Delhi, NY - The Northern Vermont University-Lyndon men's tennis team will be making its return to the North Atlantic Conference Championship match following their 7-2 win over the State University of New York at Delhi this afternoon.  With the win, the Hornets closed their regular season with an overall record of 4-6, and a conference mark of 4-2.  Delhi fell to 2-7 on the season and 1-4 in the NAC.

Lyndon's second doubles team of Garrick Webster (Terryville, CT) and Quinlan Peer (Saranac Lake, NY) got the Hornets off to a strong start with an 8-2 victory over Delhi's Ryan Fitzpatrick and Moises Saintil at second doubles.  However the Broncos evened things up after Jacob Beach and Malachi Ritter downed Matthew Condon (East Bridgewater, MA) and James Salvas (Morrisville, VT), 8-3, at third doubles.

The match of the day took place at first doubles, where the Lyndon duo of Jeffrey Blais (Newport, VT) and David Gratton (Newport, VT) outlasted the Broncos' Ben Anderson and Dominick DeBonis, 8-7, winning the tiebreaker 7-2.  That win gave the Hornets a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.

Condon picked up the first win of singles competition with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Ritter at fifth singles.  Peer was also a 6-0, 6-1 winner at second singles, defeating DeBonis.  Salvas clinched the win for Lyndon with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Beach at number six.

Blais and Gratton also won their singles flights, with Blais taking down Fitzpatrick, 6-4, 6-3 in the first flight, and Gratton downing Saintil, 6-0, 6-1, in the fourth flight.  with the match decided, Webster dropped an eight-game pro set to Anderson, 8-4.

With today's win, Lyndon clinched a spot in the NAC playoffs for the third time in the last four completed seasons.  The Hornets will be seeking their second conference title in the last three seasons next weekend when the second seeded Hornets take on top seed and regular season champion Thomas College.  The date, time, and location for that match will be announced by the conference office early next week.