MATCH CENTRAL
NAIA No. 2 Embry-Riddle (11-3, 4-0) vs. Webber International (4-7, 0-3)
DATE: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
CITY:Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: Crotty Tennis Complex
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
SERIES: ERAU leads 23-15
LAST MEETING: ERAU def. WIU 5-0, April 19, 2014
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FIRST SERVE
• Embry-Riddle is in its 27th season of competition
• Deni Zmak and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios are ranked No. 2 doubles team in the country, and Zmak is ranked No. 1 in singles
• Head Coach Dave Paschal is in his 11th season as the Eagles' head coach.
• Embry-Riddle and Webber International are meeting in men's tennis for the 39th time

ABOUT THE EAGLES
The Eagles are looking for their fifth conference win of the season. Playing six matches in seven days, the ERAU men were 6-1 during spring break, with their only loss coming in a tough 5-4 decision to NCAA II No. 9 Lynn on March 14. Their last match saw the Blue and Gold down NAIA No. 18 Oklahoma Baptist 9-0.
 
Ranked No. 2 in the latest NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches Top 25 poll, the Eagles are 11-3 on the year. Zmak leads the Eagles with 24 singles wins and has teamed up with Jaime Sanchez-Canamares for 21 wins in doubles play.

ABOUT THE WARRIORS
Last season's league runner-up, Webber International comes into Wednesday's match with a 4-7 overall record and an 0-3 mark in Sun Conference play. Their last time out saw the Warriors fall to league leader Northwood, 5-0 on Monday .

THE ERAU-WIU SERIES
Embry-Riddle and Saint Leo have faced each other 38 times. The Eagles hold a 23-15 advantage in the series, including last season's Sun Conference tournament 5-0 semifinal win (April 19).

The Last Meeting
The top-seeded Embry-Riddle men's tennis team captured its sixth consecutive Sun Conference Tournament title with a 5-0 win over third-seeded Webber International on Saturday evening. Ranked No. 1 in the NAIA, the Eagles played two matches in the same day to win the crown and improved their overall record to 18-3.

The Eagles began the day by finishing their semifinal match that was suspended after doubles due to bad weather on Friday evening. The Blue and Gold matched up against fourth-seeded Northwood in the semis and took a 2-1 lead after doubles into Saturday's action. The Eagles further extended their advantage when Deni Zmak set a new ERAU single-season record for singles wins with 31, courtesy of a 6-3, 6-1 decision against Alvaro Iturriaga at the top spot. At No. 4 singles, Luke de Caires easily won the first set 6-1, but fought off a stiff challenge from Nikita Borodatov, winning 7-6 with a 14-12 edge in the super tiebreaker to send the Eagles into the championship.

ERAU got off to a fast start in the title match against WIU with a 3-0 sweep in doubles. At the top spot, Zmak and Simon Felix teamed up for their 30th doubles win of the season with an 8-1 decision against Mislav Colak and Justus Klocke, marking the third time in Felix's career that he has hit the 30-win threshhold in doubles competition in a single season. De Caires and Miguel Lopez Gomez were next off the court following their 8-3 defeat of Firmiano Filho and Nicklas Kammer, and Patrick Besch and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios completed the sweep by topping Jonathan Cohen and Rodrigo Santibanez 8-2 at No. 2.

Lopez Gomez registered the first singles point for ERAU, downing Rodrigo Santibanez 6-0, 6-2 on court five to widen the gap in favor of the home team.

With Sanchez-Canamares sitting out of singles play due to an injury, Besch moved up to the No. 2 spot in the singles lineup. Playing in his final match at the Crotty Tennis Complex, the senior recorded the clinching point by besting Cohen 6-4, 6-2

BY THE NUMBERS
355 - All-time wins in ERAU Men's Tennis history
207 - Eagle victories under guidance of Head Coach Dave Paschal
73 - 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. The Eagles have three student-athletes ranked among the nation's Top 50, including No. 1 Deni Zmak,  No. 17 Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios and No. 45 Carlos Becke. Zmak and Sanche-Canamares also comprise the second-ranked doubles team in the nation .