ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – No. 15-ranked Embry-Riddle men's tennis traveled to St. Petersburg, Florida to continue Sunshine State Conference play at Eckerd on Monday afternoon.
The Eagles narrowly defeated the Tritons 4-3 at the Fred Bullard Courts, moving to a 4-1 overall record and a 1-1 SSC slate for 2026.
RECORDS
Embry-Riddle: 4-1 (1-1 SSC)
Eckerd: 0-1 (0-1 SSC)
ALL-TIME SERIES
- Embry-Riddle is 10-2 all-time over Eckerd, riding a ten-game winning streak against the Tritons
HOW IT HAPPENED
- ERAU fell early in doubles play, dropping both No. 1 and No. 3 doubles.
- Joao Morgado and Joshua Nuyts secured court two with a 6-4 win over Mario Kirkov and Konrad Fischer.
- The Eagles fell behind 2-0 as Manuel Lanteri dropped his singles match on court three, 6-1, 6-2 to Amirali Ghavam.
- On court one, Marc Mail captured a three-set win to cut the deficit in half, winning 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 over Batu Ataseven.
- Embry-Riddle leveled the match at 2-2 with a big three-set win from Enrico Rosellini on court two. Rosellini went 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), and 6-0 over Kirkov to tie the match.
- Eckerd reclaimed the lead, 3-2 with a 6-3, 6-0 win from Fischer over Nuyts on court four.
- ERAU fought hard on courts five and six to secure a 4-3 victory with wins from Morgado and Frederic Tu.
- Morgado led with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Oskar Ekjord followed by Tu's 6-4, 6-3 win over Valdemar Spillemose.
UP NEXT
Embry-Riddle will travel to Columbus State to take on the No. 11-ranked Cougars on Sunday, Feb. 22 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
