Concord Stats –
Wheeling Jesuit Stats
ATHENS, W. Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team will aim to end its two-game losing streak with a victory over Wheeling Jesuit 3:00 p.m. Saturday in Mountain East Conference competition.
SCOUTING CONCORD
At 2-4-1 overall and 0-2-1 in MEC play, the Mountain Lions are currently sixth in the conference standings. CU is 0-2-1 in its last three games with a tie at Shepherd (0-0) while losing at West Virginia Tech (5-0) and at Urbana (4-0).
Concord's match at Wheeling Jesuit will cap off its season-long four game road trip. The Mountain Lions play six of their final nine games this year at Anderson Field, where they are 2-2-0 in 2013.
Despite Concord's recent offensive dry spell, sophomore midfielder
Ryan Forde is still tied for the MEC lead in goals scored at four. Forde has taken three shots in Concord's last four games.
Freshman back
Matheus Morgan and sophomore back
Alex Williams are tied for the team-lead in assists with two. The duo's assist total is also good enough to be part of a nine-way tie for second place in the MEC.
Freshman goalie
Trevor Hoxworth earned the first start of his career at Urbana and made a personal-best eight saves in the loss. Fellow goalie sophomore
Mitchell Thompson, who has started Concord's other six games this season, already ranks sixth in Mountain Lion history with 90 career saves. He needs just seven more stops to pass current CU assistant coach
Matt Hamilton for fourth place all-time.
Senior midfielder
Tyler Farrar had two of his eight career assists in Concord's 4-4 tie against Wheeling Jesuit in 2010.
After its weekend contest at Wheeling Jesuit, the Mountain Lions return home to face MEC rival Charleston Oct. 1 at 4:00 p.m.
Scouting Wheeling Jesuit
Wheeling Jesuit comes into the game at 2-3-2 overall and 1-2-1 in the MEC. The Cardinals are 1-1-1 in their last three matches. Wheeling Jesuit is led by freshman David Healy, who has scored three goals on the year. Goalies Cody Thomas and Matt McCormick have evenly split time for WJU.
