LAKELAND, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's tennis team returned to the win column with a 6- defeat of Sunshine State Conference foe Florida Southern, Thursday at the Moccasins' Winnie Warden Tennis Center. The 12th-ranked Eagles notched their fourth SSC win of the year, improving to 4-2 in the league and 11-5 overall. Ranked No. 45, the Mocs are now 8-8 overall and 2-4 in conference play.
 
Juan Ortiz Couder and Lucas Bos got the scoring started for the Blue and Gold with their 8-0 shutout of Miguel Alvarez-Hevia and Oscar Soderland at No. 2 doubles. Second-ranked Rodolfo Arreygue and Andres Donayre made it a 2-0 lead for ERAU with their 8-4 defeat of Derek Bell and Tim Becker at the top spot, but Blaine Miller and Victor Ahlbeck got a point back for the Mocs when they bested Deepak Vishavkarma and Mickael Faucher 8-6 at No. 3.
 
No. 44 Ortiz Couder won his first set 6-1 and was up 1-0 in the second when his opponent, Alvaro Arias, retired with an injury to give the Eagles their first singles point of the day. No. 33 Donayre was next off the court after dispatching Ahlbeck 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles, and Faucher earned the clinching point with his 6-3, 6-2 win over Matt Matsuyama on court six.
 
The Eagles also got a win at No. 5 singles where Bos topped Vossaguetter 6-2, 6-4. However, the last two points of the afternoon went to Florida Southern as Alvarez-Hevia topped Vishavkarma 6-4, 6-2 at No. 2 and Becker held off Arreygue 6-4, 6-4 on court four.
 
The Eagles' next match will be against top-ranked Saint Leo at 11 a.m. on Saturday at ERAU's Crotty Tennis Complex.