MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- Angelo Russo, Fausto Huerta, David Dixon and Hunter Armstrong collected West Virginia’s first medals of the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championship, at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park on Wednesday. They took second in the 200 medley relay with a time of ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The No. 3 West Virginia rifle team will compete for its nation-best 20th NCAA title at the 2020 NCAA National Championships, as announced Tuesday by the NCAA Rifle Committee. This year’s NCAA Championships will be held March 13-14, at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, Ky. The Mountaineers (9-1, 7-1 GARC) look to reclaim the national championship and earn their sixth title in eight seasons. The qualification is the 13th straight for the Mountaineers. WVU owns a nation-best 19 national titles, and has won six under 14-year coach Jon Hammond, ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — For the first time in program history, the West Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are set to host the Big 12 Championship today until Saturday, at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park. The conference meet moves from Austin, Texas, for the first time since 2012. The tournament is slated to begin at 10 a.m. today, with finals scheduled for 5 p.m. The three remaining days of competition will begin with prelims, starting at 10 a.m., while finals sessions are set to commence at 6 p.m. each day. Admission on Wednesday is free for the entirety of ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A season-high score on balance beam helped the West Virginia gymnastics team sweep the competition Sunday afternoon, with a 196.0 showing in the program’s sixth Beauty and the Beast Meet held at the WVU Coliseum. Western Michigan (7-5, 5-0 MAC) finished second overall with a 195.075 score, and Bowling Green (6-8, 0-5 MAC) placed third with a 194.225 mark. Towson (6-6, 1-3 EAGL) totaled 193.425 and finished fourth. The Mountaineers (10-6, 0-2) nearly swept the event wins, finishing first on uneven bars (48.875), beam (49.175) and floor exercise (49.125). WVU ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Senior Philipp Matlari earned a third-place finish, while the West Virginia golf team tied for seventh Sunday at the Seminole Intercollegiate, hosted by Florida State. Matlari posted four birdies and just one bogey in the final round of play to finish with a three-under 69 on the par-72, 6,695-yard Golden Eagle Country Club Course. The Liemen, Germany, native finished in third place on the individual leaderboard with a final score of 213 (-3) to give WVU a top-five finish at two consecutive events. Additionally, Matlari’s third-place finish is his top ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia tennis team earned its fourth sweep of the season Sunday afternoon, as the Mountaineers defeated Cornell, 4-0, at the Summit Tennis Academy, in Morgantown. With the win, it marks West Virginia’s best start to a season since 1986, when WVU began the season 12-0. “Obviously, it’s good to be back home, to compete at home in our own facility,” WVU coach Miha Lisac said. “It’s good to get a win and continue to build off where we were leading up to this weekend. The match definitely had its ups and downs for us. We had some very good ...
