Concord Hosts Urbana, Travels to Shepherd

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ATHENS, W.Va-  The Concord University women's soccer team returns home for a match against Urbana on 2:00 p.m. Friday before traveling to Shepherd for a Sunday afternoon contest. 
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live video and statistics for Friday's matchup. The Shepherd University Sports Information Department will provide coverage for Sunday's contest. To access the live coverage, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.
 
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
Concord is now 3-5-2 on the season (3-4-2 MEC). 

Urbana is 1-10 on the year (1-8 MEC), while the Rams are 4-5-1 overall (3-5-1) MEC. 

Junior defender Sarah Akers notched her first goal of the season against Notre Dame College last Saturday.
 
The free kick goal gives the Beckley, West Virginia native her third career goal. 
 
Akers has proven effective from set pieces, as two of her three goals have come from free kicks, and she also has notched an assist this season from a direct kick.   
 
Akers assist proved to be an important one, as freshman forward Megan Walsh managed to tap home the rebound off of Akers free kick to give Concord a 1-0 result against the Blue Knights at Urbana this season. 
 
Through ten games this season, five Concord players have played and started in all 10: Akers, junior midfielder Micharae Thompson, senior defender Kiana Brown, freshman midfielder Karley Poff and sophomore goalkeeper Emily Simpkins. 
 
Both Brown and Thompson have managed to play every minute for the Maroon and Gray this season. 
 
The backline of Akers, Brown, sophomore Joanna Aiello, sophomore Alison Backel, as well as contributions from freshman Taylor Life, junior Carley Graves, senior Olivia Reilly, sophomore Shannon Barajas, and sophomore Katelyn Gibbs have allowed just one goal per game this season. 
 
Simpkins has combined to make 21 saves over the past two games, enough to move her into fourth all-time in Concord history.      
 
Concord drew 0-0 with Shepherd in Athens earlier this season, outshooting the Rams 20-5 in that contest.         
 
The Mountain Lions drew the Rams 1-1 in Shepherdstown last season; sophomore midfielder Pilar Elias netted the Mountain Lions only goal. 
 
SCOUTING URBANA
 The Blue Knights have been competitive over their last three contests, defeating Fairmont State 2-0 before dropping narrow contests to Shepherd (1-0), and Wheeling Jesuit (2-1 OT). 
 
Kobi Bryant leads Urbana in points, tallying a goal and an assist. 
 
Monica Tenorio, Savannah Thomas, Jordin Littles, and Chanelle Bondurant have each scored for the Blue Knights this season. 
 
 
SCOUTING SHEPHERD
The Rams remain in playoff contention in the Mountain East, sitting just one point behind Concord and eight points outside of the final spot for the MEC Tournament. 
 
The Rams have lost two straight 1-0 decisions at home, against current top 4 teams Charleston and West Liberty. 
 
Shepherd has only conceded eight goals all season, an average of 0.89 goals allowed per game. 
 
Samantha Leonard has scored two goals for the Rams, with Brooke Harwood, Abby Hoffman, and Brianna Gorman each netting once for the SU.