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ATHENS, W.Va- The Concord University softball team welcomes competition from the Mountain East's northern division when it hosts Shepherd on Thursday before facing Fairmont State on Friday afternoon at the CU softball complex.
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live statistics and video for the games this week. Live video will be available around first pitch on Twitter (@CUMountainlions).
To access the live coverage, follow the link at the top of the page or click here.
RECORDS
Concord is 21-21 this season after going 3-1 against West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit this past weekend.
Shepherd is 22-11 this season and currently leads the north division of the MEC with a 10-6 record.
Fairmont State is 13-21 this season and 6-10 in conference play.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
Senior shortstop
Alayna Furr has 65 hits this season to lead the Mountain East Conference, after picking up three more hits this past weekend.
The 65 hits also rank Furr in a tie for seventh in the country in hits for Division II.
The Lovettsville, Virginia native needs just 10 more hits to break her own single season record of 74 hits in a season, and nine more hits to break the all-time hits record at CU held by
Alyssa Morris.
Teammate and senior outfielder
Lauren Lewis is also approaching the all-time hits and RBI record.
Lewis needs 15 more hits to pass Morris and 18 more RBI to break Morris's record in both categories.
Lewis's next double will tie her with Morris for the most in program history.
The Kearneysville, West Virginia native picked up six hits this weekend at West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit, while teammate and sophomore outfielder/pitcher
Abby Beatty notched eight hits, two in each game, against the Cardinals and Hilltoppers.
Beatty and Lewis each picked up multiple RBI games on the weekend to bring their season total to eight and seven games with multiple RBI this season, respectively.
Senior pitcher
Allie Reid launched her second home run of the season and the fifth of her career to help Concord to a come-from-behind win over Wheeling Jesuit in game two this past weekend.
The Mountain Lions trailed 2-1 in the top of the sixth inning before Reid rocketed the home run to tie the game two.
Beatty later provided the game-winning run on an RBI single in the eighth inning to score junior outfielder/catcher
Chelsea Shepherd to give Concord a 3-2 win.
The win was Concord's seventh when trailing in the fifth inning or later this season.
Reid also pitched a complete-game effort in the circle while striking out five Wheeling Jesuit batters and scattering seven hits.
Freshman pitcher/outfielder
Darby Fitzpatrick is one of only two players in the Mountain East Conference this season to pitch a complete game of nine innings.
In the matchups versus the Rams in Shepherdstown, West Virginia last season, sophomore infielder
Kylie Kent and Furr picked up two RBI in an 11-7 game one victory for CU.
Also picking up RBI in game one was senior pitcher/outfielder
Sarah Herndon and sophomore first baseman
Lauren Blunt.
Herndon also picked up her 10
th win of the season against the Rams, pitching in relief to earn the final four outs for the Mountain Lions.
In game two, Furr picked up just her second four-hit game of her career, going 4-for-5 from the plate and scoring three runs.
Lewis went 2-for-4 with two RBI, while Herndon and junior third baseman
Alycea Watson each tallied an additional RBI as CU fell 6-5 in game two.
Concord is 7-1 against Shepherd since 2014.
At Fairmont last season, the Mountain Lions swept the Fighting Falcons by scores of 12-7 and 8-2.
The Mountain Lions, after leading 6-0 in the top of the first, trailed 7-6 after two innings. Six unanswered runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh by the Mountain Lions helped seal a 12-7 come-from-behind win.
In game one, Lewis tallied three hits, two runs scored and an RBI.
Watson and Furr each had two hits in the 8-2 win.
Herndon picked up two wins in the circle in Fairmont, pitching 12.2 innings while striking out three batters including 5.2 innings of relief game two while allowing just two hits.
In game two, sophomore outfielder
Lindsey Stahl provided a strong outing, going 3-for-4 from the plate with two RBI. The Brownsburg, Indiana native hit her first two career home runs in back-to-back at-bats to help score the eventual go-ahead run.
Furr added two hits and two runs scored, while Lewis picked up two hits with an RBI. Blunt and Herndon each notched an RBI.
Concord has won five out of the last six against Fairmont State, outscoring FSU 44-12 over that time span.
SCOUTING SHEPHERD
The Rams currently lead the Mountain East Conference northern division, and are currently the only team from the north with a winning record overall or in conference play.
The Rams are hitting .306 as a team, and have drawn 99 walks to lead the Mountain East Conference.
Alexandra Witt leads the conference in on base percentage, successfully getting on base .514 percent of the time.
Kaitlyn Konopka has hit 11 doubles for the Rams this season. She leads the Rams in batting average at .382 followed by Witt's .369 average.
Tara Hanson has compiled a 2.56 ERA and a 10-3 record in the circle for the Rams. Kaitlin Munda is 8-7 with a 2.81 ERA, while Lori Sturgill is 4-1 with a 2.95 ERA.
Shepherd has won 12 of its last 15 games heading into the matchup.
SCOUTING FAIRMONT STATE
The Fighting Falcons are 4-2 in their last six games, and are coming off of a sweep of Notre Dame at home.
FSU owns a 4-2 record at home, but is 2-6 in away contests.
Beth Cook leads FSU in batting average, hitting .333 this season.
Addie Fullen has picked up 26 hits, while Whitley Mongan has six doubles.
Rachel Bias has made 19 appearances in the circle for FSU, compiling a 2.94 ERA and a 6-10 record.
