St. Louis, Mo.- The Wheaton women's tennis team had their NCAA Tournament run ended on Friday morning in a 5-0 loss to #12-ranked Washington (Mo.) University. The host Bears swept doubles action and won the first two singles matches to end the contest. The Bears improve to 15-7 on the season while the Thunder finish the season 17-5.

The appearance was Wheaton's eighth appearance in the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Team Championship, and the program's sixth consecutive appearance. Head coach Jane Nelson's program is now 9-8 all-time in the NCAA Division III Tournament. This was their second consecutive Second Round exit.


WASHINGTON (MO.) 5, WHEATON 0
Singles competition
1. Theresa Petraskova (WASHUW) vs. Ray, Sarah (WHEATON) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
2. Jamie Silverberg (WASHUW) vs. Boyer, Kirsten (WHEATON) 6-3, 5-1, unfinished
3. Kate Klein (WASHUW) vs. Schlabach, Lauren (WHEATON) 6-3, 5-0, unfinished
4. Aly Coran (WASHUW) def. Shults, Marissa (WHEATON) 6-0, 6-0
5. Hanna Newstadt (WASHUW) vs. Carey, Julia (WHEATON) 6-0, 5-2, unfinished
6. Paige Madara (WASHUW) def. Buursma, Julie (WHEATON) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Kate Klein/Corinne Rauck (WASHUW) def. Ray, Sarah/Buursma, Julie (WHEATON) 8-6
2. Hanna Newstadt/Theresa Petraskova (WASHUW) def. Boyer, Kirsten/Shults, Marissa (WHEATON) 8-5
3. Aly Coran/Jamie Silverberg (WASHUW) def. Schlabach, Lauren/Nelson, Erika (WHEATON) 8-2