PICTURED ABOVE: Josh Ward.
Naperville, Ill. - The Wheaton College men's tennis team kept its perfect record in CCIW play intact with a 7-2 victory over North Central College on Thursday.
The Thunder (13-5, 4-0 CCIW) stretched its streak to seven wins in-a-row. The Cardinals (3-10, 0-3 CCIW) dropped its third-straight match.
After taking a pair of wins in doubles, Wheaton earned five singles victories in straight sets.
Taylor Johnson,
Josh Ward and
Miles Greenwald came away with wins in both singles and doubles play.
Wheaton will play a pair of matches in Dubuque, Iowa on Saturday, taking on Ripon College and Loras College.
Wheaton 7, North Central 2
Singles
1.
Taylor Johnson (WHEATON) def. McKee, Eric (NCC) 6-0, 6-3
2.
Josh Ward (WHEATON) def. Exner, Will (NCC) 6-2, 6-2
3. Kampel, Boris (NCC) def.
Jordan Williams (WHEATON) 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
4.
Joel Parrish (WHEATON) def. Ciccone, Adam (NCC) 6-0, 6-0
5.
David Buursma (WHEATON) def. Saini, Rustam (NCC) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
6.
Miles Greenwald (WHEATON) def. McKinley, Andrew (NCC) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Ward/Williams (WHEATON) def. Exner, Will/Kampel, Boris (NCC) 8-6
2. Johnson/Greenwald (WHEATON) def. Saini, Rustam/McKee, Eric (NCC) 8-4
3. McKinley, Andrew/Sass, Mason (NCC) def. Parrish/Buursma (WHEATON) 8-3