Box Score Claremont, Calif.- No. 4 Denison men's tennis bounces back to the win column after defeating the No. 19 Johns Hopkins in a truncated 4-1 decision. The Big Red improved to 9-2 for the season, while Johns Hopkins dropped to 3-6 .

Denison took an early 1-0 lead after securing doubles wins on court one and two. Duo Ethan Green and Kael Shah defeated Daniel Ardila and Dylan Blenkiron impressively with a 6-0 decision. On court two Colin Gramley and Jacob Patterson battled a bit to earn their 6-4 win over the Blue Jays.

In singles play Denison continued to roll, with Shah beating his opponent 6-2, 6-0 on court one. 20 minutes later Andreas Chapides defeated Zahari Stoimenov by the score of 6-3, 6-4. Knotching Johns Hopkins' lone win was Mukundh Boopathi on court six, where he defeated the Big Red's Conlin. Securing the 4-1 victory was Patterson, who defeated Dylan Blenkiron 6-0, 1-6, 7-6.

When asked about today's match and the spring break trip overall head coach David Schilling stated, " Our guys fought really hard today, after a really long day yesterday. It was great to see Andreas battle back today. He kind of had a rough day yesterday And his point was crucial to our success.
In addition, we played really solid doubles, and that got us off to a good start.
It was a long trip to California, but to come out with four wins in five matches, with our only loss being to the number one team in the country, we have to deem it a success."

Up Next
Denison travels to Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, March 29 to compete in the Ohio Invitational, hosted by Case Western Reserve University. The Big Red take on No. 12 WashU and #37 Hobart College at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. respectively on day one of the invitational.


#4 Denison 4, #19 Johns Hopkins 1
Doubles
Ethan Green/ Kael Shah (DENM) def. Daniel Ardila/ Dylan Blenkiron (JHUM) 6-0
Colin Gramley/ Jacob Patterson (DENM) def. Allen Gong/ Chakor Sankaram Rajendra (JHUM) 6-4
Andreas Chapides/ Nick Meyers (DENM) vs Marco Azar/ Mukundh Boopathi (JHUM)- INC

Singles
Kael Shah (DENM) def. Chakor Sankaram Rajendra (JHUM) 6-2, 6-0
Ethan Green (DENM) def. Vs Daniel Ardila (JHUM -INC
Jacob Patterson (DENM) def. Dylan Blenkiron (JHUM) 6-0, 1-6, 7-6 
Andreas Chapides (DENM) def. Zahari Stoimenov (JHUM) 6-3, 6-4
Nick Meyers (DENM) vs Marco Azar (JHUM)-INC
Mukundh Boopathi (JHUM) def. Mason Conlin (DENM) 6-1, 6-2

Match Notes
Denison University, 8-2 (1-0 NCAC), nationally ranked #4
Johns Hopkins, 3-6, nationally ranked #19
Singles Order: 1,4,6,3
Doubles Order: 1,2