LAKELAND Fla. – The second-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team (5-1) notched its fifth win of the season and the third win against an NCAA II opponent with a rain-shortened 6-1 victory over No. 23 Florida Southern (0-5) on Tuesday.
 
The Blue and Gold started things off by sweeping all three doubles matches. Playing their second match of the season at the top spot, Chris Freeman and J.R. Leonik held off Ivan Marevic and Jorge Gutierrez 8-6. Peter Francis and Simon Felix downed Carl Lundberg and Benoit Paradis by the same margin, and Adrian Bayh and David Spennare completed the sweep with an 8-2 defeat of Charles Garneau and Nathan Leavitt at the third doubles spot.
 
Felix was the first to finish his singles match at No. 2 as he bested Marevic 6-3, 6-2. Bayh was the next off the court and he clinched the Eagle win with a 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 3.
 
After Francis registered a straight set (7-5, 6-2) victory over Gutierrez at No. 4, Lundberg recorded the Moccasins' only team point of the match by topping Leonik 6-2, 6-0 on court five.
 
The Eagles will be back in action on Mar. 4 against NCAA III No. 4 Concordia (N.Y.). The match is scheduled for 11 a.m.