Wheaton, Ill. - The Wheaton College men's tennis team dropped a narrow 5-4 decision to Carthage College on Wednesday.

The Thunder fall to 6-9 overall and 1-2 in conference. The Red Men improve to 14-6, 3-1 in the CCIW.

Both teams evenly split the singles matches, with Carthage winning No. 1-3 and Wheaton taking No. 4-6. The deciding factor turned out to be doubles play, where the Red Men took two of three.

David Buursma, Miles Greenwald and Sam Cannon all picked up three-set victories in singles. Joel Parrish and Buursma also teamed up for a win at No. 3 doubles.

The Thunder will next travel to North Central College for a 3:30 PM match on Monday.


Carthage 5, Wheaton 4

Singles competition

1. Lotz, Jeff (CARTHAGE) def. Johnson, Taylor (WHEATON) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2

2. Hazelman, Daneric (CARTHAGE) def. Rauh, Stephan (WHEATON) 6-0, 6-1

3. Whiteside, Matt (CARTHAGE) def. Parrish, Joel (WHEATON) 6-2, 6-3

4. Buursma, David (WHEATON) def. McLean, Alex (CARTHAGE) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2

5. Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) def. Boomgarden, Nick (CARTHAGE) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

6. Cannon, Sam (WHEATON) def. Mull, Russell (CARTHAGE) 6-0, 5-7, 1-0 (10-3)

Doubles competition

1. Lotz, Jeff/Hazelman, Daneric (CARTHAGE) def. Greenwald, Miles/Chan, Corey (WHEATON) 8-3

2. Boomgarden, Nick/Whiteside, Matt (CARTHAGE) def. Johnson, Taylor/Rauh, Stephan (WHEATON) 8-6

3. Parrish, Joel/Buursma, David (WHEATON) def. McLean, Alex/Mull, Russell (CARTHAGE) 8-3