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Live StatsATHENS, W.Va. – After going 3-1 last weekend to conclude Mountain East Conference North Division play, 20 of the final 22 regular season games for CU will be against the South Division of the MEC starting this weekend at West Virginia State.
LIVE COVERAGEThe West Virginia State Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics of the four-game set between CU and the Yellow Jackets. To access the live stats, follow the link at the top of the page or click
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MOUNTAIN LION NOTESConcord starts the weekend with a record of 13-15 overall and in a tie for second in the MEC South with a mark of 7-5.
After playing two games against each team from the north, Concord will play four-game series with the other five teams, Charleston, Glenville State, UVa.-Wise, West Virginia State and West Virginia Wesleyan, in the south division.
Last Friday, Concord swept Fairmont State as it defeated FSU 16-2 in game one before downing the Fighting Falcons 17-7 in the night cap.
The Mountain Lions and Shepherd split a doubleheader Monday as SU took the first game 10-1, but CU rebounded to win game two, 3-1, behind a stellar pitching performance from junior
Nate Werner.
Werner pitched 8.2 innings, allowed one run on nine hits and struck out a career-high eight hitters.
It was the best pitching performance of the season for Werner and the best outing for the Brookville, Indiana native since he tossed six-shutout innings last season against Glenville State when he allowed two hits and fanned six batters.
Sophomore infielder
Chad Frazier continues to swing a hot bat after going 11-for-17 in the last four games with five runs scored and five RBI.
In game two against Fairmont State, Frazier also drilled his first career home run, a solo shot to left center field.
Heading into the weekend, Frazier leads the MEC in batting average (.447).
Matter-of-factly, the Mountain Lions lead the league in hitting with a batting average of .330.
Also ranked in the top 15 in the MEC in hitting is redshirt freshman infielder
Trevor Wiersma (seventh / .398) and senior outfielder
Andrew Seigel (12
th / .380).
The only other school to have three players in the top 15 in batting average is Fairmont State.
CU is second in the league in runs scored per game at 7.2, trailing only Shepherd's league best, 7.6.
Seigel is tops in the MEC in runs scored with 31 while Frazier is fourth with 27 runs scored.
Three of the top five players in RBI in the conference wear the Maroon and Gray of Concord as Wiersma tops the league in RBI with 32 while redshirt freshman outfielder
Jordan Clark and sophomore outfielder
Andy Szamski are third and five, respectively, with 30 and 28 RBI.
In Monday's win at Shepherd, sophomore pitcher
Damon Frazier picked up his first save of the season and sixth career save as he struck out SU's Chase Hoffman for the final out of the game.
D. Frazier moved into a tie with Chris Baker for third on the all-time saves list at Concord by fanning Hoffman.
With his next win on the mound, senior pitcher
Chris Kelly will tie Trey Smith for second on the all-time wins list at Concord.
This season, Kelly is 4-3 with an ERA of 4.38 and 34 strikeouts.
Additionally, Kelly needs six more strikeouts to break his previous season career-high for strikeouts in a season.
Heading into the weekend, senior infielder
Brad Sullivan has reached base safely in 13 consecutive games.
Since MEC play began on March 18, sophomore catcher
Paul Williams has seen his batting average climb from .261 to .316, and Williams has seven multi-hit games in that stretch.
SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA STATEWVSU is 14-8 overall and leads the MEC South with a record of 9-3.
The Yellow Jackets have the best team ERA in the conference (3.43).
In five starts, Tyler Hall has compiled a record of 2-1 with an ERA of 3.06.
Trenton Porter leads West Virginia State in batting with an average of .316.
Porter has also hit two home runs and driven in 14 runs.
West Virginia State is third in the MEC in fielding percentage (.957).
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