DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The top-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team continued to defend its Sun Conference regular season title with a 7-2 defeat of Northwood (1-1, 1-1), Tuesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The win improved the Eagles' overall record to 4-1 and their conference record to 2-0.

The Eagles jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after dropping just six games in all three doubles contests combined. Chris Freeman and J.R. Leonik were the first to wrap up their match at No. 2 doubles, downing David Cathalina and Niktia Borodatov 8-2. Simon Felix and Kevin Chaouat bested Jacob Alplund and Diego Ortega by the same margin at the third position, and Patrick Besch and Deni Zmak completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 decision against Alvarro Iturriagga and Guilherme Azambuja 8-2.

Felix made quick work of Cathalina at the third singles spot, earning a 6-1, 6-0 win to put the Eagles up 1-0. Iturriagga upended Freeman 6-3, 6-2 at the top spot to get a point back for the Seahawks, but Zmak dispatched Azambuja 6-3, 6-0 to clinch the Eagle victory.

Anthony Grasso and David Spennare notched wins at the fourth and sixth positions, respectively, with Grasso downing Borodatov 6-3, 6-3 and Spennare besting Ortega 6-1, 1-6, 10-5. Northwood got its final point of the evening from Alplund at the No. 4 spot as he topped Miguel Lopez Gomez 6-3, 6-3.

The Eagles will return to the courts at 3:30 p.m. on April 28 when they host Ave Maria in another Sun Conference fixture.