Kenosha, Wis. - The Thunder men's tennis team secured a key CCIW victory on Thursday night with a 5-4 win at Carthage College. The win moved the Thunder to 7-10 overall and also kept the Thunder in a first place tie atop the CCIW standings with a 5-1 CCIW record. Wheaton will be back in action on Saturday morning with a 10 am match at Carroll University.

Wheaton won two of the three doubles matches with Anderson Park and Karl Wenzel winning at number two doubles 9-8 (7-2). Josh Cheng and Andrew Bristol earned a 9-7 victory at number three doubles.

The Thunder and Red Men split the six singles matches with Cheng earning a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Lukasz Jaworski at number three singles. Karl Wenzel pulled out a tightly contested win over John Nykyforuk 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 at number four singles. Alex Winters knocked off Matt Krzewinski at number five singles 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

WHEATON 5, CARTHAGE 4

Singles competition

1. Abban, Herman (CARTHAGE) def. Park, Anderson (WHEATON) 6-2, 7-5

2. Moore, Daniel (CARTHAGE) def. Yi, Jeremiah (WHEATON) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2

3. Cheng, Josh (WHEATON) def. Jaworski, Lukasz (CARTHAGE) 6-2, 6-2

4. Wenzel, Karl (WHEATON) def. Nykyforuk, John (CARTHAGE) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

5. Winters, Alexander (WHEATON) def. Krzewinski, Matt (CARTHAGE) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2

6. Irazoque, Oscar (CARTHAGE) def. Bristol, Andrew (WHEATON) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. Abban, Herman/Moore, Daniel (CARTHAGE) def. Yi, Jeremiah/Winters, Alexander (WHEATON) 8-1

2. Park, Anderson/Wenzel, Karl (WHEATON) def. Jaworski, Lukasz/Leipold, Fordy (CARTHAGE) 9-8 (7-2)

3. Cheng, Josh/Bristol, Andrew (WHEATON) def. Nykyforuk, John/Krzewinski, Matt (CARTHAGE) 9-7