PICTURED ABOVE: Anderson Park rallied for a victory at No. 1 singles for the Thunder on Friday afternoon.

Janesville, Wisconsin - The Wheaton Thunder men's tennis team opened the 2018 season on Friday night against No. 38 UW-Whitewater (5-2) in the first day of competition in the "Warhawk Invitational". The Warhawks topped the Thunder 7-2. 

Wheaton freshman Anderson Park made a strong debut at No. 1 singles as he rallied for a 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5) victory against Zane Navratil of UW-Whitewater. Josh Cheng (PICTURED RIGHT) earned a victory for the Thunder at No. 4 singles with a 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (13-11) victory against the Warhawks' Matt Zurowski.

Wheaton faces Grinnell College at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday and the Thunder closes out its participation in the tournament at noon tomorrow with a matchup against Ohio Wesleyan University.

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UW-WHITEWATER 7, WHEATON 2
SINGLES
1. Anderson Park (WHEATON) def. Zane Navratil (UWW) 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)
2. Grant Thompson (UWW) def. Dane Paulsen (WHEATON) 6-4, 6-4
3. Jimmy Engelhart (UWW) def. Jeremiah Yi (WHEATON) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)
4. Josh Cheng (WHEATON) def. Matt Zurowski (UWW) 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (13-11)
5. Lucas Monterroso (UWW) def. Karl Wenzel (WHEATON) 6-2, 6-4
6. Zach Wood (UWW) def. Christopher Jones (WHEATON) 6-4, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Zane Navratil/Jimmy Engelhart (UWW) def. Dane Paulsen/Jeremiah Yi (WHEATON) 8-3
2. Matt Zurowski/Brandon Dechter (UWW) def. Anderson Park/Karl Wenzel (WHEATON) 8-5
3. Grant Thompson/Lucas Monterroso (UWW) def. Josh Cheng/Andrew Bristol (WHEATON) 8-4

NOTES
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,6,1,2,3,4)
Time of match - 3:00