Bloomington, Ill. - The Thunder men's tennis team dropped a closely contested CCIW match at Illinois Wesleyan on Wednesday, 5-4. Wheaton is now 5-7 on the year and 1-2 in CCIW play.

The Thunder picked up victories by David Stephens at number-four singles, Joel Parrish at number-five and Colin Johnson at number-six singles. The fourth victory of the day for the Thunder came at number-three doubles in an 8-3 win by Jordan Williams and Colin Johnson.

Wheaton is now 5-7 on the year and 1-2 in CCIW play. The Thunder will host Indiana Wesleyan University on Friday afternoon at 4 PM.

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 5, WHEATON 4

Singles competition
1. Piotrowski, Brian (IWU) def. Johnson, Taylor (WHEATON) 6-3, 6-2
2. Deschler, Tom (IWU) def. Williams, Jordan (WHEATON) 6-4, 6-2
3. Kenaga, Nick (IWU) def. Chan, Corey (WHEATON) 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
4. Stephens, David (WHEATON) def. Christison, Michael (IWU) 7-5, 6-2
5. Parrish, Joel (WHEATON) def. Hayman, Steven (IWU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Johnson, Colin (WHEATON) def. Kola, Sandeep (IWU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Piotrowski, Brian/Deschler, Tom (IWU) def. Johnson, Taylor/Chan, Corey (WHEATON) 8-4
2. Kenaga, Nick/Christison, Michael (IWU) def. Stephens, David/Graham, Kevin (WHEATON) 8-6
3. Williams, Jordan/Johnson, Colin (WHEATON) def. Sell, Charlie/Kola, Sandeep (IWU) 8-3