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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team will travel to West Virginia Wesleyan to face the Bobcats at 7:00 pm Sunday. CU returns to the YMCA Paul Cline Complex in Beckley, West Virginia to face Davis & Elkins 5:30 pm Wednesday.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: The Concord University and West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information Departments will provide live in-game statistics for both games.
Video: Live streaming video of the match will be available Sunday and Wednesday.
RECORDS
CU is 9-0-2 overall and 7-0-2 in conference play.
West Virginia Wesleyan is 5-5-1 overall and 4-4 in MEC games.
Davis & Elkins is 4-6 overall and 4-5 in MEC games.
KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON
The Mountain Lions remained ranked at 15
th in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Division II National Poll. Concord also remains on top of the MEC South Division standings. Despite the two ties in the last three matches, Concord has kept the pressure on opposing defenses with 68 total shots in that three-game stretch. Concord leads the MEC in shots with a total of 212 shots, which is 19.27 shots a game. The offensive attack is led by fifth-year midfielder
Yasmin Mosby, junior forward
Courtney Smith, and senior forward
Leah Foster. Mosby is tied for third in Division II in total goals with 12. Mosby is also tied for third in Division II in goals per game with 1.09. Smith is tied for second in Division II in both total assists (eighth) and assists per game (.73). Foster isn't far behind her, tied seventh in Division II in total assists with seven.
LOOKING TO REPEAT
Concord looks to sweep the regular season series against both Wesleyan and Davis & Elkins. Earlier in the season, Concord had a strong showing by defeating Wesleyan by a final score of 6-0 as it tallied a season high in goals. Goals were scored by Foster, Mosby, freshman midfielder
Nora Voisey, and junior midfielder
Ellie Hawcroft. Senior goalkeeper
Leah Marsh saved the lone shot she faced.
The Mountain Lions defeated Davis & Elkins earlier in the season by a final score of 4-0. Mosby had a hat trick and junior defender
Zoe Belding also found the back of the net. Marsh saved the only two shots she faced. Concord has not conceded a goal to either team since September 2019—a string of five games—when the Mountain Lions fell to Wesleyan by a final score of 2-1.
ROAD GAMES AT WESLEYAN
Concord has not won a game at West Virginia Wesleyan since 2005 when they defeated the Bobcats, 3-2. The closest CU has come to breaking that streak was in 2008 when they lost in penalty kicks during the WVIAC tournament, and again in 2018 when Wesleyan bested the Mountain Lions in penalty kicks of the MEC Championship Game.
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
West Virginia Wesleyan comes into Sunday's match on a two-game win streak after defeating Notre Dame 1-0 and Alderson Broaddus 3-0. The Bobcats are led by senior defender Natalie Pireu who leads the team in points (nine) and tied for the lead in goals (four). Also leading the Bobcats attack is senior forward Makatlyn Tucker who is tied for most goals on the team (four) and second in points (eighth). Wesleyan is fourth in the MEC South Division.
DAVIS & ELKINS AT A GLANCE
Davis & Elkins is riding a three-game win streak into their game at Glenville State on Sunday. The Senators are led by sophomore forward Alexa Karsel, who leads the team in goals with four. Karsel also leads the team in points with nine. The Senators are fifth in the MEC South Division.
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