BECKLEY, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team downed Davis & Elkins College Wednesday afternoon at the YMCA Cline Complex in a Mountain East Conference game.
Concord (10-0-3, 8-0-3 MEC) came out of the gate firing. In the second minute, junior forward
Courtney Smith led a pass over to senior forward
Leah Foster. Foster fired a shot that was saved, but never secured by Davis & Elkins (5-7, 5-6 MEC) keeper Katie Clarke. Foster beat Clarke to the rebound and scored the opening goal of the match, and her eighth goal of the season.
Concord had the advantage in shots going into halftime, 6-4. The only real threat D&E put together in the opening half was an attempt cleared off the goal line by sophomore defender
Olivia Bekeleski in the 39
th minute.
In the 74
th minute, Smith crossed a ball to freshman defender
Leah Fleming who would was able to put her shot into the corner of the net for her second goal of the season. Smith was credited with her 10
th assist of the season which tied her for the Division II lead.
After the Fleming goal, Concord kept the pressure on the Senators. In the 83
rd minute, Foster's cross into the box found the foot of freshman forward
Kylene Franklin, who buried it into the back of the net for her second goal. It didn't take long after for fifth-year midfielder
Yasmin Mosby to make her way into the scoring column. Pushing her way past the defense in the 84
th minute and scoring her MEC-leading 14
th goal of the season.
Concord outshot Davis & Elkins in the match, 19-10. The Mountain Lions also had more shots on net, 10-5. Senior goalkeeper
Leah Marsh was able to stop all five shots on net to maintain the shutout.
CU will prepare to travel to face the Hilltoppers of West Liberty University on Saturday at 3:30 pm.
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