Event Website | Day One Results

HANOVER PARK, Ill. -- Augustana and Wheaton are currently tied for first in championship points after Day 1 of the 2017 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Women's Tennis Championship on Thursday at Centre Court Athletic Club.

The Vikings and Thunder have 18 points apiece after both programs won each of their first round matches in Nos. 1-6 singles and Nos. 1-3 doubles on Thursday. Carthage was third in championship points with 12, followed by Carroll (8), Millikin (6) and Ellmhurst (6), Illinois Wesleyan (4) and North Central (0) and North Park (0).

Beginning this season, the CCIW champion will be determined using a combination of points earned in the regular-season dual meet standings and the CCIW championship standings.
 
Teams were awarded points for where they finished in the CCIW regular season standings, taking into account only conference matches. Heading into the 2017 championship, first place Augustana received 9 points, followed by Wheaton (8 points), Carthage (7 points), Carroll (6 points), Millikin (5 points), Elmhurst (3.5 points), Illinois Wesleyan (3.5 points), North Park (1.5 points) and North Central (1.5 points).

Upon completion of the 2017 championship on Saturday, teams will be awarded points for where they finish in the conference championship (9 points for first, 8 for second, etc.). Those championship standing points will then be doubled and added to the points received for the finish in the regular season standings. Those combined points will determine the champion. Visit here for a detailed explanation of the new scoring criteria.

The top four teams will advance to the 2018 CCIW Women's Tennis Automatic Qualifier Tournament to be held this spring. The winner of that tournament will earned 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.