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HANOVER PARK, Ill. – Wheaton, under the direction of head coach Jane Nelson, won its 21st College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) women’s tennis title and first since 2014 on Saturday at Centre Court Athletic Club.
 
The Thunder pulled ahead on the final day with wins in four of the six singles finals and one of the three doubles finals, picking up 68 championship points over the three-day event. Two-time defending champion Augustana earned the second-most championship points with 66, followed by Carthage (31), Carroll (20) and Millikin (20), Elmhurst (8), Illinois Wesleyan (6), North Central (4) and North Park (2).
 
Beginning this season, the CCIW champion was determined using a combination of points earned in the regular season dual meet standings and the CCIW championship standings, with the championship standings points counting twice. Those two numbers were combined to form the final 2017 CCIW Women’s Tennis standings: Wheaton (26), Augustana (25), Carthage (21), Carroll (17), Millikin (16), Elmhurst (11.5), Illinois Wesleyan (9.5), North Central (5.5) and North Park (3.5).
 
Augustana junior Caitlyn Schaffer took home CCIW Player of the Year honors after winning the No. 1 singles title over Wheaton’s Katie Park (3-6, 6-3, 6-1). She became the third Vikings player to win player of the year honors after Kim Sawyer in 2012 and 2013 and Lauren Goggin in 2016.  
 
Augustana’s Annie Timm won the No. 2 singles title over Carthage’s Angelica Emmanouil (6-2, 6-1).
 
The Thunder pulled ahead on Saturday with wins over Augustana at Nos. 3-6 singles. Miranda Kay beat Zeana Badawi at No. 3 singles (6-4, 6-2), Emma Westwick topped Maleeha Chowdhury at No. 4 singles (6-2, 6-0), Claire Browning beat Morgan Bullen at No. 5 singles (6-1, 6-2), and Emme Lindquist defeated Margaret Chadick at No. 6 singles (4-6, 6-3, 6-0).
 
Schaffer and Madeline Lombardi won the No. 1 doubles title over Browning and Park (8-4), while Bullen and Faith Johnson claimed the No. 3 doubles title over Westwick and Nicole Freeman (9-7). However, Wheaton clinched the conference title with a win at No. 2 doubles as Kay and Sara Magnuson beat Badawi and Timm (8-4).
 
By finishing in the top four, Wheaton, Augustana, Carthage and Carroll advance to the 2018 CCIW Automatic Qualifier Tournament, which will be held April 27-28, 2018 at Wheaton College. Matches will take place in a team format with two semifinals on April 27, followed by the championship on April 28, with the winner earning the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Championship.
 
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The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) was founded in 1946 and currently services nine member institutions including Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), Carroll University (Waukesha, WI), Carthage College (Kenosha, WI), Elmhurst College (Elmhurst, IL), Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL), Millikin University (Decatur, IL), North Central College (Naperville, IL), North Park University (Chicago, IL) and Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL). During the 2016-17 academic year, the CCIW honored over 1,900 academic all-conference recipients, 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, 33 CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, one CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year and over 100 all-Americans.