LAKE WALES, Fla. – The second-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team wrapped up the program's 10th consecutive Sun Conference regular season title with a 9-0 defeat of 17th-ranked Warner on Saturday. The Eagles did not lose a single game in any of this season's six conference matches and ran their unbeaten conference streak to 43-0, spanning the last eight years.
A sweep in doubles play propelled the Eagles to an early three-point advantage. Top-ranked
Adrian Bayh and
Patrick Besch downed Julian Ramirez-Luna and Vitor Schlepper 8-2 at No. 1.
Chris Freeman and
J.R. Leonik bested Patrick Frandji and Amar Vora 8-5 at the second spot and
Simon Felix and
Peter Francis completed the sweep with an 8-2 defeat of Diogo Barros and Juan Espinel at No. 3.
Singles play saw Felix and Bayh register 6-1, 6-1 defeats over Schepper and Sa-ardphanchai, respectively. Besch topped Frandji 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2 and Freeman got his 19th win of the year at the top spot after 29th-ranked Ramirez-Luna retired after falling behind 6-2 in the first set.
Felix downed Espinel 7-5, 6-2 and
David Spennare sealed the Eagles' victory with a 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Barros at No. 6.
Embry-Riddle now stands at 15-2 on the year and 6-0 in the league. The Royals move to 11-3 overall and their 5-1 record places Warner at second in the league standings, marking the program's best finish ever.
The Eagles will face their toughest challenge of the season when they host Armstrong Atlantic, ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II, at 2 p.m. on Thursday.