Box Score CASTLETON, Vt. – The Castleton women's tennis team hosted Western Connecticut for an LEC match Saturday afternoon, falling just short of their first LEC win of the season in a 5-4 defeat against the Wolves. The decision came down to the afternoon's final singles match on Court #5 before WestConn (4-7, 1-3 LEC) claimed the victory.
 
The Spartans (1-6, 0-4 LEC) jumped out to an early 2-1 lead after doubles play, with duos of Regina Marchese and Ginny Trevisan on first doubles and Makayla Boisvert and Stella Forte on second doubles both claiming 8-4 wins, before the Wolves cut the deficit to one with a win on Court #3.
 
WestConn then went on to take a 4-2 advantage after earning convincing wins on first, second and third singles, looking to clinch the win with one more singles victory. There to answer the call for Castleton, however, were freshmen Stella Forte and Madelyn Nonni.
 
Forte put on a show on third fourth singles, earning her first straight set victory of the season against the Wolves' Aylina Razeq, while Nonni claimed her second career singles victory with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Meghan Lorenzen on sixth singles.
 
With Castleton's back-to-back wins, the match was to be decided on fifth singles between Ginny Trevisan and Natalie Paradise. Trevisan battled hard in search of her second ever singles win, but fell just short of the win, losing 4-6, 3-6 to seal the victory for WestConn.
 
Next up for the Spartans is a matchup against Hudson Valley Community College Tuesday, October 4, with first serve scheduled for 4 p.m.