NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Augustana rolled to a 7-2 women's tennis victory over North Central on Saturday, September 28 and in the process clinched the number one seed in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin. The Vikings of third-year head coach Jon Miedema clinched the top spot and can sew up an undefeated regular season for the fall with a win at Elmhurst on Sunday, September 29.
 
The CCIW will determine its conference champion over the weekend of October 5-6 in a flighted tournament in Bloomington, Illinois. The league's automatic berth into the NCAA Division III national tournament will come in the spring during a dual meet tournament between the top four teams from the fall season. Augustana, by virtue of its 6-3 win over Wheaton on Saturday, September 14 owns the number one seed for that event, which will be held on May 3 in Elmhurst, Illinois.
 
Senior Kim Sawyer (Batavia HS, Batavia, Ill.), who earlier this week became the all-time winningest player in school history for combined career victories (singles and doubles), led the way on Saturday. Sawyer beat Katie Drone at number one singles by a score of 6-0; 6-1 to push her record to a glossy 15-2 this year. She also teamed with sophomore Aileen MacDonald (Mundelein HS, Mundelein, Ill.) to defeat Madeline Urban and Reynolds Cross 8-2 at number two doubles. Sawyer and MacDonald are 9-2 as a team this fall. MacDonald is now 9-2 in singles after beating Madeline Urban 6-2; 6-4 at number four singles.
 
Freshman Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) whitewashed Miranda Grizaffi 6-0; 6-0 at number two singles and hit the double digit mark in singles victories this fall with a 10-3 records. Freshman Dana Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) beat Kelsey Forkin 6-0; 6-1 at number three singles and is now 6-3 on the year. The Goggin twins beat Drone and Forkin 8-0 at number one doubles and they now have a 9-3 record for the fall.
 
Augustana's number three doubles team of juniors Miranda Pence (Oswego HS, Oswego, Ill.) and Chelsea Lavin (Downers Grove South HS, Downers Grove, Ill.) beat Kassandra Bernardo and Jenny Velasquez 8-2 and advanced its record to 8-3.
 
Senior Emily Kaczmarek (Glenbard South HS, Lombard, Ill.) dropped a 6-3; 6-3 decision to Kayla Garcia at number five singles and senior Mariah Bardo (Sterling HS, Sterling, Ill.) fell to Megan Marble 6-3; 7-5 at number six singles.
 
The Vikings are now 10-0 overall and 5-0 in the CCIW while North Central fell to 6-5 and 1-4.