West Virginia University Baseball Team Case Study

GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Ladies never trailed in an 8-3 win in game one, but Centenary (8-9, 2-4 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) fell to Southwestern (12-8, 2-4 SCAC) 13-1 (five innings) in the nightcap as the two teams split a double header Saturday afternoon, March 17.

In game two, Centenary fell behind 3-0 before scoring two in the fourth because of a key error and one more in the fifth. With two down in the fourth, senior Lizzie Moran hit a groundball to first that was misplayed to allow her to beat the throw. Moran stole second and scored on sophomore Wendy Gillet’s RBI hit. While trying to gun down Moran at the plate, Gillet moved to second and scored on freshman Ashley Albright’s hit.

With Centenary leading game two 10-8 in the top of the seventh, sophomore Kylie Bradley blasted the first pitch she saw over the leftfield fence. However, Grambling State answered with three runs of its own to tie the game. With one out, McKenzie Johnson homered and Kenyshae Beasley singled. She stole second and scored on Mercedes Williams double. Tia Coleman followed with the game-tying single, but did not advance past first after sophomore Mackenzie Stewart struck out the final two hitters.

The Gents played a closer game then they are used to in the series finale, but the Maroon and White never trailed in the series as Centenary (16-3, 3-0 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) swept a doubleheader with a 12-0 win (seven innings) in game one and 9-6 in game two.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--During the annual Gold-Blue Spring Game, the West Virginia University defense defeated the offense 44-21 at Milan Puskar Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Bruins, who are currently ranked No. 24 in the latest D3baseball.com poll, improve to 12-3 overall and 6-1 in the Northwest Conference. George Fox had six runs on 12 hits in the first game and followed that up with a five run, eight-hit effort in the nightcap. Bruins’ right fielder Kyler Brudwick had three hits in two runs scored in the first game and two more hits and a run scored in the nightcap to lead the offense.

During the fourth inning, Colby blasted four hits scoring three runs. Tanner Trusell, Wade Rush, and Bryce Meyers each scored on hits to the outfield.

As was the case in the win against Southwestern on Friday, the Ladies made the Mountaineers

The 11-play,65-yard drive ended with a 2-yard touchdown run by, Chapman. The point after kick by,Nathan Liesen was good, making this a,20-7 game, with 43.6 left in the half.

A kick from Anderson started the game, not long after, QB Lucas Smith runs a 18yd touchdown, starting the game out with a 7-0 Turpin lead. The Redskins’ Kyle Blaha soon persevered through the unforgiving Turpin defense and ran a 2 yd touchdown, evening out the score out 7-7. “Our offense and defense did well, but there’s always room for improvement.” Coach Kenter explained after Turpin gave up 21 points in the first half. “But I think this was one of better games of the entire season, the team really brought it.” Second quarter brought both the Spartans and Redskins 2 new touchdowns each and an exciting 65 yard pass Turpin touchdown, Smith to Will Hausfeld. Halftime stopped the intense game at a suspenseful score of 21-21.

The Cactus Bowl may have been a turning point for Howard with his record setting performance. In WVU’s 43-42 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils he was named the Offensive MVP after throwing 532 yards and five touchdowns.

The Mountaineers will face their toughest challenge right off the bat with the enormous Tigers' d-line.

The Mountaineers exploited Youngstown State's secondary in their last game. White had a 53-yard touchdown in the first half. Gibson caught a 54- and 57-yard pass for 171 total yards on six receptions.

Kent State looked a lost out there against the Golden Griffins with numerous batters going up to the plate swinging at junk and not putting together good at-bats, not to downplay the Canisius pitching,

WVU opened the second half on a 29-4 run, capped by a 3-pointer from West to take a 91-27 lead with 15:17 left. The lanky freshman dropped three 3s in just over a minute.