HANOVER, N.H. – The Colby-Sawyer College men's tennis team defeated Lyndon and Castleton by identical 5-0 scores Sunday to win its fifth consecutive North Atlantic Conference East Division Championship and advance to the NAC/NEAC Crossover Match with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line.

Colby-Sawyer swept doubles play in convincing fashion, dropping just one game.
Dean Boodakian gave Colby-Sawyer a 4-0 lead with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles. He was named to the All-Tournament team. Tournament MVP, Myles Utell closed out the match with a 6-0, 6-2 victory at the No. 2 spot.

Semifinals – Colby-Sawyer 5, Lyndon St. 0

The Chargers went in front 3-0 after doubles play and won the top two singles flights to clinch the match 5-0. Nathan Taschereau and Utell teamed to take the top doubles match, 8-1 over John Corey (Bennington, Vt.) and Trevor Updike (Falmouth, Mass.). The No. 2 duo of Justin Pinard and Cass McCann earned an 8-2 victory over Tyler Hall (Keen, N.H.) and Josh Bacon St. Johnsbury, Vt.) .

Sergio Spassof and Boodakian picked up the Chargers' third doubles point with an 8-0 sweep of Mike Desmond (Enfield, Conn.) and Joe Anderson (Norton, Mass.) at No. 3.

Utell came away with Colby-Sawyer's fourth point of the match with a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles over Updike. Taschereau clinched the victory and a berth in the NAC East Division title match with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Corey at the top flight.

Semifinals – Castleton 5, Thomas 3

Third seed Castleton upset second seed Thomas, 5-3 in Sunday's NAC East Division semifinal.

The Spartans won two of three doubles matches to take an important 2-1 lead. Kyle Martin and Kevin Rosset defeated their No. 2 doubles counterparts Caleb Mora and Malcolm Marshall, 8-2. The No. 3 Spartan duo of Mike Divis and Matt Trombley served Jonte Roussel and Federico Trujillo a 9-7 defeat. Thomas' lone doubles point came from the No. 1 team of Tyler Small and Eric Morin. They defeated Mike Glaser and Adam McCaffery, 8-3.

The match was even at 3-3 after the first three singles matches. Small and Morin won in straight sets at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively for the Terriers, while Kevin Rosset won at No. 3 singles 6-3, 6-1.
Kyle Martin defeated Mora 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4 singles, while Mike Divis came away with a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 5  to give Castleton the semifinal victory.

NAC Eastern Division All-Tournament Team Tournament
MVP Colby-Sawyer – Myles Utell

All-Tournament Team
Lyndon St. – John Corey
Thomas – Eric Morin
Castleton – Kevin Rosset
Colby-Sawyer – Dean Boodakian