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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team opens up Mountain East Conference action 6:00 p.m. Wednesday at West Liberty.
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SERIES HISTORY: West Liberty leads 6-3
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST WEST LIBERTY
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.)
March 26, 2021: West Liberty 3 – Concord 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 1-0
MEC Record: 0-0
Home Record: 1-0
Away Record: 0-0
OFF ON THE FRONT FOOT
CU started the season with a 3-0 win over Salem Sunday afternoon at home in the first career game for head coach
Alex Smith on the Concord sidelines. The Mountain Lions had three different players score in the game with junior midfielder
Elvis Gomez, sophomore midfielder
Tomas Kelly and junior midfielder
Andre Nicholson all finding the back of the net. Kelly connected on his second career penalty kick with a goal in the 61
st minute to extend the lead to 2-0. Going back to last year, Concord has scored two or more goals in three of its last five games.
DEFENSIVE MINDED
The Mountain Lions outshot Salem 12-7 in the contest, including holding the Tigers to one shot in the first 45 minutes. The backline defense of sophomore
Kai Forsyth, freshman
Zakari Messam and juniors
Andre Sardinha and
Dwight Savoury held SU to three shots on goal. Sardinha added an assist in the contest on Nicholson's goal in the 89
th minute. Sophomore goalkeeper
Keegan Grant earned his first career shutout by saving three shots on target in the second half. It also was the third career game for Grant allowing one goal or less.
TURNING THE TIDE
Concord won three of the first four all-time meetings against West Liberty, but since the start of the 2021 spring season the Hilltoppers have won five straight over the Mountain Lions. WLU won 4-1 at home last season in Concord's third game of the season before defeating CU in Beckley 3-1 in mid-October. Kelly assisted on CU's home goal while senior midfielder
Ricardo Chinea-Pegler was responsible for scoring. The Mountain Lions outshot WLU at home last season, 16-7. And at West Liberty was only outshot 9-6. Â
WEST LIBERTY AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 1-0
MEC Record: 1-0
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 1-0
SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS
Only a program since 2017, West Liberty scored its biggest win in team history by rolling past nationally-ranked, 12
th-rated Davis & Elkins 4-0 Saturday night on the road. Veteran player Vitor Otsuka scored the game's first goal in the 21
st minute before assisting on two second-half goals. WLU's defense held the Senators to five shots for the game. Noah Underwood is back in goal for West Liberty as a sixth-year player.
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