ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University women's soccer team fell short against West Virginia State, 2-1, in a Mountain East Conference game at Callaghan Stadium Wednesday afternoon.

CU (3-9-2, 3-7-2 MEC) opened the scoring with a goal in the first five minutes, but was unable to overcome the Yellow Jackets (6-3-5-, 6-2-4 MEC) scoring twice in less than three minutes in the second half.

The Concord goal came in the fifth minute when junior defender Ella Rowell won the ball in the midfield and played down the right flank to freshman forward Ela Marit Del Orbe who beat the last line of defense and then powered a shot past the WVSU goalkeeper.

Up 1-0, the Mountain Lions had two great chances to double their lead in the first half. In the seventh minute, sophomore midfielder Daisy Cook flipped a header just wide right while she was in the middle of another scoring chance in the 41^st minute. Cook's sharp-angled shot was deflected by the West Virginia State goalie and landed right to sophomore forward Alana Ferguson who missed a volley high of the target.

West Virginia State tied the game in the 61^st minute, and took the lead in the 63^rd minute after scoring off a corner kick that was unable to be cleared by CU.

Concord was outshot 17-12 in the game. Five different Mountain Lions had two shots in the game with Marit Del Orbe, Rowell and junior midfielder Stephanie Tovar all recording a shot on goal.

Junior goalkeeper Maddie Loughborough made six saves in the contest.

CU begins a two-game road trip 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Glenville State.