ELKINS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team was defeated 6-0 by nationally-ranked Davis & Elkins Wednesday night in a Mountain East Conference contest at Nuttall Field.
The Mountain Lions (2-9-2, 1-8-1 MEC) hung tough with sixth-ranked D&E (11-1, 10-1 MEC) for the first 75 minutes of the game as Concord found itself only trailing 1-0 at halftime. Freshman goalkeeper
Tommy Smith made three saves in the first half to keep it a one-goal deficit.
Davis & Elkins added a second goal in the 62
nd minute. The Senators went on a scoring spree in the final 15 minutes of the contest for the margin of victory.
Freshman forward
Louis Cole had two total shots and one on goal. Junior midfielder
Ricardo Chinea-Pegler also had a shot on goal. Smith tallied a career-best 10 saves.
CU welcomes West Liberty to the YMCA Cline Complex in Beckley 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Prior to the game, the program's seniors will be honored.
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