Concord Readies for Road Swing at Emory & Henry, King

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team plays a pair of non-conference road doubleheaders starting with Emory & Henry Saturday at 1:00 p.m., followed by King Sunday beginning at 12:00 p.m.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Emory & Henry and King University Sports Information Departments will provide both live video and statistics for this weekend's games. E&H will livestream its games on FloSports, which requires a subscription to watch.
 
LIVE VIDEO
 
LIVE STATS
 
SERIES HISTORY
E&H: Concord leads 3-1
King: KU leads 9-3
 
ALL-TIME MEETINGS AGAINST EMORY & HENRY
March 21, 2023: Concord 4 – Emory & Henry 2 (Emory, Va.)
March 21, 2023: Concord 1 – Emory & Henry 0 (Emory, Va.)
March 20, 2022: Emory & Henry 8 – Concord 5 (Athens, W.Va.)
March 20, 2022: Concord 3 – Emory & Henry 1 (Athens, W.Va.)
 
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST KING
March 7, 2023: King 5 – Concord 2 (Athens, W.Va.)
March 7, 2023: King 6 – Concord 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
March 2, 2022: King 4 – Concord 3 (Bristol, Tenn.)
March 2, 2022: King 5 – Concord 4 (Bristol, Tenn.)
February 15, 2020: Concord 4 – King 1 (Greenwood, S.C.)
 
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2025 Record: 2-5
Home Record: 1-1
Away Record: 1-3
Neutral Record: 0-1
 
BREAKOUT GAME
Freshman pitcher/utility Mahailey Nicholson picked up her first career win in the circle in game two versus Belmont Abbey last Friday. The Newton, W.Va. native started in the second game of the twinbill and tossed all seven innings, surrendering three earned runs and striking out five Crusaders' hitters. Additionally, she allowed 11 hits but only walked on batter, forcing BAC to leave eight runners on base. All of her runs given up came after the fourth inning, as CU never trailed in the second game. On the season, Nicholson sports a 4.57 earned run average and has struck out 11 hitters across 15.1 innings pitched.
 
TEAM EFFORT
After being limited to just one run in game one against Belmont Abbey, the Mountain Lions responded by jumping ahead early in game two and grinded out a 4-3 win. Everyone pitched in for the Concord offense, as no player logged more than one RBI. Senior infielder Courtney Raines hit an RBI single in the first to get CU on the board. Then, junior catcher/utility Morgan Gleason and freshman utility Blake Jamerson drove in runs in back-to-back plate appearances in the second. Freshman pitcher/outfielder Reghan Hintz tacked on an insurance run in the sixth frame to cap off the doubleheader split. On the season, junior infielder Lacie Lewis (10) and sophomore infielder Kendall Morgan (5) have combined to drive in 15 of the Maroon and Gray's 29 runs.  
 
MOST RECENT MEETINGS
While CU did not face off against Emory & Henry or King last spring, the Mountain Lions played both teams in the 2023 season. King took both games of the doubleheader, with Lewis and Gleason picking up hits in game two of the series. Concord swept both games against E&H two seasons ago, with Raines driving in the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh in game one for a 1-0 victory. In game two, Lewis went 3-for-3 at the dish with an RBI and a run scored.
 
EMORY & HENRY AT A GLANCE
2025 Record: 8-3
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 2-0
Neutral Record: 6-3
 
SCOUTING THE WASPS
E&H began its season with a 32-1 victory over Lees-McRae and picked up two wins over nationally ranked North Georgia to enter Saturday 8-3 on the season. Sophomore infielder Tristyn Tofano leads the Wasps offensively with a .469 batting average with two home runs and a team-best 18 RBI. Three Emory & Henry pitchers post a sub-three ERA led by junior pitcher Malorie Reeves with a 1.07 ERA to lead the South Atlantic Conference.
 
KING AT A GLANCE
2025 Record: 4-4
Home Record: 1-3
Away Record: 2-0
Neutral Record: 1-1
 
SCOUTING THE TORNADO
KU picked up wins over Mountain East Conference foe West Virginia Wesleyan, as well as a 2-1 victory over Emory & Henry through eight games. Graduate outfielder Jessica Campbell leads the Tornado in batting average (.385), home runs (two) and RBI (seven). Junior pitcher/outfielder Savana Luper leads the way in the circle with a 2-1 record and was an earned run shy of tossing a complete game shutout against E&H.