COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's tennis went five wins above .500 for the first time in more than 12 years while downing Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, 9-0, on Tuesday afternoon in the Tarrant Recreation Center. Six Purple Knights won twice apiece during the match.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-2), Northern Vermont-Lyndon (0-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Matt Mosher (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde), 2 wins
• Junior Colby Antonacci (Bolton Valley, Vt./Mount Mansfield Union/Saint Anselm), 2 wins
• Sophomore Ivan Llona (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union), 2 wins
• First-year Jason Boucher (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), 2 wins
• First-year Connor Scott (Bellevue, Wash./Newport), 2 wins
• First-year Seb Tonini (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy), 2 wins

MATCH FACTS

• Six Purple and Gold players won twice each.
• The Purple Knights returned to action for the first time since Feb. 19, beginning a run of two matches in four days. Six of the next seven contests after today occur on the road.
• At 7-2, Saint Michael's already has its highest win total since 2008-09 while going five wins over .500 for the first time since standing 5-0 on Oct. 14, 2007.
• The Purple Knights are 5-0 in the all-time series with Northern Vermont-Lyndon.

THE ACTION

• Playing by Division III rules, each decision counted as one point toward the team scores.
• Antonacci and Tonini sided for the first time, with Antonacci making his season doubles debut, while claiming an 8-0 win at No. 2 doubles.
• Llona and Mosher joined for the first time in their respective careers en route to an 8-0 triumph at No. 3, with Llona seeing his first doubles action of the season as Mosher's fifth different partner of the year, and 13th of his career.
• In the top spot, Boucher and Scott improved to 7-3 this season by winning the final five games to turn a tight 3-2 match into an 8-2 victory.
• Antonacci, Mosher and Tonini kicked off singles play with consecutive 6-0, 6-0 victories from the No. 6, 4 and 3 positions, respectively, with Mosher's win clinching his team the match triumph.
• Scott claimed a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 1 to improve to 7-3 this season before Boucher ended the match by shutting out his foe at No. 2, pushing his record to 7-2. Both tied idle first-year Josh Weiss (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) for first on the team in singles victories.
• In between, Llona nabbed a 6-0, 6-0 win in the fifth spot.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Friday at Adelphi University, 3 p.m.