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Men's Tennis
NEW FORMAT AGREES WITH CARTHAGE AS REDMEN WIN FIRST OUTRIGHT TITLE
WHEATON, Illinois - A new format for deciding the men's tennis champion in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin certainly agreed with Brady Lindsley and Carthage College. The Redmen defeated Illinois Wesleyan 7-0 in the championship match of the CCIW tournament, held on April 23-24 at Wheaton College.
After years of having the CCIW tournament contested in championship style format with flight champions, the league went to a dual meet structure. Carthage, which shared the title in 2001 with Wheaton, won its first ever outright crown with a 7-0 victory over Illinois Wesleyan in the championship match.
In fact, the Redmen did not lose a single match in their march to the top, beating Wheaton 7-0 in the semi-finals before whitewashing the Titans in the final.
Dane Schmidgall of Carthage, who won both of his matches at number one singles, was named the "Player of the Year" in the CCIW while his teammate Alex Donkor was selected as the tournament's "Most Valuable Player". Donkor won two matches at number three singles in the tournament. Both Schmidgall and Donkor won two matches in doubles as well, Schmidgall at number one and Donkor at number three. Lindsley was tabbed as the "Coach of the Year".
In the first round Wheaton (#4) beat Augustana (#5) 6-1 and Elmhurst (#3) handled North Central (#6) 7-0. Carthage (#1) and Illinois Wesleyan (#2) each received first round byes. The first semifinal had Carthage beating the Thunder 7-0 and Wesleyan beating Elmhurst 6-1. While Carthage easily dispatched of the Titans in the championship match, Wheaton narrowly got by Elmhurst for third by a score of 4-3. Augustana defeated North Central 7-0 for fifth place.
2004 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Men's Tennis Championships
April 23-24, 2004 - Wheaton, Illinois
Championship Match: Carthage def. Illinois Wesleyan 7-0
Third Place Match: Wheaton def. Elmhurst 4-3
Fifth Place Match: Augustana def. North Central 7-0
Semifinals: #2-seed Illinois Wesleyan def. Elmhurst 6-1
Semifinals: #1-seed Carthage def. Wheaton 7-0
First Round: #3-seed Elmhurst def. #6-seed North Central 7-0
First Round: #4-seed Wheaton def. #5-seed Augustana 6-1
Championship Match: Carthage def. Illinois Wesleyan 7-0
NUMBER |
RESULT |
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Singles |
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1 |
Dane Schmidgall (Carthage) def. Mike Walz (Illinois Wesleyan) 6-1, 6-3 |
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2 |
Brad Livingston (Carthage) def. Matt Rineberg (Illinois Wesleyan) 6-2, 6-4 |
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3 |
Alex Donkor (Carthage) def. Chauncey Staples (Illinois Wesleyan) 6-0, 6-0 |
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4 |
Mike Hicks (Carthage) def. Jason Love (Illinois Wesleyan) 6-2, 6-3 |
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5 |
Tres Heimann (Carthage) def. Pat Fischer (Illinois Wesleyan) 6-2, 6-2 |
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6 |
Blake Schafer (Carthage) def. Ryan Stitt (Illinois Wesleyan) 6-2, 6-2 |
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Doubles |
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1 |
Schmidgall/Livingston (Carthage) def. Walz/Love (Illinois Wesleyan) 8-5 |
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2 |
Stitzel/Hicks (Carthage) def. Rineberg/Staples (Illinois Wesleyan) 8-6 |
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3 |
Donkor/Newhouse (Carthage) def. Fischer/O'Keefe (Illinois Wesleyan) 8-6 |
Third Place Match: Wheaton def. Elmhurst 4-3
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NUMBER |
RESULT |
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Singles |
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1 |
Breck Schleuter (Wheaton) def. Dan Faretta (Elmhurst) 6-2, 6-1 |
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2 |
Joe Williams (Wheaton) def. Justin Hegner (Elmhurst) 6-1, 6-3 |
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3 |
Christian Dawes (Wheaton) def. Anthony McPherson (Elmhurst) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 |
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4 |
Ashton Williams (Wheaton) def. Gregg Bayer (Elmhurst) 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-1 |
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5 |
Jake McNamara (Elmhurst) def. Graham Johnson (Wheaton) 6-2, 6-4 |
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6 |
Robert Chong (Elmhurst) def. Jeff Darragh (Wheaton) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
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Doubles |
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1 |
Schleuter/J. Williams (Wheaton) def. Hegner/McNamara (Elmhurst) 8-0 |
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2 |
Faretta/McPherson (Elmhurst) def. Dawes/A. Williams (Wheaton) 8-3 |
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3 |
Bayer/Chong (Elmhurst) def. Johnson/Darragh (Wheaton) 8-6 |
Fifth Place Match: Augustana def. North Central 7-0
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NUMBER |
RESULT |
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Singles |
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1 |
John Feehan (Augustana) def. Greg Bauman (North Central) 6-3, 6-4 |
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2 |
Dan Rooney (Augustana) def. Russ Pantek (North Central) 6-1, 6-3 |
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3 |
Don Martinez (Augustana) def. Jesse Gonzalez (North Central) 6-2, 6-0 |
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4 |
Nate Olson (Augustana) def. Eric Thomson (North Central) 6-2, 7-5 |
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5 |
Brandon Wolber (Augustana) def. Dave Thomas (North Central) 6-2, 6-2 |
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6 |
Pete Sakash (Augustana) def Eric Stein (North Central) 6-2, 6-1 |
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Doubles |
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1 |
Feehan/Rooney (Augustana) def. Bauman/Gonzalez 8-1 |
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2 |
Olson/Martinez (Augustana) def. Pantek/ Thomson (North Central) 8-2 |
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3 |
Burghgraef/Dan Ahern (Augustana) def. Stein/Thomas (North Central) 8-1 |
#1-seed Carthage def. Wheaton 7-0
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NUMBER |
RESULT |
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Singles |
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1 |
Dane Schmidgall (Carthage) def. Breck Schleuter (Wheaton) 6-4, 6-2 |
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2 |
Brad Livingston (Carthage) def. Joe Williams (Wheaton) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 |
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3 |
Alex Donkor (Carthage) def. Christian Dawes (Wheaton) 6-0, 6-0 |
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4 |
Mike Hicks (Carthage) def. Ashton Williams (Wheaton) 6-1, 6-0 |
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5 |
Tres Heimann (Carthage) def. Graham Johnson (Wheaton) 6-2, 6-1 |
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6 |
Blake Schafer (Carthage) def. Jeff Darragh (Wheaton) 6-1, 6-0 |
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Doubles |
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1 |
Schmidgall/Livingston (Carthage) def. Schleuter/J. Williams (Wheaton) 8-4 |
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2 |
Stitzel/Hicks (Carthage) def. Dawes/A. Williams (Wheaton) 8-1 |
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3 |
Donkor/Newhouse (Carthage) def. Johnson/Newhouse (Wheaton) 8-1 |
#2-seed Illinois Wesleyan def. #3-seed Elmhurst 6-1
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NUMBER |
RESULT |
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Singles |
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1 |
Mike Walz (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Dan Faretta (Elmhurst) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2) |
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2 |
Matt Rineberg (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Justin Hegner (Elmhurst) 6-4, 6-1 |
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3 |
Anthony McPherson (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Chauncey Staples (Illinois Wesleyan) 6-4, 6-2 |
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4 |
Jason Love (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Gregg Bayer (Elmhurst) 6-4. 8-6 (6) |
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5 |
Pat Fischer (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Jake McNamara (Elmhurst) 6-4, 6-2 |
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6 |
Ryan Stitt (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Robert Chong (Elmhurst) 6-1, 6-3 |
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Doubles |
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1 |
Hegner/McNamara (Elmhurst) def. Walz/Love (Illinois Wesleyan) 8-6 |
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2 |
Rineberg/Staples (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Faretta/McPherson (Elmhurst) 8-1 |
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3 |
Fischer/O'Keefe (Illinois Wesleyan) def. Bayer/Chong (Elmhurst) 8-2 |
#4-seed Wheaton def. #5-seed Augustana
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NUMBER |
RESULT |
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Singles |
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1 |
Breck Schleuter (Wheaton) def. John Feehan (Augustana) 6-1, 6-1 |
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2 |
Joe Williams (Wheaton) def. Dan Rooney (Augustana) 7-6 (6), 6-2 |
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3 |
Christian Dawes (Wheaton) def. Don Martinez (Augustana) 6-3, 6-3 |
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4 |
Ashton Williams (Wheaton) def. Nate Olson (Augustana) 7-6 (11), 2-6, 10-7 |
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5 |
Graham Johnson (Wheaton) def. Brandon Wolber (Augustana) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 |
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6 |
Pete Sakash (Augustana) def. Jeff Darragh (Wheaton) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 |
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Doubles |
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Schleuter/J. Williams (Wheaton) def. Feehan/Rooney (Augustana) 8-5 |
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2 |
Dawes/A. Williams (Wheaton) def. Olson/Burgraef (Augustana) 8-1 |
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3 |
Martinez/Ahern (Augustana) def. Johnson/Darragh (Wheaton) 8-3 |
#3-seed Elmhurst def. #6-seed North Central 7-0
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NUMBER |
RESULT |
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Singles |
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1 |
Dan Faretta (Elmhurst) def. Greg Bauman (North Central) 6-1, Retired |
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2 |
Justin Hegner (Elmhurst) def. Russ Pantek (North Central) 6-0, 6-0 |
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3 |
Anthony McPherson (Elmhurst) def. Jesse Gonzalez (North Central) 6-2, 6-0 |
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4 |
Gregg Bayer (Elmhurst) def. Eric Thomson (North Central) 6-1, 6-4 |
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5 |
Jake McNamara (Elmhurst) def. Dave Thomas (North Central) 6-2, 6-4 |
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6 |
Robert Chong (Elmhurst) def. Eric Stein (North Central) 6-2, 6-3 |
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Doubles |
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1 |
Hegner/McNamara (Elmhurst) def. Bauman/Gonzalez (North Central) 8-6 |
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2 |
Faretta/McPherson (Elmhurst) def. Pantek/Thomson (North Central) 8-2 |
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3 |
Bayer/Chong (Elmhurst) def. Thomas/Stein (North Central) 8-2 |
2004 All-CCIW Men's Tennis Team
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FIRST TEAM |
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John Feehan |
Augustana |
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Brad Livingston |
Carthage |
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Dan Schmidgall |
Carthage |
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Dan Faretta |
Elmhurst |
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Breck Schleuter |
Wheaton |
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Mike Walz |
Illinois Wesleyan |
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SECOND TEAM |
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Alex Donkor |
Carthage |
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Michael Hicks |
Carthage |
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Steve Stitzel |
Carthage |
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Justin Hegner |
Elmhurst |
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Matt Rineberg |
Illinois Wesleyan |
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Joe Williams |
Wheaton |
Player of the Year: Dane Schmidgall, Carthage
CCIW Tournament MVP: Alex Donkor, Carthage
Coach of the Year: Brady Lindsey, Carthage
© 2003-04 CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
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