Rock Island, Ill. -The Wheaton women's tennis team defeated Augustana College today, 6-1 in a road matchup. Wheaton improves to 8-0 overall, with a 7-0 record in CCIW play. Augustana is now 6-3 on the season and 6-2 in CCIW play. The undefeated Thunder have one CCIW match left this fall and with today's result Wheaton clinches the CCIW Regular Season Championship.

The conference title is a conference record 24^th CCIW Championship for the Thunder, all 24 titles have come under . Well ahead of Augustana's seven CCIW Women's Tennis Championships. North Central's six CCIW Championships is third all-time, followed by Carthage's four titles in fourth place, while North Park and Illinois Wesleyan each have one CCIW Women's Tennis Championship.

This year's victory also gives Nelson's program the second-highest number of conference titles among all CCIW women's sports. The Wheaton women's swimming and diving program is first all-time among CCIW women's teams with 27 CCIW Women's Swimming Championships, the Thunder women's tennis program is second with 23 CCIW Championships, the Wheaton women's soccer program is third with 22, while Illinois Wesleyan's women's golf and softball programs are tied for fourth with 20 CCIW Championships each.

In today's victory against Augustana, Wheaton won two of the three doubles matches to earn the match's doubles point. The Thunder No. 2 doubles team of Ella Malone and Molly Ramsey picked up Wheaton's first win of the day with a 7-6 win against the Augustana tandem of Colleen Larry. Mia Luo and Carly O'Leary picked up a 6-1 win against No. 3 Augie's No. 3 doubles team of Analia Pazmino Cedeno and Allison France.

Tatum Thurstone was a 7-5, 6-2 victor at No. 2 singles against Estefania Casillas Velasco. Ramsey picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles against the Vikings' Anna-Maria Huebel. Sophia Dew was a 6-2, 6-0 victor against Pazmino Cedeno at No. 4 singles. Malone defeated Larry 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles and Luo was a 6-2, 6-1 victor against Augustana's Kassidy Anderson.

The Thunder wrap up the fall season next Saturday at Carroll University.  Wheaton heads to Waukesha next Saturday looking to post its first undefeated record in CCIW play since the 2016-17 campaign.