DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team came up short against the NCAA Division II Barry(2-0), falling 7-2 to the fourth-ranked Bucs, Friday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The fifth-ranked Eagles were able to win two of three doubles matches, but were unable to sustain the advantage in singles play, falling to 3-1 on the year.

The first doubles match to be completed was the No. 3 spot with Julie Stas and Olivia Matuszak bested the ERAU freshman duo of Paola Montero and Kristina Márová 8-3. At the No. 2 singles position, ERAU's Ekaterina Kamendova and Rocio Frej Vitallé fell behind 7-4 to Alex Gwidoski and Mona Mansour. However, the Eagle tandem rebounded to tie the score at 8-8 and won the tie-breaker 7-5 to tie the match score at 1-1.

The Eagles' second point of the afternoon came at the No. 1 doubles spot where the top-ranked team of Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Ström downed fourth-ranked Barbi Pocza and Angie Werschel 8-5.

The Lady Bucs quickly bounced back and claimed wins at the fifth and sixth singles spots as Mansour topped Ström 6-2, 6-1. And Matuszak downed Caroline Nilsson 6-1, 6-1. Barry's next point came at No. 2 singles where Wendling bested Kamendova 6-2, 6-1 and Laura Boguet scored the clincher by holding off Marova in three sets, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 at the fourth position.

The final two matches on the court pushed the total match time to three hours and 45 minutes. At the third singles spot, Werschel moved ahead with a 6-4 victory in the first set. The Barry senior jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second set but Frej Vitallé fought back to tie the score at 6-6. The tie-breaker was a see-saw battle, but in the end it was Werschel who held on for the win with a 10-7 decision in the tie-breaker.

The battle between Chen and Pocza at the top singles spot was the last match off the court. Pocza took the first set 6-4, but Chen battled back to win the second by the same margin. In the third stanza, Pocza was able to hold off the Embry-Riddle junior 10-5 to seal the win for the Lady Bucs.

The Eagles have little time to recover as they will be back in action against another Sunshine State member at 11 a.m. on Saturday when they host St. Leo at the Crotty Tennis Complex.