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BALTIMORE, Md. -- The Morgan State men's team won four of six singles matches to come from behind to beat the Johns Hopkins, 5-4, on Sunday afternoon at the JHU Tennis Courts.

The Bears improved its record to 2-4 on the season.Hopkins (1-1) suffered its first loss to Morgan State and falls to 4-1 in the series. The last two meetings have been decided by just one point.

"What a day for our men's program," said MSU coach Matthew Townes. "The guys came through with a big win today".

"They had to overcome wind, cold weather, an abrasive home crowd, and a hungry Hopkins team,"  added Townes. "They stuck to the game plan in crucial moments and it got them through. Johns Hopkins is a high quality program, and it's not everyday we get to play non-Division I opponents." 

"I'm so happy for these guys, and I'm certain we are going to use this to build momentum as we head outside for the remainder of the season."

Eric Yoo and Vishnu Joshi opened the match with an 8-2 win at third doubles over Oguzhan Ceylan and Lucas Krusinski. Austin Gu and Joe Cartledge followed with an 8-6 decision at second against Nihit Rawal and Shrey Gupta. Arjun Ramakrishnan and Serhii Kharchev grabbed a point for the Bears with an 8-4 win over Dave Perez and Scott Thygesen at first. 
 
Rawal tied the match by taking the first singles point with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Robby Simon at fifth. Gupta then defeated 6-4, 6-4 Aaron Carey to put Morgan State on top, 3-2.

Kharchev pushed the lead to two when he beat Perez 7-5, 6-3 at sixth. Justin Kang earned a point for the Blue Jays and made it a 4-3 match with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Lopez. 

Gu followed with a come-from-behind 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Krusinki at first to tie the match. Ceylan then won the match for the Bears with a 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 win at fourth over Cartledge.

Bear Note
Arjun Ramakrishnan (No. 1) was injured and forced everyone to play up a position.