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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team plays its final four games of the regular season at home against West Virginia Wesleyan 2:00 p.m. Friday before welcoming Glenville State 1:00 p.m. Saturday for Senior Day at the CU Softball Field.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live statistics for all four games during the weekend.
Video: Additionally, live video will be available for the final games of the regular season.
To access the live coverage, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.
RECORDS
The Mountain Lions are 15-23 this season and 12-16 against Mountain East Conference foes.
WVWC is 33-10 on the season and 24-4 in conference as it recently jumped into the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association National Poll at number 22.
Glenville State is 20-28 in 2018 with an 8-20 mark versus MEC teams.
MEC TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
Concord begins the weekend two games ahead of Charleston for the final playoff spot in the MEC South in the upcoming MEC Tournament. However, CU holds the tiebreaker over the Golden Eagles by winning three of four games against UC this season.
Charleston plays at Shepherd and Fairmont State to finish the regular season.
Additionally, Concord can still catch UVa.-Wise for the third spot as the Cavaliers are two games ahead of the Mountain Lions, but UVa.-Wise owns the tiebreaker head-to-head.
By winning two games, CU would clinch a spot in the MEC Tournament.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
Prior to Saturday's doubleheader, Concord will recognize its three seniors: catcher / designated hitter
Nicole Neri, catcher / outfielder
Chelsea Shepherd and third baseman
Alycea Watson.
Neri has appeared in 79 career games at Concord. The Elyria, Ohio native has a career batting average of .271. During her sophomore season, Neri posted her best single-season numbers with two home runs and 15 RBI and a .312 average.
Shepherd has appeared in 55 career games as a Mountain Lion over the last two seasons after transferring from Potomac State. As a junior, Shepherd scored 10 runs and played on a fourth straight 30-win Concord team.
Watson ranks in the top 10 in at-bats and games played in her career. The New Castle, Delaware native has appeared in 193 games, fifth all-time at Concord, and has 479 at-bats in her time in the Maroon and Gray, seventh all-time.
CU's third baseman has started 179 consecutive games at the hot corner, and is just one of two players to start all 38 games this season.
Both Neri and Watson were on the 2015 team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
On Concord's most recent road trip, sophomore second baseman / shortstop
Jenna Witt broke the program record for single-season double. Witt tallied two doubles in game one at Urbana and added three total doubles in a twinbill at Notre Dame. The Harpers Ferry, West Virginia native has racked up 21 total doubles this season.
Witt leads Division II in doubles and is eighth in the Atlantic Region in slugging percentage (.787).
Additionally, Witt is 13 points ahead of breaking the single-season batting average record at CU. Witt starts the weekend batting .451. The current record is held by Angela Mazella who batted .438 in 1997.
Sophomore pitcher / first baseman
Rachel Pritchard enjoyed a career day in a CU's 12-4 win over Urbana in game two of the doubleheader. Pritchard recorded single-game career highs in hits (five), RBI (five) and doubles (two).
Against Notre Dame, Pritchard also hit her first career home run, a three-run shot, to help the Mountain Lions pull away in a 7-3 win.
During Concord's road swing through Ohio, freshman catcher / outfielder
Kayle Starnes raised her season average by 50 points from .200 to .250 as she went 7-for-13 (.538). It included a career-best three hits against Urbana.
As a team, CU collected 44 hits in four games including a season-high 14 in its 12-4 win over Urbana. Furthermore, the Maroon and Gray has four 10 or more hit games in their last five contests. During the run, Concord has raised its team average from .252 to .263.
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
The Bobcats have secured the top seed in the MEC South after a doubleheader sweep of West Virginia State last weekend.
Hannah Vet is 21-4 in the circle with an ERA of 1.13. Earlier this season, Vet gave up just one hit to the Mountain Lions at Wesleyan.
Madison Casto (.465) and Lauryn King (.404) are first and third in the conference in batting average with Witt holding second place. King is adding 10 home runs and 49 RBI to go along with her impressive batting average.
GLENVILLE STATE AT A GLANCE
Hannah Wright is third in the MEC in doubles this season with 14 and ranks fourth in home runs with seven.
Kim Ellis is 17-fof-18 in stolen base attempts.
The Pioneers have not been eliminated from postseason consideration, but will need to win all four games this weekend, including two games at UVa.-Wise before playing at Concord, to have a chance at the MEC Tournament.
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