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Box Score
Apr. 25, 2017 – The North Central College men's tennis team ran into the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) standings leader Wheaton College on Tuesday, falling 8-1 to the 12
th-ranked team in the central region.
The Thunder (12-7, 5-0 CCIW) claimed all three doubles positions to start the afternoon, as
Tyler Haizel and
Victor Krueger fought back from a 4-3 deficit to take a 5-4 lead and traded breaks back-and-forth with Jeremiah Yi and Dane Paulsen to a 8-7 deficit but could not come back in the end, falling 9-7.
In singles play, Wheaton claimed five of the six positions in straight sets, while
Adam Winters turned in the lone victory for the Cardinals, rebounding from a 6-1 first-set loss to take down Josh Cheng, 6-4, 10-7 at the No. 5 position.
North Central (10-7, 2-4 CCIW) closes out the regular season on Thursday, Apr. 27, traveling to Carthage College with matches slated for 4 p.m. at the Smeds Tennis Center.
