Concord Stats - West Virginia State Stats - Charleston Stats - Live Stats - Live Video
ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team travels to take on West Virginia State 2:00 p.m. Friday before opposing Charleston 2:00 p.m. Saturday in two Mountain East Conference road doubleheaders.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: Both the Charleston and West Virginia State Sports Information Department will have live stats of each twinbill.
Video: Charleston will provide live streaming video of Saturday's contests.
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Concord is 18-9 overall and is tied for first at 6-2 in the MEC South Division.
Charleston is 12-13 overall while 3-5 in conference.
West Virginia State is tied with Concord in the MEC South Division at 6-2 and has an overall record of 13-6.
MARCH MOMENTUM
The Mountain Lions have won 10 of the last 11 games over the course of just two weeks. This is the first time Concord has had a nearly flawless streak since the 2015 season when the team won 18 games of 19, including 17 in a row between March 8 and March 25. Concord is outscoring its opponents by an average of 8.6-6.4 over the last 11 games. Additionally, Concord has given up three or less runs in five of the 11 games.
LEADING THE PACK
Since the middle of March, junior utility
Jenna Witt has hit safely in 10 of 11 games with a .514 batting average or going 18-for-35 with nine RBI. Senior utility
Kylie Kent, who is also the reigning MEC Player of the Week, is batting .500 (15-30) with 13 runs scored in the last 11 games. The left side infield duo has been the recent driving force behind Concord's offensive success in conference games.
HITTING WHEN IT MATTERS
The Mountain Lions lead the MEC in runs scored with 143 runs. Freshman pitcher/outfielder
Laura Thompson leads the conference in runs scored with 25. Meanwhile, freshman utility
Sarah Thompson is tied for third in runs scored with 19. Concord's MEC lead in runs scored can be contributed to Concord's average with runners in scoring position (RISP). As a team, Concord is hitting .394 in RISP. Of players that have at least 10 at-bats with runners in scoring position, four are hitting about .400.
Sarah Thompson is hitting .545 (18-33). Witt follows at.465 (20-43).
Laura Thompson is hitting .429 (6-14) and senior outfielder/designated hitter
Abby Beatty is hitting .600 (6-10).
TOP TWO
In her last two starts, sophomore pitcher
Cartney Schoolcraft has pitched 14 innings and has only allowed nine hits. Additionally,Schoolcraft has pitched 29 innings with 27 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.91 in four starts against MEC teams. While Schoolcraft has done a majority of her work as a starter, the Winfield, West Virginia native also picked up her second save of the season as she got the final out against Glenville State in a 6-3 CU win last Saturday. The save tied Schoolcraft with teammate and junior pitcher/outfielder
Darby Fitzpatrick for the MEC lead in saves.
SO NICE TO SEE YOU
Concord played both West Virginia State and Charleston at home just two weeks ago as CU went 3-1. Concord split with the Yellow Jackets but swept the Golden Eagles by scoring nine runs in both games. Beatty's eighth-inning walk-off home run against WVSU jump started CU's recent run of wins. In that particular game, the Mountain Lions erased its largest deficit of the season, five runs, before Beatty's home run. Schoolcraft began a personal four-game win streak as she earned the win against West Virginia State. In the four-game stretch, L. Thompson hit .538 (7-13) with six runs scored. S. Thompson added four runs in the final three games. Witt had batted .454 (5-11) with five RBI against Charleston and West Virginia State. Concord is 5-1 in its last six games against UC and 4-2 versus WVSU.
CHARLESTON AT A GLANCE
Charleston's leader in batting averages is Kendall Marshall, who has a batting average of .359 with 28 hits.Charleston's Carly Turner, who saw action in both games against CU in Athens, has a team best 2.88 ERA. The Golden Eagles have won four of their last six games, including a sweep of Wheeling Jesuit last Sunday.
WEST VIRGINIA STATE AT A GLANCE
West Virginia State's Brittany Allison and Paige Scruggs are batting over .400. They are one of few sets in the MEC with a batting average over .400.Emily Thompson is leading West Virginia State with an earned run average of 1.06. As a team, the Yellow Jackets have a combined ERA of 1.93 as next closest in the MEC is Shepherd with an earned run average of 2.45.
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