
News and updates on West Virginia University athletics from the sports staff @DailyAthenaeum.
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No. 9 WVU Men’s Soccer received plenty of love in the Sun Belt Conference’s 2026 All-Conference team and awards.
Head coach Dan Stratford was named the Sun Belt Coach of the Year as six Mountaineers were given All-Sun Belt Conference honors.
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First-year Michael Shivers shot three-under-par en route to a second-place finish for the Mountaineers Thursday at the Pearl at Kalauao Invitational.
WVU shot a combined eight-under-par, falling to two-time national champion Augusta.
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No. 24 WVU Women’s Basketball defeated George Washington 78-66 Thursday at Hope Coliseum.
Fourth-year forward Skylar Forbes was on fire from 3-point-range, while a pair of young Mountaineers helped to stabilize the WVU offense.
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No. 24 WVU Women’s Basketball took down George Washington 78-66in another close game Thursday at Hope Coliseum.
Fourth-year forward Skylar Forbes scored 26 in the win, setting a new career high.
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WVU Women’s Soccer picked up a 0-0 draw against the Cincinnati Bearcats on Thursday night.
WVU awaits the result of the Arizona State game Thursday night to see if the Mountaineers can squeeze into the Big 12 tournament.
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No. 9 WVU Men’s Soccer third-year defender Civan De Jesus Ferreira was named the Sun Belt Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week Thursday.
WVU did not concede a goal in its final six regular-season matches.
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WVU WSOC has been dropped from the rankings and is on a four-match winless streak.
Read below what’s worked and what’s missed the mark for the Mountaineers since then.
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WVU Women's Basketball, backed by Gia Cooke, survived an upset bid against Rhode Island.
Building team chemistry and the feisty Rams defense highlight the close contest’s takeaways.
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WVU Men’s Soccer secured a share of the Sun Belt regular-season title Thursday with a 2-0 victory over JMU
Third-year goalie Toby Mawer and fourth-year forward Pablo Pozos continued their impressive play in the victory.
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No. 24 WVU Women’s Basketball avoided an upset in its season opener Tuesday, narrowly defeating the University of Rhode Island 68-64.
Fifth-year guard Gia Cooke led the way with 28 points, a career high.
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No. 9 WVU Men’s Soccer defeated James Madison University 2-0 Tuesday night at Sentara Park in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The Mountaineers secure a share of the regular-season Sun Belt title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
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WVU Men’s Soccer rose four spots in Tuesday’s United Soccer Coaches poll, landing at No. 9.
The Mountaineers play JMU at 7 p.m. tonight for the regular-season Sun Belt title.
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WVU Gymnastics announced its 2027 schedule on Nov. 3, per a release. The Mountaineers are coming off a 9-14 season in 2026.
The team opens up the season in a tri-meet at Arkansas on Jan. 8 before hosting its first home meet against Kent State on Jan. 17.
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Third-year guard Martin Somerville wasted no time in making his mark off the bench in his Mountaineer debut.
“I felt like we needed some defensive intensity,” he said postgame.
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WVU Football has added the Purdue Boilermakers to its schedule in 2027.
“It now gives us 10 Power 4 games on our schedule, which is a requirement in the expanded College Football Playoff.” WVU Director of Athletics Wren Baker said.
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WVU Men's Basketball opened 2026-27 with a dominant win over Niagara.
A strong second-half performance and dominant defense highlight takeaways from WVU's season opener.
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WVU Men’s Basketball opened its season with a triumphant 91-46 win over Niagara University Monday at Hope Coliseum.
The Mountaineers shot 9-for-14 from downtown in the second half.
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WVU Wrestling competed in the annual Southeast Open on Sunday, where four of its wrestlers took home gold.
An upset by third-year Louie Gill over No. 10 Nicolar Rivera in the 125-pound division was a highlight of the open.
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WVU Volleyball struggled against Cincinnati Sunday, losing in three sets for the second consecutive match.
Anna Barr and Nina Horning led the match with seven kills each.
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WVU Men’s Basketball enters the 2026-27 season with some lofty expectations from the fanbase.
So what must the Mountaineers do this season to be successful?
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