MATCH CENTRAL
No. 3 Embry-Riddle (11-4, 5-1) vs. No. 8 Northwood (7-4, 4-1)
DATE: Wednesday, April 8, 2015
CITY: Daytona Beach, Fla.
SITE: Crotty Tennis Complex
TIME: 1 p.m.
SERIES: ERAU leads 18-7
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FIRST SERVE
• Embry-Riddle women's tennis is in its 16th season of competition
• Head Coach Dave Paschal is in his 11th season as the Eagles' head coach.
• Embry-Riddle and Northwood are meeting in women's tennis for the 26th time

ABOUT THE EAGLES
The Eagles bring an 11-4 record into Wednesday's match. The Eagles had their six-match win streak napped by SCAD Savannah on Saturday as the Bees topped ERAU, 6-3 in Savannah. The Eagles took two of three doubles matches, but could manage just one singles victory in the defeat.

Hui-I Huang is 12-9 for the Eagles while Giovanna Tomiotto boasts a 12-8 mark on the year. Tomiotto and Kathryn Bock are both 5-1 in conference singles play while the No. 1 doubles team of Anna Gotz and Huang are a perfect 5-0.

THE SEAHAWKS
Northwood, under the direction of second-year Head Coach Keith Robinson, is 7-4 overall and 4-1 in Sun Conference action, posting just a loss to SCAD Savannah this season.

Adelaide Wood is the top-ranked Seahawks singles player at No. 13 while her doubles partner Valentina Souki and her team up as the 19th-ranked duo in the NAIA.
 
The ERAU-NU SERIES
The Eagles and the Seahawks are meeting for the 26th time in women's tennis. The Eagles have won 18 of the previous 25 matches.

The Last Meeting
The seventh-ranked Embry-Riddle women's tennis team was able to shake off the rust from not playing against outside competition in nearly two weeks, earning its second Sun Conference win of the season with a 6-3 decision against eighth-ranked Northwood at the Seahawks' home courts on Feb. 28.

The Eagles earned their first point of the day when Paula Ortiz Couder and Eva Vilar rolled to an 8-2 win over Julia Ferraz and Livia Toth at No. 2 doubles. At the top spot, the top-ranked duo of Hui-I Huang and Kristina Marova earned their 12th victory of the year by besting Justyna Wojcik and Valentina Souki 8-2. The Seahawks got a point back at the second position where Ivana Vlakic and Adelaide Wood topped Paola Montero and Anna Götz 8-3 to make the team score 2-1 in favor of the visitors.

Marova was the first to finish her singles match, earning a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Wood on court three. At the top singles spot, 11th-ranked Vlakic got the better of ninth-ranked Huang, winning 6-2, 6-1 to close the gap to 3-2.

Götz was next off the court with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Vlakic at the No. 2 spot and Montero bested Toth 6-1, 7-5 on court five to score the clinching point for the Blue and Gold.

Northwood got its third point of the day when Ferraz downed Ortiz Couder 6-3, 6-1 at the sixth spot and Vilar closed out the scoring for the Eagles with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 defeat of Souki at No. 4.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
248 - All-time wins in ERAU Women's Tennis history
165 - Eagle victories under guidance of Head Coach Dave Paschal
77 - Conference wins in program history
11 - Seasons of competition with Dave Paschal at the helm
14 - NAIA National Tournament appearances
5 - Regular season conference championships
3 – Conference tournament titles
2 - The Eagles' current national ranking

EAGLES IN THE RANKINGS
The Eagles are ranked third in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 poll, marking the eighth consecutive season that ERAU Women's Tennis is ranked among the nation's top 10. Two ERAU student-athletes are featured in the ITA/NAIA singles rankings as junior Hui-I Huang is ranked 27th and sophomore Anna Gotz is ranked 37th.