12^th-ranked Emory University’s opponent for the second round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Tournament is set, after Lynchburg College defeated Transylvania University 3-1 Thursday night to advance to Sunday’s 6:00 PM match at the Woodruff P.E. Center.

Tickets
Tickets are available for purchase at the site of play prior to and after the start of Sunday’s game.  Ticket prices are as follows:

                General Admission: $6.00
                Student with ID: $3.00
                Senior Citizens: $3.00
                Children (3-12): $2.00
                Children under 3: Free

Coverage
The game will be webcasted at http://go.emory.edu/Webcasts/MSoccWebcast.html.  RealPlayer version 10 or newer is needed to watch the webcast, and can be downloaded for free at www.real.com.  Live-updating statistics for the game are available at http://go.emory.edu/LiveStats/MSocc/XLIVE.HTM.

Emory University Eagles
Emory will enter the game with an overall record of 14-2-2, including a perfect 10-0-0 record in home games this season. The Eagles were ranked 12^th in the NSCAA’s final regular season poll, and ninth in the last D3Soccer.com poll.  Emory’s top offensive weapon this season has been junior Andrew Natalino, who has scored a team-high 11 goals and 26 points.  Defensively, goalkeeper Trenton Spindler ranks second among all Division III players with a 0.938 save percentage and seventh with a 0.303 goals against average, while the Emory backline has matched a program record with 13 shutouts this season.  The Eagles are led by head coach Sonny Travis, who has compiled a 58-11-5 record during his four seasons with Emory.

• Emory by the Numbers (Division III Rank in Parenthesis – as of 11/07)
  Goals per Game – 2.89 (9^th)
  Total Goals – 52 (18^th)
  Goals-Against Average – 0.33 (4^th)
  Shutout Percentage – 0.72 (6^th)
  Won-Lost-Tied Percentage – 0.833 (14^th)
  Save Percentage – 0.933 (2^nd)

Lynchburg College Hornets
Lynchburg will enter Sunday’s game with an overall record of 16-4-1, including a 4-1-1 record in road games in 2010.  The Hornets were not ranked in either of the latest NSCAA or D3Soccer.com nation polls, but did received eight votes in the D3Soccer.com rankings.  In addition, Lynchburg was ranked sixth in the NSCAA Atlantic South Region poll.  Senior forward Michael Abbonizio leads all Hornets scorers with 18 points this season (seven goals and four assists), while senior forward Donald Hart III has scored seven goals as well.  Freshman goalkeeper Michael Releford ranks 31^st in Division III with a 0.59 goals against average and 19^th with a 0.873 save percentage, while the Lynchburg backline has compiled 10 shutouts through 21 games this season.  Lynchburg is led by head coach Chris Yeager, a former player and assistant of Emory head coach Sonny Travis while both were at Virginia Wesleyan University, who is 99-61-16 during his nine seasons with the Hornets.

• Lynchburg by the Numbers (Division III Rank in Parenthesis – as of 11/07)
  Goals per Game – 2.19 (77^th)
  Total Goals – 46 (53^rd)
  Goals-Against Average – 0.70 (40^th)
  Shutout Percentage –  0.476 (50^th)
  Won-Lost-Tied Percentage – 0.786 (34^th)
  Save Percentage – .854 (24^th)

Matchup History
Sunday’s game will be the second meeting this season between the two teams, after the Eagles defeated the Hornets 1-0 in Lynchburg, VA, as part of the Shellenberger Classic.  In that game, sophomore Alex Scott scored Emory’s only goal of the contests, converting a shot off a Zach Samuels corner kick.  Spindler earned the shutout in goal for the Eagles, playing all 90 minutes and making six saves.  Both teams took 14 shots in the game, with Emory holding an 8-6 advantage in shots on goal.

Overall, Emory is 5-1-0 all time against Lynchburg, including a 1-0 mark at the Woodruff P.E. Center.  This will be just the first trip to the WoodPEC for the Hornets since 1986.

Emory Notes
Emory’s 10 home wins this season match a program record set in 2008, when the team went 10-0-1 at home… This is Emory’s 13^th NCAA Tournament appearance in the history of the program… The Eagles have been selected to receive a first-round bye during each of their last three NCAA Tournament appearances, including this season… Emory is 1-12-2 all time in NCAA Tournament games… The Eagles advanced on a shootout after both of their NCAA ties, one against Bethany College in 1988, and the other against North Carolina Wesleyan College in 2008… 1988 and 2008 were the only two seasons the Eagles have advanced past the second round of the tournament.