CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Augustana Vikings women's tennis team picked up a pair of wins in the state of Iowa on Saturday, defeating the Cornell Rams 9-0 before knocking off the Coe Kohawks by a score of 7-2.
In their first match of the day, the Vikings made it a clean sweep in double over the Rams, led by a quick 8-1 win at No. 3 from
Grace Rider and
Mia Reese. The duos of
Caitlyn Hanulikova and
Hannah Colbert at No. 1 and
Lauren Oda and
Lily Schoeck at No. 2 each won their respective matches by a score of 8-2 to give Augie the 3-0 lead heading into singles.
All six contests in singles were won in consecutive sets by Augustana.
Michaela Magee nearly posted a clean match, winning over her opponent at No. 2 by a score of 6-1, 6-0. Schoeck at No. 1 and Colbert at No. 3 also posted 6-0 scores in their wins, while
Natasha Gauerke, Oda, and
Hattie Timerman rounded out the 9-0 win for the Vikings.
In match two, Augie grabbed two of three doubles matches for the early 2-1 lead. Oda and Schoeck were victorious at the No. 2 position by a score of 8-4, while Hanulikova and Colbert squeaked out an 8-7 win at the top spot.
The Vikings wrapped up the match with five wins in singles play. Hanulikova, Magee, and Colbert won their matches at No. 2, 3, and 4 by identical scores of 6-1, 6-1, while Oda secured the victory at No. 6 by a score of 6-2, 6-1. Schoeck won her first set at No. 1 by a score of 6-3, but fell in the second by the same score. She battled back to win her match with a 10-6 in the tiebreaker.
Augustana improves to 7-5 with the wins. The team will take on Hope on the road in their next outing on Saturday, March 11.