Concord Begins UNC-Pembroke Invitational Friday

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ATHENS, W.Va. – After opening the 2015 season with a four-game split of Winston-Salem State and Pfeiffer, the Concord University softball team will play five games at the UNC-Pembroke Invitational beginning 12:30 p.m. Friday against the host.

COMPLETE SCHEDULE
12:30 p.m. Friday – Concord vs. UNC-Pembroke
4:30 p.m. Friday – Concord vs. Pfeiffer
9:00 a.m. Saturday – Concord vs. Kutztown
1:00 p.m. Saturday – Concord vs. Coker
9:00 a.m. Sunday – Concord vs. Winston-Salem State

LIVE COVERAGE
The UNC-Pembroke Sports Information Department will provide live statistics for games that Concord will be playing in. To access the live stats, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

RECORDS
• The Mountain Lions will go into the UNCP Invitational with a record of 2-2.

• UNC-Pembroke will play its first games of the season this weekend.

• Like CU, Pfeiffer is 2-2 on the young season.

• Kutztown will be playing its first games of the season when they travel to the UNCP Invitational.

• Coker has also yet to play a game this season.

• Winston-Salem State is 0-2 after getting swept by Concord Jan. 31.

COACH ALISA TASLER
• Concord's Alisa Tasler is in the midst of her fourth season at CU and has a record of 73-85.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• A season ago, the Mountain Lions went 3-1 at the UNCP Invitational as their only loss came to Kutztown, who was ranked nationally at the time, by a score of 4-3.

• CU also took down UNC-Pembroke 9-7 in eight innings.

• Sophomore outfielder / shortstop Lauren Lewis led the Mountain Lions with four RBI against the Indians as she hit her first career home run, a three-run shot, in the sixth inning as Concord forced extra innings.

• Last season against UNC-Pembroke, the game-winning run came courtesy of senior outfielder Jessica Seymour whose eighth-inning triple scored Lewis.

• The Mountain Lions outscored Winston-Salem in a two-game sweep 24-5.

• Junior catcher Alyssa Morris added two home runs and five RBI as Morris, the all-time Concord home run leader, added to her total and now has 24 career homers.

• After a six RBI weekend versus WSSU and Pfeiffer, Morris passed Ashley Jackson for seventh on the career RBI list and sits one behind Becca Gleason for sixth all-time.

• Morris has 77 career RBI as a Mountain Lion.

• Sophomore third baseman Courtney Purtell added five RBI and two doubles in the two-game series against Winston-Salem State.

• Senior first baseman / pitcher Lacey McDougall pitched 12 innings over the weekend, allowing just three earned runs and striking out 10 total batters.

• The seven strikeouts against Pfeiffer was one shy of McDougall's single-game best.

• The Chesapeake, Virginia native moved into third place on the all-time strikeouts list at Concord.

• In game one versus Winston-Salem State, senior first baseman / pitcher Brantlea Wood set a new career high with four RBI.

• Saturday marked the first time in Wood's career she had a three-hit game as well.

• The Mountain Lions are excelling in the early season with runners in scoring position (RISP) as they are hitting .408 (20-for-48) in that particular situation.

• Wood is 4-for-5 with RISP this season.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
• UNC-Pembroke finished the 2014 season at 22-24 overall.

• After sweeping Concord, Pfeiffer lost a pair of games to Lenoir-Rhyne Wednesday.

• Pfeiffer's Julie Bullington has hit two home runs in four games.

• Kutztown ended the 2014 season at 20-29, a season after winning the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Tournament and finishing as the national runner-up.

• Last season, Coker was 16-27 overall.

UP NEXT
• Concord will play five games at the Shaw Softball Challenge beginning Feb. 20.