BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan men's tennis team lost both of its matches and finished sixth in the 2011 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin tennis championships on Friday, May 6 at Bloomington's Evergreen Racquet Club.
IWU dropped a 5-4 verdict to Wheaton earlier in the day, then lost to No. 3-seed North Central, 6-0, in the fifth place match on Friday night.
North Central was upset earlier in the day by No. 6-seeded Elmhurst, 5-4.
The tournament's No. 5-seeded Titans, who finished with a 14-10 overall record, lost their last five dual matches of the year and were 3-8 after being 11-2 after a win over Elmhurst on April 9.
North Central 6, Illinois Wesleyan 0 (fifth place match)
Singles competition
1. Sweeney, Sam (NCC) def.
Brian Piotrowski (IWU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Boguslawski, Matt (NCC) vs.
Brian Sorich (IWU) unfinished
3. Bennorth, Chris (NCC) vs.
Nick Kenaga (IWU) unfinished
4. McKee, Eric (NCC) def.
Ashvin Reddy (IWU), by default
5. Kampel, Boris (NCC) vs. Steve Hayman (IWU) unfinished
6. Clay, Josh (NCC) def.
Aaron Guenther (IWU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Sweeney, Sam/Boguslawski, Matt (NCC) def. Piotrowski/Sorich (IWU) 8-3
2. Mutka, Eric/Kampel, Boris (NCC) def. Kenaga/Hayman (IWU) 8-6
3. McKee, Eric/Clay, Josh (NCC) def. Reddy/Guenther (IWU) 8-1
Wheaton 5, Illinois Wesleyan 4 (first round match)
Singles competition
1. Johnson, Taylor (WHEATON) def. Piotrowski (IWU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. Sorich (IWU) def. Rauh, Stephan (WHEATON) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
3. Parrish, Joel (WHEATON) def. Kenaga (IWU) 0-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Reddy (IWU) def. Buursma, David (WHEATON) 7-5, 0-6, 7-5
5. Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) def. Hayman (IWU) 6-0, 6-0
6. Guenther (IWU) def. Cannon, Sam (WHEATON) 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Piotrowski/Kenaga, Nick (IWU) def. Chan, Corey/Greenwald, Miles (WHEATON) 8-5
2. Johnson, Taylor/Rauh, Stephan (WHEATON) def. Sorich, Brian/Hayman, Steve (IWU) 9-7
3. Buursma, David/Parrish, Joel (WHEATON) def. Reddy, Ashvin/Guenther, Aaron (IWU) 8-2