NORTHFIELD, Vt. – The Norwich men's tennis team continued its recent hot streak as the Cadets picked up their fifth win in their last six matches with an 8-1 win over Lyndon State at Shapiro Fieldhouse on Thursday afternoon.

The Cadets (5-4, 1-2 GNAC) once again swept all three doubles matches to get off to a strong start and then cruise from there in the singles portion of the match.

Junior Collin Hyte and freshman Christian Hoskey each won at first and second singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-1 to help lead NU to the season sweep over Lyndon State.

The duo also combined to take first doubles over Tyler Schofield and Jonathon Lehane by a score of 8-6.

Luis Galvez downed Paul Thibault 6-2, 6-1 at third singles and combined with Michael Settle to take second doubles over Jeremiah Powell and Thibault 8-3.

Settle beat Lehane at fifth singles 7-5, 6-3 and Robert Martin swept Donald Jenness 6-0, 6-0 at sixth singles.

Joseph Dvorak and Brandon Carver combined to take third doubles 8-2 over Daniel Weiner and Jeness.

The Hornets (2-4) received their lone win from Weiner at fourth singles, who beat Carver 6-3, 6-4. 

Norwich closes its regular season on Saturday at 1 p.m. when the Cadets take on Albertus Magnus at Shapiro Fieldhouse.

With a win, Norwich clinches third place in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference and will travel to Emerson for the GNAC Tournament Semifinals.

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