ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team dropped the rubber match of a three-game series with the Emory Eagles on Sunday afternoon in Atlanta.

After Emory picked up a pair of runs in the first two innings, Rose-Hulman responded with three runs of their own in the third to take a 3-2 lead. Colter Couillard-Rodak, Mason Rasmussen, and Connor O'Connell recorded back-to-back-to-back RBI singles to take their first lead of the game.

The Eagles would respond with six runs in the third, and they would cruise to a 16-4 victory.

Rasmussen and O'Connell led the team with a pair of hits. Kade Kline, Couillard-Rodak, Jonathan Oliger each added a hit as well.

Brad Nardi pitched well in relief in his collegiate debut with 2.1 innings for 3 hits and 1 unearned run. Tyler Orr added one shutout inning in relief as well.

The Fightin' Engineers fall to 1-2 on the season. They will return to action on Tuesday, February 27 at 5:30 PM with a night game against Dubuque in Auburndale, Florida.