The Eagles were the more offensive side as evidenced by their 19 shots to Thomas' five. ERAU forced Thomas goalkeeper Jan Feldman to make six saves, while Eagle netminder Ian Levine collected two saves on the night.

Despite outshooting the Nighthawks and controlling much of the offense to start the match, the Eagles found themselves down a goal early. Fleming scored against the run of play in the 16th minute and Thomas carried that one-goal lead into the halftime break.

The Eagles continued to pressure the Nighthawks to start the second frame and their persistence paid off just two minutes into the half. Hugh Davey started the play from the back and continued his run up the left side of the field. The senior defender got the ball back after a give-and-go with AJ Barrett, dribbled by the last defender and delivered an easy pass to Joe Yoffe, who slotted home his fifth goal of the year to tie the match.

The Nighthawks reclaimed the lead at the 54:44 mark on a set piece that led to a Luis Moncada goal.

Josh Bruno and Fleming combined for Thomas' third goal, which came on another set piece. The Nighthawks were awarded a free kick and Fleming got the ball into Bruno whose shot went just out of Levine's reach for a 3-1 Thomas lead.

Despite the deficit, the Eagles refused to give up and scored again in the 82nd minute. Mike Scott delivered a cross that found Phil Middleton unmarked in front of the goal. Feldman got a hand to hit, but Middleton was on hand to tap in the rebound, pulling the Eagles back to within one.

The Eagles continued to battle but were unable to get a third goal resulting in the Thomas victory.

Embry-Riddle returns to action at 3 p.m. on Tuesday when they travel to West Palm Beach for a Florida Sun Conference rematch against Northwood.