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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team faces the two Kanawha County Mountain East Conference schools, West Virginia State 5:30 p.m. Sunday and Charleston 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, as CU looks to stay undefeated.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: Both the Concord University and University of Charleston Sports Information Departments will provide live in-game statistics.
Video: Live streaming video of both contests will also be available Sunday and Wednesday.
RECORDS
CU is 8-0 overall and 6-0 in conference play.
West Virginia State is 5-2 this season and 4-1 in MEC games.
Charleston sits at 4-3 and is 3-2 versus MEC foes.
AMONG THE BEST
The Mountain Lions begin the week in a tie for fifth in Division II in goals scored with 27 as Dallas Baptist has the same total. The national leader in total goals this season is Edward Waters with 34. Fifth-year senior midfielder
Yasmin Mosby is tied for first in the country in total goals (11) with Catawba's Hannah Dunn. Mosby scored for the seventh consecutive game by notching a penalty kick at Glenville State Wednesday. In 2019,
Mira Kontio also scored in seven straight contests. Senior forward
Leah Foster begins the weekend tied for first in Division II in assists (seven) while junior forward
Courtney Smith is one off the pace of Foster. Not only has the offense been among the best in Division II, but Concord's backline defense of fifth-year seniors
Morgan Carmichael and
Alyssa Mahar and sophomore
Olivia Bekeleski along with senior goalkeeper
Leah Marsh are tied for fourth nationally in goals-against average at 0.25.
BATTLE AT THE TOP
After a 1-0 victory over Charleston midweek, West Virginia State is alone in second place with 12 points in MEC play. Concord leads the MEC South Division with 18 points. The Mountain Lions have outscored WVSU 12-3 in three all-time meetings with the Yellow Jackets who are in just their second season of full varsity women's soccer. Earlier this season, the Maroon and Gray downed WVSU on the road 4-1 behind two goals from Foster, one from Mosby and the first goal of the season for junior midfielder
Michelle Brogden. Foster has five career goals versus West Virginia State. Last season in Beckley, the Yellow Jackets jumped out on CU 2-0 before Concord rallied for a 3-2 win on a game-winning goal from Foster in the 72
nd minute.
CLOSE CALLS
The last three visits for Concord at Charleston have been tough contests, but the Mountain Lions have been victorious in each instance. In the spring, Smith scored in the 60
th minute to lift CU to a win despite the Mountain Lions being limited to three shots on goal. Foster had one of two goals in a 2019 road win over UC. Foster was also involved in a 2018 double overtime win as she assisted on the golden goal in a 1-0 victory. The Maroon and Gray just recorded a 2-0 win over Charleston last Sunday as they scored in each half on goals by Foster and Mosby. Brogden picked up her first two-assist game of the season.
WEST VIRGINIA STATE AT A GLANCE
After a three-goal week, Fran Cupertino-Soares is the reigning MEC Player of the Week. The Yellow Jackets were outshot, 18-11, against Charleston, but Naomi Waithira registered a 41
st minute goal to lift West Virginia State to the win. For the first time this season, WVSU has posted back-to-back shutouts with the win over Charleston coming on the heels of a 1-0 victory against West Virginia Wesleyan.'
CHARLESTON AT A GLANCE
The Golden Eagles are in a small scoring drought having scored just once in the last three games. Four different players had two shots to account for eight of the 13 shots for Charleston against CU last weekend. UC's seven goals allowed are the third fewest in the MEC behind Concord and Notre Dame. Kaylee Hensley made five saves versus the Mountain Lions.
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