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WVU Release Mountaineers Claim Sun Belt Regular Season Title

Keenan Cummings
Mountaineers Claim Sun Belt Regular Season Title​




HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (Nov. 5, 2024) – The No. 10 West Virginia University men’s soccer team took home its first Sun Belt regular season title in program history on Tuesday, escaping a hostile environment at No. 8 Marshall with a 0-0 draw. The Mountaineers finish with 19 points, two clear of the Thundering Herd in the conference table.


Overall, West Virginia goes 10-1-6 on the season while Marshall goes to 9-1-6.


The Mountaineers are the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Sun Belt Tournament and will play Georgia Southern, Sunday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium with kickoff set for 3 p.m.


The WVU defense was phenomenal on Tuesday evening, allowing just three shots on goal against the high-powered Marshall attack. Redshirt-senior Marc Bonnaire made three saves to earn his eighth clean sheet of the season.


Overall, Marshall outshot the Mountaineers, 13-7, with a 3-2 edge on shots on goal. West Virginia had a 4-3 advantage in corner kicks while Marshall committed seven fouls to WVU’s six in a relatively clean contest.


Marshall had three of the best chances in the game, first hitting the crossbar in the 28th minute. In the second half, the Thundering Herd looked to have open nets as they got past Bonnaire, but the WVU defenders stayed calm and cut off angles, forcing a pair of shots to go wide.


The best chances for the Mountaineers came late in the first half, but shots by junior Felix Ewald and sophomore Sam Nyenka were saved.


With Marshall needing a win, the Thundering Herd kept the attack on, earning two corner kicks in the final five minutes but could not find the back of the net.


Overall, it is the eighth conference title and third regular season championship in program history, having won the Big East in 2006 and the MAC in 2018.

For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUMensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Everyone has their own reason to vote the way they did. Here is mine.

DvlDog4WVU
I voted for Trump for a variety of reasons. The one that still stands out to me, the one I still haven’t gotten over and likely never will.

I remember Afghanistan. I was forced to leave behind friends and their families. I still hear the frantic calls for help from them. I still see their kids faces in my dreams. When our nation failed, I was forced to act on my own in conjunction with a lot of other veterans to ratline people out of that country. Not all of them made it out. People I was close to were executed. All because of the desire for a PhotoOp by this shitbag administration. 11 Marines, 1 Soldier, and a 1 Navy Corpsman died needlessly at the Abbey Gate.

It was only by the grace of God that I got my US Team out of there on the last flight from Kabul before it was overrun or they’d have likely suffered the same fate at the Abbey Gate.

Not one person was fired or held accountable for what occurred. The Democratic Party will never get mine or my family’s vote as a result.

Vote for your nation today, and honestly, I don’t care who you vote for. I’m just telling you why I voted the way I did and I respect your reasons to vote the way you want to.

I pray for a Trump victory as a means of retribution and accountability for all those involved in that disastrous withdrawal.

Devil…out
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This is what’s frustrating about WVU and its Fundraising.

Cheers
I tried TWICE to sign up for the CRT 3-pt challenge, donating money for each 3pt FG made, and both times when I hit the “submit” button, the button turned from blue to grey with the words, “Processing.” And the status never changed. I let it “process” for over 5 minutes each time but nothing. You can’t even give them money without problems. Fundraising websites should NEVER fail. Just terrible. #poors
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WVU Release WVU Women's Basketball - Second Half Surge Gives West Virginia Season Opening Win

Vernon
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 5, 2024) – The West Virginia University women's basketball team opened the regular season with an 85-41 win over Towson on Tuesday evening inside the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown.



A trio of Mountaineer guards combined for 56 of the Mountaineers' points. Junior guard Jordan Harrison scored a WVU career-high 23 points, junior guard Sydney Shaw produced a career-high 19 points and senior guard JJ Quinerly rounded out the Mountaineers in double figures with 14 points.



The win is the 14th straight in the non-conference for the Mountaineers. WVU finished a perfect 11-0 in non-conference action last year.



Harrison filled the stat sheet adding eight assists and six steals. Shaw finished 7-of-9 from the floor and 5-of-6 from three while adding four assists. The guard trio finished the night 9 of 14 from beyond the arc.



Harrison had the hot hand for the Mountaineers to open the game, scoring seven of the Mountaineers opening points on a perfect 3-of-3 mark from the floor. Towson kept pace, leveling the score at 11 at the first media timeout. Freshman forward Jordan Thomas scored the Mountaineers' final three points of the quarter to take a 14-13 advantage after the opening 10 minutes.



Towson jumped out to an 18-16 lead early in the second before the first of three second-quarter threes from Shaw spurred a 13-2 run by the Mountaineers and their first double-digit lead of the contest. Towson cut the lead down to six points before Harrison took over. The Oklahoma City, Oklahoma native scored the final nine Mountaineer points to push the WVU lead to 38-25 at halftime. Harrison alone outscored the Tiger 9-2 over the final three minutes of the quarter.



WVU and Towson traded scores over the opening six minutes of play out of the break, to a 45-32 WVU advantage. West Virginia then found a rhythm from beyond the arc with back-to-back Shaw threes and a Celia Riviere bucket to spur on a 12-0 run and a 27-point WVU advantage. WVU pushed its lead to as many as 30 points in the final minute of the quarter before taking a 65-27 lead at the break.



The Mountaineers ran away with the game in the fourth, outscoring the Tigers 20-4, and increasing its lead to as many as 44 points. West Virginia outscored Towson 47-16 over the final 20 minutes.



WVU forced the Tigers into 32 turnovers and turned those miscues into 42 points. The Mountaineers held a 38-29 advantage on the glass and corralled 14 offensive rebounds. The effort on the boards resulted in 17 second-chance points.



The win marks the 11th straight season the Mountaineers have been victorious on opening night and is the 29th straight non-conference regular season home win dating back to the 2018-19 season.



Next up, West Virginia takes on Niagara on Saturday, Nov. 9, inside the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown. The Mountaineers and Purple Eagles are set to tip off at 2 p.m. ET.

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WVU Release WVU Football Adds Two Games In Charlotte

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – With a large and growing Mountaineer fan base in the Charlotte, North Carolina region, West Virginia University Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker has announced that WVU football has added two additional games in the Queen City.

The Mountaineers will play the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium on Sept. 19, 2026, and again on Sept. 4, 2032. These two games are in addition to the previously announced 2028 game against the Tennessee Volunteers in Charlotte.

"The Charlotte region has a huge amount of WVU alumni, and adding these two games allows us to further engage our fans in the region, while putting a quality ACC regional opponent on our schedule," Baker said. "Our players get to play in a great NFL football stadium and working with the Charlotte Sports Foundation over the years has proved to be a great partnership."
In adding the two games against Virginia, West Virginia has notified East Carolina that it will use the cancellation clause in the contract with the Pirates to cancel the previously scheduled Sept. 19, 2026, game in Greenville, North Carolina.

"In today's ever-changing landscape of college athletics, the financial aspect of adding these two games in Charlotte is far too important for us to pass up," Baker added. "Aside from all the positives of playing a neutral site game in Charlotte, we have a fiscal responsibility to our future, and adding these two games makes strong financial sense for our department.

"We have had positive and constructive conversations with our colleagues at East Carolina, and we are committed to helping and working with them to find a replacement for their home game in 2026."

West Virginia last played Virginia in 2002 when the Cavaliers defeated the Mountaineers 48-22 in the inaugural Continental Tire Bowl in Charlotte. Virginia holds a 12-10-1 advantage all-time in the border series, and the two teams last met in the regular season in 1985. The 2032 contest will mark the 30th year since that inaugural bowl game which has gone on to become a successful yearly tradition in Charlotte.

The three neutral site games in Charlotte do not affect WVU's future home schedules as the Mountaineers will continue to play a minimum of six home games yearly in Morgantown. Aside from the two games against Virginia, Baker also announced that the Mountaineers have added a nonconference home game against Robert Morris on Sept. 15, 2029. The game with Robert Morris is in addition to the nonconference matchup against the Colonials next season, which was previously announced.

"We are thrilled to host the Cavaliers and Mountaineers in 2026 and 2032," said Charlotte Sports Foundation executive director Danny Morrison. "We can't wait to roll out the red carpet for two great fan bases and welcome them to the Queen City!"

About Charlotte Sports Foundation
The mission of the Charlotte Sports Foundation (CSF), a 501(c)(3), is to provide leadership for sports-based initiatives that result in a positive impact on the economy and quality of life in the Charlotte region. CSF was created in the spring of 2013 as a combined entity of Charlotte's two primary sports development groups, Charlotte Collegiate Football and the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission. Its origins can be traced to the vision of Charlotte civic leaders after the very successful hosting of the 1994 NCAA Men's Final Four.

The Foundation also provides support for recruitment and operation of other local sporting events, and spearheads Charlotte's continued growth as a preferred host for premier national and regional sporting events. The events include college basketball's Jumpman Invitational presented by Novant Health, the Ally Tipoff, college football's Duke's Mayo Bowl, ACC Football Championship Game and Duke's Mayo Classic, the Charlotte Invitational, and the Meck Mile presented by Albemarle.

The Board of Directors that guides the Charlotte Sports Foundation boasts a dynamic roster of top Charlotte civic and business leaders. Please visit www.CharlotteSports.org for more information.
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