Corwin (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) dropped an 8-3 decision at the third flight.
 
The Blue Jays clinched the team win with straight-set victories at the top three singles flights and won a pair of pro-sets at fourth and fifth singles. Freshman Harrison Brown (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) prevented the shutout with an 8-6 victory over Nathan Safran at No. 6. Brown jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held on for Gettysburg's first singles victory against the 11-time defending conference champs since 2005.
 
Gettysburg travels to Swarthmore College on Saturday for a conference match beginning at 3 p.m.
 
#17 Johns Hopkins 8, Gettysburg 1
 
 Singles competition
1. Justin Kang (JHUM) def. Christian Deschapelles (GC) 6-2, 6-1
2. Aaron Carey (JHUM) def. Kevin Maier (GC) 6-1, 6-0
3. Robby Simon (JHUM) def. Tommy Gilio (GC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Matt Lurie (JHUM) def. Andrew Corwin (GC) 8-1
5. Alex Matisse (JHUM) def. Henry Pletcher (GC) 8-1
6. Harrison Brown (GC) def. Nathan Safran (JHUM) 8-6
 
 Doubles competition
1. Joe Cartledge/Austin Gu (JHUM) def. Tommy Gilio/Kevin Maier (GC) 8-1
2. Alex Matisse/Vik Vasan (JHUM) def. Jacob Meehan/Henry Pletcher (GC) 8-1
3. Jack Hogan/Charlie Humes (JHUM) def. Andrew Corwin/Christian Deschapelles (GC) 8-3
 
Match Notes:
Gettysburg 2-2, 0-2 CC
Johns Hopkins 7-3, 3-0; National ranking #17; Regional ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,3,1,4,5,6)