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Cool weather no match for men's tennis No. 12, while bears Augustana lose 7-0

St. Louis, Mo. – No. 12 Washington University in the Washington University in St. Louis in the first game in spring, Augustana won a fast 7-0 victory on Sunday afternoon in the Tao Tennisplaces.

The bears won two of the three double games to secure the colon before swinging through singles for victory.

In doubles the senior team Pato Garcia Muriel And Stefan Hester With a 6-1 victory, faster work in the first place. Colleague senior Scott Yamamoto Paired with the first year Drew Koval For an identical 6: 1 win at number three doubles. The two victories gave the bears the colon, even though they made a 6: 4 game series.

Everyone went two sentences except for one single game. Junior Colin Fox Was first number six with a 6: 1, 6: 0 victory. Despite the set results, Hester played a quick game for a win in number three with 6: 3, 6: 2 and put the bears in the lead with 3-0.

No. 33 Colin Scruggs won the match for Washu with a 6: 2, 6: 1 win in number two singles. Both senior Eric Kuo And Koval quickly followed with straight set wins and expanded the winning value to 6: 0.

Junior FAGAN case Played a long, hard first set at number five singles in which two games were finished before dropping his first set 7-6 (5). After the secured game, Fagan pushed the second set to earn a split and forced a match tie -break instead of a full third set. In a quick tiebreak, Fagan came with a 10: 5 point number in the tie-break for the victory.

Washu will have a week to travel to Claremont and Irvine, California this year to his annual Spring Break trip. The bears begin the trip with a match at No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Script on Sunday, March 9th, at 4 p.m. PT (6 p.m. CT).