MATCH CENTRAL
No. 2 Embry-Riddle (12-0) vs. Florida Southern (0-1)
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: Crotty Tennis Complex
TIME: 10 a.m.
SERIES: ERAU leads 6-4
LAST MEETING: ERAU def. Florida Southern, 6-3, April 9, 2014

FIRST SERVE
• Embry-Riddle is in its 27th season of competition
• Deni Zmak and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios are ranked No. 1 doubles team in the country, and Zmak is ranked No. 1in singles
• Head Coach Dave Paschal is in his 11th season as the Eagles' head coach.
• Embry-Riddle and Flagler are meeting in men's tennis for the 11th time

ABOUT THE EAGLES
The second-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis team improved to 2-0 on the year with an 8-1 defeat of NCAA II No. 26 Flagler on Feb. 3.
 
The Eagles' quest for their second win of the year started with a sweep of all three doubles matches. Top-ranked Deni Zmak and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares dispatched Jose Martinez and Bruno Padilha 8-1 at the top spot, and reigning Sun Conference Player of the Week Miguel Lopez Gomez and Luke de Caires bested Justen Louis and Hunter Hutcheson by the same score at the third position for the first two Eagle points. At No. 2 doubles, ERAU's Carlos Becke and Fabian Zierlyn engaged in a tough battle with Brant Switzler and David Espinosa. That match-up required a tiebreaker to decide the outcome, and in the end, it was the ERAU tandem that pulled out the 9-8 with a 8-6 decision in the tiebreaker, giving the Blue and Gold a three-point lead.
 
The matches at the third through sixth singles positions were all two-set wins for Embry-Riddle, including the contest at the No. 6 spot where Rodolfo Arreygue downed John Bailey 6-2, 6-3 to score the clincher.
 
Zmak leads the Eagles with 14 singles wins and hast teamed up with Sanchez-Canamares for 14 wins in doubles play. Freshamn Rodolgo Arreygue is undefeated in singles at 5-0 on the year.

ABOUT THE MOCCASINS
Florida Southern finished 2014 with an overall record of 10-10 and a 2-4 mark in the SSC. The Mocs are playing their second match of the year after suffering a 7-0 season-opening loss to NCAA I Stetson on Feb. 1.
 
Eighth-year head coach Trey Heath returns just one student-athlete from last season's squad in senior Charles Garneau. Last season, Garneau went 9-7 in singles play, including posting an 8-6 mark at the No. 6 spot and also went 8-8 in doubles at the No. 3 spot in the line-up.

THE ERAU-FSC SERIES
Saturday's contest marks the 11th meeting between the Embry-Riddle and Florida Southern in men's tennis teams. ERAU has won each of the last six meetings, including an 8-1 decision against the Mocs last season (April 9, 2014), and are 6-4 all-time against FSC.

The Last Meeting
The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team used two doubles and four singles wins to top NCAA II foe Florida Southern 6-3 on April 9, 2014.
 
The Eagles built a 2-1 lead early in the contest, courtesy of wins at the top two doubles positions. Patrick Besch and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios notched the Eagles' first point with an 8-5 decision against Vladimir Barabash and Nathan Leavitt at No. 2 doubles. Deni Zmak and Simon Felix extended the advantage to 2-0 with an 8-6 win over Emanuel Lueber and Benoit Paradis at the top spot, but the Moccasins got a point back when Charles Garneau and Carl Lundberg won a tight 9-8 (7-4) battle over Luke de Caires and Miguel Lopez Gomez on court three.
 
At No. 5 singles, Lundberg pulled FSC even with the Eagles by topping de Caires 6-2, 6-1, but Felix put the Eagles back on top with his 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Barabash at the fourth position. Zmak further widened the gap with a 6-3, 6-3 decision against Paradis at No. 1 singles and Besch clinched the win for the Blue and Gold by besting Leavitt 6-3, 6-1 at the third spot.
 
Florida Southern got its third point of the day when Lueber managed to hold off Sanchez-Canamares on court two. Lopez Gomez capped the Eagles' scoring with a 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Tony D'Angelo at the sixth position.

BY THE NUMBERS
382 - All-time wins in ERAU Men's Tennis history
198 - Eagle victories under guidance of Head Coach Dave Paschal
71 - Conference wins in program history
15 - NAIA National Tournament appearances
11 - Seasons of competition with Dave Paschal at the helm
11 - Regular season conference championships
7 – Individual singles national titles
6 – Conference tournament titles
4 – Individual doubles national titles
1 – NAIA National team title

EAGLES IN THE RANKINGS
The Eagles are ranked No. 2 in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 poll, marking the 10th consecutive season that ERAU Men's Tennis is ranked among the nation's top five in the preseason ratings. The Eagles have three student-athletes ranked among the nation's Top 50, including No. 1 Deni Zmak and No. 15 Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios. Zmak and Felix also comprise the top-ranked doubles team in the nation while Miguel Lopez Gomez and Luke de Caires are ranked 24th.