WVU Varsity Sports Report

Presented By: Sear Named Student-Athlete of the Week Picture of the Week

Sear MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (April 16, 2018) – Following his Photo By: Dale Sparks / All-Pro Photography individual runner-up finish at Penn State’s Rutherford WVU outfielder Darius Hill waits on-deck during the Intercollegiate last weekend, junior Max Sear of the West Mountaineers’ 3-2 win over Penn State at PNC Park in Virginia University golf team has been named the WVU Pittsburgh on April 10. Hill scored the game-winning run in Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University the 10th inning. Apartments.

Sear shot a five-under par 209, his lowest 54-hole total of the year. The Unionville, Ontario, Canada, native carded a four-under 67 in the first round, before shooting one-under WVU Athletes of the Week 70 in round two. He finished one-over with a 72 on the final Spring 2018 round. Sear’s performance was his fifth top-10 finish of the season. Sear also helped the Mountaineers to a second-place Week 1: Zeke Moisey, wrestling team finish at the event. Week 2: Morgan Bullock, women’s swimming and diving Week 3: McKenna Linnen, gymnastics Week 4: Morgan Phillips, rifle The WVU golf team is set to compete in the Big 12 Week 5: Madelin Gardner, track and field Championship, at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Week 6: Giovanna Caputo, tennis Oklahoma, from April 23-25. Week 7: Matthew Sharpstene, golf Week 8: Jake Armstrong, Tristen Di Sibio, men’s swimming; Ginny Thrasher, rifle Week 9: Braden Zarbnisky, baseball Week 10: Morgan Phillips, rifle Week 11: Zeke Moisey, wrestling Week 12: Teana Muldrow, women’s basketball Week 13: Jackson Wolf, baseball Week 14: Marques Inman, baseball Week 15: Max Sear, golf

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Head Coach: Randy Mazey This Week in Baseball: This week, WVU travels to Pitt for a midweek matchup before a three-game home series against Kansas State … the week begins with the Backyard Brawl on Tuesday, April 17, at 6 p.m. ET, in Pittsburgh … the matchup comes six days after WVU beat the Panthers at home, 12-1 … from April 20-22, West Virginia hosts Kansas State at Monongalia County Ballpark, with first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 20 … the series continues on Saturday at 4 p.m. before Sunday’s finale at 1 p.m. … tickets for all three home games are available at WVUGAME.com, by calling 1-800- WVU GAME, at the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum or on game day at Monongalia County Ballpark … Friday’s promotions include Friday Night Happy Hour, with half-off beverages from 5:30-6:30, and all fans can play Baseball Bingo … Saturday is a True Blue game and Family Day, where fans can purchase four tickets and receive a $10 concession voucher for just $25 … an exclusive WVU baseball t-shirt will be given away to the first 500 fans at Saturday’s game, while 3,000 blue shakers also will be given away … Saturday also is Social Media Day, where fans will have a chance to participate in promotions throughout the game via social media ... finally, Sunday is the second trading card giveaway of the season, along with Kids Day and postgame autographs and running the bases, with a new Kids Zone Presented by WVU Medicine Children’s and Mr. Twister’s Balloon Art and Face Painting.

Last Week in Baseball: West Virginia went 3-2 last week, with midweek wins over Penn State at PNC Park and at home vs. Pitt before a 1-2 series vs. Oklahoma State … WVU opened the week with a 3-2, 10-inning victory over Penn State at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, as Chase Illig drove in the game-winner with a 10th-inning single after PSU tied the game in the ninth … West Virginia scored 12 runs on 15 hits and added 14 strikeouts on the mound in Wednesday’s 12-1 win over Pitt … WVU pitchers, led by Isaiah Kearns, combined to hold the Panthers to one run on four hits, as Kearns struck out a career-best eight in 5.0 innings to earn the win … Jimmy Galusky and Brandon White had a career-high four hits each, while Darius Hill had a career-best five RBIs … the Mountaineers’ four-game win streak was snapped with a 7-4 loss to Oklahoma State in the series opener on April 13, as OSU scored three in the third and three unearned runs in the fourth, both via three-run home runs … Kyle Gray had a career-high four hits with a home run … WVU evened the series the next day with a 10-7 win, thanks to a six-run first inning and a two-run home run by Marques Inman in the eighth … the Mountaineers batted around in the first to take a 6-1 lead and OSU cut WVU’s lead to one, at 8-7, before Inman’s homer … Tyler Doanes drove in three runs on two hits, for his first career RBIs and first multi-hit and multi-RBI game of his career … Kade Strowd pitched 5.0 innings and struck out 10 batters, the second time this season he has notched double-digit strikeouts, while earning the win, and Alek Manoah notched his first save of the year … Oklahoma State won Sunday’s finale, 6-4, as OSU rallied with three runs in the sixth and two in the seventh to stay tied atop the Big 12 standings … Inman had three hits in the loss, his third consecutive multi-hit game.

Notes: West Virginia (16-17, 2-7 Big 12) has won five of its last seven games and plays all but three games in April at home … West Virginia plays Pitt for the second time in six days after improving to 107-88 in the all-time series with a 12-1 win last week … WVU has won four in a row and nine of the last 12 in the Backyard Brawl … the Mountaineers improved to 2-0 at PNC Park with a 3-2 win over Penn State and have played at the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates in back-to-back seasons … Saturday’s crowd of 2,558 is the ninth-largest home crowd in team history and the 25th time the Mountaineers have drawn more than 2,500 fans … Kyle Gray hit his team-high-tying sixth homer of the season and ninth of his career on Friday … Marques Inman had a career-best four RBIs and hit his fifth home run of the year and eighth of his career on Saturday … Last week, Gray extended his hit streak to a team-leading 10 consecutive games, while Darius Hill’s hit streak is at nine consecutive games … Braden Zarbnisky extended his reached-base streak to 10 consecutive games, while Gray has reached base safely in 11 games in a row.

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Head Coach: Sean Covich

This Week in Golf: The Mountaineers are off until the 2018 Big 12 Championship, fromApril 23-25.

Last Week in Golf: The West Virginia golf team finished runner-up at the 42nd Annual Rutherford Intercollegiate, hosted by Penn State at the Penn State Blue Golf Course in State College, Pennsylvania, on Saturday and Sunday … WVU shot 280-287-292=859 to finish seven-over par, second to the host No. 42 Nittany Lions … the Mountaineers’ third-round score of 292 tied for the second-best round of the day … four Mountaineers finished in the top 20 of the standings … junior Max Sear paced the team with a runner-up finish, shooting 67-70-72=209 to finish four-under par and three strokes back from medalist Cole Miller ofenn P State … sophomore Etienne Papineau tied for eighth place at one over with a 214 … freshmen Matthew Sharpstene and Mark Goetz posted matching scores of 218 for five over, tying for 18th place.

Notes: In just their third season of varsity competition, WVU has posted a pair of wins and a trio of runner-up finishes on the season … the team earned titles at the Janney VCU Shootout and the Martin Downs Collegiate, and finished as the runner-up at The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational, the Furman Intercollegiate and the Rutherford Intercollegiate … Sear’s individual runner-up finish was his sixth top-20 finish of the season … five of those finishes came inside the top 10 … his 54-hole total of 209 is a season-low for Sear and ties the team’s season low as well … Sear leads WVU with a 72.35 scoring average for 0.65 vs. par … Papineau’s eighth- place finish was his fourth top-20 finish and third top-10 finish in tournament play this season … he ranks second on the squad with a 73.06 scoring average.

Head Coach: Miha Lisac

This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers return to the Mountain State this weekend to conclude their regular season with a pair of matchups against No. 13 Texas Tech on Friday, and TCU on Sunday … Friday’s match is slated to begin at 5 p.m. ET, while first serve from Sunday’s contest will be at 11 a.m. … WVU will honor two seniors, Lyn Yuen Choo and Yvon Martinez, who have made a tremendous impact on the WVU Tennis program.

Last Week in Tennis: West Virginia (7-11, 1-6 Big 12) dropped a pair of matches against ranked conference opponents, falling to No. 25 Baylor, 4-0, on Friday, and No. 5 Texas, 4-0, on Sunday … on Friday, the Mountaineers dropped the doubles point to the Lady Bears ... BU also won the first three singles matches to win the contest … after taking the doubles point, No. 5 Texas powered past WVU in singles play to win the match, 4-0, on Sunday.

Notes: Choo and freshman Giovanna Caputo lead the Mountaineers in singles play with eight wins apiece … the doubles pair of Choo and Paula Goetz pace the Mountaineers with nine wins in doubles action.

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Head Coach: Sean Cleary

This Week in Track and Field: WVU travels to Charlottesville, Virginia, to compete in the Virginia Challenge, from April 20-21.

Last Week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers competed in Bucknell University’s Bison Outdoor Classic, from April 14-15, earning six top-10 finishes … WVU’s 4x800 relay team of redshirt senior Amy Cashin, redshirt sophomore Candace Jones and redshirt freshmen Antigone Archer and Abby Colbert earned a victory in 9:19.98 on Sunday … Archer also finished second in the women’s 3,000 meters with a time of 10:17.48 … senior pole vaulter Sara Finfrock registered an outdoor personal-best mark of 4.02 meters (13 feet, 2.25 inches), placing fourth in the event, while freshman Ellie Gardner (3.85 meters – 12 feet, 7.50 inches) finished fifth … on Saturday, junior Faith Penny matched her outdoor career-best mark of 1.66 meters (5 feet, 5.25 inches) in the women’s high jump en route to a sixth-place finish … redshirt freshman Kyrielle illiamsW tied for 10th in the event.

Notes: Finfrock’s mark in the women’s pole vault was an outdoor personal best and ranks No. 3 in program history … WVU is set to compete at Virginia in back-to-back weekends; the team returns to Charlottesville on Saturday, April 28, for the Virginia Grand Prix … this weekend marks the sixth consecutive season in which the Mountaineers will compete at the Virginia Challenge, dating back to the 2012-13 campaign … at last year’s event, redshirt junior Madelin Gardner broke the outdoor school record in the pole vault, earning a mark of 4.13 meters (13 feet, 6.5 inches) while tying for the event victory … junior Danique Bryan also had a strong meet, winning the long jump with a mark of 6.25 meters (20 feet, 6.25 inches), as well as earning a runner-up finish in the triple jump with a then-career-best jump of 12.99 meters (42 feet, 7.5 inches) … the Virginia Challenge is the second stop in the team’s five consecutive weeks of action.

Head Coach: Jimmy King This Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers will travel to Fairfax Station, Virginia, on Sunday, April 22, to compete at the second annu- al George Mason Invitational … the George Mason Invite is a unique race, as it pits three conferences against each other as opposed to the normal school vs. school race style … the Big 12, Atlantic 10 and Colonial will each have teams competing in the contest … WVU will compete against Big 12 foes Kansas and Old Dominion in the morning session, before taking on the other conferences in the afternoon.

Last Week in Rowing: West Virginia was off last week.

Notes: In last year’s first-annual George Mason Invite, the Big 12 claimed wins in eight of the nine final races to dominate the inau- gural race … the Big 12 finished in first with 52 points, while theAtlantic 10 placed second with 30 points and the Colonial finished third with 26 points.

Issue 33, April 16, 2018 WVU Varsity Sports Report Baseball Men’s Golf Overall Record: 16-17 Big 12 Record: 2-7

Date Opponent Result/Time Date Opponent Result/Time Feb. 16 at Jacksonville W, 5-4 Sept. 18 Janney VCU Shootout (Richmond, Va.) 1st Place Feb. 17 at Jacksonville L, 4-7 Sept. 19 Janney VCU Shootout (Richmond, Va.) 1st Place Feb. 18 at Jacksonville L, 1-2 Oct. 9 The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational 3rd Place Feb. 23 vs. VCU (Conway, S.C.) L, 2-6 Oct. 10 The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational 2nd Place Feb. 24 vs. Illinois (Conway, S.C.) W, 10-8 Oct. 22 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (Windermere, Fla.) 15th Place Feb. 24 vs. VCU (Conway, S.C.) L, 5-8 Oct. 23 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (Windermere, Fla.) 16th Place Feb. 25 at Coastal Carolina L, 2-5 Oct. 24 Tavistock Collegiate Invitational (Windermere, Fla.) 16th Place Mar. 2 at Western Kentucky W, 7-5 Nov. 3 Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational (Lahaina, HI) 5th Place Mar. 3 at Western Kentucky W, 11-9 Nov. 4 Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational (Lahaina, HI) 13th Place Mar. 4 at Western Kentucky W, 7-1 Nov. 5 Ka’anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational (Lahaina, HI) T-14th Place Mar. 9 at Middle Tennessee State L, 7-8 Feb. 4 vs. Penn State (Orlando, Fla.) L, 378-363 Mar. 10 at Middle Tennessee State W, 8-4 Feb. 11 Martin Downs Collegiate (Palm City, Fla.) 7th Place Mar. 11 at Middle Tennessee State W, 10-4 Feb. 12 Martin Downs Collegiate (Palm City, Fla.) 4th Place Mar. 13 at Tennessee Tech L, 0-8 Feb. 13 Martin Downs Collegiate (Palm City, Fla.) 1st Place Mar. 14 at Tennessee Tech L, 1-9 Feb. 24 Seminole Intercollegiate (Tallahassee, Fla.) T-6th Place Mar. 16 Canisius W, 10-9 Feb. 25 Seminole Intercollegiate (Tallahassee, Fla.) 9th Place Mar. 17 Canisius W, 2-0 Mar. 18 Hayt Invitational (Pointe Vedra Beach, Fla.) 12nd Place Mar. 18 Canisius L, 3-4 Mar. 19 Hayt Invitational (Pointe Vedra Beach, Fla.) T-14th Place Mar. 20 LaSalle Ppd. Mar. 23 Furman Intercollegiate (Greenville, S.C.) 5th Place Mar. 23 at Oklahoma* L, 6-19 Mar. 24 Furman Intercollegiate (Greenville, S.C.) 2nd Place Mar. 24 at Oklahoma* L, 2-10 Mar. 25 Furman Intercollegiate (Greenville, S.C.) 2nd Place Mar. 24 at Oklahoma* L, 1-2 Apr. 7 Irish Creek Collegiate (Kannapolis, N.C.) 7th Place Mar. 27 Pitt Ppd. Apr. 8 Irish Creek Collegiate (Kannapolis, N.C.) 6th Place Mar. 29 at Texas Tech* W, 1-0 Apr. 14 Rutherford Intercollegiate (State College, Pa.) 3rd Place Mar. 30 at Texas Tech* L, 1-4 Apr. 15 Rutherford Intercollegiate (State College, Pa.) 2nd Place Mar. 31 at Texas Tech* L, 5-8 Apr. 23 Big 12 Championship (Tulsa, Okla.) 8:00 a.m. Apr. 3 at Penn State Ppd. Apr. 24 Big 12 Championship (Tulsa, Okla.) 8:00 a.m. Apr. 3 Niagara W, 9-6 Apr. 25 Big 12 Championship (Tulsa, Okla.) 8:00 a.m. Apr. 6 UNLV L, 4-11 Apr. 6 UNLV W, 8-7 Apr. 8 UNLV W, 7-5 All times Eastern Apr. 10 vs. Penn State (PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.) W, 3-2 Apr. 11 Pitt W, 12-1 Apr. 13 Oklahoma State* L, 4-7 Apr. 14 Oklahoma State* W, 10-7 Apr. 15 Oklahoma State* L, 4-6 Apr. 17 at Pitt 6:00 p.m. Apr. 20 Kansas State* 6:30 p.m. Apr. 21 Kansas State* 4:00 p.m. Apr. 22 Kansas State* 1:00 p.m. Apr. 24 vs. Marshall (Charleston, W.Va.) 6:00 p.m. Apr. 27 Texas* 6:30 p.m. Apr. 28 Texas* 4:00 p.m. Apr. 29 Texas* 1:00 p.m. May 1 Maryland 6:30 p.m. May 4 at Kansas* 7:00 p.m. May 5 at Kansas* 3:00 p.m. May 6 at Kansas* 2:00 p.m. May 9 Virginia Tech 6:30 p.m. May 11 at TCU* 7:30 p.m. May 12 at TCU* 5:00 p.m. May 13 at TCU* 2:00 p.m. May 15 Marshall 6:30 p.m. May 17 Baylor* 6:30 p.m. May 18 Baylor* 6:30 p.m. May 19 Baylor* 1:00 p.m.

* - Big 12 Conference Game All times Eastern

Issue 33, April 16, 2018 WVU Varsity Sports Report Women’s Tennis Track and Field Overall Record: 7-11 Big 12 Record: 1-6

Date Opponent Result/Time Date Opponent Result/Time Feb. 3 James Madison L, 1-6 Dec. 2 Marty Pushkin Track Classic NTR Feb. 4 VCU L, 2-4 Jan. 13 WVU Open NTR Feb. 10 George Washington W, 4-3 Jan. 19 YSU College Invitational (Youngstown, Ohio) NTR Feb. 16 at Akron W, 5-2 Jan. 26 PSU National Open (University Park, Pa.) NTR Feb. 17 vs. East Tennessee State (Akron, Ohio) L, 1-6 Jan. 27 PSU National Open (University Park, Pa.) NTR Feb. 24 Buffalo W, 4-3 Feb. 2 Akron Invitational (Akron, Ohio) NTR Feb. 25 Towson W, 5-2 Feb. 3 Akron Invitational (Akron, Ohio) NTR Mar. 4 Old Dominion L, 0-4 Feb. 9 Marshall Invitational (Huntington, W.Va.) NTR Mar. 11 at Maryland L, 1-6 Feb. 10 Marshall Invitational (Huntington, W.Va.) NTR Mar. 16 at Oklahoma* L, 2-4 Feb. 10 David Hemery Invite (Boston, Mass.) NTR Mar. 18 at Oklahoma State* L, 1-4 Feb. 17 Penn State Tune-Up (University Park, Pa.) NTR Mar. 23 Duquesne W, 4-2 Feb. 23 Big 12 Indoor Championship (Ames, Iowa) 9th Place Mar. 24 Iowa State* W, 4-1 Feb. 24 Big 12 Indoor Championship (Ames, Iowa) 9th Place Mar. 31 at Marshall W, 4-3 Mar. 9 NCAA Indoor Championships (College Station, Texas) NTR Apr. 6 Kansas State* L, 1-4 Mar. 10 NCAA Indoor Championships (College Station, Texas) NTR Apr. 8 Kansas* L, 0-4 Mar. 16 49er Classic (Charlotte, N.C.) NTR Apr. 13 at Baylor* L, 0-4 Mar. 17 49er Classic (Charlotte, N.C.) NTR Apr. 15 at Texas* L, 0-4 Mar. 30 Stanford Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) NTR Apr. 20 Texas Tech* 5:00 p.m. Mar. 30 Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, N.C.) NTR Apr. 22 TCU* 11:00 a.m. Mar. 31 Stanford Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) NTR Apr. 26 Big 12 Championship (Austin, Texas) TBA Mar. 31 Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, N.C.) NTR Apr. 27 Big 12 Championship (Austin, Texas) TBA Apr. 14 Bison Outdoor Classic (Lewisburg, Pa.) NTR Apr. 28 Big 12 Championship (Austin, Texas) TBA Apr. 15 Bison Outdoor Classic (Lewisburg, Pa.) NTR Apr. 29 Big 12 Championship (Austin, Texas) TBA Apr. 20 Virginia Challenge (Charlotteville, Va.) 11:00 a.m. Apr. 21 Virginia Challenge (Charlotteville, Va.) 9:00 a.m. * - Big 12 Conference Game Apr. 28 Virginia Grand Prix (Charlotteville, Va.) 11:00 a.m. All times Eastern May 4 Billy Hayes Invitational (Bloomington, Ind.) TBA May 11 Big 12 Outdoor Championship (Waco, Texas) TBA May 12 Big 12 Outdoor Championship (Waco, Texas) TBA May 13 Big 12 Outdoor Championship (Waco, Texas) TBA May 24 NCAA East Preliminary Regional (Tampa, Fla.) TBA May 25 NCAA East Preliminary Regional (Tampa, Fla.) TBA May 26 NCAA East Preliminary Regional (Tampa, Fla.) TBA May 27 NCAA East Preliminary Regional (Tampa, Fla.) TBA June 6 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, Ore.) TBA June 7 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, Ore.) TBA June 8 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, Ore.) TBA June 9 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, Ore.) TBA

All times Eastern

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Date Opponent Result/Time Mar. 25 Cooper Sprints (Cherry Hill, N.J.) N/A Apr. 7 Big 12 Duals (Norfolk, Va.) N/A Apr. 8 at Old Dominion Cancelled Apr. 22 at George Mason Invitational 9:00 a.m. Apr. 28 at St. Joseph’s 9:00 a.m. Apr. 28 vs. Delaware (Philadelphia, Pa.) 9:00 a.m. Apr. 28 vs. Navy (Philadelphia, Pa.) 9:00 a.m. May 12 Big 12 Championship (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) 10:00 a.m.

All times Eastern

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