DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle women's rallied from a 2-1 deficit to earn a 6-3 season-opening win over Keiser, Wednesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex.
 
The Eagles gained an early advantage when Keiser defaulted at No. 3 doubles, but the Seahawks tied things up at 1-1 when Juliana Goncalves and Teodora Stanciu downed Georgina Wood and Maria Turrillo 8-4. Trailing 6-1 to start the match, Maud Mrad and Alexis Marshall won four straight games to make it 6-5, but the Keiser team of Megane Bianco and Julianna Heino held on to win the match 8-6 at put the Seahawks up 2-1 heading into singles.
 
Singles play saw the Blue and Gold pick up another default win at the No. 6 spot. Play on court four, Marshall bested Samantha Guy 6-2, 6-2, and Turrillo followed with a 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Goncalves at the third spot to give the Eagles a 4-2 lead.
 
Bianco topped Mrad 6-3, 6-1 at the top spot to pull the Seahawks within a point, but Wood, who fell behind 3-2 in the first set, scored the clinching point with a 6-4, 7-6 (3) win over Heino on court two to give the Eagles their first vicotry of 2017.
 
The Eagles will scrimmage Eastern Florida State College at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday and will be back on the court at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 to host Flagler.