STOWE, Vt. — The Castleton men's tennis team got back into the win column Wednesday evening, scoring an 8-1 victory over NVU-Lyndon at Topnotch Tennis Academy.

In doubles action, Stanley Andersen/Andy Phelan topped Matthew Condon/James Salvas, 8-2, to give the Spartans (4-2) a flight No. 3 win. Top-spot pairing Miki Almirall/Phil Kluge muscled out an 8-4 triumph against Jeffrey Blais/David Gratton. NVU-Lyndon (2-5) picked up its lone point of the match in a second-flight tiebreak victory for Garrick Webster/Quinlan Peer.

Entering with a team-best 4-1 record in singles play, Phelan dropped Salvas 8-4 in a pro set at the sixth slot. Andersen nearly double-bageled Condon at No. 5, taking 6-1 and 6-0 sets. Jason Lipscomb snagged a narrow straight-set win over Gratton with an 8-6 tiebreaker triumph in the second stanza to clinch. At flight three, Connor Davis handed Webster a 6-1, 7-5 defeat as Kluge took down Peer in a 6-1, 6-4 second flight. In the day's lone super-tiebreak, Almirall emerged victorious against Blais with an 11-9 decision, capping an 8-1 non-conference victory for Castleton.

Returning to Little East Conference play this weekend, the Spartans travel to Bridgewater State on Saturday, April 1. First serve against the Bears is set for 1 p.m.

RESULTS
Doubles
1. Almirall/Kluge (CU) def. Blais/Gratton (NVU-L), 8-4
2. Webster/Peer (NVU-L) def. Davis/Lipscomb (CU), 8-7 (7-3)
3. Andersen/Phelan (CU) def. Condon/Salvas (NVU-L), 8-2

Singles
1. Miki Almirall (CU) def. Jeffrey Blais (NVU-L), 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9)
2. Phil Kluge (CU) def. Quinlan Peer (NVU-L), 6-1, 6-4
3. Connor Davis (CU) def. Garrick Webster (NVU-L), 6-1, 7-5
4. Jason Lipscomb (CU) def. David Gratton (NVU-L), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Stanley Andersen (CU) def. Matthew Condon (NVU-L), 6-1, 6-0
6. Andy Phelan (CU) def. James Salvas (NVU-L), 8-4