SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team posted a strong showing on Sunday, but it was not enough to get past the top-ranked team in NCAA Division II as the Lady Pirates of Armstrong Atlantic State bested the Eagles 6-3. The Lady Pirates remain undefeated at 7-0 on the year, while the Eagles, ranked fifth in the NAIA, move to 6-2 overall.

Coming out of doubles play, the Eagles held a 2-1 edge. AASU's Kathleen Henry and Tina Ronel score the Lady Pirates' first point with an 8-4 win over Kristina Márová and Paola Montero at the No. 3 doubles spot. Ekaterina Kamendova and Rocío Frej Vitallé leveled the score with an 8-5 defeat of Aleksndra Filipovski and Joanna Szymczyk at the second position.

The contest at the top doubles spot was a rematch of the 2010 USTA/ITA National Small College Superbowl between ERAU's Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Ström and AASU's Alide Muller-Wehlau and Barbora Krtickova. Back in October, the Lady Pirate duo got the better of the match-up, topping Chen and Ström 6-4, 6-0. Going into Sunday's match-up, both tandems were ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions and this time it was the ERAU duo that emerged with the win topping the Lady Pirate pair, 8-6.

The Lady Pirates quickly took over the lead in singles play as Filipovski defeated Frej Vitallé 6-0, 6-0, Krtickova downed Kamendova 6-2, 6-1, Szymczk topped Marova 6-2, 6-2 and Ronel bested Ström 6-1, 6-3.

Caroline Nilsson recorded the only singles point for the Blue and Gold battling to a three-set win over Henry, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 at the sixth flight.

The match at No. 1 singles was also a three-set affair between top-ranked Muller-Wehlau and NAIA No. 2 Chen. Chen took the first set 6-3, but Muller-Wehlau came back to take the second 6-2 to force a third stanza. Playing a 10-point tiebreaker, both players battled hard to the very last point and in the end it was the AASU senior who squeaked by with a 10-8 decision.

The Eagles next match will be at 3:30 p.m. on Friday when they host Sun Conference foe St. Thomas in the first of 13 consecutive home contests at the Crotty Tennis Complex.