In 2018 and 2019, the Big 12 Soccer Championship will continue in Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Victory Field. The 2018 event will feature a new format as the quarterfinal matches will be played on the Sunday immediately following the conclusion of the regular season. Semifinals will then take place the next Friday, with the title match the following Sunday.
Athletics
Senior Amy Cashin and junior Shamoya McNeil of the West Virginia University track and field team will compete at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championship on Thursday, June 8 and Saturday, June 19, in Eugene, Oregon.
West Virginia University swimmer Emma Skelley and men’s soccer player Trevor Moon are among twenty Big 12 student-athletes that have been selected to receive 2016-17 Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships, the Conference announced.
West Virginia University President Gordon Gee will take the helm as chair of the Big 12 Board of Directors Executive Committee for the 2017-18 year starting July 1.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the WVU Alumni Association have teamed up for the third annual West Virginia University Night at PNC Park July 19. Join your fellow Mountaineers fans for a night of big league action to watch the Pirates as they host the Milwaukee Brewers.
The West Virginia University baseball team fought until the end, but it was not enough as WVU’s season came to a close with a 12-8 loss at No. 13 Wake Forest on Sunday night in the 2017 NCAA Tournament Winston-Salem Regional Final.