DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team captured its fifth conference win of the season with a 9-0 shutout of last season's conference regular season co-champion Northwood (2-7, 1-3) on Wednesday. The Eagles shored up their hold on the top spot in The Sun Conference regular season standings, improving to 5-0 in the league and 15-3 overall.

The Eagles registered shutouts in all three doubles contests as Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Ström topped Fiorella Moggia and Andrea Sucre at the top spot, Rocío Frej Vitalle and Ekaterina Kamendova bested Christine Novakovic and Prisceila Duarte at No. 2, and Kristina Márová and Paola Montero downed Kristin Walker and Danielle Miller at No. 3.

Ström was the first to finish her singles match, downing Walker 6-0, 6-1. Frej Vitallé and Márová topped their respective opponents by the same margin, with Frej Vitallé scoring the clincher at the No. 3 spot. Kamendova earned her 14th win of the year with a 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Priscela Duarte, while Chen extended her conference unbeaten streak to 4-0 with a 6-1, 6-1 decision against Moggia at No. 1 singles. Nilsson sealed the Eagle shutout, holding Miller scoreless at No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-0.

The Eagles will have plenty of time to prepare for their next match, which takes place on Apr. 5 when they host Florida Southern. Match time is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.