Concord Readies for Road Game at Frostburg State, Hosts Point Park

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team wraps up a two-game road swing when it faces Frostburg State on the road 2:00 p.m. Saturday before hosting Point Park 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in two Mountain East Conference games.

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The Concord University and Frostburg State University Sports Information Departments will have live statistics and live video for each game.

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SERIES HISTORY vs. Frostburg State: FSU leads 5-2-3
SERIES HISTORY vs. Point Park: Concord leads 1-0-0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS VERSUS FROSTBURG STATE
September 29, 2024: #15 Concord 1 – Frostburg State 1 (Athens, W.Va.)
October 7, 2023: Concord 3 – Frostburg State 0 (Beckley, W.Va.)
September 23, 2023: Frostburg State 1 – Concord 0 (Frostburg, Md.)
Frostburg State 5, 2022: Frostburg State 6 – Concord 2 (Beckley, W.Va.)
August 28, 2022: Concord 2 – Frostburg State 2 (Frostburg, Md.)

ALL-TIME MEETINGS VERSUS POINT PARK
September 8, 2024: Concord 2 – Point Park 1 (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

CONCORD AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 6-2-2
MEC Record: 5-1-2
Home Record: 3-0-1
Away Record: 3-2-1

AHEAD OF PACE
The Mountain Lions picked up their sixth win of the season at Wheeling Wednesday night. During the 2023 season, Concord won eight games, but the sixth win of the season did not come until the 13^th game of the year. In the win at Wheeling, sophomore forward Ignacio Alvarez Maina became the first Concord player with a two-goal game this season as he netted his third and fourth goals of the season in the first half. Additionally, Alvarez surpassed his goal total of last year when he scored three goals. As a team, CU is one goal away from matching last year's total of 25.

EVENLY MATCHED
Saturday's game at Frostburg State is a matchup of the second and third place teams in the conference standings. CU starts the weekend with 17 points while Frostburg State is holding off Davis & Elkins for third place with 13 points to D&E's 11 points. When the Mountain Lions and Bobcats matched up in Athens less than two weeks ago, Concord needed an 89^th-minute goal from junior forward Richard Henry to earn a crucial point versus FSU in a 1-1 draw. Frostburg State's goal came on a first-half penalty kick. After Frostburg State defeated CU 1-0 in last year's first game, the Maroon and Gray caught fire with a 3-0 win over FSU in early October 2023. Senior forwards Fabian Amhof and Carlos Zuniga were responsible for two of the three goals.
 
ON THE RIGHT FOOT
Concord got off to a 1-0 start for the second straight year after defeating Point Park, 2-1, in the first game of the 2024 campaign. CU scored two first-half goals, a 14^th-minute strike, by sophomore forward Syrus Conolly before junior midfielder Malher Santi Possu chipped in a goal in the 40^th minute on an assist by Henry. Point Park did score in the 90^th minute off a penalty kick. Even though junior goalkeeper Nathan Scargill did get beat on a PK at Point Park, Scargill saved a penalty kick at Wheeling Wednesday. He also earned his first career assist on Alvarez's first goal. The September 8 meeting between CU and PPU was the first in program history.

FROSTBURG STATE AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 6-3-1
MEC Record: 4-3-1
Home Record: 3-2
Away Record: 3-1-1

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
Frostburg State was tripped up by Davis & Elkins, 2-1, Wednesday after holding a 1-0 lead at halftime. Despite the 6-3-1 record for the Bobcats, FSU only has a goal difference of +3 (19-16). Carlos Quintero Rivas is tied for third in the MEC in goals with five, and one of those came against Concord in September. Andrew Denard is up to three goals this fall after scoring against D&E.

POINT PARK AT A GLANCE
Overall Record: 5-4-1
MEC Record: 3-4-1
Home Record: 3-2-1
Away Record: 2-2

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
PPU was defeated by West Liberty 1-0 Wednesday night. Nils Benning paces the offense for Point Park with five goals. Ruben Kuypers and Javier Morejon both have three goals with Morejon adding four assists—tied for second in the MEC. David Ali is the lone PPU player to be in goal this season, saving 81.2 percent of opponents' attempts. Point Park is in the middle of a four-game road trip with contests versus West Liberty, West Virginia Wesleyan, Concord and Wheeling.