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MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University baseball team rebounded after its first loss of the season on Saturday with a 14-7 victory over Kennesaw State, Sunday afternoon at Kendrick Family Ballpark.
The Mountaineers improve to 14-1 while the Owls fall to 6-11.
Senior Brodie Kresser, one day after breaking his nose, was back in the lineup and went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI, three runs, and two stolen bases. Junior Sam White continued his torrid stretch with a pair of hits, including a home run, and three RBI. Senior Grant Hussey added two hits and two RBI.
After the Owls scored three runs in the first, the Mountaineers responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning. White had the big hit, a three-run opposite field home run to even up the score before WVU recorded an out. Freshman Gavin Kelly put the Mountaineers on top a few batters later with an RBI triple.
In the third, Kelly used his speed once again to score on a shallow sacrifice fly from redshirt junior Chase Swain. West Virginia tacked on four more runs in the fifth as Hussey, Kresser, and junior Logan Sauve all came through with two-out RBI base knocks.
Kelly showed off his wheels again in the eighth inning as he scored on a straight steal of home. Swain collected an RBI single a few pitches later before Kresser delivered the big blow, a three-run home run, his second of the season.
The Mountaineers will remain home for a midweek matchup with Towson on Tuesday with first pitch set for 2 p.m.
WVU gymnastics
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- For the second meet in a row and the second time this week, the West Virginia University gymnastics team scored a new season-high team score, reaching a 196.275 in a dual meet at Pitt inside Fitzgerald Field House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Sunday afternoon.
The score marked WVU's second 196.0+ score of the season, as well as the first time the squad has reached two or more scores of 196.0 or higher since 2023. Additionally, the total is now tied for No. 33 on West Virginia's top 50 team scores in program history.
The Mountaineers reached the new season high with scores of 48.925 on vault, 48.95 on the uneven bars, 49.1 on balance beam and a season-best 49.3 on floor exercise. Of note, the score on floor was the squad's highest since it hit a 49.35 at NCAA Regio