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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team is set to open Mountain East Conference play at home this weekend with doubleheaders 6:30 p.m vs. Shepherd Universsity and 2:00 p.m. Saturday against Fairmont State.
LIVE COVERAGE
• The Concord University sports information department will provide live in-game statistics and live video for every home softball game this season. Click
here to view either live coverage option.
ALL-TIME SERIES
• The Mountain Lions are 9-17 against Shepherd dating back to the 1994-95 season and 13-20 against Fairmont State over the same time span.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• At 16-6 overall, CU is just six wins away form breaking the all-time wins for a Concord team in a single season.
• Part of the success for the Mountain Lions have come from their improved pitching. Opponents are hitting .237 against CU pitchers this year, they hit .287 last season.
• After leading Concord to a 4-1 record at last weekend's Salem Invitational, junior first baseman / pitcher
Lacey McDougall was named the MEC Hitter of the Week. On the year, McDougall is batting .425 with 18 runs, five home runs and 27 RBI. McDougall recently sat down for an interview. Click
here to view the interview.
• In its March 19 doubleheader shutout sweep of Lees-McRae, the pitching trio of McDougall, sophomore
Allie Reid and freshmen
Sarah Herndon allowed just four hits over 14 innings of work.
• With 24 games remaining in the season, both Reid and McDougall are on pace to break the single-season record for wins. The current record is 13 set by Tamara Smith in 2010. Reid is 8-2 this year while McDougall is 6-1. The pair also has nearly spotless ERA's of 2.41 and 1.42, respectively.
• Sophomore second baseman
Kristen Rose, who has also scored a team-high 24 runs in her first year at Concord, has stolen 10 bases already this season and is on pace to break Concord's single-season stolen base record, currently held by Antonette Mazzella and
Casey Ord with 17.
• Over her last six games, junior outfielder
Jessica Seymour is 8-for-15 with four runs scored and two RBI.
• Sophomore
Alyssa Morris has also been on a tear as of late for the Mountain Lions recently going 8-for-18 over the last seven games with three runs scored, six RBI and one home run.
• The next home run for McDougall will tie her for fourth all-time on the career home runs list at Concord with Stephanie Smith (1996-99) and Brooke Bowling (2010-11) at 11.
• With seven career home runs, Seymour needs one more long ball to tie Mazella and
Becca Gleason for eighth on the all-time home run list.
• McDougall, who's on a six-game hitting streak, needs five more RBI to pass Concord assistant coach
Stephanie Harper for fourth all-time.
• Freshman utility player
Courtney Purtell is a perfect 2-for-2 in pinch-hitting situation this year for the Mountain Lions.
• Concord is 13-4 this season when scoring first.
• The Mountain Lions have outscored their opponents 27-9 in the sixth and seventh innings of games in 2014.
SCOUTING SHEPHERD
• Shepherd is 9-9 this season and is coming off wins over East Stroudsburg, 13-8 and Kutztown, 8-7.
• Shannon Lyons is the top hitter for Shepherd. She enters the weekend batting .340 (16-for-47) with 10 runs scored, four home runs and 10 RBI.
• Lyons also sports the best ERA for the Rams at 2.88. She is 3-1 this season in 24.1 innings pitched with 17 strikeouts and an opponent batting average of .200.
SCOUTING FAIRMONT STATE
• Fairmont State is 9-5 on the year.
• Nikki Nuzum is 4-1 for FSU with an ERA of 2.20 in 41 innings pitched. Nuzum has 32 strikeouts and has allowed 10 earned runs.
• Sarah Parsons is batting .558 (24-for-43) with 13 runs scored and six RBI for the Falcons.
• Parsons is in the midst of a 12-game hitting streak for Fairmont State.
THE COACHES
• Concord's
Alisa Tasler is 54-66 in her third season in charge of the Mountain Lions program.
• Leslie Lopez has been at Shepherd for seven seasons and has a record of 183-141.
• Fairmont State is coached by Rick Wade, who is in his sixth season. He owns a record of 145-105.
UP NEXT
• Concord begins a six-game MEC road trip beginning with UVa.-Wise 3:00 p.m. Wednesday.
