Concord Returns Home to Challenge Frostburg State, Fairmont State

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team will host two teams atop the Mountain East Conference North Division in doubleheaders, taking on Frostburg State Saturday at 1:00 p.m. and Fairmont State Sunday at 1:00 p.m. at the CU Softball Field.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live video and statistics for Saturday and Sunday's games.
 
LIVE VIDEO
 
LIVE STATS
 
SERIES HISTORY
Frostburg State: Concord leads 4-3
Fairmont State: FSU leads 31-23
 
ALL-TIME MEETINGS AGAINST FROSTBURG STATE
April 17, 2023: Concord 1 – Frostburg State 1 (W4-3, L4-3) (Frostburg, Md.)
April 15, 2022: Concord 2 – Frostburg State 0 (W4-3/8, W5-0) (Athens, W.Va.)
May 7, 2021: Frostburg State 6 – Concord 4 (Salem, Va.)
April 17, 2021: Frostburg State 1 – Concord 1 (L5-2, W12-5) (Frostburg, Md.)
 
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST FAIRMONT STATE
April 14, 2023: Fairmont State 2 – Concord 0 (L9-5, L3-0) (Fairmont, W.Va.)
April 16, 2022: Concord 1 – Fairmont State 1 (W3-1, L9-2) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 18, 2021: Concord 1 – Fairmont State 1 (W1-0, L10-2) (Fairmont, W.Va.)
May 3, 2019: Fairmont State 4 – Concord 1 (Salem, Va.)
April 13, 2019: Concord 2 – Fairmont State 0 (W4-1, W7-1) (Athens, W.Va.)
 
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2024 Record: 21-17
MEC Record: 9-9
Home Record:  7-5
Away Record: 11-7
Neutral Record: 3-5
 
LINEUP LOCKDOWN
Senior pitcher Nancy-Jo Roberts picked up her 10^th victory of the season in the circle in game two against Wheeling Monday. Across her seven innings pitched, Roberts only allowed three hits and no walks on her way to earning the complete game shutout. It was the third complete game shutout for Roberts in 2024 and the seventh in her career. Roberts also pitched 4.1 innings in relief against West Liberty Sunday, allowing two runs but both were unearned. She has not allowed an earned run in four of her last five outings and becomes the seventh pitcher in the MEC to reach double-digit wins as she goes into Saturday at 10-5.
 
KEEP SWINGIN'
The Mountain Lions racked up 29 hits over the weekend against West Liberty and Wheeling, notching 7.25 base hits per game in four games. CU owns the MEC's fourth best batting average, hitting .292 as a team with a slugging percentage of .406. Five Mountain Lions collected multiple hits in game one against WLU, with sophomore first baseman Morgan Cline hitting a double and a home run to bring home three of Concord's nine runs. In game two against Wheeling, senior outfielder Imani Campbell was 3-for-4 at the dish and scored two runs. Sophomore pitcher/infielder Madison Hollis delivered a two-RBI double in the sixth inning en route to a 4-0 CU win.
 
A LOOK BACK
Last season against Frostburg State, graduate outfielder Jolie Privett was 4-for-6 with a stolen base and a run scored in two games. Cline went 2-for-3 with an RBI single in game two at Bobcat Field and sophomore infielder Lacie Lewis was 2-for-4 with two doubles in the same game. Against the Fighting Falcons, sophomore catcher Morgan Gleason drove in a pair of runs as part of her 2-for-3 game two performance. Privett and junior outfielder Kayla McCraw also recorded hits. In a collective 5.1 innings against Frostburg State and Fairmont State last spring, Roberts allowed four earned runs and struck out three batters.
 
FROSTBURG STATE AT A GLANCE
2024 Record: 20-13
MEC Record: 11-3
Home Record: 8-0
Away Record: 8-10
Neutral Record: 4-3
 
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
The Bobcats enter Saturday with a .322 team batting average and winners of its last seven MEC games. Senior pitcher Jamie Roberts leads the Bobcats with a .414 batting average and is tied for the league lead with nine home runs. FSU has hit 27 home runs this season, the second-most in the MEC. Concord leads the all-time series 4-3, but five of the seven games played between the Mountain Lions and Bobcats have been decided within three runs.
 
FAIRMONT STATE AT A GLANCE
2024 Record: 29-7
MEC Record: 12-2
Home Record: 12-2
Away Record: 11-3
Neutral Record: 6-2
 
SCOUTING THE FIGHTING FALCONS
Fairmont State owns the MEC's second-best offense with a .335 average and slugging a collective .472. Sophomore outfielder Bella Hess (.478) and senior infielder Emily Riggs (.401) fall inside the top 10 in the conference for batting average. In the circle, freshman pitcher/infielder Delaney Haller has the second-lowest ERA in the league (1.22), only allowing 18 earned runs across 103.0 innings of work. The Mountain Lions have won four of the last five meetings between the two in schools in Athens.