WVU Varsity Sports Report Presented By: Koshinski Named Student-Athlete of the Week Picture of the Week Koshinski MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (January 9, 2017) – Two event wins and two career-high scores were enough for sophomore gymnast Kirah Koshinski to earn this Photo Credit: Missouri Athletic Club week’s WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments. Buchanan holds the MAC Hermann Trophy after winning college soccer’s most prestigious award. Buchanan is the A native of Berwick, Pennsylvania, Koshinski’s first Mountaineer student-athlete to claim the storied award performance at Maryland on Jan. 8 helped the and is the first defender to win the honor since Cat Reddick Mountaineers earn a 194.4-193.95 victory over the (North Carolina) did in 2003. Terrapins in their 2017 season opener. Koshinski WVU Athletes of the Week matched her vault career high of 9.925 for the event Spring 2017 win. She also finished first on floor with a 9.85 total. Additionally, she equaled her balance beam career Week 1: Kirah Koshinski, Gymnastics high of 9.8 and finished second on the event. An NACGC/W All-American, Koshinski’s career event win total now stands at 11. She has scored a 9.8 or better in all but nine of her 38 collegiate routines. Additionally, she owns six career vault scores of 9.9 or better and ranks No. 8 in program history. Issue 19, January 9, 2017 WVU Varsity Sports Report head coach: mike carey This Week in Women’s Basketball: No. 18/16 West Virginia hits the road for a 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT contest at Texas Tech on Wednesday, Jan. 11 … Wednesday’s contest will be televised on FOX College Sports Atlantic and FOX Sports Southwest Plus ... WVU returns home to host No. 16 Texas on Saturday, Jan. 14 in a 4 p.m. contest at the WVU Coliseum … the game is Superhero Day, as well as the Alumni Game recognizing all former Mountaineer women’s basketball players, coaches and staff … tickets for Saturday’s game are $1 courtesy of United Bank and may be purchased online at WVUGAME.com or by calling the Mountaineer Ticket Office at 1-800-WVU GAME. Last Week in Women’s Basketball: West Virginia split last week with a 1-1 record … the Mountaineers fell 91-56 to No. 2/2 Baylor on Wednesday … junior Teana Muldrow scored 16 points in the victory … West Virginia bounced back with an 83-73 win over No. 20/24 Oklahoma on Sunday … five Mountaineers reached double-figure scoring … Lanay Montgomery tallied 16 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and four steals in the win … Tynice Martin inked her first double-double with a team-leading 18 points and a career-high 11 rebounds … other double-figure contributors included 15 from Alexis Brewer, 11 from Muldrow and 10 from Katrina Pardee. Notes: After defeating No. 20 Oklahoma 83-73 in the WVU Coliseum, WVU improved to 5-0 against the Sooners in Morgantown … the victory marked the 43rd time the Mountaineers have defeated a team ranked in the AP Poll since 1980 … with a game-high 18 points and 11 rebounds, Tynice Martin recorded her first career double-double … Martin has now scored in double-figures in 18 straight games … Martin also secured a career-high 11 rebounds … after scoring 11 points against the Sooners, Teana Muldrow has scored in double-figures in seven straight games … Alexis Brewer tied a career-high with six made field goals … Chania Ray dished out a game-high 10 assists and has had multiple assists in 18 straight games … Lanay Montgomery secured a game-high 14 rebounds and scored 16 points to record her 14th career double-double … Montgomery has tallied a rebound in 90 straight games … Montgomery now has 781 career rebounds and has moved into eighth place on WVU’s career rebounding list, passing Dionne Morris … Montgomery also blocked four shots and has blocked a shot in each of the last 11 games and in 50 of the last 53 … Montgomery became just the fourth-player in WVU history to record at least four blocks, four steals and score more than ten points in a game … the last WVU player to do it was Madina Ali against Duquesne on November 17, 2010 … five Mountaineers scored in double-digits against Oklahoma, marking the third time this season that five players have scored 10 or more points. Coach Mike Carey after Sunday’s win over Oklahoma: “We needed to get a win. Give a lot of credit to the players. I thought we got a little tired in the second half and that’s why we got into foul trouble, because we got tired. We were able to pull out the win, so that was a big win. I thought Lanay Montgomery played well. Teana (Muldrow) played well when she was in there. Tynice (Martin) played well. Alexis Brewer, boy was it nice to have her back this game. It really makes a big difference when you have someone to put in when someone isn’t playing well, so at least we had Alexis to go in and play well off the bench, which made a big difference today.” Head Coach: Jason Butts This Week in Gymnastics: The No. 19-ranked Mountaineers continue their season-opening road trip at Pitt on Friday, Jan. 13, at 6:30 p.m., inside Fitzgerald Field House … the meet will be streamed on the ACC Network and can be viewed on WatchESPN or the WatchESPN app. Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU opened its 2017 season with a comeback, 194.4-193.95 win at Maryland on Jan. 8 … WVU earned the team wins on vault (48.975-48.525) and floor (48.3-47.925) and tallied scores of 48.45 on bars and 48.675 on beam … sophomore Kirah Koshinski earned two event wins, matching her career-high score of 9.925 on vault and tallying 9.85 on floor … junior Jordan Gillette scored a career-best 9.9 on beam and earned the event win … freshman Chloe Cluchey paced the team on bars and finished second overall with a 9.775 score. Notes: WVU trailed UMD 146.025-145.725 moving into the fourth rotation … Koshinski also matched a career high on beam and placed second with a 9.8 mark … with the wins, Koshinski pushed her career victory total to 11 … four freshmen made their career debuts Sunday: Cluchey, Kassidy Cumber, Abby Kaufman and Julia Merwin … senior Alexa Goldberg passed the 1,000-career point plateau and now shows 1,021.725 points … with the win, WVU improved its series advantage to 38-18-1 … the Mountaineers are now 5-6 in season-opening meets under sixth-year coach Jason Butts. Issue 19, January 9, 2017 WVU Varsity Sports Report Head Coach: Sean Cleary This Week in Track and Field: After a month hiatus, the Mountaineers will host their second and final home meet of the season with the WVU Open on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 9:00 a.m. at the WVU Shell Building. Last Week in Track and Field: West Virginia did not compete. Notes: The Mountaineers claimed three victories at home in their indoor season opener at the Marty Pushkin Classic on Dec. 3 … sophomore Faith Penny won the event, jumping a career-best mark of 1.73 meters … in the women’s triple jump, sophomore Shamoya McNeil won, leaping 12.41 meters … the third victory came from a West Virginia relay team of junior Bria Welker, McNeil, junior Meghan Jean-Baptiste and sophomore Chaqieta Robinson in the women’s 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:12.95. head coach: sammie henson This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers (0-7, 0-0) head to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to compete at the Pitt Duals on Saturday, Jan. 14… Pitt will host the event at Fitzgerald Field House… West Virginia is slated to face Binghamton, Rider and Harvard starting at 9 a.m. Last Week in Wrestling: WVU spent eight days on the West Coast, taking on a pair of California teams… on Tuesday, the Mountaineers dropped 19-18 dual at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo… Devin Brown picked up a major decision at 125 pounds, while Dylan Cottrell claimed a tech. fall at 165 in his return from injury… West Virginia fell 19-18 to CSU Bakersfield on Wednesday in Bakersfield… Cory Stainbrook (133) and Christian Monserrat (149) each won by fall, while Brown won in sudden victory over a ranked opponent. Notes: No. 4 Dylan Cottrell returned to the mat after missing the previous eight weeks due to injury… Christian Monserrat picked up his third pin of the season, including his second in dual match action… Cory Stainbrook also scored his second dual-match pin of the season… the two are tied for the team lead with nine wins each… Devin Brown earned his first bonus-point win and his first win over a ranked opponent. Coach Sammie Henson after falling to CSU Bakersfield: “Our men wrestled hard tonight. I couldn’t be prouder of Devin Brown and his big win. We were a team tonight. It’s great to see these men growing.” Issue 19, January 9, 2017 WVU Varsity Sports Report Head Coach: Jon Hammond This Week in Rifle: The No. 2-ranked Mountaineers (7-0, 5-0) resume their competition season against No. 7 Alaska-Fairbanks on Tuesday, Jan. 10 … the first of four relays is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m.