Sheetz Closure Causes Concern Among Students

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something late at night, we are going BY PENNY DE LA CRUZ to have to walk further and/or waste money on Uber eats,” said Deionte ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR Harrilla, a third-year biology student from Pittsburgh. Earlier this month, WVU an- Some students, Harrilla included, nounced in a statement that the Sheetz are looking at the Sheetz closing more convenience store in University Place optimistically, looking more into what will be not be renewing its lease. the building space can become. With all of the people that this store “I mean, if it has to go then it has serves, some students are concerned to go, but I think that they should that food will no longer be as accessi- turn the space into an updated din- ble to them. ing hall for Sunnyside [students] and “Th ere are three dorms, three apart- then turn Summit’s dining hall into a ment complexes and multiple houses bigger downtown gym or a program- in this area that use the Sheetz,” said ming space, like Blue and Gold rooms Lyrek Lockley, a second-year forensics in Towers,” Harrilla said. “I just hope student from Virginia Beach, Virginia. they make use of the space so that it’s Lockley said a lot of people in the most benefi cial to students” Sunnyside area go to that Sheetz, since Other suggestions for what can fi ll the only dining hall in the area, the the vacancy when the Sheetz leaves in- Summit Cafe, closes before some stu- clude putting in a University-owned dents want to eat. convenience store, similar to Lyon’s “Th e [other] closest Sheetz is the Den in Lyon Tower or JACs in the one by Hotel Morgan, and I don’t know Mountainlair, which was replaced by who is going to want to walk all the way Jazzman’s Coff ee earlier this year. over there, but I’m not,” Lockley said. Th e University has requested ad- Th e only other Sheetz store on the ditional information and the ability to Downtown campus is 0.9 miles away pursue all options with the developer, from the one closing, which is around according to the statement, sent to the PHOTO BY KYLE MONROE a 20-minute walk, according to Goo- Daily Athenaeum on Friday.Th e Uni- The Sheetz at University Place is located just off of University Avenue, and is within walking distance of Summit and Honors Halls, as well as the downtown gle Maps. versity does not know what prompted campus. “It sucks because now if you want the decision to not renew the lease. Businesses talk about the effect of homelessness, other issues

BY JHARAD LESTER always out there. They sit on the “You’ll see a lot of people across the street over- Barton said such issues have bench outside and cause prob- negatively affected the business. He STAFF WRITER lems,” said Delvante Barton, a man- dosing, sitting on cars, and all that stuff. The said there are people who sit out- ager at Benny Velino’s, which is on police get called, but it continues to happen” side and cause problems, causing Homelessness and other issues High Street. “They’ll grab at people, many customers to walk past the such as loitering and criminal ac- -Delvante Barton, Benny Velino’s manager get too close to them and ask them restaurant and won’t come back. tivity throughout downtown Mor- gantown are negatively affecting for money and food.” ery couple of weeks because they “That happens a lot,” Barnes Both Barton and Barnes said the businesses on High Street, accord- “They cause problems at least will hang out, ask for money and said. city government has not helped ing to some local business workers, once or twice a week,” Barton said. food and cause disruptions. He said Barton said there was a recent solve the problems faced by the and many say there is not enough Benjamin Barnes, an employee other businesses close by have had fight outside the door that pre- businesses in the community. being done to stop it. at Blue Moose Cafe, said that he has to call the police because some- vented people from entering the See Homeless page 4 “It’s the same people that are to kick people out once or twice ev- body refused to leave. business for at least a half hour.

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While several dangers come with texting and driving, there are many that also come with texting and crossing the street. A popular area for students to cross the street is between Woodburn Circle and the Mountainlair. Dozens of students cross at any given moment, backing up traffi c, sometimes as far as the Willey and High Street intersection. However, while dozens of students cross, few look before doing so. On Friday, between 12:41 p.m. and 12:56 p.m., 254 people crossed the street, according to a DA observation. Of those, 64% did not check for cars before crossing. Cathy Bowers, a Morgan- town resident, said she avoids that area as often as possible. PHOTO BY GABRIELLA BROWN “I only drove through there Students step out in front of a car on University Avenue. once this year,” Bowers said. “It was a nightmare.” crossed the street in the same and pedestrians. While not looking before area. Of those 528 people, 31% “Th ere needs to be either a crossing comes with risks, be- of them were either on their stop light or a crossing guard,” ing distracted as a pedestrian phones or had headphones in. Bowers said. “The students can be just as hazardous. Bowers said safety precau- never yield to the cars. I no- PHOTO BY GABRIELLA BROWN Between 1 p.m. and 1:15 tions should be put into place tice them even running to get Students walk across University Avenue on Friday, Sept. 27. p.m. on Friday, 528 people for the safety of both drivers in front of me so I can’t start.” WVU celebrates 27th annual Peace Tree Ceremony BY HANNAH HEBEL lation, warfare became a per- and Coldspring Longhouse, STAFF WRITER petual part of life for the fi ve provided the ceremony with a nations (Mohawk, Onondaga, welcome song and invocation. Peace, tradition and the Oneida, Cayuga and Seneca), Th e WVU Peace Tree was importance of both within a Jacobs said. originally planted on Sept. 12, community was paramount “Villages were established 1992, but vandals cut down at the 27th annual Peace Tree specifi cally to raise young men the tree on Aug. 8, 1996. A sec- Ceremony on Th ursday. to be warriors,” Jacobs said. ond tree was planted on Oct. More than 80 people at- “By the time they were 14, they 19, 1996, where it still stands tended the ceremony in the were a full-fl edged soldier.” today. Gluck Th eatre and ribbon ty- According to Haudeno- Th e Peace Tree was planted ing that took place at the Peace saunee oral tradition, one to serve as a commitment to Tree between Martin and E. mother decided that she did the rediscovery of America’s Moore Hall after the tradi- not want her daughter grow- Native American heritage, ac- tional tobacco blessing. ing up this way, so she took her cording to an excerpt provided As Jamie Jacobs, member of to the woods to raise her. Th e by the ceremony from Anna the Tonawanda Seneca Tribe daughter then gave birth to a Schein, WVU librarian. and guest of honor, took the son, who as he got older, be- “One thing that I thought of stage, he asked that every- gan promoting peace. when I walked in and saw the one turn to the person next to “He went to the Mohawk tree was that it was a symbol of them, shake their hand and tribe first, and they were peace; it is not peace. We are to say, “I am thankful that you against him,” Jacobs said. “So, be peace,” said Meshea Poore, are well.” he sat down and cooked a vice president of the WVU Di- “Peace isn’t just something meal for the people and asked vision of Diversity, Equity and we read about, it’s something them to greet one another. Inclusion. “We celebrate our we have to act upon,” Jacobs Th is was something that, at diff erences, but at the end of said. “So, to shake each oth- the time, was very powerful the day, we are one.” er’s hands is something that is because the act was some- Poore said for those at- needed in today’s world, es- thing they had begun to take tending to take the message pecially considering what has for granted.” of peace and apply it to every- been going on this last decade. After he went on to unite day life. Th e same thing occurred with the fi ve nations, he planted a “Th e reality is we all pos- PHOTO BY ALAYNA FULLER my ancestors.” white pine tree to symbolize sess the power to put peace The Peace Tree outside Martin Hall. Jacobs served as the cer- peace for future generations. into another, fi rst starting with emonial custodian for the Prior to Jacobs’ telling of ourselves,” Poore said. tance of this event during our seemingly experience deeper needed. Let’s keep recogniz- event, where he discussed the the Great Peacemaker, Blaine Gregory Dunaway, dean of current political and social divides in trust, respect and ing the importance of peace, coming of the Peacemaker. Tallchief, Seneca faithkeeper the Eberly College of Arts and climate. civility,” Dunaway said. “Th is not just in our thoughts, but in Due to the growing popu- and member of the Newtown Sciences, spoke on the impor- “Our society continues to ceremony is still very much our actions.” 4 | NEWS MONDAY, SEPTMEBER 30, 2019

Homelessness just uncomfortable with the people they see around them,” West Virginia to see higher Continued from page 1 Kawecki said. Th e services that Kawecki is “You’ll see a lot of people across the street overdosing, referring to are organizations black bear harvest, similar deer sitting on cars, and all of that in Morgantown that provide stuff ,” Barnes said. “Th e police services like food, medical care get called, but it continues to or a place to sleep. harvest compared to last year happen.” Homelessness has been a In 2010, the Morgantown rising problem in Morgantown for years, according to some lo- hunting during the buck fire- that come from trees and abundant amounts of food City Council and the Monon- BY ALAYNA FULLER cal residents. arms seasons with no per- shrubs. As a result, the spe- for deer. galia County Commission NEWS EDITOR formed the Homelessness “The past ten years have mits required, according to cies will concentrate around Monongalia County is lo- gotten really bad,” said Gaspar. the 2019 West Virginia Mast local areas of food where cated in Central Region Four, Task Force. In 2013, it released Hunters throughout the a plan to reduce homelessness “It just keeps getting worse.” Survey and Hunting Outlook. hunters can easily find them, where the harvest forecast for state of West Virginia can ex- in the area. Among the learn- Jillian Kelly, owner of Ret- Twenty-five counties will according to the state Divi- bow season is similar to last ro-tique, thinks there are many pect a higher black bear har- be open for black bear hunt- sion of Natural Resources. ings mentioned in the plan are vest and similar white-tail year, buck season is similar that the main cause of home- things that the city can do to ing on private land during Despite a decrease in to last year, antlerless season help stop the issues related to deer harvest this year com- the October firearms antler- white oak and hickory mast, lessness is lack of aff ordable pared to last year. is lower than last year, muz- housing and the majority of homelessness. less deer season, and every red oak is thriving across fi This year, black bear ar- zleloader season is similar to people who are homeless are “We need to gure out how county will have a December the state and will affect bear to start creating ways for the chery season will be open for last year, heritage season is not visible and “are quite dif- bear firearms season, accord- movements. things that can be done,” Kelly three months, during three ing to the Hunting Outlook. The 2019 white-tail deer similar to last year and the ferent from the stereotype many persons have, based on said. different early firearms sea- The black bear harvest harvest will be similar to the total harvest is similar to last whom they see on the street.” Kelly said one of the best sons hunters can hunt bear should be higher this year 2018 harvest across the state. year, according to the Hunt- Morgantown Mayor Bill solutions would come from with or without dogs in 24 compared to last year be- Oak mast and the apple ing Outlook. Kawecki said only a handful of working together to combat counties, and 51 counties cause there’s a lower amount crop are above average for For more information, people are responsible for the the issue. will be open to deer and bear of mast, which is fruit or nuts the year, which will provide visit http://www.wvdnr.gov/. issues local businesses face. “Th ere are laws we need, “Many of these people come solutions we need, and we with problems,” Kawecki said. have to work together to fi gure FOLLOW THE DA SPORTS FOR “Th ere is only a few of them out what we can do,” Kelly said. who cause problems and rep- “A lot of people say we can’t do resent themselves to the com- these things. I say, ‘Let’s fi gure MOUNTAINEER SPORTS COVERAGE: munity as a threat. Th ese peo- out what we can do.’” ple come for the services, and The Morgantown City we, as a community, provide Council plans to examine TWITTER: @TheDASports those services.” this issue at the next coun- “Th e businesses impacted cil meeting further, as it’s on are upset because they are the agenda for the upcoming INSTAGRAM: @thedasports losing people who patronize council meeting on Tuesday, their business, and they are Oct. 1.

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week has arrived at WVU. and queen will be anointed on BY COLE MCCLANAHAN ˜ e Homecoming Court was Saturday at WVU’s home foot- CULTURE EDITOR announced by WVU on Sept. 23 ball game against Texas, but be- and is headlined by ÿ ve can- fore the two crowns can be ob- People are standing outside didates for King and five for tained, voting must occur. the Mountainlair with signs, Queen, all of which will partici- Voting for king and queen handing out free candy and try- pate in the Homecoming parade takes place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ing to initiate conversation with on Friday. on Tuesday and Wednesday on random people. Homecoming Following the parade, a king WVUENGAGE.

ALL PHOTOS VIA WVU Homecoming voting will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Meet the 2019 West Virginia University Thaiddeus Dillie Owen Gray A senior Honors stu- A senior Honors student from Weirton, West dent from Cleveland, Homecoming candidates: Virginia, Dillie is a bio- Gray is a double-major chemistry major. Dillie is in criminology and phi- All 10 homecoming court candidates will be featured in the WVU Home- the alternate Mountain- losophy. Gray is a mem- coming parade on Friday, Oct. 4. The parade is scheduled to begin at 6:30 eer Mascot and the vice ber of the executive president of the Global board of the Phi Kappa p.m. on High Street. Business Brigades. Dillie Psi fraternity and is is sponsored by the WVU sponsored by Phi Kappa Honors College. Psi fraternity.

Teresa Hoang Emyle Johnston Peyton Keener Seth Parmer A senior computer sci- A senior marketing A senior Honors student A senior international ence student from Hurri- student from Weston, from Charleston, Keener business management cane, West Virginia, Ho- West Virginia, Johnston is double-majoring in ac- student from Modesto, ang is also a member of has an emphasis in dig- counting and political sci- California, Parmer has a the WVU Student Gov- ital marketing and is the ence. Keener is the president minor in marketing. Par- ernment Association. president of the WVU of Sigma Kappa sorority and mer is the philanthropy Hoang is a teaching assis- Collegiate 4-H club. John- the student experience com- chair of Pi Kappa Phi fra- tant for CS 110 and Math ston is a recipient of the mittee chair of the WVU Stu- ternity and a tour leader 150 and is sponsored by Order of Vandalia schol- dent Government Associa- with the WVU Visitors the Chi Omega sorority. arship, and is sponsored tion. She is sponsored by Center. He is sponsored by WVU Collegiate 4-H. Sigma Kappa sorority. by Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. Meredith Phillips Tyler Redding Rachel Rogers William Shultz A senior Honors stu- A senior Honors student A senior Honors student A senior animal and dent from Hurricane, from Blandon, Pennsylva- from Grafton, West Vir- nutrition science stu- West Virginia, Phillips nia, Redding is a social work ginia, Rogers is majoring dent from Summit Point, is majoring in biomed- major with a minor in sociol- in journalism. She is the West Virginia, Shultz is ical engineering with ogy. Redding is a teaching president of the WVU Pan- a teaching assistant for a minor in mathemat- assistant with the Depart- hellenic Association and a Equine Studies. He a ics. Phillips is a member ment of Sociology and An- communications intern for New Student Orienta- of the Biomedical En- thropology and the associate the WVU Foundation. Rog- tion Leader, and is spon- gineering Society and director of the Mountaineer ers is sponsored by Kappa sored by A Moment of is sponsored by Alpha Maniacs. He is sponsored by Kappa Gamma sorority. Magic Foundation. Omega Epsilon sorority. the Mountaineer Maniacs. 6 MONDAY, SEPTMEBER 30, 2019 Staﬀ OPINION Contributions [email protected]

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Staff Shorts are tidbit writings by our editorial board. SHEETZ They’re mostly meant to be light-hearted, but we sometimes touch on more serious, important topics. They aim to express the many student voices of the University. LEAVING On Friday, the DA published an article about how Sheetz will not be renewing its lease at University Place. C Th is information came from a WVU statement. Here O T M AC are what some Facebook commenters thought about MEN RE the news. Th e comments have not been modifi ed in TERS any way.

Why is a surprise? They get no trafﬁ c when students aren’t in town. It’s literally deserted on Christ- Why not replace the Sheetz with a quaint mom & mas break and all summer long. It’ll be hard for pop convenience store. We’ll call it the “Sunnyside any business to weather 4 months of little to no Superette”. Novel idea right there business

Welcome to University Place WaWa. The end is nigh.

I’m with old school folks bring back the superstar!!! Not shocked terrible location for non university We need someone with money to do that!! Who trafﬁ c and no gas. knows someone???

It’s too far from campus. If they were another block a lot of dip beer and sandwiches were bought there or two over, they would have made a killing on lunch smh trafﬁ c. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 CHILL 7

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WeW want to create the eld advantage in best home fi college football, and to do that I think the students are the igniters. Don’t ‘rush’ home “ And so I encourage our students to show up and stay and be loud and President Gee and Coach Brown agree, support our guys. WVU HEAD COACH students shouldn't leave football games earlyy ” NEAL BROWN during a meeting with the BY CODY NESPOR DA on Sept. 5. “I don’t like it HOST OPPONENTOPP T A ATTENDANCETTEN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR when they leave, and I think Texas 98,763 they should come early. Th is LSU There are few experiences is a great spirited thing at our Texas Oklahoma State 96,936 one can have in West Virginia University, and we have a sold Texas Lousiana Tech 93,418 that can rival going to a Moun- out stadium, and the fans look taineer football game. over and say, ‘Well gee, what Oklahoma Houston 84,534 60,000-plus people fi ling into happened to the students?’" Oklahoma South Dakota 82,181 Milan Puskar Stadium to cheer Th ere are a few diff erent ex- on WVU creates one of the best planations for why students West Virginia James Madison 61,891 home atmospheres in all of col- might want to leave games Iowa State Northern Iowa 98,763 lege football. And hearing those early. First of all, the game 60,000 fans sing John Den- might just not be very inter- Iowa State Iowa 61,500 ver’s “Take Me Home, Country esting. College football games Iowa State Louisiana-Monroe 57,442 Roads” following a win is an ex- routinely last around four West Virginia North Carolina State 57,052 perience unlike any other. hours, so if the game is not in- ATTENDANCE 12 BIG INFORMATION VIA BIG 12 TEAM BOX SCORES The problem, however, is teresting fans cannot really be that a particular section of fans expected to stay. that is specifi c to WVU. Many ward to having a good home “I thought the crowd was rarely stays at the game long Second, the stands at Mi- colleges face this same prob- atmosphere. huge today,” Brown said. enough to hear it. lan Puskar Stadium have no lem and try to implement mea- “Th e students are going to “Th ey did a tremendous job, By the time the fourth quar- coverage from the weather. So sures to combat it. Th e Univer- play such a vital role for us,” they stayed, they were loud. ter rolls around, the sections re- far this season the game-time sity of Alabama, whose football Brown said in an Aug. 20 press I thought they really were a served for students are usually temperatures for WVU’s two tickets are in high demand, conference. “We want to cre- factor on the third and fourth quite a bit emptier than the start home games have been 82 and have started tracking whether ate the best home fi eld advan- downs.” of the game. 78 degrees, respectively. With- or not students leave early and tage in college football, and to WVU has had good home Th punish the ones who do. do that I think the students are is has become such a prob- out cover, it can be hard to sit crowds to start the season. lem that even University offi - out in the hot sun for an en- Th e reason this is even a big the igniters. And so I encour- Both home games’ attendance cials have taken notice. tire game. deal to begin with is because age our students to show up numbers rank in the top 10 in “We provide a lot of tickets for Finally, students may just of how much having a good and stay and be loud and sup- students to come, and our stu- want to get a head start on their home crowd means to the port our guys.” the Big 12 through four weeks, dent athletes, our football play- Saturday night plans. Th at is football team. Following the team’s most but the empty seats vacated ers, are like any other students, not the best excuse to leave a First-year head coach Neal recent home win over North when students decide to leave they should expect the students game early, but it happens. Brown said before the first Carolina State, Brown said the early has become something to stay and support them,” WVU Students leaving football home game of the season good home crowd played a big of an eyesore for Mountain- President E. Gordon Gee said games early is not a problem how much he was looking for- part in the victory. eer fans.

WVU students weigh in on game attendance

I stay because me friends are there and they stay, because I feel like for big game if they leave early I feel like you should kind of be able to leave when- I don’t really like sports anyway. I don’t think (tracking ((it’s a big deal). I thought this was a big eever you want. I can see how that can kind of make students leaving the game) is too extreme if it’s a data football school. Big games you’re always (University offi cials) upset, like with Mountaineer and analysis thing, just to collect the data. If you’re getting there the whole time. I feel like if it’s a pride and stuff like that, not having as many people “it (the ticket) for free and then you’re just going to leave “blowout people will leave early. “there and the reasons they’re leaving. I feel like you halfway then you don’t really deserve the ticket anyway. should be able to leave whenever you want. Joseph Titchnell Brandon Sawicki Rocco Bartolo Accounting | Kingwood, WV Communication Studies | Chester Springs, PA Undecided | Greenville, PA

PHOTO BY CAYLIE SILVEIRA WVU fans scream from the sidelines after a successful play by the West Virginia team on Sept. 14, 2019.

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BY JARED SERRE “We’ve gotta kinda bunker down and get SPORTS EDITOR ready for two tough road games.” - Nikki Izzo-Brown, WVU head coach The West Virginia women’s soccer team, despite being chosen as the favorite to Baylor and Texas are only ginia will take on Oklahoma win the Big 12 Conference by two of the nine conference for the first time since defeat- the league’s head coaches, opponents that WVU will ing the Sooners in the 2018 faces a tough road ahead in face this season. Big 12 Championship. conference play. On Oct. 10, Texas Tech The 5-4-3 Sooners are led While the Mountaineers travels to Morgantown. The offensively by redshirt se- defeated Iowa State on Friday Red Raiders are currently nior forward Kaylee Dao who night to kick off conference 9-1-1 this season and have leads the team with eight play, their remaining con- won seven of their last eight goals. ference schedule has them matches. Kansas is the next confer- Offensively, they are led by taking on three teams that ence foe the Mountaineers junior midfielder Kirsten Da- are currently ranked in the will face off with as WVU vis who has 11 goals through top 25 of the United Soccer travels to Lawrence, Kansas, 11 games this season. Coaches’ poll: Kansas (No. to take on the Jayhawks on One week later, the Moun- 17), Oklahoma State (18) and Oct. 24. taineers will host Oklahoma Texas Tech (25). Currently sitting with a re- State at Dick Dlesk Soccer cord of 9-3, goalkeeper Sarah Later this week, WVU will Stadium. Since WVU joined kick off against Baylor (5-3-3) the Big 12 in 2012, the Cow- Peters ranks toward the top and Texas (7-4) — two oppo- boys have never defeated of the Big 12 in goals against nents that West Virginia head West Virginia. average. coach Nikki Izzo-Brown says Oklahoma State, currently The 2-7-2 Kansas State will challenge her team. holding a 7-1-3 record, has Wildcats will follow their in- “Baylor, Texas — that’s been propelled by the defen- state counterparts as they gonna be two tough games, sive efforts of Dani Greenlee. take on WVU on Oct. 27. obviously,” Izzo-Brown said The junior goalkeeper has 23 The Mountaineers will following Friday’s game. saves so far this season while wrap up their conference “We’ve gotta kinda bunker boasting a goals against aver- and regular season sched- PHOTO BY COLIN HEILMAN down and get ready for two age of 0.73. ule when they take on TCU West Virginia’s Addison Clark drives with th e ball against Iowa State on Friday, Sept. 28 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. tough road games.” Three days later, West Vir- at home on Oct. 31. Spain natives vital to success of men’s soccer team

BY QUINN BURKITT “I think what they’re SPORTS WRITER doing is not just a

The man of the night for facet of how we play, the West Virginia men’s soc- but also they’re both cer team on Saturday eve- loaded with ability ning, Rodrigo Robles Grajera, has been one of the team’s and skill.” many valuable players from - Marlon LeBlanc, the Iberian Peninsula. Robles Grajera was re- WVU head coach cruited by WVU head coach Spain, native Pau Jimenez Marlon LeBlanc when the Albelda. The midfielder at- Burgos, Spain, native was tended Escola Frederic Mis- playing for Villareal C.F. un- tral-Tecnic Eulalia, where he der coach Miguel Ángel Tena. was recruited by New Jersey Since taking the field as Institute of Technology head a freshman this season, Ro- coach Fernando Barboto. bles Grajera has sent four Jimenez Albelda made an goals to the back of the net: immediate impact while at a pair in Saturday night’s vic- NJIT, scoring three goals with tory over Penn, as well as a PHOTO BY COLIN HEILMAN 13 points as a freshman be- pair of goals in the team’s 5-1 West Virginia’s Andres Muriel Albino is one of four Spain natives on the men’s soc- fore notching three goals in cer roster this season. victory over Coastal Carolina 17 games played as a sopho- on Sept. 13. 34 matches in his first two has registered just as many more. In his sophomore sea- Although only starting in seasons while totaling eight goals as last season. son, he earned Atlantic Sun four of West Virginia’s nine goals and 21 points. “Andres is a special player,” Conference All-Freshman matches this season the Last season, Muriel Albino Leblanc said. “I think what team and All-Tournament Spain native holds the sec- PHOTO BY COLIN HEILMAN found the back of the net six they’re doing is not just a team honors. ond spot on the team in goals Rodrigo Robles Grajera is second on the WVU men’s soccer squad in goals this times, including a two-goal facet of how we play, but Jimenez Albelda then scored, followed by Sevilla, season with four. performance in a 3-2 victory also they’re both loaded with transferred to West Virginia Spain, native Andres Muriel Mountaineers’ midfielder sophomore seasons for the over Bowling Green on Oct. ability and skill.” prior to his junior season Albino. last season, Muriel Albino Central Connecticut State 26. Through nine matches Another Mountaineer and has started in seven of Before starting as the played his freshman and Blue Devils. He started in this season, the midfielder from overseas is Barcelona, the team’s matches. 10 | SPORTS MONDAY, SEPTMEBER 30, 2019 Can the bye week prep WVU Women’s Soccer help WVU against Texas? BY CODY NESPOR “This is a critical week for our development. PLAYERof the WEEK ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR We put a lot of time into developing our For a football team, a bye week means having some time younger players during this week.” off where the team does not - Neal Brown, WVU head coach SPONSORED BY have to be preparing for any specifi c opponent or practic- ing any one specifi c thing. also has a bye week, will come does.” With the Mountaineer foot- into Morgantown on Oct. 5 WVU has not had great suc- ball team on bye this week, looking to spoil West Virgin- cess in games following bye head coach Neal Brown is ia’s homecoming. weeks since joining the Big 12 spending the time focusing Despite this, Brown said in 2012. Th e Mountaineers are on development. “Th e bye week is here and they are keeping preparation an even 6-6 following a week it comes at a very good time for Texas to a minimum this off in that time, including 0-3 for us,” Brown said during his week. against ranked opponents. Tuesday press conference. “We’ll work a little bit on As a head coach, Brown has “Th is is a critical week for our Texas,” Brown said. “We’ll a 4-3 career record in games development. We put a lot practice Tuesday, Wednes- following byes, however he is of time into developing our day, Th ursday, and we’ll work 4-1 since 2016. younger players during this a little bit on Texas, but a lot Th e Mountaineers' ability week.” of it is centered on us. I think, to upset their biggest confer- WVU cannot aff ord to get during this bye week, it's about ence rival in front of a massive too relaxed, however, because, effi ciency and your time. It’ll Homecoming crowd may very on the other side of this bye be more so working on us, but well depend on the work the week, the No. 11 ranked Texas also looking ahead, getting a team is able to put in during ALINA Longhorn wait. Texas, who few reps on some things Texas this bye week. 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