CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – For the second straight outing the Augustana women's tennis team posted a 9-0 whitewash of a regionally ranked opponent. This time it was Coe, ranked 13^th in the Central Region, which fell to the Vikings on Thursday, March 24 at the Clark Racquet Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Augustana is currently ranked 15^th in the Central Region.
 
Last Sunday head coach Jon Miedema's team defeated number 20 Lake Forest, also by a score of 9-0 and also on the road. With the win Augustana moves to 18-4 overall and it was the first win over the Kohawks since a 5-4 decision in 2004. The victory snapped a six match losing streak to Coe.
 
The Vikings jumped out to a 3-0 lead in doubles but it certainly wasn't easy as both number one and number two were decided by narrow 9-8 decisions.
 
Junior Dana Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) and senior Aileen MacDonald (Mundelein HS, Mundelein, Ill.) knocked off Haley Resnick and Laura Birky 9-8 at number one. Goggin and MacDonald, ranked 25^th in the nation in doubles, moved their record to 22-4 on the season.
 
The number two team of junior Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) and sophomore Mollie Magee (Olathe East HS, Overland Park, Kan.) followed suit with a 9-8 win against Tamara Washington and Dinnah Watson. Lauren Goggin and Magee are now 17-5 this season.
 
At number three it was the freshman duo of Caitlyn Schaffer (Kenwood Academy, Chicago, Ill.) and Madeline Lombardi (Edwardsville HS, Glen Carbon, Ill.) scoring an 8-3 win over Sarah Lasecki and Kaitlin Fosler. Schaffer and Lombardi are now 19-6 on the year.
 
All six of the singles matches were won in straight sets by Augustana.
 
Lauren Goggin went to 19-8 on the year with a 6-1; 6-2 win over Resnick at number one and twin sister Dana Goggin upped her mark to 17-6 with a 6-2; 6-1 victory over Amy Sebastian at number two.
 
Magee, who is closing in on 100 combined career victories, beat Birky 6-2; 6-1 at number three. Magee is 22-5 on the season and 97-33 in her career with a 52-17 record in singles and a 45-16 mark in doubles.
 
MacDonald beat Washington 7-5; 6-2 at number four to move to 17-5 on the year and Schaffer is now 22-5 at beating Lasecki 7-5; 6-2. Junior Vicki Andonova (Downers Grove South HS, Westmont, Ill.) beat Watson 6-2; 6-2 at number six and is 15-5 this year.
 
Augustana will be in competition again on April 1-2 at the Midwest Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin.