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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University baseball team wraps up Mountain East Conference North Division play this weekend with a doubleheader at Fairmont State 1:00 p.m. Thursday before hosting Shepherd 1:00 p.m. Sunday.
LIVE COVERAGE
The Fairmont State Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics for Thursday's games. On Sunday, the Concord University Sports Information Department will have live video and live statistics for the doubleheader. To access the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click
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SCHEDULING NOTE
Thursday's road doubleheader will be contested at the Bridgeport Recreation Complex in Bridgeport, West Virginia, approximately 20 minutes from Fairmont State. To get to the BRC, take Exit 124 on Interstate 79 and head east on Route 279.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
The Mountain Lions have won 10 of their last 13 games, and have an overall record of 12-12.
CU is 6-2 in the MEC South Division, good enough to lead the division.
Concord went 3-1 on its road trip last weekend, sweeping two games from Wheeling Jesuit and splitting a twinbill with West Liberty.
Sophomore infielder
Trevor Wiersma launched his second grand slam of the year in a 12-2 victory for the Mountain Lions in game two at Wheeling Jesuit.
After an 11-RBI week, Wiersma is now second in the league in RBI with 27.
Concord has the league leader in runs scored, junior infielder
Chad Frazier (34) and total hits, Frazier, (37).
Six players are batting over .300 for the season. Frazier (.435) paces the group. Also hitting at least .300 is Wiersma (.378), junior catcher
Paul Williams (.363), sophomore outfielder
Evan Webb (.346), freshman infielder
Nathan Neff (.341) and freshman infielder
Jakob Divers (.328).
CU is tied with West Liberty for the most players in the league hitting over .300 this season.
Sophomore pitcher
Troy Beckner tossed another shutout at West Liberty as he held the Hilltoppers to four hits over seven innings. Beckner struck out five batters to move to 4-0 on the season.
In two MEC starts, Beckner has yet to allow a run, and has limited the opposition to six hits in 14 innings of work.
Freshman pitcher
Joseph Lowder tossed his first career game in route to his first collegiate win at Wheeling Jesuit.
The West Jefferson, North Carolina native struck out a career-high six batters as held WJU to two runs on six hits over seven innings.
Since MEC play began, sophomore catcher
Jordan Clark has been stellar.
Clark is batting .400 (9-for-22) with four extra-bases hits. Additionally, Clark has collected 10 of his 22 RBI during conference play.
The Scott Depot, West Virginia native has raised his average from .200 to .260 in the last eight games.
Divers has also seen his average rocket over the last five games.
After being held to one hit in a doubleheader versus Notre Dame and the first game of the Urbana series, the Moneta, Virginia native has ripped 11 hits in his last 21 at-bats, and has taken his average from .233 to .328.
Heading into the weekend, Neff has a three-game streak of collecting two or more hits. Neff capped his weekend by collecting a career-high four hits at Wheeling Jesuit.
Neff also has two multi-RBI games in his last four contests.
Last season, the Mountain Lions swept a home doubleheader from Fairmont State as it outscored the Fighting Falcons 33-9, pounding out 43 hits.
Frazier went 7-for-10 at the plate with four RBI and launched his first career home run.
Meanwhile, Wiersma had a big afternoon also going 7-for-10. The Vancouver, British Columbia native added two home runs, nine RBI and two doubles.
Williams collected six hits in nine at-bats, driving in three runs.
The Mountain Lions have won 11 straight games against Fairmont State, however, the first nine of the streak were all decided by four runs or less.
Thursday will be the first time playing FSU on the road since 2012.
Last season, Concord and Shepherd split a doubleheader on SU's campus before the Rams outlasted CU 14-10 in the first round of the MEC Tournament.
Senior pitcher
Nate Werner tossed 8.2 innings in a 3-1 regular season win for Concord. Werner scattered eight hits and allowed one earned run, adding eight strikeouts at Shepherd. In his last home start Werner tied his career-high in strikeouts against Urbana with eight.
Wiersma drove in three runs in the tournament loss to Shepherd. Frazier added four hits at the plate.
SCOUTING FAIRMONT STATE
FSU is 13-12 overall and 5-3 in the MEC having swept a doubleheader from Glenville State Monday.
Johnny Kesling leads the MEC in RBI (33) while posting a batting average of .433. Kesling has also added four home runs and seven doubles.
As a team, the Falcons are hitting .318, third best in the MEC.
Michael Stout has a team-high three wins on the mound. Stout has 40 strikeouts in 33.1 innings this season.
SCOUTING SHEPHERD
The Rams are 9-12 this season, but are tied for first in the MEC North with a 7-1 mark.
Shepherd has hit an MEC-leading 25 home runs this season. Daniel Heleine and Brandon Kirk have each blasted six home runs in 2017.
However, Heleine and Kirk are batting .247 and .170, respectively.
J.J. Sarty is hitting .356 on the season and has seen four of his 26 hits fly over the fence. Sarty has a team-best 18 RBI.
Ryan Pansch, who has already been named MEC Pitcher of the Week once this year, has tallied an ERA of 3.86 and a 3-0 record.
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