MTEN: Spartans Drop Badgers in Season Opener

MTEN: Spartans Drop Badgers in Season Opener

STOWE, Vt. – The Johnson State College men's tennis team fell to Castleton University 9-0 in their season opener on Saturday at Topnotch Resort.

Doubles

The Spartans took all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead. The team of Quentin Barthe and Jared Wheelers took first doubles 8-1 over Gerrit Lane (Moretown, Vt.) and Austin Walters (Grantham N.H.). Trevor Hanna and Brody Wagner earned an 8-0 second doubles win over John Folsom (Califon, N.J.) and Ethan Hutchinson (Canterbury, N.H.), while Evan Daigneault (Newfane, Vt.) and Quinn Lambert (Joppatowne, Md.) lost third flight doubles 8-4 to Tripp Norris and Ethan Cameron-Vaupel.

Singles

Castleton swept singles to take the 9-0 victory. In first flight, Lane took an early lead in the first set but could not finish Barthe off and dropped the set 7-5. Barthe took the 6-1 win in the second set to grab the point for Castleton. Wheeler took down Walters in second singles 6-0. 6-1, while Folsom fell to Hanna in straight 6-0 sets in third flight.

Hutchinson took two points in the first set of fourth singles, but Wagner went on to take the 6-2, 6-0 victory. Norris took straight 6-0 sets over Daigneault in fifth singles, while Cameron-Vaupel to take a 3-6, 6-2, 10-7 win over Lambert.

Next Up

Johnson will host Norwich on Thursday, March 22 at 3:30 p.m..