DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ? The third-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis teams battled back from at 2-1 deficit to defeat NCAA II No. 14 Concordia (N.Y.) 5-2, Thursday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. Thursday's match experienced an hour and a half delay due to inclement weather, but the Eagles were able to maintain their focus and improved their overall record to 6-0, while the Clippers fell to 3-2.

The Clippers won two out of three doubles points to take a 2-1 lead. Nik Boerger and Kirill Azovtsev held off Carlos Bes Comeras and Jan Hoekzema 8-6 at the No. 2 position, while Josep Molet and Henning Ruenz downed Istvan Bolgar and Tomoaki Yasuda 8-4 at the No. 3 spot.

The contest at No. 1 doubles was between a pair of top-5 doubles teams. In the end it was the second-ranked duo of Mislav Hizak and Konstantin Lazarov who bested No. 4 Alex Grubin and Rodrigo Teixera 8-4.

Hoekzema sparked the comeback at the No. 4 spot as he downed Azovtsev 6-4, 6-4. Bolgar was next off the court after a 6-4, 6-3 win over Vladimir Malkin at No. 6 and Yasuda gave the Eagles a 4-2 cushion with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ruenz at the fifth position.

The match-up at No. 1 singles promised to be an exciting one with the top-ranked player in the NAIA, Hizak, squaring off against the top-ranked player in NCAA II, Grubin. The pair faced each other once during the 2006-07 season and again in the championship match of the ITA Super Bowl last fall. In both of the previous meetings, Hizak came out on top and Thursday proved to be no different as the Embry-Riddle senior dispatched his opponent 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the Eagle win.

The Eagles next match will be at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday when they host Eastern Kentucky at the Crotty Tennis Complex.