Swimming and Diving:
The Emory swimming and diving team is headed to Indianapolis, IN for the NCAA National Championships, with competition taking place from Wednesday-Saturday.
The Eagles are coming off the Emory Invitational a few weeks ago, taking first place with a total of 769 points. The women's team turned in eight of the national standards on the final day of the meet along with five first place performances. The men's team also put up seven top performances on the day to secure first place in the final home meet of the season for the Eagles.
The team will be sending 37 student-athletes to the IUPUI Natatorium in the hopes of adding more gold on the banners inside the Woodruff PE Center.
When/Where:
- March 18-21
- Prelims/Finals: 10:00 AM/6:00 PM
- Indianapolis, IN
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Men's Basketball:
The Emory men's basketball team is still dancing as they head to Fort Wayne, IN to take on Illinois Wesleyan in the Elite Eight on Thursday.
The Eagles punched their ticket to Fort Wayne with their Sweet 16 win over Yeshiva at home, defeating the Maccabees 101-80. The entire Emory starting five put up double-digit performances, with
Ben Pearce putting up 26 points and ten assists for a double-double. Juniors
AJ Harris and
Ethan Fauss each went for 19 points while
Mario Awasum and
Jair Knight combined for 32 points on the day.
When/Where:
- March 19 at 3:30 p.m.
- Fort Wayne, IN (Allen County War Memorial Coliseum)
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Baseball:
The Emory baseball team will take on Piedmont in a trio of games this weekend, heading up to Demorest on Friday, hosting the Lions on Saturday and returning to Demorest on Sunday to wrap up the series after starting the week with a road tilt against crosstown neighbor Oglethorpe on Tuesday.
The Eagles are coming off a mid-week matchup against Wabash, falling to the Little Giants 8-6 at home.
Jake Lawson led the Eagles at the plate, going 2-5 with three runs on the day while
Zach Hanson went 2-4 with two runs and an RBI.
When/Where:
- Oglethorpe
- March 17 at 6:00 p.m.
- Atlanta, GA
- Piedmont
- March 20 at 6:00 p.m. (Demorest, GA)
- March 21 at 2:00 p.m. (Atlanta, GA)
- March 22 at 2:00 p.m. (Demorest, GA)
Coverage:
- At Oglethorpe
- Piedmont (Home)
- Piedmont (Away)
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Track and Field:
The Emory track and field team will begin the outdoor season at home this weekend, hosting the Emory Spring Break Classic on Friday and Saturday.
The Eagles wrapped up the indoor season at the NCAA Championships where
Henry Brandstadter,
John Urciuoli and
Kelsey Coley represented the team. Brandstadter earned All-American honors with his third place finish in the long jump, marking his third time on the NCAA Indoor podium. Urciuoli advanced to finals in the men's mile, taking ninth in his first indoor season for the Eagles. Freshman
Kelsey Coley also made her NCAA Indoors debut, placing sixth in her heat to take 18
th overall in the 60m hurdles prelims.
When/Where:
- March 20-21
- Atlanta, GA (WPEC)
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Softball:
The Eagles will hit the road this weekend as they head to Waltham, MA to begin conference play against Brandeis, playing Friday at 3:00 p.m. and a doubleheader on Saturday with the first game starting at 12:00 p.m.
The Eagles are coming off a great weekend at the Eagles Elite Invitational, going 3-1 on the weekend in their matchups against Pfeiffer and Lewis & Clark. The Eagles won both games on Saturday and their first Saturday matchup against Pfeiffer 9-5 thanks to a three-run homer from
Ella Hoyle that helped secure the Eagles third win of the weekend.
When/Where:
- March 20 at 3:00 p.m.
- March 21 at 12:00 p.m. (DH)
- Waltham, MA
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Men's Golf:
The Emory men's golf team is headed to the Jekyll Island Invitational for a 54-hole tournament at Pine Lakes Friday-Sunday.
The Eagles competed at the Tiger Invitational in Pinehurst, NC this past week, taking third place out of 20 teams. Junior
Kevin Mu captured the individual title, his first of the year, with a 206 (-10) on the tournament.
When/Where:
- March 20-22
- Jekyll Island, GA (Pine Lakes)
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Women's Golf:
The Emory women's golf team will also be competing in the Jekyll Island Invitational this weekend, with the first round starting on Friday.
The Eagles are coming off a second place finish at the Savannah Harbor Invitational, with freshman
Xinyi Zheng shooting a 143 (-3) and leading the team with a seventh place finish.
When/Where:
- March 20-22
- Jekyll Island, GA (Great Dunes GC)
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Men's Tennis:
The men's tennis team will be back in Atlanta this week as they take on Oglethorpe down the road while they play a pair of matches against Covenant and Berry at home.
The Eagles are coming off a spring break trip to Orlando, FL where they took on Northwood, Keiser and Barry University, dropping all three matches of the road trip.
When/Where:
- Atlanta, GA
- Oglethorpe
- Covenant and Berry (SAAC Courts)
- March 21 at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Coverage:
- Oglethorpe
- Covenant and Berry
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Women's Tennis:
The Emory women's tennis teams will be back in Atlanta to take on #15 W&L and Colby College at home.
The Emory women's tennis team is coming off a spring break road trip where they took on #2 WashU, SCAD and #4 Wesleyan, going 1-3 on the road trip. Their lone win came against SCAD where the Eagles shut out the Bees 7-0.
When/Where:
- #15 Washington and Lee
- Colby College
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