WHEATON, Ill. – Using tremendous depth, especially in singles, Augustana ended years of frustration against Wheaton with a 6-3 women's tennis victory in College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin action on Saturday, September 14. The victory, which came on the Thunder's home courts, was the first by the Vikings since 1997 and it snapped an 18-match losing streak in this series.
 
Third-year head coach Jon Miedema's team moved to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the CCIW while Wheaton fell to 3-2 and 2-1.
 
The Vikings grabbed a 2-1 lead after doubles play thanks to victories at numbers one and two. At number one it was the freshman twin combination of Dana Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) and Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) handling Sarah Ray and Julie Buursma 8-1 to move to 5-1. It was a successful return to the courts for Dana Goggin, who missed last week's action with an illness.
 
Senior Kim Sawyer (Batavia HS, Batavia, Ill.) and sophomore Aileen MacDonald (Mundelein HS, Mundelein, Ill.) came through with a hard-fought victory at number two doubles over Emily Jones and Erika Nelson by a score of 8-6. Sawyer and MacDonald are now 4-1 for the season.
 
Junior Miranda Pence (Oswego HS, Oswego, Ill.) and freshman Vicki Andonova (Downers Grove South HS, Westmont, Ill.), together for the first time this year, fell 8-6 at number three to Katherine Kaiser and Taylor Parrish.
 
Sawyer marched her record to 8-1 overall in singles with a 6-4; 6-3 victory over Ray at number one. Lauren Goggin fell to Buursma 6-3; 7-6 at number two and dropped to 5-1 on the year. Dana Goggin lost 6-4; 6-0 to Jones at number three and is now 3-1.
 
The lower half of the Augustana singles lineup clinched the victory with wins at positions four through six. MacDonald beat Nelson 6-2; 6-4 at number four and is a perfect 5-0 this season. Senior Emily Kaczmarek (Glenbard South HS, Lombard, Ill.) beat Kaiser 7-5; 6-3 to move to 7-2 and senior Mariah Bardo (Sterling HS, Sterling, Ill.) took care of Parrish 6-4; 6-2 to up her mark to 4-2.
 
The Vikings will split their squad for their next meet, facing St. Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa on Tuesday, September 17 in one match while Knox visits the Lower Campus Courts the same day. Both matches are scheduled to start at 4:00 p.m.