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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team plays its final two regular season games 3:30 p.m. Sunday against Notre Dame at home before traveling to Charleston 7:00 p.m. Wednesday in a pair of Mountain East Conference games.
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Both the Concord University and University of Charleston Sports Information Departments will have live in-game statistics and live streaming video of the games.
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SERIES HISTORY vs. Notre Dame: NDC leads 16-0-2
SERIES HISTORY vs. Charleston: UC leads 37-0
LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS NOTRE DAME
October 1, 2023: Concord 0 – Notre Dame 0 (South Euclid, Ohio)
October 26, 2022: #21 Notre Dame 3 – Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
September 11, 2022: Notre Dame 7 – Concord 0 (South Euclid, Ohio)
November 3, 2021: Notre Dame 3 – Concord 0 (South Euclid, Ohio)
September 19, 2021: Notre Dame 10 – Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS CHARLESTON
September 20, 2023: Charleston 2 – Concord 1 (Beckley, W.Va.)
October 29, 2022: #8 Charleston 5 – Concord 0 (Charleston, W.Va.)
September 28, 2022: #9 Charleston 3 – Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
November 7, 2021: #5 Charleston 7 – Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
October 6, 2021: #8 Charleston 5 – Concord 0 (Charleston, W.Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 7-3-6
MEC Record: 4-2-6
Home Record: 6-1-1
Away Record: 1-2-5
POSTSEASON PICTURE
CU starts the weekend in third place in the MEC standings. Concord has 18 points, one point more than Davis & Elkins and West Virginia Wesleyan, and four more points than sixth-place West Liberty. The third and fourth-place teams in the MEC will host a first-round playoff game while the top two seeds will receive a bye into the semifinals. The Mountain Lions own the tiebreakers over Davis & Elkins and West Liberty. Wesleyan finishes the season against West Liberty and D&E. WLU and Davis & Elkins both play WVWC to finish the season and each also play Wheeling.
SENIOR TRIO
Prior to Sunday's contest, the men's soccer program will recognize three seniors in forward
Ricardo Chinea-Pegler, defender
Tomas Fanello and goalkeeper
Sean Monro. Chinea-Pegler has played in 31 career games with 23 starts. He was Concord's leading scorer last season as he netted six goals and added three assists. Overall, Chinea-Pegler has eight goals and four assists in his career. During the spring and fall seasons in 2021, Fanello played in 22 games with 17 starts. He assisted on two goals during the fall 2021 campaign. Monro has been between the pipes for 10 career games, spending nearly 800 minutes in goal. The Martinsburg, West Virginia native has made 39 career saves and posted two shutouts, both during the spring 2021 season.
TOP OF THE TABLE
Of the four teams scrapping for the third and fourth spots in the MEC Tournament, the Mountain Lions by far play the hardest remaining schedule with Sunday's contest against Notre Dame as well as the road game at UC. NDC is unbeaten in eight of its last 10 games. UC is ranked third nationally. However, Concord has not backed down from the top teams this season. CU played to a 0-0 draw at the beginning of October with sophomore goalkeeper
Keegan Grant making a career-best 12 saves to help Concord earn a crucial point. Meanwhile, the Maroon and Gray is just one five teams, in 15 games, to score against Charleston. Junior midfielder
Fabian Amhof scored unassisted versus UC in the 39
th minute of the September 20 game in a 2-1 Charleston victory.
NOTRE DAME AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 11-2-3
MEC Record: 8-2-3
Home Record: 6-1-1
Away Record: 5-1-2
SCOUTING THE FALCONS
NDC is receiving votes in the national top 25 poll, and is in the thick of the NCAA Tournament postseason race. Mirai Sato is tied for second in the conference in goals with nine. Evans Armah and Jared Rimmer are first and third in the MEC in assists with seven and five, respectively. The only teams to hold Notre Dame scoreless this year are Charleston and Concord.
CHARLESTON AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 14-1
MEC Record: 11-1
Home Record: 6-0
Away Record: 8-1
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Charleston has locked up the top seed in the upcoming MEC Tournament, having won 11 straight matches after an early-season road loss to West Virginia Wesleyan. Eduardo Barros (nine) and Joao Belmudes (eight) have combined for 17 goals. The Charleston defense has surrendered just six goals this season while the offensive attack has posted 50 goals.
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