DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The second-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team claimed The Sun Conference regular season title for the seventh straight year with a 9-0 defeat of No. 21 Webber International (13-4, 3-2), Wednesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The Eagles are now 11-5 on the year and closed out the 2011 conference slate with a 6-0 ledger to secure the top seed in The Sun Conference tournament which takes place Apr. 15-16.

Adrian Bayh and Patrick Besch were the first to finish their doubles match at the No. 2 spot, downing Andres Riobueno and Pedro De Angie 8-0. Simon Felix and Peter Francis followed with an 8-2 win over Juuso Tapanianen and Joonas Jalkanen at the third spot and Chris Freeman and David Spennare held off Rafael Teixeira and Thiago Marion 8-6 to give ERAU a 3-0 advantage.

Felix notched his team-best 22nd singles win of the year with a 6-0, 6-1 defeat of Tapanainen at No. 4 singles. Besch was next off the court and clinched the ERAU victory with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Marion at No. 2. Freeman was next to finish his match, downing Teixeira 6-1, 6-2 on court one and was followed by Francis who topped Riobuena 6-3, 6-2 at the third spot. Spennare (6-2, 6-0) and Bayh (6-0, 6-3) sealed the shutout with wins over De Angie and Jalkanen, respectively.

The Eagles will play one of their toughest matches of the season on Saturday when they travel to Georgia to take on NCAA Division II No. 1 Valdosta State at 1 p.m.