ELMHURST, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's tennis team improved to 9-2 overall and 1-1 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin with a 7-2 win at Elmhurst College on Saturday, April 10.

The Titans won five of the six singles matches, and two of the three doubles contests as Elmhurst fell to 4-6 overall and 0-2 in CCIW play. 

IWU's Brian Piotrowski downed Elmhurst's Dave Douglass 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1 singles. Tom Deschler beat David Devaney 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 singles while Nick Kenaga defeated Dean Leventis 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Michael Christison (6-0, 6-4 over Justin Guenther) and Steven Hayman (6-4, 6-3 over Jim White) added wins for the Titans at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively. Elmhurst's Eric Moss scored Elmhurst's only point in singles by defeating Charlie Sell 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.

In doubles play, Piotrowski and Deschler downed Devaney and Douglass 8-5 at No. 1 doubles while Kenaga and Christison defeated Moss and Leventis 8-6 at No. 2 doubles. The tandem of White and Guenther defeated Sell and Sandeep Kola 8-4 at No. 3 doubles.

IWU hosts Knox at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13.