BALTIMORE - The 10th ranked Johns Hopkins University women's tennis team recorded an 8-1 victory against #7 Tufts University in a non-conference match between the highly-ranked squads on Tuesday afternoon at JHU Courts.
Hailey Hogan, Shannon Herndon, Abby Clark and Stephanie Rettig all won in singles and doubles for the Blue Jays, who improved to 3-2 overall for 2011-12. The Jumbos fell to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the spring.
Johns Hopkins won all three doubles matches. The third match was the most competitive, as Rettig and partner Andrea Berlinghof defeated Jumbo first-year Sophie Schonfield (Washington, DC) and sophomore Rebecca Kimmel (Longmeadow, MA) 9-7.
Singles wins by Rettig at #6 and by Elaine Baik at #1 gave Hopkins a 5-0 lead and the match victory. Jumbo sophomore Samantha Gann (Massapequa, NY) broke up the shutout with a win at #3. The match was tied 1-1 and was decided by a super tie-breaker, in which she outlasted Nandita Krishnan 15-13. Kimmel's match at #4 was also tied and decided by a super tie-breaker, which was won by Rettig 10-6.
The Jumbos conclude their three-match spring break trip by playing at Washington and Lee in the Fab Five Tournament on Thursday at 4 pm.
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