The Emory University baseball team will conclude its 2010 season this weekend, playing at sixth-ranked Birmingham Southern College at 8:00 PM EST on Friday, and against the Panthers at Chappell Park on Sunday at 2:00 PM.

Sunday’s contest will also be ‘Senior Day’ for the Emory baseball team, as the squad will honor its graduating seniors who will be playing in the final game of their careers.  Emory’s senior class of 2010 includes pitchers Brian Cournoyer, Adam Genn, Will Gumm, Zeb Heidt, Matthew Katten and Marc Terranova, and outfielder Dan Molnar. 

Emory will need to win both contests to avoid finishing the season below .500 for the first time since the team’s inaugural campaign in 1991.  The Eagles currently stand at 18-19 on the year, following their 5-0 win over Atlanta Christian College on Wednesday, Emory’s second shutout of the season.  The Eagles are 8-9 at home this season, and 6-8 in road games.

Birmingham Southern will enter the contest as the sixth-ranked team in the latest D3Baseball.com poll, in which they received three first-place votes.  The Panthers are 33-4 this season, including marks of 19-2 at home, and 14-1 in road games.  Birmingham Southern has not lost a game since March 24^th, a streak consisting of 17-consecutive games.

This weekend’s games will be the 10^th and 11^th meetings all time between the two teams, but just the third and fourth games since 1996.  Emory is 3-6 all time against Birmingham Southern, including a season-opening split of two games last season at Chappell Park.