Complete Schedule
ATHENS, W.Va. – Coming off its third NCAA Tournament appearance since 2019, the Concord University women's soccer team announced its schedule for the 2024 season Wednesday morning.
CU is scheduled for 18 games during the regular season with 15 coming against Mountain East Conference foes and three more versus non-conference challengers. Of the 15 conference contests, ten will be against the MEC South Division—Charleston, Davis & Elkins, Glenville State, West Virginia State and West Virginia Wesleyan—as Concord will play the division home and away. The Mountain Lions will play Fairmont State, Frostburg State, Point Park, West Liberty and Wheeling as part of the MEC North schedule.
All home games in 2024 will be at Callaghan Stadium in Athens.
To begin the season, Concord faces a pair of NCAA Tournament teams from a season ago as the Maroon and Gray travels to Kutztown September 5 before taking on Gannon September 7 with that game being contested at Kutztown.
The first four games of the season will be away from home as the Mountain Lions open MEC play at West Virginia Wesleyan September 15 before heading to West Virginia State September 18.
Back-to-back home games follow with the home opener coming against Davis & Elkins September 22. Defending MEC Champion Charleston visits Athens September 25. And the first month of the season closes at Glenville State September 29.
To open MEC North play, the Mountain Lions oppose Fairmont State on the road October 2.
The final non-conference tilt will be October 6 versus Salem.
After a trip to Wheeling October 9, the Maroon and Gray returns home to face Frostburg State October 13. A second straight home game awaits as CU hosts Point Park for the first time in program history October 16.
The final MEC North contest comes up October 20 at West Liberty.
The second trip through the MEC South sees the Mountain Lions welcome West Virginia Wesleyan and West Virginia State October 23 and October 27, respectively.
Road trips to Davis & Elkins and Charleston are slated for October 30 and November 3 before the regular season wraps up at home versus Glenville State November 6.
SCHEDULE NOTES
-This will be the second straight year that Concord plays Gannon and Kutztown to open the season. Last year, CU tied Gannon 2-2 before losing to Kutztown 2-1. The Mountain Lions also faced KU in the NCAA Tournament, losing 3-2.
-Concord piled up a season-best eight goals at home versus Fairmont State last season with four goals coming in a 22-minute stretch between halves. The 8-2 win came a year after CU was shutout at FSU, 3-0.
-The Mountain Lions outscored Davis & Elkins, 11-1, in a pair of wins last season. The 6-0 home win featured senior midfielders
Leah Fleming and
Nora Voisey tying the single-game program record with three assists each.
-CU leads the all-time series with Frostburg State 4-2-0, but only the road team has won once with Concord picking up a 2-0 victory in 2021.
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