Bloomington, Ill. - The Wheaton College men's tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to Elmhurst College in the third-place match of the CCIW Championship on Saturday.

The No. 4-seed Thunder end their season with an overall record of 8-12. The No. 6-seed Bluejays finish with a 12-10 mark.

Elmhurst started the matchup by sweeping all three doubles match. The two teams then split the six singles, with Wheaton getting wins at No. 3 by Joel Parrish, at No. 5 by Miles Greenwald and at No. 6 by Sam Cannon.


Elmhurst 6, Wheaton 3

Singles competition

1. Harbert, Alex (ELMHURST) def. Johnson, Taylor (WHEATON) 6-2, 7-5

2. Jung, Will (ELMHURST) def. Rauh, Stephan (WHEATON) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)

3. Parrish, Joel (WHEATON) def. Devaney, David (ELMHURST) 7-5, 6-7 (6-7), 6-1

4. McPherson, Vincent (ELMHURST) def. Buursma, David (WHEATON) 7-5, 7-5

5. Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) def. White, Jim (ELMHURST) 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1

6. Cannon, Sam (WHEATON) def. Guenther, Justin (ELMHURST) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition

1. Jung, Will/McPherson, Vincent (ELMHURST) def. Chan, Corey/Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) 9-8 (7-4)

2. Harbert, Alex/Devaney, David (ELMHURST) def. Johnson, Taylor/Rauh, Stephan (WHEATON) 9-7

3. White, Jim/Moss, Eric (ELMHURST) def. Parrish, Joel/Buursma, David (WHEATON) 9-8 (7-3)