OMAHA, Neb. – As impressive as Dawson Montesa was on the mound Tuesday for West Virginia, turns out it just may be the second-best part of his game. It pales in comparison, though, to what the Queens, N.Y. native can do in the outfield. “During (batting practice), he's catching ...
OMAHA, Neb. – The ball drifted into the afternoon air inside Charles Schwab Field, carrying with it about 134 years worth of hopes, dreams, near misses and never-even-closes. When it landed 395 feet later, Gavin Kelly had himself a home run to remember. West Virginia had itself a trip to ...
OMAHA, Neb. – There is the unfortunate feeling of being one game away from elimination now for West Virginia in the College World Series. It is not exactly an uncomfortable feeling for a group that was in the exact same position just two weeks ago in Morgantown, when the Mountaineers ...
OMAHA, Neb. – In the end, West Virginia’s 5-2 loss against North Carolina in the College World Series simply completed a 360-degree spin for the Mountaineers. WVU entered Sunday one win away from reaching college baseball’s Final Four. It exited Charles Schwab Field in the exact same ...
OMAHA, Neb. – Brodie Kresser said he was thinking double play when he saw the ground ball off the bat of North Carolina’s Jake Schaffner on Sunday night. A double play would have got West Virginia out of the seventh inning tied with North Carolina. Instead, the ball came off hard and ...
OMAHA, Neb. – Maybe it was destiny that led both West Virginia and North Carolina to the College World Series. Their paths to Charles Schwab Field were nearly identical, both filled with adversities faced and heroically overcome. The Mountaineers (46-15) had their moments in the ...
