MIAMI, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team suffered its first loss of 2010, falling 7-2 to Barry on Saturday. Barry, ranked No. 2 in the ITA/NCAA II national poll is 1-0 on the year, while the Eagles, ranked fourth in the NAIA preseason poll, drop to 3-1 overall.

The Buccaneers took a 2-1 lead after winning two out of three doubles contests. The ERAU team of Jan Hoekzema and Alexis Huegas took an early lead at No. 1 doubles, but Barry's Mokrzycki and Max Wimmer battled back to take the match 8-4. Emmanuel Fraitzl and Sergio Velez topped ERAU's Charlie Rice and Luke Maricic at the third doubles spot, but the Eagles avoided the doubles sweep when Istvan Bolgar and Peter Francis held off Ales Svigelj and Andrew Sharnov 9-7 at No. 2.

Barry extended its lead to 4-1 after Sharnov defeated Bolgar 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles and Fraitzl topped Rice 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4.

The Eagles put forward a gallant effort in the remaining four singles matches as all four contests went to three sets. Francis recovered from a 6-1 first set loss to Wimmer at No. 4, but rallied to take the next set 7-5. The sophomore was not able to hold off Wimmer in the third set, however, falling 6-3 as Wimmer clinched the match for the Buccaneers.

At No. 1 singles, Woodford-Smith also rebounded from a 6-4 loss in the first set to win the second by the same margin, but in the end it was Velez who took the match with a 6-3 win in the third. After dropping the first set 6-3, Hoekzema pulled out a 7-6 (4) victory in the second, but he too was unable to close out the match with a win, falling to Mokrzycki 6-4 in the final set.

The Eagles' lone singles win came at the No.2 spot. Huegas took a one-set lead with a 6-4 decision in the first, but Svigelj came away with a 7-6 (5) win in the second to set up the decisive third frame. Both players battled hard and in the end it was Huegas who got the better of Sviegelj winning 6-4 in the third.

The Eagles return to the Crotty Tennis Complex at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday when they host NCAA I Jacksonville.