MOBILE, Ala. ? After dropping two out of three doubles points, the Embry-Riddle men's tennis team won four singles matches and was up a set in each of the remaining two matches to defeat Florida Sun Conference rival Savannah College of Art and Design (11-8) 5-2 in the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Tournament on Wednesday. With the win, the Eagles improve their record to 18-2 overall and advance to the national semifinals for the fourth year in a row.

The first doubles match off the court was at the No. 3 position as Carlos Bes Comeras and Tomoaki Yasuda downed Pablo Velez and Fernando Horcasitas 8-5.

The Bees evened the score at 1-1 when Ofir Weintraub and Willy Frei topped Jan Hoekzema and Istvan Bolgar 8-2 at No. 2.

At No. 1 doubles, the ERAU tandem of Mislav Hizak and Konstantin Lazarov went up 7-6 and were serving for the match when Jan Menzen and Dima Chiriacov earned a break to tie the score. The Bees duo held serve and broke again to win 9-7 and give SCAD a 2-1 lead.

Both Bolgar and Hoekzema redeemed themselves in singles play earning the Eagles' first two singles wins. It took Bolgar just over an hour to defeat Horcasitas 6-2, 6-1 at the sixth position and Hoekzema followed with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Chiriacov at No. 4.

Hizak also avenged his doubles loss with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Menzen at the top spot to increase the ERAU advantage to 4-2.

In the remaining three matches at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5, the Eagles each went up a set and the remainder of the match became a race to see who would score the clincher.

Bes Comeras appeared to be the favorite after going up 3-0 against Frei in the second set and was serving for match point at 5-4, but Frei battled back to move ahead 6-5, shifting the focus to Yasuda who was up 5-0 at the fifth spot. Yasuda had seven match points, but Mihai Draganescu held Yasuda at bay, allowing Lazarov to clinch with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Weintraub at No. 2.

The Eagles will take on Fresno Pacific at 1 p.m. on Thursday in the semis.