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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team welcomes Shepherd University to Athens Thursday for Mountain East Conference play at 1:00 p.m. at Concord's Anderson Field before traveling to Wheeling Jesuit 1:00 p.m. Sunday for another Mountain East Conference contest.
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics and live video for Thursday's home contest. Meanwhile, Wheeling Jesuit will also have live stats and video for the away game on Sunday. To access the live coverage, follow the links at the top of the page or click
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RECORDS
CU is 5-3-1 overall and 3-2 in conference.
Shepherd is 3-6 overall and 2-3 in conference.
Wheeling Jesuit is 1-8 overall and still seeking its first MEC win of the season at 0-5.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
CU is coming off a hard-fought 1-0 loss to Notre Dame Sunday on neutral field in Beckely, West Virginia.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Katie Maher made three saves in the contest to inch closer to 100 saves for her career. Maher has stopped 98 shots during her time in the Maroon and Gray, and would be the seventh player in program history with 100 career saves.
Despite the loss to NDC, the Mountain Lions outshot Notre Dame, 14-9. Concord has outshot its opponents in eight of nine games this season.
Earlier this season, CU picked up a 4-0 road victory over Shepherd in what was part of a 3-0-1 start to the season for the Mountain Lion.
Sophomore midfielder
Courtney Wallace got the Mountain Lions on the board in the 21
st minute with fellow sophomore midfielder
Sarah Hill assisting. Freshman forward
Leah Foster scored her fourth goal of the season for the second goal just 10 minutes later.
Sophomore midfielder
Mira Kontio was responsible for the first goal of the season half. Freshman forward
Maggie Hall also scored in the game for her first collegiate. Freshman defender
Leigh Wightman picked up two-second half assists versus Shepherd for her collegiate. Additionally, the performance by Wightman led to her being named the MEC Defensive Player of the Week for the week for September 10.
The road victory for the Mountain Lions at Shepherd on September 9 was the first time Concord had won at Shepherd since the 2009 season.
Thursday will be just the second true home game of the season for CU. Concord has played twice in Beckley this season, but owns only a 4-0 win over Felician on September 2 for its lone home win of the season.
Three Mountain Lion substitutes were responsible for the four goals versus Felician: junior midfielder
Delaney Crumblish, Hill and freshman forward
Kaitlyn Kerrigan.
Concord swept Wheeling Jesuit last season as the Maroon and Gray outscored the Cardinals 6-3 in two games. CU defeated WJU 4-3 at Anderson Field last season on the power of a hat trick from senior forward
Pilar Elias. In fact, Elias picked up seven total points in the match as she assisted on a Crumblish goal in the contest.
At Wheeling Jesuit, Hill and Wallace scored in a 2-0 victory for the Mountain Lions. Maher stopped nine shots to preserve a CU shutout.
SHEPHERD AT A GLANCE
Darien Bell and Katherine Eddy have scored three goals a piece this season.
The Rams won 4-2 last season at Concord despite the Mountain Lions being staked out to a 2-0 lead 35 minutes into the match.
Shepherd has played three different goalkeepers this season.
WHEELING JESUIT AT A GLANCE
Emily Hartley and Marley Magruder have both netted this season.
Wheeling Jesuit has scored just six goals this season while giving up 25.
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