NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich men's tennis team picked up its first Great Northeast Athletic Conference win of the season with a 6-3 victory over Johnson & Wales on Saturday afternoon at Shapiro Fieldhouse.

The Cadets (4-4, 1-2 GNAC) won all three doubles matches to take an early 3-0 lead and then they split the six singles matches to down the Wildcats.

Junior Collin Hyte (7-1) won his sixth straight singles match in a row by downing Jesse Wils at first singles 6-0, 6-1. Freshman Christian Hoskey (6-1) picked up his fifth straight win at second singles by sweeping Todd Zimmerman 6-0, 6-0. The dynamic duo also teamed up to take first doubles 8-5 over Zimmerman and Drew Pontillo.

Senior Luis Galvez and Michael Settle teamed up to win second doubles 8-4 and Settle beat John Sepowitz 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 to win his fourth straight match.

Joseph Dvorak and Brandon Carver beat Brian Martens and James Klapper at third doubles 8-4, but both fell in their respective singles matches. Pontillo beat Dvorak 6-4, 6-4, while Carver lost to Chris Cummings 6-2, 6-2.

Galvez lost to Nick Simon 6-2, 7-5 at third singles to round out the matches.

Norwich will look to extend its unbeaten streak on Thursday when the Cadets travel to Lyndon State for their final non-conference match of the season. They will then return home on Saturday for their regular season finale against Albertus Magnus. Saturday's match is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

With a win on Saturday, the Cadets will clinch third place in the GNAC and will then travel to Emerson for the GNAC Tournament semifinals.