Concord Concludes Regular Season with Pivotal Road Games

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team wraps up the regular season 3:00 p.m. Thursday at West Virginia Wesleyan and 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Davis & Elkins in two Mountain East Conference road doubleheaders.

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The Davis & Elkins and West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information Departments will have live statistics and live streaming video of the four games.

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MEC TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
New to the conference this season is the possibility of the fifth-place team from a division replacing the fourth-place team from the opposite division. Heading into the final weekend of conference play, MEC South fifth-place Concord has more wins (10) than fourth-place MEC North teams Alderson Broaddus and West Liberty (8). In order to qualify for the MEC Tournament, CU will need to finish the season with more MEC wins than both AB and WLU. AND the Mountain Lions need West Liberty to finish ahead of Alderson Broaddus in the standings due to Concord having a better run differential versus WLU (+7) than AB (even).

SERIES HISTORY vs. West Virginia Wesleyan: WVWC leads 50-10
SERIES HISTORY vs. Davis & Elkins: Concord leads 23-19

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
March 26, 2023: West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – Concord 0 (L, 11-0 L, 2-0) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 29, 2022: West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – Concord 0 (L, 5-1 L, 8-0) (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
March 29, 2022: West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – Concord 0 (L, 8-0 L, 11-1) (Athens, W.Va.)
March 26, 2021: Concord 2 – West Virginia Wesleyan 0 (W, 2-1 (9) W, 7-4) (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
April 28, 2019: Concord 2 – West Virginia Wesleyan 0 (W, 6-4 W, 5-2) (Buckhannon, W.Va.)

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS DAVIS & ELKINS
March 25, 2023: Concord 1 – Davis & Elkins 1 (W, 6-0 L, 3-1) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 30, 2022: Davis & Elkins 2 – Concord 0 (L, 5-4 L, 8-5) (Elkins, W.Va.)
March 25, 2022: Davis & Elkins 2 – Concord 0 (L, 9-1 L, 13-4) (Athens, W.Va.)
May 1, 2021: Concord 2 – Davis & Elkins 0 (W, 9-0 W, 5-3) (Athens, W.Va.)
March 27, 2021: Concord 2 – Davis & Elkins 0 (W, 11-3 W, 12-3 (Elkins, W.Va.)

CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 19-30
MEC Record: 10-18
Home Record: 13-13
Away Record: 6-14
Neutral Record: 0-3

ROAD WARRIORS
The Mountain Lions picked up a crucial sweep at Notre Dame, 4-1 and 11-2, Tuesday afternoon to vault themselves into the conference postseason picture. Sophomore infielder Courtney Raines spearheaded the offensive outburst as she finished the twinbill 4-for-7 with two home runs and seven RBI. She hit a pair of three-run home runs. With nine RBI over her last four games, Raines is now second on the team in RBI (21) behind only sophomore pitcher/outfielder Rachael Koller's 23. Speaking of Koller, her and junior pitcher Nancy-Jo Roberts shut down the Falcons offensively. Koller carried a shutout into the seventh inning of game one as she did not allow a hit until the fifth inning. Roberts began her start by retiring the first 12 batters she faced. The three runs allowed by CU tied for the fewest allowed in an MEC doubleheader this season—March 25 versus Davis & Elkins and March 29 at Glenville State.

DRIVE THE BALL
In going 3-1 against Alderson Broaddus and Notre Dame over the last four road games, Concord collected 12 extra-base hits, including five in game two Tuesday. Freshman infielder Lacie Lewis has three extra-base hits over her last three games, including home runs in both games at AB. Fellow freshman infielder Morgan Cline hit her second home run of the season at Notre Dame Tuesday, and first since March 10 at home versus Bluefield State. Graduate outfielder Sarah Thompson tallied her 46^th career double Tuesday as she tied Stephanie Smith (1996-99) for fourth on the program's all-time list. Thompson is eight hits from 200 for her career, currently fifth in program history.

SEE THE FINISH LINE
The Mountain Lions are 4-2 in their last six games as they continue the postseason push. Earlier this season, Concord split a doubleheader with Davis & Elkins as the Maroon and Gray shutout the Senators 6-0 in game one. CU dropped game two 4-1. Sophomore pitcher Caitlyn Bauer posted a three-hit shutout while striking out seven. Lewis had two hits, including one of her team-best 12 doubles, and two RBI in game one. Thompson also notched a double. The Mountain Lions will be looking to overcome a home sweep by WVWC March 26. Roberts allowed just two runs on five hits in a tough 2-0 loss in game two.

WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 39-12
MEC Record: 22-6
Home Record: 12-2
Away Record: 14-6
Neutral Record: 13-4

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
West Virginia Wesleyan is one of the top teams in the Atlantic Region as it looks to secure a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the 20^th time under head coach Steve Warner. The Bobcats are the only team in the MEC with an ERA under 2.00 as their 1.70 mark is 14^th in Division II. The duo of Kendall Stoffel (17) and Hannah Hudson (15) have piled up 32 wins as they lead the MEC in ERA at 1.12 and 1.48, respectively. Morgan Norris is the team hitter for WVWC with eight home runs and 46 RBI to go with a .377 average.

DAVIS & ELKINS AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 23-23
MEC Record: 17-11
Home Record: 7-3
Away Record 16-20

SCOUTING THE SENATORS
Before getting swept by Charleston on Friday, Davis & Elkins had won 11 straight games dating back to April 7. Linzey Allard has put together an excellent season with a .387 average, top 10 in the MEC, to go with six home runs and 41 RBI. Anjolina Gutierrez is adding 32 RBI this season. Saylor Kneeland and Vanessa Hunt both have 10 losses in the circle, but are holding opponents under a .300 batting average.