After winning the 12^th University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship in the program's history last week, Emory University will return to Chappell Park for a four-game home stand, beginning with a three-game weekend series against DePauw University on Saturday and Sunday.  The Eagles and the Tigers will play at 2:00 PM on Saturday, followed by a doubleheader on Sunday, starting at 12:00 PM.

Coverage
Fans can follow this weekend's games with live statistics at http://www.go.emory.edu/LiveStats/Base/XLIVE.HTM and a live video webcast at http://emoryathletics.com/sports/bsb/live.  The video will be free to view in standard definition, with a high definition upgrade available for $6.00.

Emory Eagles
Emory, which received votes in Tuesday's American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/ Collegiate Baseball poll, will begin the weekend series with an overall record of 15-7, including a 5-0 mark at home during the campaign.  The Eagles are batting .311 as a team and have scored 190 runs in 22 games this season, good for an average of 8.6 runs per game.  The team's pitching staff has a 3.81 ERA, and has held opposing hitters to a .275 batting average.

Emory is led by Mike Twardoski, who is in his 15^th season as a head coach, all of which have been spent at the Eagles' helm.  Twardoski has a career 426-203-1 ledger since taking over the position prior to the 2000 season, and has led the Eagles to eight UAA Championships and seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including three trips to the World Series and a second-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Championships.  He is assisted by Associate Coach Bobby Perez and Pitching Coach Connor McGuiness, along with former major league reliever Greg McMichael.

DePauw Tigers
The Tigers will come to Atlanta with an overall record of 2-4, including a 0-4 mark away from home this season.  After opening the season with four-straight losses (two apiece to Anderson College and Hanover College), DePauw bounced back with a sweep of a doubleheader at home against Manchester College on Tuesday, winning 9-5 and 6-4, each in seven innings.  The team is batting .267 through its first six games of the season and averaging 4.8 runs per game, while the pitching staff has a 5.28 ERA with .318 opponents' batting average.

DePauw is led by Head Coach Jake Martin, who is now in his fifth season at the team's helm, recording a 98-79 cumulative record.  He is assisted by Matt Pustay and Adrian Norris.

Matchup History
Emory is 11-5 all-time against DePauw, including an 11-4 mark all-time in games played at Chappell Park.  The last meeting between the two teams was the lone contest in the series that has been held on neutral territory, with DePauw defeating Emory 2-0 in Millington, Tennessee in the opening game of the 2012 NCAA Division III Baseball Championships.  The Eagles were held to four hits in the contest, including doubles from current Eagles Brett Lake and Ryan Toscano, and a single from Wes Peacock.

Emory Notes
Emory sophomore Paul Merolla threw a complete-game shutout in an 11-0 seven-inning win over Rochester last week during the UAA Championships… It was the 26^th complete-game shutout ever by an Eagle, and the third by an Emory player in the last 10 years… Merolla's complete-game shutout was the first by an Eagle since Connor Dillman threw a nine-inning shutout against Brandeis on March 11^th, 2012… Junior Brett Lake saw his 22-game hitting streak come to a close during the final game of the UAA Championships… The streak was the fourth-longest in school history, trailing only former Eagles Bryan Langbord (29 games in 2004), Frank Pfister (25 games in 2007) and Andrew Cohn (23 games in 2008 and 2009)… The NCAA released its first weekly statistical leader report on Wednesday, with Emory ranking high in a number of categories, both as a team and individually… The Eagles lead all NCAA Division III teams in runs (190), hits (243), stolen bases (64) and walks (130)… Emory is also fifth in doubles (46) in 2014… Lake leads all D-III players in hits (41) and RBIs (34), and is fifth in total bases (58), sixth in runs scored (27), seventh in doubles (9) and eighth in walks (15)… Peacock leads all D-III players with 29 runs scored, and is sixth with 26 RBIs and 13^th with eight doubles… Senior Brandon Hannon ranks fourth in both runs scored (28) and stolen bases (13)… Hannon is also tied for second in Division III in walks with senior Jared Welch (17), while senior Daniel Iturrey leads all D-III players in free passes with 19… Freshman pitcher Hans Hansen is sixth in Division III with four wins, and first with a 26-1 strikeout to walk ratio.