DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The fourth-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis defeated the Gold Nuggets of Xavier (La.) 8-1 at the Crotty Tennis Complex on Saturday. The win puts the Eagles at 9-1 on the year, while Gold Nuggets fall to 5-5.

Doubles action saw Mislav Hizak and Konstantin Lazarov down Terry Richardson and Mario Myles 8-1, and Tomoaki Yasuda and Luke Maricic top Vusumzi Kempele and Thomas Fugate 8-3. At No. 2 doubles, Carlos Bes and Sean Winbauer fought back from a 6-3 deficit to win 8-6 and put the Eagles up 3-0 heading into singles.

Bes was the first to wrap up his singles match at the No. 2 position with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Myles.

Lazarov was the next to finish, clinching the Eagles' victory with a 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Richardson at the top spot.

Maricic was next off the court registering a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Cameron Knowles at the fourth position, and Yasuda was close behind with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 3.

No. 6 singles saw freshman Michael Weiss take the court for the first time this spring. After dropping the first set 7-5 to Fugate, Weiss rebounded to take the second set 6-2 and went on to win the third set 11-9.

Xavier avoided the shutout as Kempele topped Blake Hollis 6-4, 6-2.

The Eagles take a brief rest before returning to the courts for four matches in five days beginning on Tuesday with a 3:30 p.m. match against No. 16 Shorter.