DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The top-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team earned its fifth Sun Conference victory of the 2014 campaign with a 9-0 shutout of Ave Maria, Saturday at the Crotty Tennis Complex. The Eagles are now 13-3 overall and 5-0 in league play, while the Gyrenes fall to 1-8 overall and 1-6 in the conference.

The matches at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles concluded fairly quickly with the top-ranked pair of Deni Zmak and Simon Felix downing Elias Zaghra and Cedric Duval 8-2, and Miguel Lopez Gomez and Luke de Caires blanking Theodore Pince and Daniel Pardo 8-0. The contest at No. 2 doubles lasted and hour and 33 minutes. ERAU's Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios and Patrick Besch erased a 4-1 deficit, winning four games in a row on the way to an 8-6 win over Daniel Spurny and Eric Peterson, giving the Eagles a 3-0 lead.

Besch and de Caires were the first two to finish their singles matches as Besch shutout Duval 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 and de Caires scored the clincher with his 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Peterson on court four. Zmak and Lopez Gomez each posted shutouts on courts one and two, respectively, while Verberne got the second dual match win of his ERAU career with a 6-1, 6-1 defeat of Sadusky at the sixth spot.

The final match off the court was at No. 2 singles, where Sanchez-Canamares got the better of a match-up against Zaghra, downing the Gyrenes' No. 2 player 6-2, 6-3.

The Eagles will continue to defend their Sun Conference crown on Monday when they host Southeastern at 3:30 p.m.

Embry-Riddle 9, Ave Maria 0

Singles competition
1. Deni Zmak (ERAUMT13) def. Daniel Spurny (AMUM) 6-2, 6-0
2. Jaime Sanchez-Canama (ERAUMT13) def. Elias Zaghra (AMUM) 6-2, 6-3
3. Patrick Besch (ERAUMT13) def. Cedric Duval (AMUM) 6-0, 6-0
4. Luke de Caires (ERAUMT13) def. Eric Peterson (AMUM) 6-3, 6-1
5. Miguel Lopez Gomez (ERAUMT13) def. Theodore Pince (AMUM) 6-0, 6-0
6. Juan Verberne (ERAUMT13) def. Zachary Sadusky (AMUM) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Simon Felix/Deni Zmak (ERAUMT13) def. Elias Zaghra/Cedric Duval (AMUM) 8-2
2. Patrick Besch/Jaime Sanchez-Canama (ERAUMT13) def. Daniel Spurny/Eric Peterson (AMUM) 8-6
3. Miguel Lopez Gomez/Luke de Caires (ERAUMT13) def. Theodore Pince/Daniel Pardo (AMUM) 8-0

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,4,1,5,6,2)
de Caires clinched at No. 4 singles