MIAMI, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team improved its overall and conference records to 2-0 each with a 9-0 defeat of No. 21 St. Thomas in Sun Conference play on Saturday.
 
The fourth-ranked doubles team of Yi Ching Chen and Josefine Strom dispatched Gabriela Bongiovanni and Emilia Vuorela 8-1 at the top doubles spot. Kristina Marova and Paola Montero topped Ashley Ahern and Lauren Lightfoot by the same score, and Rocio Frej Vitalle and Ekaterina Kamendova completed the Eagles' doubles sweep with an 8-3 win over Ydsia Quintero and Manuela Gil at the second position.
 
Marova and Kamendova registered identical 6-2, 6-0 victories over Quintero and Gil, respectively. Montero also surrendered just two games in her 6-0-, 6-2 defeat of Lightfoot and Frej Vitalle clinched the Eagles' win with a 6-2, 6-2 decision against Vuorela at No. 2 singles.
 
Strom bested Ahern 6-3, 6-3 at No. 5 and Chen sealed the win with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Bongiovanni at the top spot.
 
The Eagles face their toughest challenge of the young season at 10 a.m. on Sunday when they take on defending NCAA II national champion Barry on the Lady Bucs' home courts.