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No. 1 ERAU Rolls to 9-0 Defeat of SCAD Savannah

Miguel Lopez Gomez clinched the Eagles' win over SCAD
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The top-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team cruised to a 9-0 victory over SCAD Savannah on Saturday, running the Eagles' Sun Conference record to 4-0 on the year. ERAU is now 4-1 overall.

Head Coach Dave Paschal made a few adjustments to the Eagles' lineup in both doubles and singles play. Freshmen Deni Zmak and Anthony Grasso teamed up for the first time this season and notched an 8-3 win over Jack Anton and Darnell Sgubin at the top doubles spot. Chris Freeman and J.R. Leonik downed Alexis Roberts and Theo Gough 8-2 at the second spot and Simon Felix and Kevin Chaouat bested Manatse Mazimbe and Peter Yellico 8-3 at No. 3.

The Eagles dropped just 10 games in the top five singles matches combined, with Zmak besting Anton 6-0, 6-3 in his first match at the top spot and Grasso getting a 6-3, 6-3 win over Sgubin in his first action at the second singles position. Felix earned his first shutout of the year with a 6-0, 6-0 defeat of Roberts at No. 3 and Miguel Lopez Gomez clinched the Eagles' win by beating Gough 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4.

David Spennare also scored a shutout, blanking Yellico at No. 5. The final match off the court proved to be the closest contest of the day and in the end Chaouat, playing in only his second dual singles match of the year, held off Mazimbe 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) to secure the Eagles' sweep.

The Embry-Riddle men will be back in action at 3:30 p.m. on Monday when they host NCAA II No. 16 Concordia (N.Y.).
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