Janesville, Wis. - The Wheaton men's tennis team (1-2) played the first of three matches it has scheduled this weekend at the UW-Whitewater "Warhawk Invitational" on Friday afternoon when the Thunder faced off against the host Warhawks. UW-Whitewater (6-3), ranked 26th in the current ITA Division III rankings, defeated the Thunder 8-1 in the matchup.

Freshman Dane Paulsen picked up Wheaton's lone win on Friday with a 6-4, 7-5 victory against UW-Whitewater's Rithwik Rajshekhar Raman. Paulsen is now 6-1 in singles matches this year and 3-0 in the spring season for the Thunder.

Wheaton will wrap up its participation in the Warhawk Invitational on Saturday with matches against Grinnell College and Ohio Wesleyan University.

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UW-WHITEWATER 8, WHEATON COLLEGE 1

Singles competition
1. Michael Treis (UWW-M) def. Justin Ancona (WHEATON) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-1)
2. Dane Paulsen (WHEATON) def. R. Rajshekhar Raman (UWW-M) 6-4, 7-5
3. Grant Thompson (UWW-M) def. Matt Steiner (WHEATON) 6-3, 6-4
4. Zane Navratil (UWW-M) def. Lincoln Metz (WHEATON) 6-1, 6-3
5. Matt Bisbee (UWW-M) def. Karl Wenzel (WHEATON) 6-2, 6-1
6. Scott Butler (UWW-M) def. Josh Cheng (WHEATON) 6-0, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Michael Treis/Scott Butler (UWW-M) def. Justin Ancona/Matt Steiner (WHEATON) 8-4
2. R. Rajshekhar Raman/Grant Thompson (UWW-M) def. Lincoln Metz/Dane Paulsen (WHEATON) 8-6
3. Rory Calabria/Michael Schnarr (UWW-M) def. Josh Cheng/Karl Wenzel (WHEATON) 8-2