Concord Welcomes Glenville State for Midweek Doubleheader

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team continues its Mountain East Conference homestand, hosting Glenville State for a doubleheader at the CU Softball Field Wednesday beginning at 2:00 p.m.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live video and statistics for Wednesday's games.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Concord leads 24-23

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LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST GLENVILLE STATE
April 12, 2023: Concord 1 – Glenville State 1 (W1-0/9) (L8-3) (Athens, W.Va.)
March 29, 2023: Glenville State 2 – Concord 0 (L1-0/8, L2-1) (Glenville, W.Va.)
April 20, 2022: Glenville State 2 – Concord 0 (L6-5, L3-2) (Glenville, W.Va.)
April 6, 2022: Concord 2 – Glenville State 0 (W2-0, W7-3) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 28, 2021: Concord 2 – Glenville State 0 (W5-1, W8-0) (Athens, W.Va.)
 
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2024 Record: 13-11
MEC Record: 1-3
Home Record: 3-3
Away Record: 7-3
Neutral Record: 3-5
 
EXTRA BASE SHOWCASE
Junior infielder Courtney Raines ripped a double down the left field line in game one Sunday against West Virginia State, her team-leading 10^th double on the year. Her 10 doubles are good for first in the MEC and ties her for sixth in the country. Before the start of the 2024 season, Raines hit just nine career doubles with four coming in her freshman campaign and hitting five last spring. The Salem, Va. native got her junior season started by hitting a double in five straight games. Eleven of her 26 hits this spring have gone for extra bases, including a two-run home run at Bluefield State. Raines is second amongst qualified Mountain Lions hitters with a .356 batting average and is slugging .534 through 24 games.
 
GOING, GOING, GONE
Speaking of slugging, sophomore infielder Lacie Lewis is slugging a team-best .623 this season. Lewis also leads CU with four home runs, tying her for third in the conference. Lewis' four home runs also ties her home run total from last season. Like Raines, Lewis got her year started with home runs in three consecutive games and most recently crushed a solo shot over the left field wall to get CU on the board in Sunday's 5-2 win over West Virginia State. Thirteen of her 17 hits have gone for extra bases, including nine doubles, trailing Raines for second in the MEC. As a team, CU leads the league in doubles (37) and is slugging .411. Sophomore pitcher/infielder Madison Hollis, freshman infielder Kendall Morgan, and graduate outfielder Jolie Privett have also added four doubles each.
 
PITCHING DUEL
In four games against each other last season, CU and Glenville State scored a combined 16 runs and went to extra innings twice. Both starting pitchers return to face off again this spring, pitting Concord senior pitcher Nancy-Jo Roberts against GSU fifth-year pitcher Holly Brehm. The Pioneers bested the Mountain Lions at the Sue Morris Complex 2-1 and 1-0 in eight innings. CU avenged the losses with a 1-0 walk-off win in nine innings at the CU Softball Complex. This spring, Brehm (1.13) and freshman pitcher Meghan Stump (1.04) own the MEC's two best earned run averages. Roberts tossed all nine innings against GSU in Athens last season and enters Wednesday with a 5-5 record.
 
GLENVILLE STATE AT A GLANCE
2024 Record: 7-8
MEC Record: 1-3
Home Record: 3-4
Away Record: 0-0
Neutral Record: 4-4
 
SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
Brehm has struck out 49 batters across 37.1 innings of work this season. She has struck out 12 batters in a single game twice, the most in the MEC. Sophomore infielder Kylee Goodman is first in the league in batting average, hitting .468 and has only struck out six times in 47 at-bats. The Pioneers started MEC play 1-3, splitting the opening set with West Virginia State and losing two extra-inning games to Charleston.