DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In a contest that came down to the very last singles match, the 11th-ranked Embry-Riddle women's tennis team pulled out a 5-4 upset of No. 9 Xavier (La.), Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The win pulled the Eagles even at 5-5 on the year, while the Gold Nuggets fell to 7-2.

The Eagles started off by winning two of the three doubles match-ups. Hana Im and Kerinn Meisenbach won 8-4 over Dominique Bell and Colleen McArthur at No. 2, and Marga Rico Jimenez and Anna Haller downed Jihanna Mughnee and Alexandra Broussard 8-3 at the third spot.

Xavier picked up a point at No. 1 doubles as Yuliem Dominguez and Angelina Callis bested Natalie Anaya and Lindsay Kurtz 8-4.

The first three singles matches off the court saw Xavier come out on the winning side as 14th-ranked Bell topped Im 6-2, 6-3 at No.1, Dominguez downed Anaya 6-2, 6-3 at No. 2, and Callis picked up a 7-5, 6-2 win against Kurtz at No. 3.

Both singles matches at the fourth and fifth positions were three-set battles. After falling 6-2 in the first set, Rico Jimenez came back to win the second 6-2 and easily dispatched Mughnee 6-0 in the third.

At No. 4 singles, Meisenbach lost a close first set 7-6. But she also was not daunted as she downed McArthur 6-1, 6-2 in the next two sets to pull the team score even at 4-4.

The deciding match was at the sixth spot between ERAU freshman Sara Abraul and Broussard and was the last singles contest to take the court. Unaware that hers was the deciding match, Abraul calmly defeated Broussard 6-3, 6-4 to give the Blue and Gold the win.

The Eagles take a brief rest before returning to the courts for four home matches in five days beginning on Tuesday with a 3:30 p.m. match against No. 14 Shorter.