An interesting road trip turned historic on Sunday, April 19 as the Augustana women's tennis team set a new school record for single season dual meet victories. Head coach Jon Miedema loaded his squad on vans early in the morning and headed first for Dubuque, Iowa and later for Decorah, Iowa. Both stops proved to be successful as the Vikings defeated Loras 9-0 in the morning and then handled Luther 8-1 in the afternoon.
 
With the win over Luther, Augustana established a new school record for single season wins. The Vikings are now 21-8 on the year and currently ranked 18^th in the NCAA Division III Central Region. In an ironic twist, the 2014-15 team broke the record set in 2010-11 when Augustana went 20-9 under the direction of then-head coach Adam Strand. Strand is currently the head coach at Luther.
 
Augustana will play next in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin's NCAA automatic qualifying tournament on April 24-25.
 
AUGUSTANA 9, LORAS 0
 
The Vikings had little trouble with the DuHawks, winning 9-0 without dropping a single set in singles to move to 20-8 on the year.
 
It got started in doubles with the number one team of sophomore Dana Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) and junior Aileen MacDonald (Mundelein HS, Mundelein, Ill.) taking care of Elizabeth Dickhut and Jessica Dickhut 8-3. Freshman Mollie Magee (Olathe East HS, Overland Park, Kan.) and sophomore Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) beat Kylie DeWees and Sam Pietruszynski 8-1 at number two. Senior Miranda Pence (Oswego HS, Oswego, Ill.) and sophomore Vicki Andonova (Downers Grove South HS, Westmont, Ill.) beat Caroline Rainey and Maggie Clements 8-4 t number three.
 
Lauren Goggin defeated Elizabeth Dickhut 6-3; 7-5 at number one and Dana Goggin beat DeWees 6-0; 6-0 at number two. Magee defeated Rainey 6-1; 6-1 at number three and MacDonald beat Pietruszynski 6-1; 6-1 at number four.
 
Pence and Andonova both posted 6-0; 6-0 shutouts at number five and six singles respectively. Pence defeated Ayla Graziano and Andonova beat Jessica Bremner.
 
AUGUSTANA 8, LUTHER 1
 
The school record 21^st victory came in convincing fashion over a Luther program steeped in tradition in women's tennis. T
 
Once again the catalyst was in doubles where the Vikings jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Dana Goggin and MacDonald beat Maggie Helms and Jenna Myers 8-1 at number one and Lauren Goggin and Magee took care of Jackie Cychosz and Adriana DePaolis 8-2 at number two. Pence and Andonova were 8-2 winners over Madison Crow and Lauren Welch at number three.
 
Lauren Goggin beat DePaolis 6-4; 6-2 at number one and Dana Goggin beat Helms 6-3; 6-2 at number two.
 
Magee dropped a 3-6; 3-6 decision to Myers at number three for the only Augustana loss in the match.
 
MacDonald defeated Cychosz 6-1; 7-6 at number four and Pence stormed past Welch 6-0; 6-1 at number five. Andonova beat Crow 6-1; 6-0 at number six.