The 14^th-ranked Emory University Men's Soccer team will look to strengthen its resume for an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Championships, when the squad wraps-up its 2014 regular season at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, November 8^th at 12:00 PM.

Coverage
Saturday's match will be webcasted live at http://athletics.cmu.edu/live, with live statistics at http://emoryathletics.com/sports/msoc/2014-15/boxscores/20141108_fk1p.xml. 

UAA Update
With one game remaining for each UAA team, Chicago is leading the conference with a UAA record of 4-0-2, and can clinch the league title with a win or a tie against Washington on Saturday.  At 4-2-0 in UAA games, seventh-ranked Brandeis is the only challenger to the Maroon's title hopes, but would need a win over New York University and a Chicago loss to clinch the UAA Championship outright.  If Chicago ties and Brandeis wins, the two teams would tie for the UAA Title, with Chicago earning the automatic bid by virtue of having won the head-to-head matchup with Brandeis.

Emory is currently in third-place in the UAA with a 3-3-0 record, followed by Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve in a tie for fourth with 2-2-2 conference marks.  Bringing up the final three spots in the UAA standings are Rochester (2-3-1), NYU (2-4-0) and Washington (1-4-1).

Besides the Emory-Carnegie Mellon game, other UAA contests on Saturday include Brandeis (16-2-0) at NYU (11-5-0) at 11:00 AM, Chicago (10-5-2) at Washington (8-6-2) at noon, and Case (8-5-4) at Rochester (8-5-3) at 4:30 PM.

Emory Eagles
Emory will be looking for its third-straight win, after defeating Rochester and Case Western Reserve last weekend to improve to 13-3-1 overall in 2014.  Included in the Eagles' overall record is a 4-2-0 road mark, and a 7-2-0 ledger in all games away from home, including neutral contests.  Emory is currently ranked 14^th nationally by the NSCAA and 19^th by D3Soccer.com, while checking in at first in the NCAA Regional Rankings and second in the NSCAA South Atlantic poll.

The Eagles, who have outscored opponents 30-10 this year, are ranked 17^th among NCAA Division III teams with a 0.57 goals-against average and 157^th with 1.76 goals per game, and have outshot their opponents 275-180, including a 119-56 edge in shots on goal.

Emory's leading goal scorer this season has been junior Sebastian Hardington, who has tallied six goals and 14 points.  Senior Dylan Price leads all Eagles with 15 points on the year (five goals and five assists), while sophomore Jason Andrejchak has a team-best six assists and four more goals for 14 points.  In goal, junior Abe Hannigan ranks 28^th in Division III with a 0.607 GAA and 90^th with a .808 save percentage, while Emory's defense, led by co-captains Noah Rosen and Matt Sherr, has recorded eight shutouts during the campaign.

Emory is led by Head Coach Sonny Travis, who has compiled a 103-35-10 record during his eight seasons with the Eagles.  For his 29-year career, which includes stints as the head coach at Centre College and Virginia Wesleyan College, he has a record of 397-127-45, and entered the campaign ranked 13^th among active Division III coaches in victories and 17^th among Division III coaches all-time with a .735 winning percentage.  Travis is assisted by Cory Greiner and goalkeeper coach Diarmuid McGuigan.

Carnegie Mellon Tartans
The Tartans will enter their final game of the campaign with an 8-5-2 record, including a 3-3-1 home ledger this season.  The team, which is ranked eighth in the Great Lakes Region by the NSCAA and fifth by the NCAA, will be coming off a 0-1-1 home weekend, after recording a 1-1 tie with Case and falling 2-1 to Rochester.  Carnegie Mellon has outscored opposing teams 22-16 this season, while outshooting opponents 198-152, including a 99-71 edge in shots on goal,  The Tartans are ranked 107^th in Division III with a 1.00 goals-against average and 236^th with 1.47 goals  per game.

Carnegie's offense has been paced by junior Connor Webb, who has scored 10 goals and assisted on two others for 22 points.  Senior Jacob Rice has seen the majority of time in goal for the Tartans, recording a 1.13 GAA and a .770 save percentage.

Carnegie is led by Brandon Bowman, who is now in his first season with the squad, and has a career record of 187-51-33, which includes stints at Elmira and Transylvania.  He is assisted by Jonathan Velotta and Greg Blum.

Series History
Emory is 11-12-4 all-time against Carnegie Mellon, including a record of 4-8-1 in road games.  Last season, the two teams played to a 1-1 double-overtime tie at the Woodruff P.E. Center.  For his career, Abe Hannigan has made eight saves and conceded just one goal in 200 minutes against the Tartans, while Sebastian Hardington has a goal in his career against Carnegie.

Emory Notes
Emory will be vying for its fifth-straight top-three finish in the UAA, and its seventh top-three finish in the last eight years… Senior Noah Rosen was selected as the UAA Defensive Athlete of the Week for Men's Soccer after helping the Eagles defense record a pair of shutouts last weekend… Emory's eight shutouts this season are the most by the team since the 2010 season, when the squad shutout 13 opponents… The Eagles are 4-2-1 against opponents featured in the latest NCAA Regional Rankings… Emory junior Sebastian Hardington is ranked 20^th among Division III players with five game-winning goals… Sophomore Jason Andrejchak is 126^th with six assists and 150^th with 0.35 assists per game… Emory began the week ranked 29^th in Division III with a 0.794 winning percentage, 58^th with a 0.47 shutout percentage, and 60^th with a 0.821 save percentage.