The Basics
• Scores: #26 Johns Hopkins-8, Bates-1
• Records: JHU (1-1) • BC (3-4)
• Location: Fredericksburg, VA • Battleground Athletic Complex
• The Short Story: The 26^th-ranked Johns Hopkins women's tennis team rolled to an 8-1 win over Bates at the Blue-Gray Invitational Friday afternoon.
 
How it Happened
• Hopkins opened the match with a sweep of the doubles to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Sophomore Anjie Kashyap and junior Sophia Strickland picked up an 8-2 win at first over Hannah Sweeney and Anna Rozin.
• Senior Kimberly Zou and sophomore Dhanya Asokumar were 8-4 winners at second over Bella Stone and Isabelle Rovinski. Senior Chrissy Simon and freshman Jessica Liang grabbed an 8-5 win over Lauren Hernandez and Sydney Byrnes at third.
• Kashyap clinched the win for the Blue Jays with her 6-4, 6-0 win over Sweeney at first singles. Stone picked up the lone point for the Bobcats with a 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (9) win over Strickland at second
• Zou came from behind to beat Rozin 5-7, 7-6, 1-0 (4) at third. Asokumar also won in three sets as she beat Suzanne Elfman 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 at fourth.
• At fifth, freshman Evelyn Chang needed just two sets to beat Rovinski 6-2, 6-3. And at sixth, Liang dropped just one game in her win over Hernandez, 6-1, 6-0.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins improves to 3-0 all-time against Bates.
• Zou now has 84 total wins in her career (42 singles, 42 doubles) and is tied or 10^th in school history.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins takes on 11^th-ranked Skidmore on Saturday at 10:00 am at the Blue-Gray Invitational.