May 2, 2009

Box Score

BALTIMORE, MD - The 10th-ranked Johns Hopkins women's tennis team blanked visiting Haverford 5-0 on Saturday morning in the Centennial Conference semifinals to advance to its third straight championship match. The Blue Jays win their 11th straight match and improve to 12-3 on the season. The Fords close out their season at 8-9.

Hopkins got things going early, sweeping all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead. Junior Ellen Berlinghof (Dresher, PA/Upper Dublin) and sophomore Abby Dwyer (Stuart, FL/Jensen Beach) won 8-1 at third over Jaclyn Porter and Fumiko Shogase as the pair improved to 14-1 on the season. Senior Brittany Matava (Denver, CO/Littleton) and freshman Carolyn Warren (Boulder, CO/Fairview) then beat Karen Lavi and Katie Wettick, 8-3, at first. The win was the 125th of Matava's career. After going down 2-0 at second to Katie Drooyan and Helen Fisun, junior Anita Bhamidipati (Egg Harbor Township, NJ/Egg Harbor Township) and sophomore Yasmine Elamir (Saddle River, NJ/Heritage Academy (SC)) won eight straight games to take the match 8-2 and improve to 10-2 on the season.

In singles play, Matava picked up her 12th straight win, beating Porter 6-1, 6-1 to push Hopkins lead to 4-0. Freshman Mallory Willenborg (Miami Shores, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas) then clinched the match for the Blue Jays with a 6-0, 6-0 win at third over Fisun.

Hopkins will take on the winner of the Washington-Muhlenberg match in Sunday's championship match. The match is slated to begin at 3:00 pm at Johns Hopkins. In the event of inclement weather, the match will be moved indoors to Perring Athletic Club (located at 7501 Oakleigh Road, Parkville, MD 21234).