ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team will close its road portion of the schedule Saturday afternoon with a trip to Notre Dame College at 12:00 p.m.
RECORDSConcord has an overall mark of 5-6-4 and 3-5-4 in the Mountain East Conference. The Mountain Lions are sixth in the league standings
Meanwhile, Notre Dame has a record of 10-1-2 overall and 9-1-2 overall and sit atop the MEC rankings.
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS• With two games left in the regular season, the Mountain Lions remain in contention for a conference playoff berth as the top four teams make the postseason.
• Concord has 13 points, but needs to climb over West Liberty (14) and Shepherd (18).
• Concord will need to win both remaining games to stay in contention. A single win by Shepherd in one of its two remaining games versus Urban and West Liberty would also knock the Mountain Lions out.
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Scenario One- Two Concord wins, two Shepherd losses and tie for West Liberty against Wheeling Jesuit and a win versus Shepherd would clinch a playoff berth for CU.
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Scenario Two- If Shepherd were to draw with Urbana and lose to West Liberty while Concord won both games, CU and Shepherd would be tied in the league standings with 19 points. However, Shepherd would get the nod since they outscored Concord 4-3 this season.
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Scenario Three- If Shepherd draws in both games, they would have 20 points and would knock Concord out.
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Scenario Four- If Shepherd losses both remaining games, Concord wins both remaining games and West Liberty wins two games, WLU would sneak into the playoffs just ahead of both teams.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES• After a five-game goalless drought, junior forward
Kari Simon got back in the scoring column with a goal and assist against Urbana Wednesday as Concord picked up a 2-0 road win.
• Simon leads the Mountain Lions both goals (eight) and assists (four) and also has 55 career points, ranking seventh all-time at CU.
• The Mineral Wells, West Virginia native passed former Concord coach Carol Bonnes with her three points against the Blue Knights.
• Senior midfielder
Sami Spertzel scored her second career goal for Concord at Urbana.
• Against UU, redshirt freshma goalkeeper
Lacie Geisel saved five shots to earn her third shutout and registered the fourth shutout of the season for the Mountain Lions.
• Over her last two games, Geisel has conceded just one goal while making 14 saves.
• Earlier this season against Notre Dame, CU earned a 1-1 draw against the league-leading Falcons.
• Freshman goalkeeper Kaitlyn Hanarahan stopped seven shots while making her collegiate debut against NDC.
• Before scoring against Urbana, the last time Simon netted a goal was in the 1-1 tie against Notre Dame as senior back
Abby Barber and senior midfielder
Stacey Calder assisted on the goal.
SCOUTING NOTRE DAME• The Falcons bring a +24 goal difference as they have outscored their opponents 30-6 this season.
• Alexis Manoa has a team-high 24 points with seven goals and 10 assists on the year.
• Notre Dame has a nine-game unbeaten streak going 7-0-2 and not suffering a loss since September 20 against West Virginia Wesleyan.
UP NEXTConcord will conclude its regular season Wednesday, Oct. 29 at home versus Charleston. Kickoff is at 2:00 p.m.
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