HANOVER, N.H. – April 27, 2014 - The Colby-Sawyer College men's tennis team defeated Castleton, 5-0 in Sunday's North Atlantic Conference (NAC) East Division Championship to advance to the NAC/NEAC Crossover with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line.

The Chargers will play Penn. St. Abington on Saturday, May 3 at 6:00 p.m. at Sportime in Schenectady, N.Y. Abington upset Rutgers-Camden in the NAC West Division title match, 5-2.

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 Myles Utell teamed to take the top doubles match, 8-1 over John Corey and Trevor Updike. The No. 2 duo of Justin Pinard and Cass McCann earned an 8-2 victory over Tyler Hall and Josh Bacon. Sergio Spassof and Dean Boodakian picked up the Chargers' third doubles point with an 8-0 sweep of Mike Desmond and Joe Anderson 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 Trevor Updike. Taschereau clinched the victory and a berth in the NAC East Division title match with a 6-1, 6-1 win over John 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