DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The second-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team notched its first win against a ranked opponent in 2012, downing No. 15 St. Thomas in Sun Conference play on Saturday. The Eagles dropped just one game in three doubles matches on the way to improving their record to 2-0 overall and 2-0 in league play.

ERAU got its first two points of the match when Chris Freeman and JR Leonik blanked Esteban Serrano and Grover Ordonez at No. 2 doubles and Simon Felix and Peter Francis bested Mario Awad and Luis Aispur by the same margin at the No. 3 spot. Andrew Rifkin and Arturo Romero managed to get a game from ERAU's top-ranked duo of Adrian Bayh and Patrick Besch, but that is as close as they would get as the ERAU tandem completed the doubles sweep with an 8-1 decision at the top spot.

Besch grabbed the Eagles' first singles win, topping Ordonez 6-1, 6-0 at the second singles position. Bayh's 6-3, 6-2 win over Romero at the third spot clinched the Eagles' victory and Felix and Francis' 6-0, 6-0 shutouts of Serrano and Awad, respectively, extended the Eagle advantage to 7-0. Leonik made the team score 8-0 with a 6-0, 6-2 defeat of Aispur at No. 6.

The contest at the top spot saw 34th-ranked Rifkin take the second set 6-3 after dropping the first set, 6-1 to NAIA No. 1 Freeman. Freeman was able to rebound in the third and topped Rifkin 6-3 to seal the win.

The Eagles will return to action at 10 a.m. on Sunday when they go up against 2011 NCAA II runner-up and second-ranked Barry.