Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Sports Information

Host and seventh-ranked Johns Hopkins defeated Swarthmore, 5-0, on Sunday afternoon to claim the program's seventh straight Centennial Conference title. The Blue Jays win their school-record 14th straight match as they improve to 18-2 on the season, while the Garnet fall to 13-4. Hopkins earns the conference's automatic qualifier and will make its seventh straight appearance in the NCAA Championship.

Sophomores Shannon Herndon and Stephanie Rettig took the first point of the match with a quick 8-1 win at second doubles over Katie Samuelson and Brooke Wilkins. At first, junior Hailey Hogan and freshman Sydney Lehman found themselves in an early 3-0 hole but won seven straight games to take a 7-3 lead. Stephanie Chia and Emily Rosenblum won the 11th game of the match, but the Blue Jay came right back with a win to take the match by an 8-4 score. Sophomore Elaine Baik and junior Abby Clarkthen closed out doubles play with an 8-2 defeat of Gayatri Iyengar and Kelsey Johnson at third.

Rettig pushed the Blue Jays' lead in the match to four with a 6-1, 6-0 win at fifth singles over Iyengar. Lehman then clinched the win and the title as she beat Jackie Lane 6-1, 6-0 at fourth.