SAINT LEO, Fla. – The No. 4 Saint Leo Lions were upset by the No. 40 Embry-Riddle Eagles at the Saint Leo Tennis Center on Wednesday. The 4-2 loss moved the Green and Gold's record to 15-7, 5-3 in the Sunshine State Conference. The SSC is set to release the seedings for the conference championship on Thursday, April 18 at 11:00 a.m. Before the match, Saint Leo honored its lone senior Bruno Babic.
 
The Eagles won the doubles match point in a flight no. 1 tie-breaker; 7-6 (7-3). At Flight no. 3 Leonardo Vega and David Perez recorded a 6-3 decision.
 
Willem Van Den Akker cruised past his fourth singles opponent; 6-3, 6-0. Meanwhile, Aurel Ciocanu at second singles battled to win a three-set victory; 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
 
Embry-Riddle clinched the match taking six singles; 6-3, 6-2.
 
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