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 ...
OMAHA, Neb. – Tyrus Hall’s blooper down the right field line in the eighth inning Friday – WVU head coach Steve Sabins admitted later – put the wheels in motion on what was about to be a historic day inside Charles Schwab Field. “Hall gets that hit down the line and I start ...
OMAHA, Neb. – It took all of two years as a head coach for Steve Sabins to reach a major coaching milestone Friday. His moment of glory was brief. “I’d stay here and celebrate, but I’ve got a game to get to,” the WVU head baseball coach said, as he rushed down a hallway inside ...