DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Savannah College of Art and Design defeated Webber International University 5-1 in the semifinals of the NAIA Region XIV Men's Tennis Tournament Friday (April 18) afternoon at the Crotty Tennis Complex.

The ninth-ranked Bees, who are seeded No. 2 in the four-team, double-elimination tournament, improved to 9-6 and will face top-seeded and No. 3-ranked Embry-Riddle (Fla.) University, which defeated St. Thomas (Fla.) University 5-0, in Saturday's (April 19) 1 p.m. championship match. The regional tournament winner will receive an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship, which will be held May 12-16 in Mobile, Ala. It is the second consecutive year that SCAD has advanced to the title match. Webber International fell to 12-9.

The Bees fell at the No. 1 doubles spot, but rebounded to take the remaining two doubles points and Fernando Horcasitas scored the clincher with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Leigh Griffiths at No. 6 singles.

No. 9 SCAD 5, No. 19 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL 1

Singles: Jan Menzen (S) vs. Rafael Teixeira (W) DNF; Ofir Weintraub (S) vs. Philippe Andermatt (W) DNF; Willy Frei (S) def. Cody Wright 6-3, 6-4; Dumitru Chiriacov (S) def. Radovan Mircic 6-0, 6-4; Mihai Draganescu (S) vs. Ignacio Cachan (W) DNF; Fernando Horcasitas (S) def. Leigh Griffiths  6-3, 6-3.

Doubles: Teixeira-Wright (W) def. Menzen-Chiriacov 9-8 (3); Frei-Weintraub (S) def. Andermatt-Mircic 8-4; Horcasitas-Juan Pablo Velez (S) def. Cachan-Griffiths 8-4.

Records: SCAD 9-6, Webber International 12-9.

2008 NAIA Region Men's Tennis Tournament
At Crotty Tennis Complex
Daytona Beach, Fla.

Friday
Semifinals
No. 2 SCAD 5, No. 3 Webber International 1
No. 1 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 5, No. 4 St. Thomas (Fla.) 0

Saturday
Finals
No. 2 SCAD (9-6) at No. 1 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) (15-2), 1 p.m.