Concord Continues MEC Road Swing at Davis & Elkins, West Virginia Wesleyan

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University softball team keeps its Mountain East Conference schedule rolling with road doubleheaders against Davis & Elkins Friday at 1:00 p.m. and West Virginia Wesleyan Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Davis & Elkins and West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information departments will provide live video and statistics for this weekend's games.
 
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SEREIS HISTORY
D&E: Concord leads 26-22
WVWC: West Virginia Wesleyan leads 54-12
 
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST DAVIS & ELKINS
April 27, 2024: Davis & Elkins 2 – Concord 0 (4-3, 9-4) (Elkins, W.Va.)
March 23, 2024: Concord 2 – Davis & Elkins 0 (15-7, 6-5) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 29, 2023: Concord 1 – Davis & Elkins 1 (W, 6-1, L, 3-2/8) (Elkins, W.Va.)
March 25, 2023 Concord 1 – Davis & Elkins 1 (W, 6-0, L, 3-1) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 30, 2022: Davis & Elkins 2 – Concord 0 (5-4, 8-5) (Elkins, W.Va.)
 
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
April 26, 2024: West Virginia Wesleyan 1 – Concord 1 (L, 1-0, W,4-2) (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
March 24, 2024: West Virginia Wesleyan 1 – Concord 1 (L, 4-1, W, 5-4) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 27, 2023: West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – Concord 0 (L, 8-0, L, 5-3) (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
March 26, 2023: West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – Concord 0 (L, 11-0, L, 2-0) (Athens, W.Va.)
April 29, 2022: West Virginia Wesleyan 2 – Concord 0 (L, 5-1, L, 8-0) (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
 
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2025 Record: 8-13
MEC Record: 3-1
Home Record: 1-1
Away Record: 4-8
Neutral Record: 3-4
 
PHENOMENAL PITCHING
The Mountain Lions began MEC action 3-1 after a stellar performance inside the circle. In its opening four games, CU only allowed six runs across four games including a pair of shutouts. Freshman pitcher/utility Mahailey Nicholson pitched five shutout innings to earn the victory in game one against West Virginia State and struck out a career-high six. In game one against Charleston, junior pitcher/infielder Madison Hollis tossed a complete game shutout while surrendering only four hits with three punch outs. Sophomore pitcher Josi Ervin followed up Hollis' performance with a complete game shutout of her own, only giving up two hits and fanning two UC hitters. It was the first sweep over Charleston since the 2019 season, and the first doubleheader shutout since CU shut down Bluefield State last March.
 
BIG TIME BATS
Concord scored eight runs in its first four conference games with six runs batted in. Junior outfielder Alina Giles drove in the lone RBI in the 3-2 game one win over WVSU while junior infielder Lacie Lewis, senior infielder Courtney Raines, and Hollis collected RBI in game two against the Yellow Jackets. However, it was sophomore infielder Kendall Morgan that had the most clutch performance against Charleston. The King George, Va. native drove in the only two runs scored against the Golden Eagles in a pair of 1-0 victories. She struck early in game one, giving the Mountain Lions a 1-0 advantage in the first inning and let the pitching staff dominate the rest of the way. Then, in game two, Morgan broke the scoring silence with an RBI single in the third inning for her 10th run batted in of the season.
 
RECENT MEETINGS
The Maroon and Gray split the season series 2-2 with both Davis & Elkins and West Virginia Wesleyan in 2024 with CU sweeping the Senators in Athens and going 1-1 at home and on the road against the Bobcats. Raines led CU with four RBI against D&E last season while Lewis added a three-hit game and Morgan crushed a two-run homerun at the CU Softball Field. Against WVWC, Hollis only gave up one run across six innings of work on the road and Ervin punched out five while giving up two earned runs in while pitching all seven innings in Athens. Morgan led the offensive charge against West Virginia Wesleyan as well, driving in four runs while adding a triple and a double.
 
DAVIS & ELKINS AT A GLANCE
2025 Record: 6-19
MEC Record: 1-3
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 3-8
Neutral Record: 3-11
 
SCOUTING THE SENATORS
Davis & Elkins went 1-3 in its first four MEC games and has three hitters batting over .300. Junior utility Ashlyn Zapach leads the Senators in batting average (.394), but senior first baseman/pitcher Linzey Allard is hitting .379 with five home runs. Senior pitcher Saylor Kneeland is 4-1 in the circle with 37 strikeouts in 57.2 innings of work.
 
WEST VIRGINA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
2025 Record: 6-18
MEC Record: 2-2
Home Record: 0-0
Away Record: 2-2
Neutral Record: 4-16
 
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
WVWC split its MEC opening sets against Fairmont State and Frostburg State with a pair of extra-inning contests against the Fighting Falcons. Senior pitcher Kendall Stoffel sports a 2.85 ERA and shut down CU last season, giving up one run in 14.0 innings with 18 strikeouts. Junior catcher Andie Dizon ranks second in the MEC in batting average (.478) with 22 runs batted in.