UW-Whitewater, ranked eighth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Central Region poll and twenty-first in the ITA Division III national poll, defeated Augustana College (IL) 9-0 Friday at the Four Lakes Athletic Club in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

singles:
Byron Balkin (Madison/Memorial), WW, defeated Adam DeSimone, AC, 6-3, 6-3
Andrew Bayliss (Sheboygan/North), WW, defeated Lawrence Palmer, AC, 6-1, 6-0
Andrew McGlashen, WW, defeated Andy Wall, AC, 6-0, 6-3
Mitch Osborne (Crystal Lake, IL/Central), WW, defeated Jack Cullen, AC, 6-0, 6-2
Erik Scanlan (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville), WW, defeated Colin Arnold, AC, 6-3, 6-2
Brady Porter (Madison/Memorial), WW, defeated Kevin Bayles, AC, 6-1, 6-2

doubles:
Balkin/Osborne, WW, defeated Wall/DeSimone, AC, 8-4
Bayliss/McGlashen, WW, defeated Will Palmer/L. Palmer, AC, 8-4
Cameron Laktash (Crystal Lake, IL/South)/RJ Rademacher (Deephaven, MN/Minnetonka), WW, defeated Cullen/Arnold, AC, 9-8(4)

Whitewater's Balkin is ranked fourteenth in the ITA Central Region.  The UW-W one doubles team of Balkin and Osborne is ranked ninth in the Central Region.

UW-W men's tennis is 4-1 in dual meets, with their lone loss coming to Division I Northern Illinois University January 27.  Osborne leads UW-W with eight wins (8-3), with Scanlan and McGlashen close behind in wins, but leading in winning percentage, at 7-2.  Balkin and Osborne have combined for an 8-3 mark in doubles, with Bayliss and McGlashen standing at 7-1.

Whitewater will travel to the Western Racket Club in Green Bay on Sunday, February 19 for a pair of duals, against the University of Chicago at 9:00a.m. and UW-Green Bay at 3:00 p.m.  Chicago is ranked 17th in the ITA Division III national poll.

For additional information, Frank Barnes, UW-W tennis coordinator