The Illinois Wesleyan men's tennis team opened College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin play with a 5-4 win over Elmhurst before losing by a 5-4 score to Monmouth on Saturday, April 9, at IWU's Beadles-Morse Courts.

The Titans are now 11-3 overall and 1-0 in CCIW play.

Illinois Wesleyan 5, Elmhurst 4

Singles competition
1. Brian Piotrowski (IWU) def. Harbert, Alex (ELMHURST) 7-5, 6-0
2. Jung, Will (ELMHURST) def. Nick Kenaga (IWU) 7-5, 6-0
3. Brian Sorich (IWU) def. Devaney, David (ELMHURST) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
4. Michael Christison (IWU) def. McPherson, Vincent (ELMHURST) 6-2, 6-2
5. White, Jim (ELMHURST) def. Ashvin Reddy (IWU) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
6. Guenther, Justin (ELMHURST) def. Steve Hayman (IWU) 6-7, 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Sorich, Brian/Piotrowski, Brian (IWU) def. Jung, Will/Devaney, David (ELMHURST) 8-4
2. Christison, Michael/Kenaga, Nick (IWU) def. Harbert, Alex/McPherson, Vincent (ELMHURST) 8-4
3. White, Jim/Moss, Eric (ELMHURST) def. Aaron Guenther/Arnold Asjes (IWU) 9-7

Monmouth College 5, Illinois Wesleyan 4

Singles competition
1. Piotrowski, Brian (IWU) def. Chris Franco (MC) 6-3, 6-2
2. David Johnson (MC) def. Kenaga, Nick (IWU) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6
3. Sorich, Brian (IWU) def. Chris Utterback (MC) 6-2, 6-0
4. Christison, Michael (IWU) def. David Stewart (MC) 6-4, 6-0
5. Ben Morrow (MC) def. Hayman, Steve (IWU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Tyler Lampe (MC) def. Guenther, Aaron (IWU) 6-3, 7-6

Doubles competition
1. Piotrowski, Brian/Sorich, Brian (IWU) def. David Johnson/David Stewart (MC) 9-7
2. Chris Franco/Chris Utterback (MC) def. Kenaga, Nick/Christison, Michael (IWU) 8-4
3. Ben Morrow/Tyler Lampe (MC) def. Hayman, Steve/Guenther, Aaron (IWU) 8-2