PICTURED ABOVE: David Buursma won both his matches in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to Elmhurst

Elmhurst, Ill.- The Wheaton men's tennis dropped their first CCIW match of the season with a 6-3 loss at Elmhurst College on Wednesday night.  The Bluejays were victorious in four of the six singles matches and took two out of three in doubles competition. David Buursma claimed a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Vincent McPherson at #3 singles and teamed with Miles Greenwald for a 9-7 victory over Luke Tanaka and Chris Harrison at #2 doubles. Josh Ward was also a winner in three sets, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(5), over Will Jung at #2 singles.

Wheaton is now 12-5 on the season and 4-1 in the CCIW. They will next be in action on Friday when they host Coe College at 4 PM in their final match before the CCIW Championship on May 3-4.

ELMHURST 6, WHEATON 3
Singles Competition
Harbert, Alex (ELMHURST) def. Kreis, Ryan (WHEATON) 6-7(3), 7-6(5), 6-1
Ward, Josh (WHEATON) def. Jung, Will (ELMHURST) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
Buursma, David (WHEATON) def. McPherson, Vincent (ELMHURST) 6-2, 6-2
Tanaka, Luke (ELMHURST) def. Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) 7-5, 6-3
Jennings, Quinn (ELMHURST) def. Mumaw, Derek (WHEATON) 6-3, 6-1
Harrison, Chris (ELMHURST) def. Bodett, John (WHEATON) 6-1, 6-2
 
Doubles Competition
Jung/Harbert (ELMHURST) def. Kreis/Ward (WHEATON) 8-3
Buursma/Greenwald (WHEATON) def. Tanaka/Harrison (ELMHURST) 9-7
Kevin Noble/McPherson (ELMHURST) def. Bodett/Mumaw (WHEATON) 8-1