PICTURED ABOVE: Miles Greenwald.

Bloomington, Ill. - The Wheaton College men's tennis team opened its conference slate with an 8-1 victory over Illinois Wesleyan University on Tuesday.

The Thunder improve to 9-5 overall and 1-0 in the CCIW. The Titans fall to 5-6, 0-2 in conference play.

After sweeping all three doubles spots to open the meet, Wheaton has now won nine-straight doubles matches as a team. Jordan Williams, Joel Parrish, David Buursma and Miles Greenwald all won their singles matches in straight sets. Josh Ward pulled out a tightly-contested third set to also gain a team point.

The Thunder return to action hosting Elmhurst College at 4 PM on Thursday.


Wheaton 8, Illinois Wesleyan 1
Singles
1. Piotrowski, Brian (IWU) def. Johnson, Taylor (WHEATON) 6-2, 1-6, 10-7
2. Ward, Joshua (WHEATON) def. Sorich, Brian (IWU) 7-5, 1-6, 11-9
3. Williams, Jordan (WHEATON) def. Kenaga, Nick (IWU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Parrish, Joel (WHEATON) def. Guenther, Aaron (IWU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Buursma, David (WHEATON) def. Piotrowski, Kevin (IWU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) def. Hayman, Steven (IWU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Ward, Joshua/Williams, Jordan (WHEATON) def. Piotrowski, Brian/Sorich, Brian (IWU) 8-5
2. Johnson, Taylor/Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) def. Kenaga, Nick/Christison, Michael (IWU) 8-6
3. Parrish, Joel/Buursma, David (WHEATON) def. Guenther, Aaron/Hayman, Steven (IWU) 8-4