SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team showed little ill effects from a 14-day lay-off as they opened a two-game road trip with a 9-0 shutout of No. 25 SCAD Savannah in Sun Conference action on Saturday. The Eagles extended their unbeaten streak on the year to 4-0, while the Bees fell to 1-2.
The Eagles won both the first and second doubles flights by identical 8-6 scores as
Patrick Besch and
Jan Hoekzema teamed up to defeat Dean Loock and Kaan Yaylali and
Chris Freeman and
Peter Francis downed Mihai Draganeszu and Noah Moerkerken.
Simon Felix and
Adrian Bayh completed the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win at the No. 3 spot.
All six singles matches were two-set victories for the Eagles who are now 2-0 in conference play.
Embry-Riddle returns to the courts at 10 a.m. on Sunday when they face Armstrong Atlantic ranked third in NCAA Division II.