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March 11, 2014 • Daytona Beach, Fla. • Crotty Tennis Complex All-Time Series Record: First Meeting

CUMBERLAND (3-1) RANK: 18

MATCH CENTRAL
Embry-Riddle vs. Cumberland
DATE: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: Crotty Tennis Complex
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
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SERIES: First Meeting
LAST MEETING: NA

FIRST SERVE
• Embry-Riddle Women's Tennis is in its 15th season of competition
• Dave Paschal is in his 10th season as the Eagles' head coach
• Embry-Riddle and Cumberland are meeting in women's tennis for the first time.
• Former ERAU All-American Ekaterina Kamendova is an Assistant Coach at Cumberland

THE EAGLES
The seventh-ranked Embry-Riddle women's tennis team is back in action after a 10-day hiatus. The Eagles are 3-3 on they and 2-0 in league play with The Sun Conference wins against St. Thomas and eighth-ranked Northwood.
 
Freshman Paula Ortiz Couder leads the Eagles in dual match play with a 5-1 singles record. Senior Kristina Marova and sophomore Hui-I Huang are 12-3 overall in doubles, including g a 4-2 mark in dual matches.

CUMBERLAND
The 18th-ranked Cumberland women's tennis team improved to 3-1 on the year with a 9-0 shutout of Martin Methodist on March 9. The Lady Bulldogs are led by 38th-ranked Alena Gizdic. Gizdic and Angelica Sepulveda are also ranked 18th in the national doubles poll.

THE ERAU-CU SERIES
Tuesday's contest marks the first meeting between the Embry-Riddle and Cumberland women's tennis teams.

BY THE NUMBERS
222 - All-time wins in ERAU Men's Tennis history
139 - Eagle victories under guidance of Head Coach Dave Paschal
68 - Conference wins in program history
13 - NAIA National Tournament appearances
10 - Seasons of competition with Dave Paschal at the helm
10 - Regular season conference championships
7 – The Eagles' current national ranking
4 – Conference regular season titles
2 – Individual doubles national titles

EAGLES IN THE RANKINGS
The Eagles are ranked seventh in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 poll, marking the sixth consecutive season that ERAU Women's Tennis is ranked among the nation's top 10. Two ERAU student-athletes are featured in the ITA/NAIA singles rankings as sophomore Hui-I Huang is ranked ninth and senior Kristina Marova is ranked 27th. Huang and Marova are ranked No. 1 in the national doubles poll.