STOWE, Vt. – The Castleton men's tennis team hit the road for a rematch against NVU-Lyndon Tuesday night, winning four of the afternoon's last five matches to claim a 5-4 victory, their first of the season.
 
The Hornets (1-3) opened the evening with an 8-4 win over Connor Davis and Jason Lipscomb on second doubles, but an 8-6 victory by Phil Kulge and Dante Buttino on first doubles leveled the scoring at one. In the final doubles match of the afternoon, NVU-Lyndon claimed an 8-2 victory over Miguel Almirall Perez and Rowan Kidder to enter singles play up 2-1.
 
A Davis-loss on second singles extended the Hornets' lead to two, but the Spartans (1-3) would begin the climb back shortly thereafter. Kluge got things started for Castleton with a wire-to-wire win over NVU-Lyndon's Patrick Wickstrom, claiming the 7-6, 6-3 victory on first singles before a 6-3, 6-0 win by Lipscomb on third singles tied the teams at three.
 
The Spartans fell behind after Buttino lost 6-4, 6-1 on fourth singles, but a quick straight-set victory on sixth singles for Jahwara Rennalls knotted the score once again, this time at four.
 
In the final match of the evening, Almirall Perez took on the Hornets' Garrick Webster on fifth singles, taking both sets 6-3, 6-4 to earn Castleton their first victory of the season.
 
The Spartans will look to stay hot this weekend as they take on Western Connecticut State in their LEC-opener Saturday, April 2, with opening serve scheduled for 1 p.m.