MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After shooting 5-under-par to earn a share of the individual title at the ECU Intercollegiate in Greenville, North Carolina, freshman Max Green of the West Virginia University golf team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
 
Green shot 69-69-73=211 on the par 72 Brook Valley Country Club course, making him one of just four golfers in the field to shoot under par in the 54-hole event.  The Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, native became the third WVU golfer to win a collegiate tournament, joining teammate Mark Goetz and former Mountaineer Max Sear.
 
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia plays four games, all of them on the road … on Tuesday, March 29, WVU travels to take on Marshall at the Kennedy Center YMCA in Huntington … first pitch is set for 3 p.m. ET … from there, the Mountaineers open Big 12 Conference play with a three-game trip at TCU, from April 1-3, at Lupton Baseball Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas … Friday’s series opener is set for 7 p.m., while Saturday and Sunday’s games commence at 3 p.m., and 1 p.m., respectively.
 
Last Week in Baseball: The Mountaineers (13-8) earned a three-game sweep over Youngstown State from March 24-25, in Morgantown … WVU topped YSU, 6-4, in the series opener, before it took both games of a doubleheader on March 25, 9-3, and 13-2 … freshman infielder JJ Wetherholt led the way with four hits, six runs, a double, a home run, five RBI and four stolen bases in the series … additionally, freshman infielder Grant Hussey hit a pair of two-run homers in Game 1 of the doubleheader and finished with a team-high six RBI for the weekend … on the mound, fifth-year senior right-hander Zach Bravo, junior right-hander Jacob Watters and sophomore left-hander Ben Hampton all secured wins in the series … Hampton recorded his fourth consecutive quality start on March 25, logging 7.0 innings, while allowing just two runs with five strikeouts … Watters pitched five, no-hit innings against the Penguins in Game 2 of the doubleheader, finishing with five strikeouts … as a team, the Mountaineers stole 12 bases in the series, including 11 in the finale … in the series opener, junior outfielder Victor Scott II broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the seventh by stealing home, scoring the go-ahead run.
 
Notes: Following the sweep over Youngstown State, WVU is now 6-1 at home this season … the squad also has won eight straight games over the Penguins, dating back to 2013 … WVU is 50-25 all-time against Marshall, including wins in 10 of the last 11 meetings … the two Mountain State schools were scheduled to meet on March 22, in Morgantown, but the game was postponed due to non-COVID-related illness within the Thundering Herd program … the game will be made up on April 6, at Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark … the Mountaineers are 6-23 in 29 meetings against TCU … overall, the squad is 85-103 in Big 12 games since joining the league in 2013 … West Virginia has stolen 79 bases in 21 games, good for 3.76 per game … following Hussey’s two-homer day against YSU, he now leads the team with six big flies and 19 RBI this season … sophomore catcher McGwire Holbrook continues to lead the club with a .333 average at the plate … senior outfielder Austin Davis made his 100th career start in the series opener against YSU … Hampton has 39 strikeouts in 37.0 innings of work this season, both good for No. 1 on the team … Bravo’s win marked the first of his WVU career … fifth-year senior right-hander Trey Braithwaite earned the save on Thursday, his first as a Mountaineer.
 
This Week in Gymnastics: WVU prepares to open competition at the 2022 NCAA Norman Regional, when it competes against Arizona in the play-in round on Wednesday, March 30 … competition is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET, inside the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma … the winner of Wednesday’s dual meet will advance to the Second Round on Thursday, March 31, at 8 p.m.
 
Last Week in Gymnastics: The Mountaineers were off last week.
 
Notes: West Virginia’s NCAA bid marks its 42nd regional championships berth, the 37th in NCAA competition, and the team’s seventh consecutive qualification … the Mountaineers have advanced to the NCAA National Championships three times (1995, 1999, 2000) since 1983 … WVU tallied a 196.650 team total to finish in third place at the 2022 Big 12 Championship in Denver, Colorado, on March 19 … the score marked its highest team total at the Big 12 Championship in program history, besting its previous program-best of 196.375, recorded in 2014 … the Mountaineers earned the squad’s highest finish at the conference meet since 2017, when it also finished third … additionally, WVU’s 196.650 total also was the 11th-best team score in program history, marking the Mountaineers’ highest meet total since 2018 … senior Rachel Hornung became the first Mountaineer to be named to the All-Championship Team since 2017, as well as the first to earn the honors on the all-around since 2015 … West Virginia sits in a tie for No. 19 on floor exercise in this week’s Road to Nationals rankings, with a 49.345 National Qualifying Score (NQS) on the event  … the squad ranks No. 41 on vault (49.005 NQS), No. 38 on uneven bars (49.055 NQS) and No. 36 on beam (49.060 NQS) … individually, senior Kendra Combs is tied for No. 44 nationally on floor with a season NQS of 9.910.  
 
This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers travel to Kansas for a pair of Big 12 dual matches … the road swing begins in Lawrence, as WVU is set to play No. 25 Kansas on Friday, April 1 … first serve is set for 6 p.m. ET, at the Jayhawk Tennis Center … following competition against the Jayhawks, West Virginia wraps up its weekend with a matchup against No. 56 Kansas State on Sunday, April 3, in Manhattan … first serve against the Wildcats is set for 3 p.m., at the Mike Goss Tennis Stadium.
 
Last Week in Tennis: West Virginia (7-11, 0-4 Big 12) traveled to Texas for its first Big 12 road trip of the season, with matchups against No. 75 TCU and No. 34 Texas Tech … the Mountaineers went 0-2 on the weekend, begining in Fort Worth with a 5-2 loss against the Horned Frogs, on March 25 … WVU fell behind, 1-0, in doubles play … the No. 42-ranked pair of freshman Camilla Bossi and junior Ting-Pei Chang claimed the squad’s solo victory during doubles play, topping Aleksa Cveticanin/Alisa Soloveva, 6-1… in singles, sophomore Momoko Nagato suffered the Mountaineers’ first loss to Jade Otway, 4-6, 6-1, before Bossi put West Virginia on the board with a 6-4, 6-1, victory over Helena Marmont … keeping WVU alive, freshman Tatiana Lipatova defeated Isabel Pascual, 6-4, 6-2, notching WVU’s last singles point against TCU … senior Anastasiia Bovolskaia fell to Mercedes Aristegui, 7-5, 6-1, to give the Horned Frogs the victory … during the matchup against TTU, West Virginia fell behind, 1-0, after the Lady Raiders claimed the doubles point … in singles, Texas Tech went on a 3-0 run to claim the match … Lipatova fell to Matka Komac, 6-0, 6-0, to give the first singles win to TTU … Nagato fell to No. 85 Avelina Sayfetdinova, 6-2, 6-1, before No. 24 Margarita Skriabina defeated Bovolskaia, 6-1, 6-2 … Chang, Bossi and senior Penny Hsieh’s matches all went unfinished.
 
Notes: Friday’s contest marks the eighth time the Mountaineers willl play Kansas since joining the Big 12 in 2012-13, while it will be the 12th matchup against Kansas State … West Virginia is seeking its first win against both Big 12 opponents … Bossi currently leads the team with a 13-3 overall record … as a pair, Bossi and Chang have a doubles record of 9-3 and were ranked No. 42 on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) weekly rankings on March 23 … of note, this is the first time in program history WVU has placed a doubles pair on ITA’s weekly rankings … following their weekend in Texas, the Mountaineers are back home to close out their 2022 spring home slate with a pair of dual matches … WVU will play host to No. 11 Oklahoma State, on Friday, April 8, at 5 p.m. ET and No. 3 Oklahoma on Sunday, April 10, at 11 a.m.
 
This Week in Golf: The Mountaineers will wrap up competition at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Awendaw, South Carolina, on March 28-29 … WVU will travel to Nashville, Tennessee, on April 1-2, to compete in the Mason Rudolph Championship … three WVU golfers – sophomores Olivier Ménard and Will Stakel and freshman Todd Duncan – will compete as individuals at the Butler Spring Invitational in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 28-29 … the 36-hole tournament will be played at the par 70 Highland Country Club.
 
Last Week in Golf: Senior golfer Kurtis Grant shot 1-under-par to lead the Mountaineers on the first day of The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate on March 27 … three WVU golfers – fifth-year senior Mark Goetz, junior Trent Tipton and sophomore Jackson Davenport – all shot Even par at the par 72 Bulls Bay Golf Club … fifth-year senior Logan Perkins shot a 4-over-par 76 … freshman Max Green is competing as an individual and shot a 76 on Sunday … West Virginia’s 1-under-par 287 places the Mountaineers in 10th place after 18 holes, two shots behind Wisconsin and Purdue, three shots behind Kentucky and four shots behind Missouri and Auburn for fifth place … freshman Max Green shot 5-under-par to earn a share of the individual title at the ECU Intercollegiate in Greenville, North Carolina, on March 18-20 … Green shared the tournament honors with Gardner-Webb’s Zack Byers … Green shot 69-69-73=211 on the par 72 Brook Valley Country Club course … he was one of just four golfers in the field to shoot under par in the 54-hole event … Green becomes the third different WVU golfer to win a collegiate tournament, joining teammate Mark Goetz and former Mountaineer Max Sear … fellow freshman Todd Duncan shot 1-under-par on Tuesday to finish tied for 18th place with rounds of 77-75-71=223 (+7) … sophomore Olivier Ménard tied for 46th with rounds of 75-79-79=233 (+17), and sophomore Will Stakel tied for 72nd with rounds of 82-75-85=242 (+26).
 
Quotes: “Trent battled back today after a very rough start, and Kurtis played some of the most consistent golf I’ve seen,” coach Sean Covich said. “We did have two big numbers that ended up costing us today, otherwise we would be in decent shape. We have a lot of work ahead of us these next two rounds. We need someone to step up tomorrow and get us back in the position we need to be in.”
 
This Week in Track and Field: West Virginia returns home to host the Mountaineer Classic in Morgantown, at the Track and Field Complex at Mylan Park, from April 1-2 … Friday’s action will consist of the hammer throw competition starting at 10:30 a.m. ET … Saturday’s field events are tabbed for 12 p.m., followed by track events at 2 p.m. 
 
Last Week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers completed action at the Raleigh Relays on March 24-26, at the Paul Derr Track and Field Facility, in Raleigh, North Carolina … on Saturday, sophomore Jo-Lauren Keane placed fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.58 … the meet began on Thursday, when redshirt sophomore Sarah Stair, sophomore Lynsie Curtis, redshirt senior Ellie Gardner and junior Katelyn Caccamo competed in the pole vault competition … Stair placed fifth overall with a height of 3.60-meters … on Friday, sophomore Abigale Mullings competed in the high jump competition, while senior Katherine Dowie ran in the 5,000-meter race … Dowie ran a personal best, finishing in 16:47.54 … on the final day in Raleigh, five Mountaineers saw action in three events … senior Peter-Gay McKenzie was the loan Mountaineer in the long jump competition … sophomore Cassandra Williamson ran a personal best, placing ninth in the 800-meter run (2:08.38) … redshirt senior Hayley Jackson also saw action in the 800-meter run … senior Tessa Constantine closed out the meet for the Mountaineers in the 400-meter hurdle competition. 
 
Notes: Keane’s time in the 800-meter moved her up to fourth all-time in outdoor program history … she follows Jennifer Kemp (2:05.09-2003), Keri Bland (2:05.63-2010) and Raeleen Hunter (2:06.09-2007) … Williamson opened the outdoor season with a personal best time in the 800-meter … the Mountaineer Classic marks the second of five outdoor home meets for the Mountaineers this spring.
 
This Week in Swimming: The Mountaineers have completed the 2021-22 season.
 
Last Week in Swimming: Fifth-year swimmer David Dixon and senior diver PJ Lenz represented WVU at the 2022 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships, from March 23-26, at the McAuley Aquatic Center, hosted by Georgia Tech, in Atlanta … Dixon competed in the 200-yard butterfly (28th – 1:43.22), 100 fly (40th – 46.83) and the 200 individual medley (52nd – 1:45.47) … in the diving well, Lenz competed on the 1-meter springboard (40th – 267.85) and on platform (30th – 295.15).
 
Notes: Dixon earned his fifth-consecutive bid to NCAAs, making him the first Mountaineer in program history to do so … Lenz represented WVU for the second time in his collegiate career.