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Warriors Fall To Embry Riddle in Sun Conference Tournament Championship Round

4/20/2014 2:16:00 AM

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.
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