JANESVILLE, Wis. –Wisconsin-Whitewater—rated 11th in the most recent NCAA Central Region rankings—defeated Augustana 8-1 Tuesday at the Premier Tennis & Fitness Center. The Vikings' lone win came from third doubles team Jack Morkin (University HS, Bloomington, Ill.) and Caio DeRezende (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Coach Jon Miedema's squad is now 12-9 in dual meet play, while the Warhawks improved to 14-8.
 
Morkin and DeRezende bested the Whitewater duo of Lucas Monterosso and Grant Thompson 8-5 at number three doubles. At number one, seniors Samuel Totten (University HS, Normal, Ill.) and Eric Pohl (Fremd HS, Palatine, Ill.) dropped a 9-8 (7-5) heartbreaker to Zane Navratil and Jimmy Engelhart. Freshmen Peter Alex (Hinsdale South HS, Darien, Ill.) and Tom Friberg (Lund, Sweden) fell 8-4 at second doubles to Matt Zurowski and Brandon Dechter.
 
In singles, DeRezende and Alex suffered tough losses at numbers two and three, respectively. DeRezende dropped a 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 10-8 marathon to Engelhart and Alex fell in straights sets, both of which went to tiebreakers. Dechter came out on top 7-6 (8-6) and 7-6 (7-4).
 
Totten dropped a 7-5, 6-4 decision to Navratil at number one. At fourth singles, Zurowski bested Pohl 6-4, 6-0. Montesorro was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over freshman Rodrigo Medeiros (Brazil) at number five and Zach Wood beat Friberg three and three at number six.
 
Next up for Augustana is a key CCIW dual at Wheaton on Saturday, April 21. The Vikings are currently 3-1 in the league, one-half game behind the league-leading Thunder (3-0).