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Weekly Preview 3/30

General McKenzie Williams - Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Emory Athletics Weekly Preview: 3/30 - 4/5

Men's Basketball:
The Emory's men's basketball team will play in the Division III National Championship game for the first time in program history this Sunday, with tip off set for 4:30 p.m. in Indianapolis, IN at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

The Eagles took down Christopher Newport out of the C2C in the Final Four, beating the Captains 72-58 to advance to the national championship game. The game saw three Eagles in double-digits as D3hoops.com National Player of the Year and Jostens Trophy Winner Ben Pearce put up 21 points and five assists to lead the team in scoring. Ethan Fauss and Jair Knight scored 15 and 13 points respectively while Fauss led the team in rebounds with 14 to record a double-double.

When/Where:
  • Sunday, April 5
  • Indianapolis, IN (Gainbridge Fieldhouse)
  • 4:30 p.m.
Coverage:  
Women's Golf:
The #1 ranked Emory women's golf team is headed to Johns Creek, GA for the Georgia State Invitational at Rivermont Golf Club, with the first round set for Monday morning.

The team is coming off a second-place performance at the Jekyll Island Collegiate as they shot a 902 (+8) total on the weekend. Freshman Xinyi Zheng claimed the individual title at the event, shooting 216 (E) over three rounds to end at the top of the leaderboard.

When/Where:
  • March 30-31
  • Johns Creek, GA (Rivermont GC)
Coverage:  
Women's Tennis:
The #5 Emory women's tennis team will be in Pittsburgh, PA this weekend to take on UAA foe #14 Carnegie Mellon and #10 Bowdoin on Friday and Saturday.

The Eagles are coming off a 7-0 sweep of Colby College this past week, marking their seventh shutout win of the year. The team dropped only three games in doubles before winning all six singles matches to blank the Mules, recording straight set wins in five of the six singles matchups.

When/Where:
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • vs. #14 Carnegie Mellon
    • April 3 at 12:00 p.m.
  • vs. #10 Bowdoin
    • April 4 at 10:00 a.m.
Coverage: Softball:
The Eagles will hit the road this weekend for a ranked series against #17 Case Western Reserve to continue conference play, with the first game set for 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
The Eagles are coming off a 2-1 weekend against Carnegie Mellon, winning Friday's matchup 8-2 and splitting Saturday's doubleheader 4-5 and 7-4.

Freshman Sydney Thune had another stellar weekend in the circle, spinning her third complete game of the season in Friday's win, allowing two runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five to improve to 4-2 on the year. Thune also recorded her first career save in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader, pitching three scoreless innings with four strikeouts, allowing only two batters to reach base out of the 11 she faced.

Senior Ashley Chu led the Eagles at the plate, going 4-5 with an RBI to help the Eagles beat the Tartans 8-2. She also put up a little league home run in Emory's series-clinching win on Saturday, executing a bunt right in front of home plate to force an errant throw from the CMU catcher to give the Eagles two runs in the home half of the third. Chu went 2-4 on the game with a double and an RBI to cap off her great weekend at home. 

When/Where:
  • April 3-4
  • vs. #14 CWRU (Cleveland, OH)
  • Game Times
    • April 3 at 3:00 p.m.
    • April 4 (DH) at 12:00 and 2:00 p.m.
Coverage:  
Track and Field:
Emory's track and field team will host the Dooley Elite meet at home this weekend, with competition taking place on Saturday.

The team is coming off another great home meet weekend, recording 63 top ten placements over the three-day event. The weekend was highlighted by wins from Caroline Henry in the hammer throw on Friday and Saturday wins from Ryan McGonigle, Jackie Chapman and Kelsey Coley in the men's 800m, women's discus and women's 100m hurdles. The meet also saw Chapman break the women's discus record with a 45.41m throw while sophomore Ari Klasky broke the men's shot put record for the second weekend in a row, going for 16.32m to break the previous record of 15.75m that he set at last weekend's Emory Spring Break Classic.

When/Where:
  • Atlanta, GA (WPEC)
  • April 4
Coverage:
  • TBD
 
Baseball:
Emory's baseball team will be back at home this weekend to take on RV Case Western Reserve in a four-game series to continue conference play.

The Eagles are coming off a 3-1 road weekend at NYU to open conference play, winning Friday's matchup 9-1, splitting Saturday's doubleheader 14-11 and 8-11 and clinching the series with a 16-11 win on Sunday. Junior Jake Lawson plated nine runs, nine RBI, hitting one double and three home runs on the weekend. Senior Josh Zuckerman led the team from the mound, going for all eight innings in Friday's matchup to allow only one run, three hits and two walks while striking out eight in Emory's 9-1 victory to improve to 2-2 on the season.

When/Where:
  • April 3-5
  • Atlanta, GA (Chappell Park)
  • Game Times
    • April 3 at 3:00 p.m.
    • April 4 (DH) at 12:00 and 3:00 p.m.
    • April 5 at 11:00 a.m.
Coverage:
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Players Mentioned

Ryan McGonigle

Ryan McGonigle

Mid-Distance
5' 10"
Freshman
Ari Klasky

Ari Klasky

Throws
5' 6"
Sophomore
Ryan McGonigle

Ryan McGonigle

Mid-Distance
5' 10"
Sophomore
Caroline Henry

Caroline Henry

Throws
Freshman
Jackie Chapman

Jackie Chapman

Throws
Freshman
Kelsey Coley

Kelsey Coley

Sprints/Hurdles
Freshman
Xinyi Zheng

Xinyi Zheng

Freshman
Ethan Fauss

#32 Ethan Fauss

F
6' 9"
Junior
Jair Knight

#2 Jair Knight

G/F
6' 2"
Senior
Ben Pearce

#10 Ben Pearce

G
6' 1"
Senior
Ashley Chu

#1 Ashley Chu

OF
5' 3"
Senior
Sydney Thune

#27 Sydney Thune

RHP
5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ryan McGonigle

Ryan McGonigle

5' 10"
Freshman
Mid-Distance
Ari Klasky

Ari Klasky

5' 6"
Sophomore
Throws
Ryan McGonigle

Ryan McGonigle

5' 10"
Sophomore
Mid-Distance
Caroline Henry

Caroline Henry

Freshman
Throws
Jackie Chapman

Jackie Chapman

Freshman
Throws
Kelsey Coley

Kelsey Coley

Freshman
Sprints/Hurdles
Xinyi Zheng

Xinyi Zheng

Freshman
Ethan Fauss

#32 Ethan Fauss

6' 9"
Junior
F
Jair Knight

#2 Jair Knight

6' 2"
Senior
G/F
Ben Pearce

#10 Ben Pearce

6' 1"
Senior
G
Ashley Chu

#1 Ashley Chu

5' 3"
Senior
OF
Sydney Thune

#27 Sydney Thune

5' 9"
Freshman
RHP
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