BETTENDORF, Iowa. – Coe's men's tennis outfit—ranked 35th in the nation and eighth in the NCAA Central Region—handed Augustana a 9-0 defeat Sunday at Bettendorf Middle School. The Vikings dropped to 13-10 on the year, while the Kohawks improved to 20-5.
 
Second and fourth singles afforded Coach Jon Miedema's squad its best opportunities for victories, but freshman Caio DeRezende (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and senior Eric Pohl (Fremd HS, Palatine, Ill.) both fell in three sets. Josh Pudlo bested DeRezende 6-2, 4-6, 10-5 at number two and Luke Ford rallied for a 2-6, 7-5, 10-6 win over Pohl at number four.
 
Pudlo and Ford defeated Pohl and classmate Samuel Totten (University HS, Normal, Ill.) 8-4 at first doubles. At number two, Brady Anderson and Nate Ackert were 8-3 winners over Viking freshmen Peter Alex (Hinsdale South HS, Darien, Ill.) and Tom Friberg (Lund, Sweden) and at number three, Jake Kudrick and Nate Greiner won by the same score over junior Jack Morkin (University HS, Bloomington, Ill.) and DeRezende.
 
The rest of the singles matches saw Totten drop a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Anderson at number one. Alex fell to Kudrick two and two at number three and freshman Guilherme Calixto (Presidente Prudente, Brazil) lost 6-2, 6-0 to Ackert at number five. Greiner beat freshman Rodrigo Medeiros (Brazil) 6-4, 6-3 at sixth singles.
 
Augustana hosts Millikin at the Lower Campus Courts on Wednesday, April 25, beginning at 3:30 p.m.