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ATHENS, W.Va. – After an 11-day layoff, the Concord University men's soccer team plays Urbana 3:45 p.m. Sunday with the game being moved to the Cline Sports Complex in Beckley, West Virginia.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics for the matchup in Beckley.
Video: Live streaming video will also be available for the Mountain East Conference contest between the schools.
RECORDS
Before the break in action, CU fell at West Virginia Wesleyan to move its record to 2-3-1 overall and 1-3-1 in the MEC.
Urbana is 3-3-2 on the season and 3-2-1 against conference foes.
MOVING UP THE RANKS
Two week ago at Notre Dame, the Mountain Lions scored the first goal of the game before the Falcons rattled off four straight scores to win 4-1. But in the scoring column for CU was senior midfielder
Maxime Ramioulle who recorded his first goal of the season and the 14
th of his career. With the goal, Ramioulle moved to within three points of the top five in program history. The Enghein, Belgium native has 32 career points. Ramioulle is the lone CU player with at least one goal and one assist this season.
BUILDING A BRICK WALL
Despite giving up eight goals in the last two games, the Mountain Lions defense has been one of the best early in the season. The 10 total goals surrendered by CU is tied for third fewest in the MEC. The defensive back line of junior
Bruno Baptista, freshman
Daniel Haworth, freshman
Jesse Kannekens and freshman
Cristian Pinto have done a stellar job of keeping shots away from junior goalkeeper
Kyle Brown who is second in the MEC in save percentage at .810. Brown has made 34 saves this season.
EVENLY MATCHED
The last four meetings between Concord and Urbana have been decided by one goal or has been a tie. Last season, CU earned a 1-1 tie at home with the Blue Knights as Ramioulle and senior midfielder
Courtney Skerritt assisted on the game's first goal. Ramioulle also had an assist in Concord's 2-1 loss at UU in 2018. Two seasons ago, both games with Urbana went to overtime with the Blue Knights squeezing out 5-4 and 2-1 wins over Concord. Ramioulle has three total points against Urbana in 2017.
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
This will be the first time CU plays a game in Beckley this season. In 2018, the Maroon and Gray played at the Cline Sports Complex three times as it went 1-2 including a shutout win over West Liberty. Ramioulle had a goal 3-0 victory versus WLU.
URBANA AT A GLANCE
The Blue Knights played to a 1-1 tie against Notre Dame on Wednesday. Urbana owns the two highest scores in the MEC this season as it posted seven goals against West Liberty and scored another five versus Wheeling. Jasminko Disdarevic and Jake Wischmeier have combined for 10 of the 19 UU goals this season. Goalkeeper Jakob Henriksen has 42 saves which is eight better than Concord's Brown for the league lead.
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