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Emory Remains Undefeated at UAA Championships with 5-2 Win Over Washington

Emory Remains Undefeated at UAA Championships with 5-2 Win Over Washington
Posted: Mar 10, 2015

From Emory University Athletics

Emory University senior Connor Dillman pitched eight solid innings, and junior David Coble hit his first career home run, to help lead the second-ranked Eagles to a 5-2 win over Washington University on Tuesday, and keep the squad a game up on the field at the 2015 University Athletic Association Championships.

Emory, now 3-0 in UAA action and 9-3 overall, has a game lead on both Case Western Reserve University and New York University in the standings, with five tournament games left in the field.  Washington, now 2-3 overall and 1-2 in UAA action, dropped into a tie for fourth in the standings with the University of Rochester with the loss, while Brandeis is in sixth-place with a 0-3 conference mark.

After allowing a run in the first inning after the first four Washington batters reached base in the game, Dillman bounced back to strike out back-to-back hitters and induce a pop up to get out of trouble without any further damage in the inning.

It would take Emory just one batter to even the score, as leadoff hitter Coble sent a 3-2 pitch deep over the wall in leftfield for his first home run as an Eagle, knotting the score at a run apiece.

Dillman allowed just one more run the rest of the way, with the Bears taking a 2-1 lead in the third.  However, Emory would take the lead for good in the fourth inning, scoring a pair of runs on RBI singles from senior Jordan Selbach and sophomore Chris Young.

Young added a run for the Eagles in the sixth with a sacrifice fly, and senior Wes Peacock extended Emory's lead to 5-2 in the seventh with an RBI groundout.

Dillman would scatter eight hits and two walks during the game, while striking out four batters and forcing three double plays with a 116-pitch effort.  Sophomore Kyle Monk pitched a perfect ninth inning (just a day removed from a three-and-a-third inning outing), striking out two batters to earn his fourth save of the year.

Sophomore Philip Maldari finished the game two-for-four with two runs scored, a double, a triple and a stolen base.  Sophomore Wilson Morgan added a two-for-three day at the plate.