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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team will celebrate Senior Day when it welcomes Urbana to Anderson Field 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
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RECORDS
CU enters the contest with a record of 3-11-2 overall and 3-7-1 in the Mountain East Conference. The Mountain Lions have secured their highest conference finish in program history with a fifth-place showing. However, Concord has been eliminated from MEC Tournament consideration.
Urbana is 9-6 overall and 7-4 against conference foes. The Blue Knights are currently fourth in the standings, but can jump to third with a win Saturday.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
Saturday will be the final home game for junior goalkeeper
Michael Adedigba, senior defender
Dean Byrne, senior midfielder
Mahamadou Coulibaly, senior midfielder
Michael D'Angelo, senior forward
Darren Onwu, senior midfielder
Alex Rhodes and senior midfielder
Alex Rhodes.
Although Adedigba has a year of eligibility left, he is on track to graduate. In his time at Concord, Adedigba has appeared in 15 games with nine starts. His 56 saves over the last two seasons rank seventh in program history.
A junior college transfer, Byrne has been a mainstay in the Concord lineup over the last two years. Byrne has missed just one game in two years at his central defender position. Byrne picked up his first career point earlier this season by assisting a goal against Bluefield College. Byrne has been a part of a defense that has allowed one or less goals in 11 games over the last two years.
Coulibaly has appeared in 46 games with 23 starts over his career at Concord. After having four career points entering the 2017 season, Coulibaly has doubled his output this year with two goals, one against Bluefield College and another at Shepherd.
D'Angelo transferred from Notre Dame College with two years of eligibility remaining. This season, D'Angelo has appeared in 10 games with four starts. Overall, the Richmond Hill, Ontario native has appeared in 23 games during his Concord career. D'Angelo has three career assists including one in Concord's 5-1 win over Shepherd Wednesday.
Onwu came to CU for the 2017 season as a transfer from Chestnut Hill College. Onwu has appeared in five games during his only season in the Maroon and Gray.
The most veteran of the 2017 seniors, Rhodes will play in his 62
nd career game Saturday. The 61 games played rank sixth in program history. Rhodes has 15 career points with five goals and five assists. This season, Rhodes has set a career high in goals scored and tied his career best in assists with two.
Over the last two years, Traore has been one of the biggest scoring threats for Concord with five goals and five assists. Traore has played in 30 games with 27 starts over the last two seasons for the Mountain Lions.
Concord's 5-1 win over Shepherd was the largest win in program history since a 6-0 win over Salem International at the end of the 2010 season.
Sophomore forward
Sam Ashton scored a hat trick, the first since the program was restarted in 2008. The three goals lift Ashton's total to nine on the season, taking him to fourth in the MEC.
Freshman forward
Andrew Hardman added his first career goal while sophomore midfielder
Maxime Ramioulle capped the scoring with a second-half score against the Rams.
The Mountain Lions lost in overtime to Urbana, 5-4, on the road this season. Ashton netted two goals. Redshirt freshman defender
Khal Clary and Rhodes added a goal apiece.
URBANA AT A GLANCE
Urbana picked an important win over Notre Dame 2-0 to vault itself in the conversation for a home MEC Tournament game. To do so, the Blue Knights would need to win Saturday and have Wesleyan lose to Wheeling Jesuit.
Antoine Ravera paces UU with seven goals this season.
Five different players have at least 10 points on the year.
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