DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team snapped a two-game losing skid with a 5-2 win over NCAA I Eastern Kentucky on Monday. Battling injury and illness the Eagles still found a way to pull out the win, improving their overall record to 7-3.

Playing according to NCAA I scoring rules, the Eagles won their first point after sweeping all three doubles matches. Peter Francis and Istvan Bolgar topped Parul Verma 8-4, followed by Jan Hoekzema and Alexis Huegas' 8-6 defeat of Hugo Klientovsky and Nik Schroeder. Charlie Rice and Luke Maricic closed out the sweep with an 8-5 victory over Carlos Valdenbro and Carles Pons.

Bolgar made quick work of Pons with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles and Rice held off Valdenebro 6-3, 7-6 (3) at No. 3 to put the Eagles up 3-0. Hoekzema scored the clincher at No. 1 with a three-set victory over Klientovsky, 6-3, 6-7, 6-0.

After Francis pulled out a three-set (6-7, 6-4, 6-1) win of his own over Schroeder at No. 2, the Colonels got two points back when Verma held of Maricic 6-4, 6-7 (6) 7-5 and Emilio Piriz topped Alex Perez 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6.

The Eagles' next match will be at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.