PICTURED ABOVE: Lauren Schlabach was a winner against Edgewood at number-three singles and number-three doubles.
Wheaton, Ill. - The Wheaton Thunder women's tennis team earned a 9-0 victory at home on Thursday afternoon against Edgewood College. Wheaton is now 14-4 on the year, while Edgewood falls to 16-10.
Wheaton swept the top six singles matches as
Sarah Ray (#1-singles);
Kirsten Boyer (#2-singles);
Lauren Schlabach (#3-singles);
Marissa Shults (#4-singles);
Julia Carey (#5-singles) and
Julie Buursma (#6-singles) each earned victories. Buursma and Ray earned a win at number-one doubles, Boyer and Shults teamed to pick up the victory at number-two doubles and Schlabach paired with
Erika Nelson for a win at number-three doubles.
The Thunder will return to action on May 1 when Wheaton hosts Illinois Wesleyan University in a semifinal match of the 2013 CCIW AQ Tournament that will determine the CCIW's automatic qualifier to the upcoming NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Tournament.
WHEATON COLLEGE 9, EDGEWOOD COLLEGE 0
Singles competition
1. Ray, Sarah (WHEATON) def. Wilson, Morgan (EC) 6-3, 6-3
2. Boyer, Kirsten (WHEATON) def. Olsen, Laura (EC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Schlabach, Lauren (WHEATON) def. Miles, Anna (EC) 6-3, 6-0
4. Shults, Marissa (WHEATON) def. Wilkie, Ellie (EC) 6-2, 6-4
5. Carey, Julia (WHEATON) def. Paulson, Ashli (EC) 6-2, 6-1
6. Buursma, Julie (WHEATON) def. Rendon, Sarah (EC) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Ray, Sarah/Buursma, Julie (WHEATON) def. Olsen, Laura/Miles, Anna (EC) 8-2
2. Boyer, Kirsten/Shults, Marissa (WHEATON) def. Wilson, Morgan/McBain, Brooke (EC) 8-3
3. Schlabach, Lauren/Nelson, Erika (WHEATON) def. Wilkie, Ellie/Rendon, Sarah (EC) 8-0