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Emory Men’s Soccer to Play Non-Conference Game at Covenant

Emory Men’s Soccer to Play Non-Conference Game at Covenant

The Emory University men's soccer team will face a non-conference test on Wednesday, as the Eagles will travel to Lookout Mountain, GA to take on the Covenant College Scots at 7:00 PM.

Coverage
There will be live statistics available for Wednesday's game at http://athletics.covenant.edu/files/livestats/msoccer/xlive.htm.

Emory Eagles
The Eagles will enter Wednesday night's game with a 5-4-0 record, including a 1-1-0 mark in road games and a 1-2-0 record in all games away from the Woodruff P.E. Center this weekend.  Emory is currently tied for first in the University Athletic Association (UAA) following its 1-0 win at the University of Chicago on Saturday.  The Eagles are led by head coach Sonny Travis, who holds a 61-15-5 record during his five seasons with the team, and a 357-108-42 record during his 25-year career.

2011 Team Stats (NCAA Division III Rankings in Parenthesis – as of 10/02)
Goals per Game: 1.89 (133rd)
Total Goals: 17 (149th)
Team Goals Against Average: 1.44 (213th)
Shutout Percentage: 0.44 (78th)
Won-Lost-Tied Percentage: 0.556 (161st)
Total Assists 16 (95th)
Assists per Game: 1.78 (75th)
Saves Per Game: 3.22 (330th)
Save Percentage: 0.690 (329th)

Covenant Scots
The Scots currently stand at 2-5-2 on the season, including a 2-1-0 record in home games this season. Covenant is led by Tyler Morrison, Ian Meredith and Hunter Harrison, who have each scored two goals this season, and goalkeeper John Eger, who has a 1.20 goals-against average during the campaign.  The Scots are coached by Nathan Pifer, who is 29-19-5 during his three years with the team.

2011 Team Stats
Goals per Game: 0.89
Total Goals: 8
Team Goals Against Average: 1.14
Shutout Percentage: 0.22
Won-Lost-Tied Percentage: 0.333
Total Assists 5
Assists per Game: 0.56
Saves Per Game: 5.22
Save Percentage: 0.810

Emory is 6-1-7 all time against Covenant College, including a 3-0-0 record over the past three seasons.  Last year, the Eagles defeated Covenant 3-0 in their season-opening game at home, behind goals from Nao Masuda and Kamron Zia

Emory Notes
Emory goalkeeper Alex Wong was named the University Athletic Association's (UAA) Defensive Athlete of the Week after making nine saves during the team's 1-0 shutout against the University of Chicago… The nine saves were the most in a single game by a UAA goalkeeper this season, and the most by an Emory goalkeeper since October 31st, 2010… Wong currently ranks 31st among Division III keepers with a 0.561 goals-against average and 38th with a 0.864 save percentage… Senior Zach Samuels is 156th in Division III with 0.57 goals per game and 186th with 1.29 points per game… Andrew Natalino, Zachary Rosenberg and Javier Puga are currently tied for 184th among Division III players with three assists, and for 211th with 0.33 assists per game… Emory has outscored its opponents 15-3 in its five wins this season (including four shutouts), but has been outscored 10-2 in the team's four losses.