COLCHESTER, Vt. - The fifth-seeded Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis team posted its first-ever Northeast-10 Tournament win with a 5-2 win over No. 4 seed Saint Michael's College Wednesday afternoon.

With the win, Southern New Hampshire (7-4) advances to the NE-10 Semifinals, where it will visit top-seeded Stonehill College on Friday at 3 p.m.  Saint Michael's sees its season come to a close at 7-8 overall.

For SNHU, junior David Spaggiari (Manizales, Columbia) and senior Luis Ramirez (San Cristobal, Venezuela) led the way, as they earned an 8-4 win at #1 doubles, and posted straight-set victories at #1 and #2 singles, respectively. Senior Michael Ricciardi (Londonderry, N.H.) won at #3 singles for the Penmen, while graduate student Colin Stone (Manchester, N.H.) sealed the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win at #6 singles.

Stonehill, which posted a perfect 10-0 NE-10 mark during the regular season, defeated the Penmen 8-1 in SNHU's season opener September 20.

MATCH SUMMARY (At Saint Michael's Outdoor Courts)
Southern N.H. 5, Saint Michael's 2 (NE-10 Quarterfinals

Singles
1. David Spaggiari (SNH) def. John Lescure (SMC) - 6-0, 6-4
2. Luis Ramirez (SNH) def. Sean Steigerwald (SMC) - 6-2, 6-3
3. Michael Ricciardi (SNH) def. Dmitri Repnikov (SMC) - 6-4, 7-5
4. David Besserer (SMC) vs. John Niland (SNH) - DNF
5. Sean Naughton (SMC) vs. Jeff Bunker (SNH) - DNF
6. Colin Stone (SNH) def. Dillon Bunt (SMC) - 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Spaggiari/Ramirez (SNH) def. Steigerwald/Repnikov (SMC) - 8-4
2. Lescure/Besserer (SMC) def. Bunker/Stone (SNH) - 8-3
3. Naughton/Ryan Magee (SMC) def. Ricciardi/Sam Gould (SNH) - 8-5