ONEONTA – The Purple Tornado varsity tennis team secured their first win of the 2017 season, when they handily defeated rival Oneonta 5-2.

Notably, Norwich was sitting at a team record of 0-2 coming into the matchup with Oneonta, who impressively won the division in 2016.

“Norwich had a strong showing in singles taking three of the four points,” said Norwich head coach John Stewart.

A huge turnaround from the previous two matches, where the Tornado seemed to have some struggles in the singles category.