LAKE BLUFF, Ill. – Lake Forest used victories in four of the last five singles matches to defeat Augustana 5-4 in non-conference men's tennis action on Saturday, March 19 at the Racquet Club of Lake Bluff in Lake Bluff, Illinois. The Vikings, who were ranked 20^th in the Central Region, fall to 7-6 on the season while Lake Forest move to 6-5.
 
In a tightly contested match from start to finish, Lake Forest won four straight singles matches to erase a 3-1 deficit. After senior Patrick Lenz (Villanova Prep, Ojai, Calif.) defeated John Snider 6-3; 6-1 at number three singles, Augustana had a 3-1 lead.
 
The Foresters then ripped off four straight wins to seal the victory. At number two Trevor Allen beat sophomore Eric Pohl (Fremd HS, Palatine, Ill.) 6-1; 1-6; 6-4 and Dragan Trivanovic defeated freshman Jack Morkin (University HS, Bloomington, Ill.) 7-5; 6-4 to knot the match at 3-3. A classic battle at number one ended with Lake Forest's Dan Pivonka beating sophomore Samuel Totten (University HS, Normal, Ill.) 7-6; 7-6 to give the home team a 4-3 lead. Number four was the clincher when Viking freshman Carl Christensen (Hoellviken, Sweden) fell 6-4; 3-6; 1-6 to Ellis Lora-Arceo. Senior Austin Schoeck (Rock Island Alleman HS, Rock Island, Ill.) picked up a 3-6; 6-2; 6-1 win over Karl Fehn at number five to account for the final score.
 
Augustana grabbed a 2-1 lead following doubles as Totten and Pohl beat Pivonka and Snider 8-5 at number one and senior Harald Olsson (Hersby Gymnasium, Stockholm, Sweden) and junior Connor Woolf (Evanston HS, Evanston, Ill.) beat Fehn and Nick Rehm 8-3 at number three. The Vikings number two team of Christensen and Morkin lost 7-9 to Allen and Lora-Arceo.
 
Augustana's next match will be April 2 at home against Grinnell at 6;00 p.m. at the Quad City Tennis Club.