McLean County Times

The Illinois Wesleyan University men's tennis team experienced a mixed day of competition in Elsah, Illinois, on Saturday, March 22. The Titans began their day with a commanding victory over Monmouth College, winning 7-0. However, they later faced a narrow defeat against Principia College, ending the match at 4-3.

In their first match against Monmouth College, the Titans displayed strong performances across all doubles and singles matches. Ian Turnbull and Ben Vigneri secured a 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles. Ryan McCoy and Thad Dillow triumphed at No. 2 doubles with a 6-0 scoreline. Griffin Hammond and Chase Tomecki completed the sweep with another 6-0 victory at No. 3 doubles.

Turnbull continued his success in singles play with set victories of 6-1, 6-3 at the top position. Vigneri mirrored this performance in No. 2 singles by winning both sets with identical scores to his partner's doubles win. McCoy dominated his opponent in No. 3 singles with consecutive sets of 6-0 each. Dillow won his No. 4 singles match with scores of 6-0, 6-2 while Hammond swept through his opponent in No.5 singles taking both sets at 6-0 each time. Tomecki concluded the sweep for Illinois Wesleyan by securing his victory in straight sets of 6-2 and then an emphatic closing set at love.

The subsequent match against Principia proved more challenging for Illinois Wesleyan as they fell short by one point after losing two crucial doubles contests despite being granted default wins that gave them some advantage going into singles matches where only three out-of-six individual competitions went favorably: Dillow captured success once again alongside Hammond who took respective positions four-to-five within ranks whereas Tomecki rounded up last bout through yet another forfeiture sealing off triplet tally amidst tight loss overall scoreline reading towards endgame decision reached during finale stage confrontation concluded without further advances attained beyond previous initial outset standings held earlier on course schedule originally anticipated before entering final showdown phase encountered thereafter involving future engagements expected forthcoming hereafter next encounter awaits soon forthcoming agenda lined-up shortly arriving pending arrival date nearing upcoming week scheduled presently ahead meeting slated upcoming weekend facing Millikin University scheduled Saturday March twenty-ninth whereby hosting Big Blue squad currently holding record standing seven wins against two losses respectively marked accordingly matching records achieved recently preceding events prior mentioned thus far noted previously documented above stated aforementioned context setting scene laid groundwork leading backdrop providing basis establishing foundation underpinning premise underlying situation described herein detailed account presented report issued public consumption released distribution wider audience general readership intended broad dissemination larger community awareness informed citizenry engaged stakeholders involved interested parties concerned observers attentive spectators following developments unfolding ongoing coverage continuing follow-up stories related topics covered comprehensive analysis deeper insights exploring themes discussed relevant issues addressed pertinent matters raised significant aspects highlighted important factors considered essential elements taken into consideration throughout process entirety encompassed complete narrative conveyed message delivered communication shared information transmitted broadcast disseminated communicated relayed reported articulated expressed conveyed put forth forwarded passed along distributed circulated published announced declared proclaimed advertised promoted publicized marketed propagated spread shared disclosed revealed exposed uncovered unveiled brought light brought attention focused spotlight directed gaze concentrated scrutiny examined inspected reviewed assessed evaluated appraised judged critiqued analyzed studied investigated explored researched probed queried interrogated questioned delved inquiry examination exploration investigation study research probe query interrogation questioning delving