DMR Team Named Student-Athletes of the Week

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After setting a program file for the distance medley relay, sophomore Cassandra Williamson, senior Tessa Constantine, redshirt senior Mikaela Lucki and sophomore Ceili McCabe of the West Virginia University observe and subject crew have been named the WVU Student-Athletes of the Week, offered by University Apartments.
 
The crew competed at the Scarlet and White Invite at Boston University on Feb. 3 and crossed the end line at 10:59.09. Their efficiency shaved over six seconds off the earlier file.
 
The all-time program mark was final set in 2009 by April Rotilio, Kaylyn Christopher, Karly Hamric and Keri Bland. The former file holders completed in 11:05.12.
 
This is the tenth finest DMR time throughout the NCAA this season and the twenty fifth finest all-time. The DMR is the fourth college file that has been set throughout this indoor season. It joins the 600-meter, the mile and the 3000-meter.
 
This Week in Women’s Basketball: West Virginia begins the week when it completes a two-game highway swing at Oklahoma State on Tuesday, Feb. 7 … tipoff at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET … WVU then concludes the week at dwelling, enjoying host to Iowa State on Saturday, Feb. 11 … tipoff at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown is about for six p.m. ET, and it is going to be the Mountaineers’ annual Pink Game for breast most cancers consciousness.
 
Last Week in Women’s Basketball: WVU dropped a pair of Big 12 contests final week, first falling to No. 24/25 Texas, 56-69, in Morgantown on F eb. 1 … the Mountaineers then traveled to Norman, Oklahoma, and fell, 68-93, to No. 20/17 Oklahoma on Feb. 4 … in opposition to the Longhorns, West Virginia was led in scoring by fifth-year senior guard Sarah Bates, who netted a career-high 12 factors … sophomore guard JJ Quinerly then paced WVU’s scoring efforts in opposition to OU with 24 factors.
 
Notes: Quinerly tallied her eleventh consecutive double-digit scoring effort of the season in opposition to the Sooners, whereas it additionally was her fourth 20-point scoring efficiency this 12 months … West Virginia’s protection is third in the Big 12 Conference and ranks No. 65 nationally in scoring protection, as it’s holding opponents to a mean of 59.6 factors per sport … the squad additionally sits No. 1 in the league and No. 7 nationally in turnover margin (6.81), in addition to No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 39 in the NCAA in steals per sport (10.0) … individually, Quinerly is third in the convention in steals (44) and steals per sport (2.10).
 
This Week in Wrestling: West Virginia performs host to Air Force on Friday, Feb. 10, for Military Appreciation Night, starting at 7 p.m. ET … army service members in attendance will acquire free admission with a sound ID, in addition to be honored previous to the twin … the first 500 followers in attendance will obtain a blue shaker.
 
Last Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers dropped just a few nail-biters to No. 3 Iowa State and No. 14 Northern Iowa over the weekend … fifth-year senior Killian Cardinale, ranked No. 9 in the nation, was the lone WVU grappler to go undefeated in his two bouts (2-0) … redshirt freshmen Davin Rhoads (133) and Jordan Titus (141) each earned wins over nationally ranked opponents to propel the Mountaineers to a 10-0 lead by the first three matches in opposition to ISU … senior Scott Joll gained an early takedown and added 4 factors off a close to fall at 174 kilos to offer WVU again the lead at 13-10 earlier than the Cyclones rounded out the twin with three extra victories to flee with a seven-point win … After Cardinale scored a choice at 125 kilos to steer off Sunday’s twin in opposition to UNI, junior Caleb Dowling secured the match-winning takedown in sudden victory over No. 19 Derek Holschlag … junior Peyton Hall adopted up with a 5-2 determination over No. 23 Austin Yant at 165 kilos to drag the Mountaineers inside one (10-9) … UNI responded by occurring a 10-0 run with victories at 174, 184, and 197 kilos to lock up the crew win … redshirt junior Michael Wolfgram ended the day with a 7-4 determination over No. 12 Tyrell Gordon at heavyweight after three doable takedowns have been waved off all through the match.
 
Notes: The Mountaineers sit at 7-5 total and 1-5 in opposition to the Big 12 … seven members of the West Virginia University wrestling crew rank amongst the high 33 of their respective weight lessons in the first coaches’ rating main as much as this 12 months’s NCAA Championships … the checklist of Mountaineers included Hall (No. 8 – 165), Wolfgram (No. 23 – HWT), Titus (No. 28 – 141), junior Sam Hillegas (No. 25 – 149), redshirt senior Alex Hornfeck (No. 25 – 157 ), redshirt junior Anthony Carman (No. 25 – 184 ) and redshirt sophomore Austin Cooley (No. 28 – 197) … the second NCAA Coaches’ Ranking and first RPI rating are set to be launched this week on Thursday, Feb. 9 … moreover, fifth 12 months senior Killian Cardinale is at present 10-0 as a starter and can seemingly solidify a spot in the rankings at 125 kilos after competing in West Virginia’s final 4 duals with Oklahoma, No. 12 Oklahoma State, No. 3 ISU and No. 14 UNI … in response to the TakeDown Report and a spread of media guides, head coach Tim Flynn is at present sixth amongst winningest lively coaches in Division I wrestling with 251 wins … the mark additionally ranks him thirty eighth on the all-time checklist of Division I wrestling coaches … two extra wins strikes Flynn right into a tie for thirty seventh alongside Ron Gray, who coached at Kent State and Franklin & Marshall from 1968-1996 and is a distinguished member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
 
This Week in Swimming & Diving: The West Virginia University males’s and ladies’s swimming and diving groups are off this week … the Mountaineers return at the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas on Feb. 22.
 
Last Week in Swimming & Diving: The West Virginia University males’s and ladies’s diving groups wrapped up the common season on Feb. 4, in opposition to Penn State in Morgantown … sophomore Sarah Krusinski earned first place on the 3-meter (322.65) and 1-meter (278.70 … freshman Abigail Sullivan completed second on the 1-meter with a rating of 265.58 and first on the platform (238.13) … freshman Elysa Grossman added a PR on the 1-meter (233.25) … senior Marian Tiemeier scored 262.28 on the 3-meter to complete second … on the males’s facet, sophomore Hayden Apel completed second on the 3-meter (274.65), whereas freshman Christian Torre completed third (243.30) … sophomore Glenn Eloriaga completed second on the platform (321.08), Owen Johns completed third (310.35) and Torres completed fourth (200.85).
 
Notes: The Mountaineer girls earned 4 NCAA Zone-qualifying scores … Krusinski on the 1-meter and 3-meter … Sullivan on the 1-meter and platform … Krusinski additionally added two PRs.  
 
This Week in Tennis: The West Virginia University girls’s tennis crew (3-2, 0-0 Big 12) performs host to Marshall on Friday, Feb. 10, and Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday, Feb. 11 in Morgantown… competitors is about to start on Friday at 12 p.m. and on Saturday at 3 p.m.
 
Last Week in Tennis: The West Virginia University tennis crew defeated Northern Kentucky, 6-1, on Feb. 3, in Morgantown … junior/sophomore pair Momoko Nagato and Michaela Kucharova defeated NKU’s Mariajose Hernandez and Laura Sola Grau 6-0 … sophomore Camilla Bossi and redshirt freshman Maja Dodik got here up brief in the tiebreaker 6-7 (4-7) … Fifth-year senior Pei-Ju Hsieh and sophomore Catherine Wassick fell 2-6 … the Mountaineers swept singles play profitable all six matchups to say the home-opening victory … in opposition to Penn State on Feb. 5, WVU fell 1-6, in Morgantown … throughout doubles play, Nagato and Kucharova fell 2-6, whereas Hsieh and Dodik fell 4-6 for PSU to say the doubles level leaving Bossi and Chang forward, 5-4, unfinished … shifting on to singles, Chang defeated Yvonne Zuffova, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 … Kucharova, Nagato, Hsieh, Bossi and Dodik all suffered losses in two units to the Nittany Lions.
 
Notes: Last week’s contest in opposition to Northern Kentucky marks the first in the program historical past… During the 2021-22 season, WVU defeated Marshall 5-2 … the Mountaineers maintain a 3-1 collection file in opposition to Mount St. Mary’s.
 
This Week in Track and Field: The West Virginia University observe and subject crew continues in cut up squad motion, as the Mountaineers compete at the Boston University Valentine hosted by Boston University and the Marshall Invite hosted by Marshall University on Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11.
 
Last Week in Track and Field: The WVU observe and subject crew cut up to compete at the Scarlet and White Invite hosted by Boston University on Feb. 3 and 4 and the Sykes and Sabock Challenge hosted by Penn State University on Feb. 4 … West Virginia opened the weekend with the Distance Medley Relay in Boston on Feb. 3 … the crew consisting of redshirt senior Mikaela Lucki, senior Tessa Constantine, sophomore Cassandra Williamson and sophomore Ceili McCabe set the program file with a time of 10:59.09 … redshirt senior Hayley Jackson and Williamson additionally competed in the 800-meter … Jackson crossed the end line at 2:07.17, whereas Williamson adopted her at 2:08.28.
 
Notes: The Distance Medley Relay program file was beforehand set in 2009 by April Rotilio, Kaylyn Christopher, Karly Hamric and Keri Bland … the former file holders completed in 11:05.12 … the new DMR program file is sweet sufficient for tenth finest in the NCAA this season, whereas it is good for twenty fifth all-time … Jackson’s 800-meter time is sweet sufficient for fourth-best in program historical past, whereas Williamson earned fifth along with her efficiency.
 
This Week in Rifle: The No. 3 West Virginia University rifle crew travels to Lexington, Kentucky, to face off in opposition to the No. 4-ranked Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday, on Feb. 11.
 
Last Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers have been off final week.
 
Notes: West Virginia takes on Kentucky for the third time this season after claiming victory in the first two conferences … the Mountaineers are 22-11 all-time in opposition to the Wildcats … WVU is third in combination common this season with 4732.083 factors per match … West Virginia is also third in smallbore and air rifle … senior Mary Tucker leads nation in combination rating, averaging 1191.222 factors per match … Tucker additionally leads the nation in smallbore common with 593.222.
 
This Week in Gymnastics: The Mountaineers proceed their highway swing after they journey to Denver, Colorado, to tackle Big 12-foe No. 8 Denver on Sunday, Feb. 12 … motion inside Magness Arena is slated for 4 p.m. ET.
 
Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU fell to Pitt by a rating of 195.200-196.550 inside Fitzgerald Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 3 … the Panthers (6-6) topped the Mountaineers (7-5) on each occasion, together with 48.725-48.5 on vault, 49.4-48.85 on uneven bars, 49.15-48.675 on stability beam and 49.275-49.175 on flooring train … sophomore Brooke Alban led WVU on bars with a 9.825, whereas freshmen Brooke Irwin and Emma Wehry earned the high scores on vault with a pair of 9.775s … senior Emily Holmes-Hackerd as soon as once more led the means of flooring with a 9.875, and classmate Kianna Yancey paced the beam rotation with a 9.85 … in the last particular person occasion standings, Irwin and Wehry completed in a tie for third on vault, whereas Yancey completed solo third on beam … on flooring, Holmes-Hackerd completed in a tie for first place.
 
Notes: West Virginia’s 48.85 on bars was a season excessive on the occasion … Holmes-Hackerd’s first-place end on flooring marked her fourth consecutive meet atop the last flooring standings … junior Ellen Collins made her profession debut on flooring, in addition to her 2023 season debut, in opposition to the Panthers … she earned a 9.825, her highest rating on any occasion in her profession … junior Agatha Handono additionally made her season debut at Pitt … the Mountaineers sit at No. 22 on flooring train on this week’s Road to Nationals rankings … West Virginia has now been ranked in the Road to Nationals flooring rankings for twenty-four consecutive weeks, relationship again to Jan. 25, 2021.
 
This Week in Golf: WVU finally ends up competitors on Monday with 4 people (Kurtis Grant, Oli Menard, Todd Duncan and Kaleb Wilson competing in the Thomas Sharkey Individual Collegiate in Statesboro, Georgia … as a crew, the Mountaineers will return to competitors at the Gators Invitational on Feb. 11 in Gainesville, Florida.
 
Last Week in Golf: The Mountaineers shot 8-under-par in the last spherical of the Arizona Intercollegiate in Tucson, Arizona, to wrap up its first spring match … West Virginia tied for the second-lowest spherical in the last 18 holes to complete eleventh in the match with rounds of 298-291-280=869 (+5) … the 8-under-par third spherical is the 14th lowest spherical at school historical past vs. par … enjoying at the par-72 Tucson Country Club, junior Jackson Davenport shot 4-under-par in the last spherical and completed tied for 14th at 5-under-par with rounds of 74-69-68=211 … junior Will Stakel shot 2-under-par in the last spherical and completed at 3-over-par with rounds of 73-76-70=219 … sophomore Max Green shot 1-under-par in the last spherical and completed at 3-over-par with rounds of 78-70-71=219 … senior Trent Tipton was additionally underneath par in the last 18 holes, capturing 1-under and completed 4-over-par with rounds of 73-76-71=220 … freshman Westy McCabe recorded rounds of 84-78-80=242.