Wheaton, Ill. - The Thunder men's tennis team picked up a pair of wins on Saturday at home. The Thunder opened the day with a 5-4 victory against Grinnell (28-4) and Wheaton shut out Millikin (2-4) by a 9-0 score lateer in the day. Today's morning match featured regionally ranked foes as Grinnell is ranked 12th in the most recent
ITA Division III Central Region Rankings and Wheaton is 14th in the same poll.
Wheaton is now 12-2 on the year and 1-0 in CCIW play. The Thunder will return to action on April 8 when Edgewood College visits Wheaton for a match at 4 p.m. at Wheaton's on campus tennis courts.
WHEATON COLLEGE 5, GRINNELL COLLEGE 4Singles competition1. Kreis, Ryan (WHEATON) def. Elliott Czarnecki (GCM) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
2. Ancona, Justin (WHEATON) def. Emilio Gomez (GCM) 6-4, 6-1
3. Ward, Josh (WHEATON) def. Cole Miller (GCM) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
4. Steiner, Matt (WHEATON) def. Tommy Pitcher (GCM) 6-4, 6-0
5. Tracy Johnson (GCM) def. Buursma, David (WHEATON) 6-3, 6-3
6. Charlie Wilhelm (GCM) def. Mumaw, Derek (WHEATON) 6-6, 6-1
Doubles competition1. Kreis, Ryan/Ward, Josh (WHEATON) def. Tommy Pitcher/Elliott Czarnecki (GCM) 8-3
2. Tracy Johnson/Emilio Gomez (GCM) def. Buursma, David/Ancona, Justin (WHEATON) 8-5
3. Cole Miller/C.J. Ray (GCM) def. Mumaw, Derek/Steiner, Matt (WHEATON) 8-4
WHEATON COLLEGE 9, MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY 0Singles competition1. Ancona, Justin (WHEATON) def. Nave, Taylor (MILLIKIN) 6-0, 6-0
2. Ward, Josh (WHEATON) def. Fulton, Emerick (MILLIKIN) 6-0, 6-2
3. Buursma, David (WHEATON) def. Klomp, Chris (MILLIKIN) 7-5, 6-2
4. Mumaw, Derek (WHEATON) def. Santamaria, JC (MILLIKIN) 6-0, 6-0
5. Westergren, Brent (WHEATON) def. McArdell, Kyle (MILLIKIN) 6-0, 6-0
6. Lim, Dan (WHEATON) def. Kueker, Jacob (MILLIKIN) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition1. Kreis, Ryan/Ward, Josh (WHEATON) def. Fulton, Emerick/Nave, Taylor (MILLIKIN) 8-2
2. Ancona, Justin/Buursma, David (WHEATON) def. Klomp, Chris/Santamaria, JC (MILLIKIN) 8-0
3. Trump, Andrew/Westergren, Brent (WHEATON) def. McArdell, Kyle/Kueker, Jacob (MILLIKIN) 8-0
