Elmhurst, Ill. - The Wheaton College men's tennis team kicked off its conference schedule with a 6-3 loss at Elmhurst College on Tuesday.

The Thunder fell to 5-8 overall and 0-1 in the CCIW. The Bluejays improved to 8-7, 1-2 in conference play.

Wheaton received wins from Taylor Johnson and Stephan Rauh at the No. 2 doubles spot (8-4), along with Rauh at No. 2 singles (6-2, 6-0) and Miles Greenwald at No. 5 singles (6-2, 6-0).

The Thunder return home for a 4 PM match on Thursday against Illinois Wesleyan University.

Elmhurst 6, Wheaton 3
Doubles
No. 1 - David Devaney/Will Jung (ELM) def. Corey Chan/Miles Greenwald (WC) 9-8 (4)
No. 2 - Taylor Johnson/Stephan Rauh (WC) def. Vincent McPherson/Alex Harbert (ELM) 8-4
No. 3 - Jim White/Eric Moss (ELM) def. Joel Parrish/David Buursma (WC) 8-4
Singles
No. 1 - Harbert (ELM) def. Johnson (WC) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 - Rauh (WC) def. Jung (ELM) 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 - Devaney (ELM) def. Parrish (WC) 7-5, 7-5
No. 4 - McPherson (ELM) def. Buursma (WC) 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 - Greenwald (WC) def. White (ELM) 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 - Justin Guenther (ELM) def. Sam Cannon (WC) 6-2, 6-4