After loss to Calvin Vikings bounce back with 9-0 shutout over Concordia
 
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – After dropping an 8-1 decision to Calvin in the morning, Augustana bounced back with a decisive 9-0 win over Concordia-Michigan on Saturday, February 11 at the Huizenga Track & Tennis Center on the campus of Calvin College. The Vikings moved to 2-3 with the win.
 
The doubles results set the tone in this win as junior Eric Pohl (Fremd HS, Palatine, Ill.) and sophomore Jack Morkin (University HS, Bloomington, Ill.) took care of Alexander Koziel and Samuel Dobben 8-0 at number one. The number two team of senior Nicholas Prabhakar (Rockford Lutheran HS, Belvidere, Ill.) and freshman Scott Daluga (Libertyville HS, Libertyville, Ill.) beat Gustavo Lozada and Ryan Curtis 8-3. At number three the team of freshman David Gunther Tries (Brookfield Central HS, Brookfield, Wis.) and senior Adderly Clark (Glenbrook North HS, Oak Park, Ill.) beat Jacob Baxter and Joel Werner 8-0.
 
Pohl picked up his second number one singles win of the day with a 6-3; 6-2 win over Lozado. Morkin beat Koziel 6-0; 6-0 at number two and Prabhakar took care of Baxter 6-1; 6-1. Daluga defeated Curtis 6-1; 6-2 at number four  and Gunther-Tries beat Alexander Jassen 6-0; 6-1 at number five. Clark beat Werner 6-3; 6-3 at number six.
 
Augustana will face Edgewood on Friday, February 17 in Madison, Wisconsin.
 
02/11/17 – CALVIN 8, AUGUSTANA 1
 
Vikings roughed up by head coach Jon Miedema's alma mater
 
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Augustana head men's tennis coach Jon Miedema was looking forward to his team's meeting with his alma mater but the result was not what he was hoping for. The Vikings dropped an 8-1 decision to Calvin on Saturday, February 11 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
 
Playing without three veterans who figure to be in the lineup, Augustana was able to come away with just a victory at number one singles. Junior Eric Pohl (Fremd HS, Palatine, Ill.) defeated Rodrigo C.V. Guzman 5-7; 7-5; 10-7 to move his singles record to 3-4 on the season.
 
The match started with Calvin sweeping the doubles with Taylor Asfour and Matt VanWinkle beating Pohl and sophomore Jack Morkin (University HS, Bloomington, Ill.) 8-6 at number one. At number two doubles Calvin's Guzman and David Brown beat freshman Scott Daluga (Libertyville HS, Libertyville, Ill.) and senior Nicholas Prabhakar (Rockford Lutheran HS, Belvidere, Ill.) 8-0. The number three doubles match went to the Knights team of Jason Wolters and Owen Brookhouse over Augustana's Alex Riddle (York HS, Elmhurst, Ill.) and David Gunther Treis (Brookfield Central HS, Brookfield, Wis.) by a score of 8-3.
 
Morkin fell to Asfour 6-4; 6-1 at number two and Prabhakar lost 6-4; 6-1 at number three to Anthony Vroon. Daluga fell to Brown 6-1; 6-0 at number four and Gunther-Treis lost 6-1; 7-5 at number five to VanWinkle. Sophomore Alex Riddle (York HS, Elmhurst, Ill.) got the call at number six singles for the Vikings and he dropped a tight three-setter 4-6; 6-4; 10-7 to Wolters.