DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team notched its sixth win of the season with a 7-0 shutout of NCAA I Belmont at the Crotty Tennis Complex on Wednesday. The top-ranked Eagles improved their overall record to 6-2, while the Bruins fall to 2-6 with the loss.

Playing according to NCAA I rules where the three doubles matches count for one point, the Eagles took a 1-0 lead into singles after grabbing wins at the second and third doubles positions. The first match to finish was on court one where Deni Zmak and Simon Felix fell into an early hole and could not recover, falling to Mauricio Antun and Marko Lovrinovic 8-3. The Eagles got a win on court two as Patrick Besch and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios dispatched Hans Nardelli and Martijn Verberne 8-3

On court three, ERAU's Miguel Lopez Gomez and Luke de Caires jumped out to a 3-0 lead but Cedric Dujacquie and Henrik Claesson charged back and eventually tied the match at 6-6 before registering a break to go up 7-6. The Eagle tandem broke back to knot things up at 7-7, then held and broke again to win the match 9-7 and secure the doubles point for the Blue and Gold.

In singles play, the Eagles dropped a combined eight games at the third through sixth positions. Felix got things started with a 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Dujacquier at No. 3, followed by Lopez Gomez's 6-0, 6-1 win over Claessen at No. 5. The clinching point came from de Caires who bested Nardelli 6-1, 6-0 on court six and Besch downed Verberne 6-1, 6-2 at the fourth position to make the team score 5-0 in favor of the home team.

At No. 2 singles Sanchez-Canamares pulled out a tough 6-4, 7-5 win over Lovrinovic and Zmak held off Antun in three sets, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 10-5, to seal the win.

The Eagles' next match will be at 3:30 p.m. on March 11 when they host NAIA No.7 Cumberland at the Crotty Tennis Complex.

#1 Embry-Riddle 7, Belmont 0

Singles
1. Deni Zmak (ERAUMT13) def. Mauricio Antun (BELM) 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 10-5
2. Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios (ERAUMT13) def. Marko Lovrinovic (BELM) 6-4, 7-5
3. Simon Felix (ERAUMT13) def. Cedric Dujacquier (BELM) 6-1, 6-2
4. Patrick Besch (ERAUMT13) def. Martijn Verberne (BELM) 6-1, 6-2
5. Miguel Lopez Gomez (ERAUMT13) def. Henrik Claesson (BELM) 6-0, 6-1
6. Luke de Caires (ERAUMT13) def. Hans Nardelli (BELM) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1. Mauricio Antun/Marko Lovrinovic (BELM) def. Simon Felix/Deni Zmak (ERAUMT13) 8-3
2. Patrick Besch/Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios (ERAUMT13) def. Hans Nardelli/Martijn Verberne (BELM) 8-3
3. Miguel Lopez Gomez/Luke de Caires (ERAUMT13) def. Cedric Dujacquier/Henrik Claesson (BELM) 9-7

Match Notes:
Belmont 2-6
Embry-Riddle 6-2; National ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,5,6,2,4,1)
de Caires clinched at No. 6 singles
Embry-Riddle ranked No. 1 in NAIA