The women’s basketball team defeated Pitt, 82-54, Tuesday (Nov. 12) at the Coliseum. Next up, WVU stays at home to face Texas A&M at 7 p.m. Friday (Nov. 15).
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The rifle team has won 20 straight regular season matches since the beginning of the 2023-24 season. The Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association poll is determined based on each team’s most recent match score.
Head coach Miha Lisac announced Logan Blair will join the program as an assistant coach. Blair recently served as an assistant coach with the men’s and women’s tennis teams at his alma mater, Biola University, in Los Angeles.
The women’s soccer team earned an at-large bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Championship and will open play against No. 5-seed Kentucky Friday (Nov. 15) at the Wendell and Vickie Bell Soccer Complex in Lexington, Kentucky.
The women’s basketball team moved up one spot from its No. 16 ranking in the preseason poll. The ranking is the highest for the Mountaineers in a regular season poll since its same ranking in 2018.
Senior long snapper Austin Brinkman has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the award bearing the name of former NFL long snapper Patrick Mannelly which recognizes the player judged to be the best FBS long snapper.