MATCH CENTRAL
NAIA No. 2 Embry-Riddle (14-3, 6-0) vs. NAIA No. 13 Northwood (10-1, 6-0)
DATE: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: Crotty Tennis Complex
TIME: 1 p.m.
SERIES: ERAU leads 25-10
LAST MEETING: ERAU def. NU 5-1, April 18, 2014 • Sun Conference Tournament
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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 Northwood are meeting in men's tennis for the 36th time

ABOUT THE EAGLES
The second-ranked Eagles are currently on a six-match winning streak and bring a 14-3 overall record into Wednesday's contest. The Eagles are playing their seventh and final Sun Conference match of 2015 and it will also mark the final TSC regular season match in program history.
 
Their last time out saw the Blue and Gold improve to 6-0 in Sun Conference play with an 8-1 road win at SCAD Savannah. The Eagles took two of three doubles matches before sweeping all six singles matches to best the Bees. Deni Zmak and Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios improved to 23-6 with an 8-5 defeat at No. 1 doubles before both Zmak made quick work of his singles opponent with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles.

As a team, the Eagles will bring a 16-2 doubles record in conference play and an unblemished 33-0 singles mark into the Northwood match.

ABOUT THE SEAHAWKS
Keith Robinson is in his second year at the helm of the Northwood tennis program and has quickly turned the Seahawks into a contender. Northwood is 10-1 overall and the only other undefeated team in conference play at 6-0.

Ranked No. 13 in the latest NAIA Coaches' Poll, the Seahawks are headlined by Alvaro Iturriaga, the No. 22 ranked singles player in NAIA tennis who partners with Nicolas Guershanik for the No. 24 ranked doubles team in the country.

THE ERAU-NU SERIES
Embry-Riddle and Northwood have faced each other 35 times. The Eagles have won 25 times in the series, including 16 consecutive.

The Last Meeting
ERAU downed Northwood in The Sun Conference Tournament a year ago, 5-1 in a match that was extended to two days due to bad weather .

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.

BY THE NUMBERS
394 - All-time wins in ERAU Men's Tennis history
210 - Eagle victories under guidance of Head Coach Dave Paschal
76 - 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 .