Box Score
VIENNA, W. Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to three games Wednesday with a 2-0 win at Ohio Valley in West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play. The Mountain Lions are 3-1-1 in their last five games.
Concord improves to 5-10-2 overall and 2-7-0 the WVIAC with the win. Ohio Valley drops to 0-15 overall and 0-8 in the WVIAC with the loss. The victory was Concord's third shutout of the season.
Concord picked up the victory thanks to goals from sophomore
Caleb Bone and freshman
Ryan Forde. Freshman
Isaac Jordan and junior
Tyler Farrar assisted on the respective goals. Freshman goalie
Mitchell Thompson stopped Ohio Valley's only shot on goal en route to his fourth victory of the season.
CU held a 22-6 advantage in shots and a 7-1 edge in corners. Jordan took a game-high six shots, closely followed by Forde with five attempts of his own. Farrar and Bone both tallied three shots with senior
Richard Vincent and junior
Sebastian Escobar each adding two shots.
After a scoreless first half, Concord netted both of its goals within three minutes of each other. Bone stuck first at 63:01 followed by Forde's goal at 65:59. The two-goal edge was more than enough for Concord as the Mountain Lions were able to successfully keep Ohio Valley's offense in check for the final 24 minutes of the second half to secure the 2-0 win.
The Mountain Lions will look to close their season out with a victory 6:00 p.m. Saturday at Cedarville.
