KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Augustana men's tennis team dropped two close matches over the weekend against Newman and Rockhurst. The Vikings fell by a score of 4-3 to the Jets and 5-1 to the Hawks. 

Henry Dornbusch downed the No. 10 singles player on Sunday afternoon by scores of 6-2, 6-2. 

Inside the Match
Final: Newman 4, Augustana 3
Records: Newman (4-3), Augustana (3-4)

Summary

Singles
Dornbusch defeated Ali Mounir, 6-0, 6-4.
Jose Velasco fell to Pavlo Vysotin, 7-5, 6-4.
Thomas Kano fell to Nicolo Lippolis, 6-2, 4-6, 5-7.
Conrad Koch fell to Tikhon Sorokin, 2-6, 6-4, 6-7.
Clayton Poppenga fell to Andrea Torrini, 6-4, 6-1.
Joseph Plachy defeated Andrea Bramati, 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles
Dornbusch/Koch defeated Mounir/Lippolis, 6-2.
Jaxon Plank/Poppenga fell to Vysotin/Bramati, 6-4.
Kano/Sebastian Garcia defeated Genaro Dagotto/Sorokin, 6-2. 

Inside the Match
Final: Rockhurst 5, Augustana 1
Records: Rockhurst (4-3), Augustana (3-5)

Summary

Singles
Dornbusch defeated No. 10 Semyon Tsyrenov, 6-2, 6-2.
Velasco fell to No. 21 Louis Keiner, 6-2, 6-1.
Kano fell to Josef Truhlar, 3-6, 6-2, 7-10.
Koch fell to Alex Tikhonov, 7-6, 4-6, 2-10.
Poppenga fell to Creed Skinner, 6-3, 6-3.
Plachy played Dylan Rainwater, 1-2 unfinished. 

Doubles
Dornbusch/Koch fell to Tikhonov/Keiner, 6-2.
Poppenga/Plank fell to Tsyrenov/Skinner, 6-3.
Kano/Garcia defeated Truhlar/Arnav Gannavaram, 6-4. 

Up Next
Augustana will spend the following week preparing before heading to San Diego, California, for its spring break trip. The Vikings will face San Diego City College and Point Loma.