RUTLAND, Vt. – Castleton men's tennis captured its fourth straight victory and completed the season sweep of Norwich this afternoon with a 7-2 decision over the Cadets in non-conference action.

The Spartans swept the doubles games and picked up four straight-sets victories in singles action to improve to 4-0 on the season for the first time since 2013. The Cadets, meanwhile, drop to 1-3 on the year in the losing effort.

The hosts jumped out to an early 3-0 lead thanks to a solid showing in the doubles games. In the third flight contest, Ryan Mulder and Trevor Hanna won 8-2, followed by a perfect 8-0 victory in the No. 2 game from Soren Pelz-Walsh and Quentin Barthe. Kevin Rosset and Seth Marcil held off the tandem of Ian Hyte and Jeff Purdy in the No. 1 match to complete the doubles sweep with an 8-5 victory.

Rosset carried that momentum into singles play, capturing the second-flight match 6-2, 7-5 to maintin his perfect singles mark. Marcil dropped the No. 1 contest, but Pelz-Walsh responded in the third-flight with an impressive, straight-sets win (6-2, 6-1) to improve to 3-1 on the year. Andrew Overton and Mulder closed out singles play with respective victories of 6-4, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-0 in the fifth and sixth flights to bring the contest to its final score, 7-2. 

The Spartans return to action on March 31 when they travel to Albany, N.Y. to face the Sage Gators in non-conference play at 4 pm.