FLOSSMOOR, Ill. – Augustana, who recently knocked off a pair of nationally-ranked foes in Coe and Grinnell, found the going a bit tougher Wednesday against number one University of Chicago. The Maroons downed the Vikings 9-0 to improve to 13-1 on the season. Coach Jon Miedema's outfit, ranked 11th in the Central Region, fell to 15-5.
 
Miedema's second doubles team of sophomore Alvaro Leal (Maristas Valencia, Valencia, Spain) and freshman Leonardo Panosso (La Sal Caxias, Caxias do Sul, Brazil) put up the best fight, falling 8-6 to Max Liu and Jeremy Yuan.
 
Chicago's Ninan Kumar and Erik Kerrigan were 8-2 winners over sophomores Peter Alex (Hinsdale South HS, Darien, Ill.) and Sriram Sugumaran (Pleasant Valley HS, Bettendorf, Iowa) at first doubles, while sophomores Caio de Rezende (Colegio Itoca, Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Rodrigo Medeiros (Colegio Reino, Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) fell 8-1 to Charlie Pei and Tyler Raclin at number three.
 
Leal won five games at second singles, eventually dropping a 6-4, 6-1 decision to Yuan. Alex fell 6-2, 6-1 to Alex Guzhva at number four, Guilherme Calixto (Calegria, Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil) lost 6-1, 6-2 to Alejandro Rodriguez at number five and Shramay Dhawan bested Panosso 6-0, 6-3 at number six.
 
De Rezende and Sugumaran both dropped 6-1, 6-0 decisions. Kerrigan defeated de Rezende at first singles and Pei downed Sugumaran at number three.
 
On Saturday, April 13, Miedema's crew jumps back into CCIW play, facing Millikin and Illinois Wesleyan on the road at 10:45 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., respectively.