DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ? The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team lost a hard-fought battle to NCAA I Rhode Island as the Rams edged the Eagles 5-4, Thursday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The Eagles, who moved up three spots in Wednesday's national ranking to No. 8, fell to 9-7 on the year.

The Rams won two out of three doubles points as the duo of Lara Maurer and Grace Hedstrom topped Natalie Anaya and Lindsey Kurtz 8-4 at the first position, and Amanda Barletta and Steff Catanzano downed Marga Rico-Jimenez and Sara Abraúl by the same margin at No. 3.

The Eagles got a win back at the No. 2 spot as Hana Im and Kerinn Meisenbach defeated Valerie Chacon and Whitney Squires 8-4.

Rhode Island extended their advantage to 4-1 after Barletta defeated Meisenbach 6-3, 6-0 and Maurer held off Im 6-4, 6-2.

Anaya and Kurtz pulled the Eagles within 4-3 as Anaya topped Chacon 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 and Kurtz defeated Hedstrom 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 at No. 3.

Whitney Squires clinched the match at No. 6 with a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Abraul to improve the Rams record to 3-2 on the year.

At the No. 6 spot, the Rico-Jimenez battled to victory over Catanzano. The Eagle freshman won the first set 6-4 and took the second 7-6 with a score of 11-9 in the tie-breaker.

The Eagles take a five-day break before taking on Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in and exhibition match on Tuesday.