CHICAGO – The University of Chicago men's tennis team secured a second-straight shutout on Wednesday afternoon with a 9-0 triumph over Augustana College.

The Maroons improved to 4-2 while the Vikings dropped to 6-4.

A doubles sweep got the hosts off on the right foot with scores of 8-5, 8-5 and 8-2. The momentum carried over to singles as the next four matches ended quickly – the Maroons only dropped five total games between No. 3-6 singles. Sophomore Marek Michulka secured his second 6-0, 6-0 win in-a-row at No. 5 while junior Alex Guzhva only dropped one game (6-1, 6-0). Junior Joshua Xu (6-1, 6-1) and sophomore Sachin Das (6-2, 6-0) were similarly dominant.

Augustana competed well at the top two spots, but UChicago prevailed in straight sets in both cases with sophomore Christian Alshon at No. 1 and senior Jeremy Yuan at No. 2.

UChicago 9, Augustana 0
Singles
1. Christian Alshon (UC) def. Caio DeRezende (AUGIE) 6-4, 1-0, retired
2. Jeremy Yuan (UC) def. Peter Alex (AUGIE) 7-5, 6-3
3. Sachin Das (UC) def. Leonardo Panosso (AUGIE) 6-2, 6-0
4. Joshua Xu (UC) def. Eliot St. Paul (AUGIE) 6-1, 6-1
5. Marek Michulka (UC) def. Justin Cassens (AUGIE) 6-0, 6-0
6. Alex Guzhva (UC) def. Kyle Boudreau (AUGIE) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Christian Alshon/Jeremy Yuan (UC) def. DeRezende/Alex (AUGIE) 8-5
2. Joshua Xu/Sachin Das (UC) def. Boudreau/Panosso (AUGIE) 8-5
3. Biren Reddy/Marek Michulka (UC) def. Cassens/St. Paul (AUGIE) 8-2