ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team scored twice in the second half and recorded its fourth straight shutout in a 2-0 win over West Virginia State Sunday afternoon in a Mountain East Conference game at Callaghan Stadium.
Even though the Mountain Lions (3-2-2, 3-0-2) MEC dominated possession and the run of play in the first half, Concord did not breakthrough until the 55
th minute. On CU's fourth corner kick of the game, junior forward
Stephanie Tovar delivered a low line drive that landed in the middle of the six-yard box and was flicked in by freshman midfielder
Daisy Cook for her first career goal.
CU continued to control play over the next few minutes until West Virginia State (4-3, 4-1 MEC) took four of its nine shots between the 64
th and 77
th minutes. Sophomore goalkeeper
Maddie Loughborough was called on to make a sprawling save in the 75
th minute to preserve the goal advantage.
The Mountain Lions doubled their lead in the 78
th minute when after a free kick, a bounding ball was struck by freshman forward
Alana Ferguson and saved. However, the rebound came right back out to Ferguson who tapped a pass to sophomore forward
Taryn Kelly for her first goal of the year.
WVSU only took one more shot in the final 12 minutes, a desperation attempt in the final 10 seconds in the game.
Concord doubled up the Yellow Jackets in total shots, 18-9. Additionally, Concord owned an 11-5 advantage in shots on goal as Tovar took six shots with three on goal. Sophomore midfielder
Tiana Campbell notched five shots with two on target.
Along with Loughborough, the backline of senior
Jessica Neville, sophomore
Ella Rowell and freshman Cecelie Skelde extended CU's scoreless streak to 398 consecutive minutes.
After downing MEC South Division leader West Virginia State Sunday, Concord welcomes MEC North leader Fairmont State to Callaghan Stadium 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.
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