DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Embry-Riddle improved to 3-0 in league play with a 5-1 victory over St. Thomas in an abbreviated Sun Conference match at the Crotty Tennis Complex on Friday. The Eagles are now 5-2 on the year, while the Bobcats drop to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the conference.

The Eagles were able to take an early 3-0 lead as all three doubles teams registered wins for ERAU. An injury to Jan Hoekzema in Tuesday's match forced ERAU Head Coach Dave Paschal to make slight alterations to the doubles lineup. For the first time this year, Chris Freeman and Peter Francis played at the top spot and walked away with an 8-3 win over Adrian Escarate and Nicolas Etienne. At No. 3 doubles, Patrick Besch and David Spennare teamed up for the first time this season and that partnership resulted in an 8-0 shutout of Andrew Rifkin and Arturo Romero.

The last doubles match off the court saw Adrian Bayh and Simon Felix register a come-from-behind 8-4 win over Jeremy Bache and Gonzalo Gayoso.

The first singles match to be completed was at No. 3 singles where Peter Francis topped Andrew Rifkin in straight sets. After taking the first set 6-3, Francis fell behind 5-1 in the second. The junior battled his way back to tie the score at 5-5 and held serve to move ahead 6-5, before breaking Rifkin to win the match.

The tennis officials were forced to call a halt to the remaining matches on the court due to rain. At No. 5 singles, Spennare took a 6-2 first-set win over Etienne before play was suspended. Following the delay, Spennare was able to quickly dispatch Etienne and clinched the Eagle victory with a 6-1 decision in the second frame.

The Eagles will be back in action at 1 p.m. on Saturday when they host NCAA D II No. 5 Lynn at the Crotty Tennis Complex.