Wheaton, Ill. - The Wheaton College men's tennis team used four victories in singles play to edge out Illinois Wesleyan University 5-4 on Thursday.

The Thunder improved to 6-8 overall and 1-1 in the CCIW. The Titans fell to 11-5, 1-2 in conference.

IWU came out by taking two of three in doubles, but Wheaton got singles victories from Stephan Rauh at No. 2, David Buursma at No. 4, Miles Greenwald at No. 5 and Sam Cannon at No. 6. Rauh went through two tiebreaks in the first two sets but came out 6-2 in the third set.

Joel Parrish and Cannon earned the Thunder doubles victory at 9-8.

Wheaton's next match will be hosting Carthage College at 4 PM on Wednesday.


Wheaton 5, Illinois Wesleyan 4
Singles
No. 1 - Brian Piotrowski (IWU) def. Taylor Johnson (WC) 7-6 (6), 6-2
No. 2 - Stephan Rauh (WC) def. Brian Sorich (IWU) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-2
No. 3 - Nick Kenaga (IWU) def. Joel Parrish (WC) 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 - David Buursma (WC) def. Michael Christison (IWU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 - Miles Greenwald (WC) def. Ashvin Reddy (IWU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 - Sam Cannon (WC) def. Steve Hayman (IWU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Piotrowski/Sorich (IWU) def. Buursma/Greenwald (WC) 8-3
No. 2 - Kenaga/Christison (IWU) def. Johnson/Rauh (WC) 9-8 (4)
No. 3 - Parrish/Cannon (WC) def. Reddy/Aaron Guenther (IWU) 9-8 (4)