KENOSHA, Wis. – Augustana breezed past North Central 6-0 in the opening round of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin men's tennis tournament on Thursday, April 30 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The match, which was stopped when the Vikings had the victory secured, moved head coach Jon Miedema's team into the semi-final round against Wheaton at 11:00 a.m. at the Smeds Tennis Center on the campus of Carthage.
 
The Vikings swept the doubles to go up 3-0 early in the match. Freshmen Samuel Totten (Normal University HS, Normal, Ill.) and Eric Pohl (Fremd HS, Palatine, Ill.) beat Oliver Moews and Aleksander Vasic 8-2 at number one. Senior Lawrence Palmer (Schiller International School, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain) and junior Harald Olsson (Hersby Gymnasium, Stockholm, Sweden) beat Connor Sass and Ryan Doeckel 8-2 at number two. The number three team of sophomore Connor Woolf (Evanston HS, Evanston, Ill.) and Austin Schoeck (Alleman Catholic HS, Rock Island, Ill.) defeated Adam Winters and Alex Kohlmeier 8-4.
 
Only three singles matches were played to completion before the outcome was determined. Palmer beat Moews 6-0; 6-1 at number one and Pohl beat Vasic 6-0; 6-1 at number three. Schoeck picked up a 6-1; 6-0 win over Kohlmeier at number five.
 
Totten was leading Sass 6-2; 1-0 at number two when the match was finished. Junior Patrick Lenz (Villanova Prep, Ojai, Calif.) had a 6-2; 2-0 lead on Winters at number four when play was halted and sophomore Jonathon Elsey (York HS, Elmhurst, Ill.) had a 6-2; 3-0 over Tyler Ringle at number six.
 
Augustana is now 13-12 overall.