BOCA RATON, Fla. – The second-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team collected its eighth shutout of the season with a 5-0 defeat of Northwood in Sun Conference action at Patch Reef Park on Saturday. The Eagles improved their overall record to 13-1 on the year and 4-0 in league play, while Northwood drops to 4-4 and 3-3 in the conference.

Playing together again for the first time in two weeks, ERAU's top-ranked duo of Adrian Bayh and Patrick Besch bested Guillherme Azambuja and David Cathalina 8-5 at the top doubles spot. 10th-ranked J.R. Leonik and Chris Freeman notched an 8-2 win against Nikita Boradatov and Mihkel Kruusmagi at No. 2 doubles and 22nd-ranked Simon Felix and Peter Francis assured the Eagles of the doubles sweep with an 8-2 defeat of Viktor Aqvilin and Diego Ortega at the third spot.

Felix, ranked No. 14 in the ITA/NAIA national singles poll, made quick work of Boradatov 6-1, 6-1 in Felix's fourth match of the season at the No. 2 singles. As the remaining five singles matches progressed, rain began to creep into the area, threatening to delay the contest, but Francis, playing at the fourth position, pulled out a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Cathalina minutes before the rain brought a stop to the proceedings, clinching the Eagles' fourth conference win of the year.

The Eagles will return to the courts at 10 a.m. on Sunday when they take on Lynn, ranked fourth in the latest NCAA II national poll.