MOBILE, Ala. ? Unlike their quarterfinal match on Thursday, the Embry-Riddle men's tennis team was unable to rebound from a 2-1 deficit following doubles play and fell to third-seeded Fresno Pacific 5-2 in the second semifinal of the NAIA National Tournament on Thursday. The Sunbirds extended their unbeaten streak to 22-0 with win and will face three-time defending champion Auburn-Montgomery in the title match on Friday,

The teams were finally able to take the court at 7 p.m. after a six-hour weather delay, but the Eagles found themselves down a match after the Fresno Pacific doubles team of Marco Foelz and Victor Medina defeated Jan Hoekzema and Istvan Bolgar 8-2 at the second position. An 8-6 victory by Fabio Silva and Mazime Adam over Carlos Bes Comeras and Tomoaki Yasuda at No. 3 doubles gave the Sunbirds a 2-0 advantage.

The match at No. 1 doubles between ERAU's Mislav Hizak and Konstantin Lazarov and FPU's Matt Carroll and Vicente Joli was a rematch of the 2007 ITA/NAIA National Championship when the Sunbirds eked out a three-set win. Friday's meeting was just as fiercely contested and this time it was the Embry-Riddle tandem that pulled out the 9-8 victory, winning the tiebreaker 7-4 and avenging the earlier loss.

Hizak was the first off the court in singles downing Carroll 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 1 spot. Hizak ended his illustrious career in the Blue and Gold with a 107-6 overall record and, in four years playing collegiate tennis, he never lost a single match against an NAIA opponent.

The Sunbirds clinched the victory with wins at the third, fifth and sixth spots as Adam defeated Yasuda 6-3, 6-4, Medina downed Bolgar 6-3, 6-3 and Foelz downed Bes Comeras 6-0, 6-2.

The Eagles, who were making their fourth straight trip to the national semis, close out the 2008 campaign at 18-3 overall.