SAVANNAH, Ga. – After finishing tied for first in the conference regular standings a year ago, the Embry-Riddle women's team notched its seventh program win against SCAD Savannah, topping the Bees 7-2 on the road on Saturday. The fifth-ranked Eagles improved their record to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in Sun Conference play, while the Bees, ranked ninth in the NAIA preseason poll, drop to 2-1 and 0-1 in the league.

The Eagles were able to move ahead quickly after notching victories in all the doubles matches. Top-ranked Josefine Ström and Yi Ching Chen topped No. 16 Theresa Schmaus and Courtney Collins 8-5 and Ekaterina Kamendova and Rocio Frej Vitallé bested No. 12 Hillary Collins and Magdalena Bresson by the same margin at No. 2 doubles. The freshman duo of Kristina Márová and Paola Montero completed the doubles sweep with an 8-0 shutout of Lucy Zhang and Charlotte Debrey at the third doubles spot.

The Eagles won easily at the No. 3 through No. 6 singles positions as Márová defeated Courtney Collins 6-0, 6-2, Ström bested Zhang 6-1, 6-1 and Caroline Nilsson blanked Debrey 6-0, 6-0 to clinch the team win.

The matches at the top three spots were very tightly contested with all three going to three sets. The matchup at No. 1 singles put second-ranked Chen against No. 16 Hillary Collins. Chen easily won the first set 6-2, but fell 6-3 in the second. The junior regained her focus in the third set and easily dispatched the SCAD Savannah senior 6-0.

At the No. 3 spot Bresson notched a 6-4 first-set win against Frej Vitallé, but the Embry-Riddle junior battled back to win the second set by the same score to force a third set. Frej Vitallé was unable to ride the momentum of her second set win and fell 6-3 in the third.

The Bees second win came at the No. 2 spot where Bresson got by Kamendova 6-4, 0-6, 6-1.

The Eagles will back in action at 10 a.m. on Sunday in one of their toughest matches of the season as they take on NCAA II No. 1 Armstrong Atlantic.