By: Brad Hutzelman
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The top-seeded Embry-Riddle men's tennis team captured its sixth consecutive Sun Conference Tournament title with a 5-0 win over third-seeded Webber International on Saturday evening. Webber defeated Warner in the Semifinals 5-1 to advance to face Embry –Riddle later in the day.
The Warriors began the day by facing off against Warner in their semifinal match. The Warriors found themselves up after the completion of doubles, 2-1. Winning for the Warriors in doubles were:
Jonathan Cohen and
Rodrigo Santibanez at #2 and
Firmiano Filho and Nicklas Kammer at #3 doubles. The Warriors went on to win three singles matches to win the match over Warner 5-1.
In the championship round Embry-Riddle got off to a fast start in the title match against WIU with a 3-0 sweep in doubles. At the top spot, Zmak and
Simon Felixteamed up for their 30th doubles win of the season with an 8-1 decision against
Mislav Colak and Justus Klocke, marking the third time in Felix's career that he has hit the 30-win threshhold in doubles competition in a single season. De Caires and
Miguel Lopez Gomez were next off the court following their 8-3 defeat of
Firmiano Filho and Nicklas Kammer, and
Patrick Besch and
Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios completed the sweep by topping
Jonathan Cohen and
Rodrigo Santibanez 8-2 at No. 2.
Lopez Gomez registered the first singles point for ERAU, downing
Rodrigo Santibanez 6-0, 6-2 on court five to widen the gap in favor of the home team.
With Sanchez-Canamares sitting out of singles play due to an injury, Besch moved up to the No. 2 spot in the singles lineup. Playing in his final match at the Crotty Tennis Complex, the recorded the clinching points by besting Cohen 6-4, 6-2.
The Warriors ended their season second in The Sun Conference with a final record of 13-9 overall.