Loughborough Earns MEC Defensive Player of the Week

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – Sophomore goalkeeper Maddie Loughborough of the Concord University women's soccer team has been selected as the Mountain East Conference Defensive Player of the Week, presented by The Health Plan, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

Loughborough, a native of Bath, England, is the MEC Defensive Player of the Week, after recording her second and third consecutive solo shutouts in games against Charleston and West Virginia State.

In a 0-0 draw at Charleston Wednesday, Loughborough came up with four saves, including a pair of saves over the final five minutes to preserve a point for CU. Against West Virginia State Sunday, Loughborough shut down the previously unbeaten Yellow Jackets—in conference play—as Concord handed WVSU its first loss in an MEC game this year.

Loughborough recorded a season-best five saves in the Mountain Lions' 2-0 win over WVSU. Four of the five saves came between the 64^th and 77^th minutes with CU still clinging to a 1-0 lead.

With the back-to-back shutouts, Concord extended its scoreless streak to 398 consecutive minutes, and for Loughborough it takes her personal streak to 390 minutes.

CU enters Wednesday's home game with Fairmont State having recorded four straight shutouts, a feat that hadn't been accomplished since the 2021 season when the Maroon and Gray notched six straight clean sheets.

Fairmont State's Montserrat Diaz was tabbed as the MEC Offensive Player of the Week.

Kickoff between Concord and FSU is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at Callaghan Stadium.