ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Augustana moved its women's tennis record to a glossy 20-2 with impressive wins over Wisconsin-LaCrosse and Coe by identical scores of 7-2 on Saturday, April 1 at the Lower Campus Courts. The Vikings have now won four straight since an 8-1 loss at Wisconsin-Whitewater on March 12.
 
Head coach Jon Miedema's team will compete in the Midwest Invitational this coming Friday and Saturday (April 7-8) in Madison, Wisconsin.
 
AUGUSTANA 7, WISCONSIN-LACROSSE 2
 
Augustana used a 3-0 start in doubles as a springboard to a 7-2 win over Wisconsin-LaCrosse in an early morning match on Saturday, April 1 at the Lower Campus Courts. The Vikings won at number one doubles by a score of 8-6 when senior Dana Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) and sophomore Caitlyn Schaffer (Kenwood Academy, Chicago, Ill.) beat Bridget Bellissimo and Sadie Spahn.
 
Senior Lauren Goggin (Buffalo Grove HS, Arlington Heights, Ill.) and sophomore Madeline Lombardi (Edwardsville HS, Glen Carbon, Ill.) beat Hayley Clope and Alaina Bublitz 8-4 at number two. The number three team of freshman Zeana Badawi (Hinsdale Central HS, Burr Ridge, Ill.) and senior Vicki Andonova (Downers Grove South HS, Westmont, Ill.) beat Samantha Fleming and Kim Drangeid 8-6.
 
When the scene shifted to singles the top match of the morning came at number one singles where Lauren Goggin scored a significant victory over Bellissimo 3-6; 7-5; 10-7. Goggin was behind Bellissimo in the most recent regional rankings so the win will help her move up.
 
Dana Goggin beat Spahn 6-0; 6-4 at number two while Schaffer took Clope 6-2; 6-2 at number three. Badawi won 6-4; 6-2 over Fleming at number four.
 
Andonova lost to Maura Anderson 1-6; 1-6 at number five and Lombardi fell 3-6; 1-6 to Bublitz at number six.
 
Wisconsin-LaCrosse was 17-2 coming into the meet.
 
AUGUSTANA 7, COE 2
 
The Vikings won for the 20^th time this season against just two losses with a 7-2 victory over the KoHawks, who are now 13-8 on the year.
 
Lauren Goggin continued her fine play at singles with a 6-3; 7-5 win over Haley Resnick at number one. Goggin is now 27-4 on the season. Her twin sister Dana Goggin dropped a 1-6; 1-6 decision to Lauren French at number two and fell to 21-4 on the year.
 
Schaffer took a hard-fought 4-6; 6-2; 10-3 decision over Sarah Lasecki at number three to push her record to 26-5 while Badawi beat Kaitlin Fosler 6-0; 6-2 at number four. Badawi is 23-4 in this, her freshman year. Andonova, who has over 100 combined wins in her career, beat Lakyn Boltz 6-1; 6-2 at number five to up her mark to 21-9. Lombardi is now 13-11 after beating Ella White 6-3; 6-3 at number six.
 
Lauren Goggin and Lombardi beat Lasecki and Fosler 8-1 at number two doubles and they are now 11-2 as a team. Badawi and Andonova defeated Boltz and Tori Montoya 8-3 and are 13- at number three.
 
The Vikings number one team of Dana Goggin and Schaffer fell 8-2 to Resnick and French and are now 20-2 this year.