BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team was unable to come back from a 3-1 second-half deficit as it fell 3-2 to West Virginia Wesleyan in Mountain East Conference action at Culpepper Stadium Thursday night.
West Virginia Wesleyan (2-4-2, 2-4 MEC) scored the first two goals of the game over the first 23 minutes of action to grab a 2-0 advantage on Concord (1-4-1, 1-2-1 MEC). The Mountain Lions got some momentum back in the late stages of the first half as junior midfielder
Courtney Skerritt buried his first goal of the season in the 40
th minute to make it 2-1 Wesleyan going into halftime.
The next two goals of the contest came with two minutes of each other. The Bobcats scored in the 69
th minute before sophomore midfielder
Maxime Ramioulle scored his second goal of the season 1:40 after the Wesleyan goal.
In the final 10 minutes of the game, the Mountain Lions were able to get two looks at goal as Ramioulle had a shot saved in the 85
th minute and sophomore midfielder's
Moulay Hassani attempt was wide of the goal mount in the final 20 seconds of the contest.
Ramioulle had two of the four shots on goal for CU while freshman defender
Bruno Baptista and Skerritt had one a piece.
Junior goalkeeper
Ching Lokus Au stopped eight shots in goal.
Concord continues MEC play Sunday when it welcomes West Liberty to Anderson Field 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
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