Concord Hosts Frostburg State to Open MEC Play

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team opens Mountain East Conference play on Friday as they host Frostburg State at 7:00 p.m. in the Carter Center.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live video and statistics for the match.
 
LIVE STATS
 
LIVE VIDEO
 
SERIES HISTORY
Frostburg State leads 2-1
 
ALL-TIME MEETINGS AGAINST FROSTBURG STATE
October 14, 2022: Frostburg State 3 – Concord 0 (Frostburg, Md.)
October 22, 2021: Frostburg State 3 – Concord 2 (Athens, W.Va.)
October 26, 2019: Concord 3 – Frostburg State 2 (Frostburg, Md.)
 
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 9-3
Home Record: 2-1
Away Record: 2-1
Neutral Record: 5-1
 
WHAT'S AT STAKE
The Mountain Lions ride a five-game win streak into the Carter Center for the start of MEC play on Friday. The five-game win streak is CU's first since 2017. Concord has not won six games in a row since the 2013 season. Concord's 9-3 start is its best start to a season since 2009 when they started 8-4 through the first 12 games played. The Mountain Lions seek their 10^th win of the season on Friday, a feat that has not been reached since the 2019 campaign.
 
ONE-TWO PUNCH
Freshman outside hitter Meg Williams sits atop the MEC in kills (198) and kills per set (4.30). Williams also cracks the top 15 in Division II in kills per set. She has recorded at least 14 kills in all but three matches this season. Freshman outside hitter Chloe Thompson finds herself in the top 10 in kills per set in the conference as well (3.13). Thompson has notched 10 or more kills in eight of 12 games this season and has recorded five double-doubles.
 
PREVIOUS MATCHUPS
Concord traveled across the state line to Maryland last year to face Frostburg State in Bobcat Arena. Frostburg State won the match 3-0. The only returning Mountain Lions from last year's game are senior middle hitter Kyndra Pilant and sophomore right side Maddie Bohan. Pilant picked up six kills, 13 digs, one block, and two aces in the matchup. She led all Mountain Lions in digs and aces. Bohan collected one kill and one dig in the game.
 
FROSTBURG STATE AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 7-6
Home Record: 3-2
Away Record: 0-1
Neutral Record: 4-3
 
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
Senior Beverly Braun returns for 2023 and leads the Bobcats in kills. Braun has 147 kills in the early goings of the season with a .221 hitting percentage. In last year's matchup she led all players with 15 kills paired with nine digs. Senior setter Hayley Delor ranks in the top five in the MEC in assists per set (8.94) and aces per set (0.47). Delor sits at third in the MEC with 414 total assists. Junior defensive specialist Fiona Gonzales Medina had 18 digs against the Mountain Lions in 2022 and leads the Bobcats with 215 digs (4.30 per set) in 2023. True freshman middle hitter Paige Mock leads the team in blocks with 41 on the season.