ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University men's soccer team scored two second-half goals to slip past West Virginia Wesleyan Sunday afternoon in a Mountain East Conference game at Callaghan Stadium.
CU (9-2-2, 8-1-2 MEC) fired off eight shots in the first half, but only three were on target as the Bobcats (4-7-2, 3-5-2 MEC) controlled the possession and had a 54-46 edge in time on the ball in the opening 45 minutes.
Concord needed just eight minutes of the second half to take the lead.
After gaining control of the possession, a pass was entered into the box by junior forward
Richard Henry for junior midfielder
Malher Santi Possu. After escaping a few tackle attempts by West Virginia Wesleyan defenders, Possu got to his right foot and fired a shot to the top right corner of the goal.
Holding the one-goal advantage, CU was able to keep West Virginia Wesleyan down—though the Bobcats nearly scored in the 55
th minute as a shot sailed high after the WVWC player was one-on-one with junior goalkeeper
Nathan Scargill.
The shot was just one of five in the game for Wesleyan.
The Mountain Lions were able to double their lead in the 79
th minute after Possu drew a foul in the penalty box, and sophomore
Syrus Conolly lined up and scored his fifth goal of the season on the ensuing penalty kick.
The CU backline of juniors
Julian Correa,
Kai Forsyth and
Ted Roberts and sophomore
Zakari Messam held WVWC without a shot on goal as Scargill recorded his fourth shutout of the year without needing to make a save.
Concord owned a 15-5 total shots advantage with CU putting eight shots on goal. Senior forward
Fabian Amhof took a team-high four shots.
Possu scored for the third time in two games as he and Conolly are now tied for the team lead with five goals.
The Mountain Lions travel to West Liberty 6:00 p.m. Wednesday. Â
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