PICTURED ABOVE: Dane Paulsen was victorious at No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles in Wheaton's 9-0 win over North Central on Monday.

Wheaton, Ill. - The Thunder men's tennis team earned a 9-0 victory over the North Central Cardinals on Monday afternoon under beautiful conditions. Wheaton swept all six singles contests in straight sets including victories by Dane Paulsen at No. 2 singles and Matt Steiner at No. 3 singles which featured scores of 6-0, 6-0. With the win, Wheaton improves to 9-7 on the season while North Central falls to 9-8 overall. The Thunder will next be in action on Wednesday afternoon when they host the Lake Forest College Foresters at 4 pm.

Justin Ancona, Lincoln Metz and Josh Cheng each earned singles and doubles victories on Monday afternoon along with Paulsen and Steiner.

Wheaton 9, North Central 0

Singles competition

1. Ancona, Justin (WHEATON) def. Krueger, Victor (NCC) 6-0, 6-1

2. Paulsen, Dane (WHEATON) def. Sass, Connor (NCC) 6-0, 6-0

3. Steiner, Matt (WHEATON) def. Vasic, Aleksandar (NCC) 6-0, 6-0

4. Metz, Lincoln (WHEATON) def. Winters, Adam (NCC) 6-0, 6-1

5. Wenzel, Karl (WHEATON) def. Sass, Hayden (NCC) 6-2, 6-1

6. Cheng, Josh (WHEATON) def. Bussell, Tyler (NCC) 6-2, 6-3

 

Doubles competition

1. Ancona, Justin/Steiner, Matt (WHEATON) def. Krueger, Victor/Sass, Connor (NCC) 8-3

2. Metz, Lincoln/Paulsen, Dane (WHEATON) def. Vasic, Aleksandar/Sass, Hayden (NCC) 8-3

3. Cheng, Josh/Westergren, Brent (WHEATON) def. Doeckel, Ryan/Winters, Adam (NCC) 8-2