The Embry-Riddle women's tennis team earned its first victory of the 2014 season on Saturday as the seventh-ranked Eagles downed St. Thomas 7-2 in Sun Conference action. The Eagles improved their record to 1-0 overall and 1-0 in league play, and will take on NCAA II No. 3 Barry at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

The Eagles swept all three doubles points to take an early 3-0 lead. Anna Götz and Paola Montero got the scoring started for the Blue and Gold, topping Monica Rekkedal and Brigitte Bustamante 8-1 at the No. 2 spot. Newcomers Eva Vilar and Paula Couder followed with an 8-2 defeat of Ashley Ahern and Lauren Lightfoot, and the top-ranked tandem of Hui-I Huang and Kristina Marova completed the sweep with an 8-5 win over No. 13 Tetiana Kovalska and Gabriella Bongiovanni at the top spot.

In singles play, seventh-ranked Kovalska bested ninth-ranked Huang 6-1, 6-1 for the Lady Bobcats' first point of the afternoon. At the No. 6 spot, Couder reclaimed the three-point lead for the Eagles with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of Lightfoot. Vilar extended the advantage to 4-1 with a 6-1, 6-0 defeat of Bustimante on court four and 27th-ranked Marova scored the clincher with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Bongiovanni at the second position.

Ahern scored STU's second point with a 6-4, 6-4 decision against Montero and Götz closed out the Eagles' scoring with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Rekkedal at No. 3.