DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The fourth-ranked Eagles jumped out to an early lead by sweeping the doubles matches and continued to dominate throughout singles play, knocking off NCAA Division I Eastern Kentucky by a score of 6-1 on Tuesday. The win improves ERAU to 8-3 on the season while EKU falls to 7-6.

For the match, the two sides agreed to play under NCAA Division I rules, meaning that whichever team won more doubles matches would earn a single point, as opposed to having all three doubles matches count for one point each. The Eagles wasted little time in doubles play, dropping a total of seven games in the three matches. Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Strom were victorious at No. 1 doubles, 8-4, while Ekaterina Kamendova and Rocio Frej Vitalle won the No. 2 doubles match, 8-2. At the third doubles position, Kristina Marova and Paola Montero easily took care of business, winning their match 8-1.

The Blue and Gold continued to ride the wave of momentum into singles action, as Chen and Kamendova dominated the No. 1 and 2 matches, respectively. Chen defeated Jessica Albuquerque 6-0, 6-1, while Kamendova blanked Saioa Oscoz 6-0, 6-0. Frej continued the trend with another straight-set win at No. 3 singles, beating Myriem Mhirit 6-2, 6-2.

At the No. 4 position, Marova took the first set 6-1, but lost a second-set tiebreak, forcing a 10-point match tiebreaker. The freshman responded well to the pressure, winning the tiebreak 10-8 to capture another point for the Eagles. Strom battled hard at No. 5 singles, but came up short in a 10-point tiebreak, falling to Anouk Faure 3-6, 6-4, 12-10. Caroline Nilsson picked up the sixth point for Embry-Riddle, handily taking the No. 6 singles match over Sophie O'Neill 6-1, 6-0.

The Eagles return to action on Monday, Mar. 14 when they will host Auburn Montgomery at 3:30 p.m.