ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team hosts Shepherd 3:30 p.m. Thursday before heading to Wheeling Jesuit for a 4:00 p.m. kickoff Sunday in a pair of Mountain East Conference games.
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live statistics and video for the game on Thursday. Wheeling Jesuit's Sports Information Department will have live stats and video for Sunday's match.To access the live coverage, follow the links at the top of the page or click
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RECORDS
Concord is 2-6-1 on the season and 2-4-1 against MEC foes.
Shepherd picked up its first win of the season against Pitt-Johnstown in non-conference action Sunday. The Rams are 1-9 overall and 0-7 in the conference.
WJU is 6-2-2 and 5-2 in the conference.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
One of the two MEC wins for the Mountain Lions this season was a 2-1 win at Shepherd September 9. Junior defender
Josh Sheffield picked up his first career goal to get Concord on the board in the fifth minute.
Sophomore
Maxime Ramioulle would score one of his three goals for the season later in the first half as CU hung on in the second half to defeat Shepherd.
Concord has won five straight over the Rams and six of the last seven contests including a 5-1 win at home in 2017. Ramioulle tallied a goal in the victory while sophomore midfielder
Moulay Hassani contributed an assist.
Thursday will mark just the second game of the season at Anderson Field for the Maroon and Gray. CU has played three games in Beckley, West Virginia while the surface in Athens has been saturated with rain causing poor field conditions.
On September 5, Concord tied with Urbana 1-1 at Anderson Field in the only home game of the season up to this point.
Senior midfielder
Matt Henderson tallied his first career goal in the draw with the Blue Knights. Sophomore goalkeeper
Kyle Brown turned aside a career-best nine shots versus Urbana.
Both games with Wheeling Jesuit were close games as Concord scored less than 90 seconds into overtime to down the Cardinals 1-0 on the road. The two teams tied 1-1 at CU.
Hassani was responsible for the goal in the Mountain Lions' road victory. Meanwhile, Ramioulle netted the lone goal at home for Concord versus WJU.
SHEPHERD AT A GLANCE
Shamar Robinson's penalty kick in the 42
nd minute was the difference for the Rams versus Pitt-Johnstown.
Even though it only has one win, Shepherd has been in some close games including taking nationally-ranked Notre Dame to double overtime before falling 1-0.
Jose Machado Orellana has made 79 saves in 2018.
WHEELING JESUIT AT A GLANCE
The Cardinals have posted back-to-back shutout wins ahead of Sunday's contest with 1-0 victories over both West Liberty and West Virginia Wesleyan.
Wheeling Jesuit is coached by veteran head coach Jim Regan who is in his 35
th season of coaching.
Martin Manuzzi, the reigning MEC Offensive Player of the Week, has scored six goals this season.
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