DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team celebrated its new No. 2 national ranking with a 9-0 conference victory over Ave Maria, Tuesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The Eagles are now 14-3 overall and 4-0 conference action. The Gyrenes, competing in their first season of intercollegiate tennis, are 0-4 both in the league and overall.

Embry-Riddle dropped just three games in doubles play as Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Ström bested Jaclyn Ruiz and Eileen Lee 8-1, Ekaterina Kamendova and Rocío Frej Vitallé topped Julia Sadesky and Luciana Romero 8-2, and Kristina Márová and Caroline Nilsson blanked Maria Fiala and Kristina Larsen 8-0.

The Eagles registered shutouts at the top three singles spots as Chen defeated Ruiz, Frej Vitallé defeated Lee and Kamendova downed Sadesky to score the clincher. ERAU yielded just three games at the remaining three singles spots en route to the program's seventh shutout of the season.

The Eagles will continue their drive toward the 2011 Sun Conference tournament title at 1 p.m. on Wednesday when they host Northwood at the Crotty Tennis Complex.