TAMPA, Fla. – Just one day after being tabbed as the No. 5 team in the country according the NAIA National Coaches' Preseason poll, the Embry-Riddle women's tennis team went on the road and returned with a 9-0 victory over NCAA DII Tampa in the Eagles' season opener on Wednesday.

In doubles play, the Eagles surrendered just four points in three matches. At the top spot, Josefine Strom and Yi Ching Chen dispatched Leslie Raymond and Kathleen Beckham 8-1, while Ekaterina Kamendova and Rocio Frej Vitale downed Lauren Hewett and Maddie Caropino by the same margin at the second doubles position. ERAU's No. 3 doubles pair of Paola Montero and Kristina Marova came back from a 2-1 deficit to top Tampa's Megan Manchini and Briana Ryan 8-2.

Playing at No. 1 singles, Chen had little trouble getting by Hewett, downing the Spartan freshman 6-0, 6-1. Montero, a freshman herself, quickly followed with a 6-1, 6-0 defeat of Amber Fahrner to score the clincher for the Eagles. At the No. 2 spot, Kamendova was down 5-4 in the first set but rallied to take the set 7-5 and won the match with a 6-0 defeat of Raymond in the second.

Frej Vitale posted a 6-3, 6-1 win over Mancini at No. 3, followed by Marova's 6-4, 6-1 win over Ryan at No. 4, and Strom closed out the Eagles' scoring with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Caropino at the fifth spot.

The Eagles will play their first home match of the year at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday when they host Florida Tech at the Crotty Tennis Complex.