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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team returns home to face UVa.-Wise 12:00 p.m. Wednesday in what is the start of a 10-game homestand at the CU Softball Field.
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eaming video of the doubleheader.
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SERIES HISTORY: UVa.-Wise leads 18-12
LAST FIVE SERIES
May 4, 2019: Concord 3 – UVa.-Wise 2 (Salem, Va.)
April 10, 2019: Concord 1 – UVa-Wise 1 (W, 10-0 L, 6-0) (Wise, Va.)
April 3, 2019: UVa.-Wise 2 – Concord 0 (L, 5-4 L, 8-5 (12)) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 18, 2018: Concord 1 – UVa.-Wise 1 (W, 4-3 (11) L, 6-0) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 11, 2018: UVa.-Wise 2 – Concord 0 (L, 11-3 L, 8-2) (Wise, Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 1-8
Home Record: 1-1
Away Record: 0-4
Neutral Record: 0-3
LONG BALL
Concord hit four home runs during its five-game stretch at the Bearcat-Fleet Invite Friday and Saturday in South Carolina. The Mountain Lions got home runs from freshman infielder
Lacie Lewis, senior catcher/first baseman
Jolie Privett, graduate catcher/outfielder
Mikayah Pulliam and graduate infielder
Sarah Thompson. For Thompson, it was her ninth career home run which is one away from joining the top 10 in program history. Privett hit her second home run in the last 12 games going back to last season versus West Virginia Wesleyan. And Lewis notched her first career home run with a solo shot versus nationally-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne. CU is nearly half way to it home run mark from last season when it had 13, led by three each from Thompson and sophomore first baseman
Kassidy Garvey.
YOUNG GUNS
The top three hitters for the Mountain Lions in terms of average nine games into the season are either freshmen or sophomores. Freshman first baseman/catcher
Morgan Cline has three multi-hit games in the eight games she has appeared in and leads CU with a .421 average. Lewis had hit safely in all six games before being held without a hit against Lander to close the weekend. However, the Kearneysville, West Virginia native is still batting .375. And sophomore infielder
Kylee Stacy tied her career high with three hits versus USC Beaufort, and in the process brought her average up to .364 after the weekend.
OLD FRIENDLY RIVALRY
Concord and UVa.-Wise, two old Mountain East Conference rivals, meet for the 31
st and 32
nd times Wednesday afternoon with UVa.-Wise holding a slight 18-12 edge in the all-time series. The only current Mountain Lion to square off with the Cavaliers is Thompson who played UVa.-Wise five times during her freshman season in 2019. UVa.-Wise won three of the four regular season meetings before CU eliminated the Cavaliers from the MEC Tournament with a 3-2 win. In 2019 at the CU Softball Field, the teams played a 12-inning contest that was won by the Cavaliers 8-5. Eight of the last 13 games between the two sides have been decided by three runs or less dating back to the 2017 season.
UVA.-WISE AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 1-5
Home Record: 0-2
Away Record: 0-3
Neutral Record: 1-0
SCOUTING THE CAVALIERS
The lone win for UVa.-Wise came in shutout fashion on February 4 over D'Youville, 5-0. Kara Long is hitting .500 (10-of-20) this season with a home run and four RBI. McKenna Falwell is 1-1 in the circle with 19 strikeouts in 20.2 innings. She sports an ERA of 3.05. Two of the seven hits for Sarah Barrett are doubles. And the Cavaliers have allowed 16 stolen bases by the opposition through six games.
