WVU open the regular season at home on Monday, Nov. 6, against Missouri State and the schedule will feature 19 games at the Coliseum. The Mountaineers will play nine regular season nonconference games at home, including the Big East-Big 12 Battle against St. John's and the Backyard Brawl against Pitt.
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The Mountaineers begin this year's conference slate on the road on Saturday, Dec. 30, when they trek to Kansas for a showdown in Lawrence at Phog Allen Arena. WVU will face five Big 12 opponents twice and eight conference foes once.
A goal from junior Max Broughton with less than 10 minutes remaining proved to be the difference in a 2-1 victory for the No. 4 WVU men's soccer team against UNC Greensboro on Tuesday (Sept. 26).
The volleyball team's match against Chicago State on Saturday (Sept. 30) has been moved up to 1 p.m. Tickets previously purchased for the match will still be honored with the change of time.
Redshirt senior Sarah Tait of the cross country team finished second overall in the women's 6K Crimson Race on Sept. 23 at the Lock Haven Invitational in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, held at the West Branch Cross Country Course.
In his heart, the new athletic director is an educator, even as he pieces together schedules, evaluates the Power Five athletic department, meets student-athletes and navigates the waters of NIL — Name, Image and Likeness —in college athletics.