SALISBURY, Md. - Johns Hopkins' men's tennis team defeated Salisbury State 5-2 on the road on March 9. The Blue Jays, who ended the fall campaign with a 2-3 mark, open the spring season with a victory to improve to 3-3 overall.

Senior co-captain Jamie Saxe (Fair Haven, NJ/Rumson-Fair Haven) won 7-6(5), 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Kevin Alford (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon Township) was also taken to a tie-break, winning 6-3, 7-6(5) at #2 singles. Senior Andrew Chu (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) at No. 3 singles needed three sets to hand his opponent a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 defeat. Senior co-captain Dan Kreeger (Miami Beach, FL/Ransom Everglades) also won 6-3, 6-4 in his match at #5.

Hopkins earned the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 2. The tandem of Saxe and Alford bested Salisbury State's #1 team of Greg Forster and Nicholas Peel, 9-7. Chu and Kreeger combined for the 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles.

JHU opens conference play this Wednesday when the team hosts in-state Centennial Conference rival Western Maryland at 3:00 p.m. on the JHU Tennis Courts.

Fri., Mar. 9, 2001 @ Salisbury State Tennis Courts

No. 2 Kevin Alford (JH) d. Nicholas Peel (SS), 6-3, 7-6(5)

No. 3 Andrew Chu (JH) d. Matt Mullen (SS), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

No. 4 Scott Mayberry (SS) d. Sion Roy (JH), 3-6, 6-2, 10-8

No. 5 Dan Kreeger (JH) d. Ed Snyder (SS), 6-3, 6-4

No. 6 Jason Siegert (SS) d. Ashish Lall (JH)

No. 1 Saxe/Alford (JH) d. Forster/Peel (SS), 9-7

No. 2 Chu/Kreeger (JH) d. Mullen/Snyder (SS), 8-6

No. 3 Mayberry/Siegert (SS) d. Roy/Grant Roch (JH), 8-1

— 30 —