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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team concludes a two-game road trip at West Virginia Wesleyan 4:00 p.m. Sunday before hosting West Liberty 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in a pair of Mountain East Conference games.
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SERIES HISTORY vs. West Virginia Wesleyan: WVWC leads 21-2-1
SERIES HISTORY vs. West Liberty: WLU leads 6-3-1
LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERUS WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
September 13, 2023: Concord 0 – West Virginia Wesleyan 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
October 9, 2022: West Virginia Wesleyan 1 – Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
September 14, 2022: West Virginia Wesleyan 4 – Concord 3 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
October 17, 2021: Concord 3 – West Virginia Wesleyan 1 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
September 22, 2021: West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS WEST LIBERTY
September 6, 2023: Concord 2 - West Liberty 2 (West Liberty, W.Va.)
October 16, 2022: West Liberty 3 - Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
August 31, 2022: West Liberty 4 - Concord 1 (West Liberty, W.Va.)
October 23, 2021: West Liberty 2 - Concord 0 (West Liberty, W.Va.)
September 8, 2021: West Liberty 2 - Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 5-2-4
MEC Record: 2-2-4
Home Record: 4-1-1
Away Record: 1-1-3
ROLLING ALONG
By picking up a 2-1 road win against Salem Wednesday night, the Mountain Lions enter the weekend unbeaten in their last five games (4-0-1). With the recent victories, CU has vaulted itself into the thick of the MEC Tournament equation with 10 points, good enough for sixth, and just six points behind third-place Davis & Elkins. Wesleyan and West Liberty start the weekend tied for fourth in the standings with 13 points. Sophomore midfielder
Tomas Kelly has scored in four of the last five games, including three straight contests. Meanwhile, junior midfielder
Fabian Amhof has two goals and four of his five assists on the year in the last five games.
MILESTONES AHEAD
With Concord's recent run of success, the Maroon and Gray are about to enter rare air in the history of the program which dates back to the late 1990s. The most wins for CU in a single season are 13 during the 2000 campaign. The second-most wins for the Mountain Lions in a single season six which has happened three times—most recently in 2016 when they finished at 6-10-1. Concord has never had a five-game unbeaten streak in program history, and the only three-game unbeaten streaks in program history came twice during the 13-8 season in 2000.
SPLITTING THE POINTS
The Mountain Lions played to a pair draws against West Liberty and West Virginia Wesleyan earlier this season. CU scored in the final 10 minutes at WLU to secure a 2-2 tie September 6. Sophomore defender
Kai Forsyth had the game-tying goal in the 84
th minute off a corner kick from Kelly. Amhof scored in third minute at West Liberty. A 0-0 draw versus West Virginia Wesleyan September 13 featured just 16 total shots in the game as sophomore goalkeeper
Keegan Grant secured one of his four shutouts on the season. Wednesday's game features two of the best goalkeepers in the MEC in Grant and West Liberty's Noah Underwood. Both keepers have a goals-against average below 1.00 this season. Grant is second in the MEC in saves (54) while Underwood ranks third (47).
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 7-4-1
MEC Record: 4-3-1
Home Record: 4-1
Away Record: 3-3-1
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
West Virginia Wesleyan is riding a huge wave of momentum entering Sunday having defeated Salem and Wheeling by a combined 11-0. Emre Sinasi Deniz is tied for the MEC lead in goals with nine. Casey Bunker adds four goals for the offense. WVWC has been especially tough at home this season, going 4-1.
WEST LIBERTY AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 5-3-3
MEC Record: 4-3-1
Home Record: 2-2-2
Away Record: 3-1-1
SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
West Liberty has only won on its last four games, but will have a chance to enter Wednesday's game at CU with some momentum as it faces Frostburg State Sunday. Vitor Otsuka is tied for first in the MEC in assists with six. Mark Donnelly leads the Hilltoppers with four goals this season. WLU's 18 goals are spread out through 11 different players.Â
