DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team, ranked second in the NAIA, earned a 5-1 win over NCAA II No. 4 Lynn (15-5), Sunday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. Sunday's outcome marked the Eagles' first win over the Fighting Knights in four seasons and improved the ERAU overall record to 17-2 on the year.

Playing at No. 3 doubles, the ERAU duo of Simon Felix and Kevin Chaouat took just 25 minutes to rout Lynn's Vlad Cirla and Giulio Gomba 8-0. At the top doubles spot, Chris Freeman and Deni Zmak dispatched Alessio Iannozzi and Max Kouyate 8-1 to put the Eagles up 2-0, but Lynn's Luca Pignatelli and Pavel Mohja got a point back for the Fighting Knights with an 8-2 victory over David Spennare and Anthony Grasso.

After dropping the first game to fall behind 2-1 on court two, Freeman bounced back to take five of the next six games to go up 5-2. Kouyate, Freeman's opponent sustained an injury during the course of play, which forced him to retire, giving Freeman the win over the NCAA II 27th-ranked player and the Eagles a 3-1 advantage.

The contest at No. 1 singles was on serve through the first six games. In the seventh, Zmak broke Cirla to go up 4-3 and won the next two games to take the set 6-1. The second set saw the ERAU freshman best 23rd-ranked Cirla 6-3 in that frame to extend the Eagle lead to 4-1.

Spennare was the final player to take the court for the Eagles in singles play. The senior rebounded from his setback in doubles and delivered a 6-2, 6-2 win over Pignatelli at the sixth spot to score the clincher for the Blue and Gold.

The Eagles will play their final regular season match of 2013 against sixth-ranked NCAA II foe Rollins on April 11. Thursday's match, which rescheduled due to rain, will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Crotty Tennis Complex.