DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team improved its overall record to 3-0 after notching a pair of wins at home on Saturday. The Eagles bested NCAA Division II St. Leo 7-2 in their first match of the day and followed with a 9-0 shutout of conference opponent Warner in the nightcap.
In their first match against St. Leo, the Eagles took a 3-0 lead courtesy of a three-match sweep in doubles play.
David Spennare was the first to finish his singles match, walking off the court with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Jose Morales at No. 6. The next match completed was at the No. 3 spot where
Jan Hoekzema scored the clincher with a 6-2, 6-2 decision against Pablo Chavez.
Both of the Lions wins were three-set affairs as Aloua Adjenak bested
Peter Francis 7-5, 5-7, 10-5 and Victor Lozier held off
Patrick Besch 7-6, 2-6, 10-7.
In their first conference match of the year against Warner, the Eagles completed another doubles sweep as Hoekzema and Besch topped Amar Vora and Julian Ramirez 8-5,
Chris Freeman and
Peter Francis bested A. Sa-ardphanchai and Tiago Olivera 8-2 and
Adrian Bayh and
Simon Felix defeated Diogo Barro and Vito Schepper 8-2.
Besch rebounded from his singles loss earlier in the day to notch a quick 6-1, 6-1 victory over Vora and Hoekzema got his second clincher of the day with a 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Fabio Ribak.
The Eagles' next match will be at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday when they host Rollins, ranked sixth in the NCAA D II preseason poll, at the Crotty Tennis Complex.