Mountaineers to face JMU in regular-season finale today

MORGANTOWN – The No. 13 West Virginia University men's soccer team heads to James Madison for the final game of the regular season today.     

Kickoff at Sentara Park is set for 7 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN+ with live stats available at WVUSports.com.     

The Mountaineers enter the game with a 9-2-4 overall record and currently sit tied atop the Sun Belt standings with 17 points, alongside Marshall, while JMU is in third with 15 points.    

The postseason scenarios are as follows with the top 2 seeds getting to host the first two rounds of the Sun Belt Tournament. WVU win & Marshall win - Shared title, WVU is No. 1 seed; WVU win & Marshall tie/loss - WVU outright title; WVU tie & Marshall win - Marshall outright title; WVU tie & Marshall tie - shared title, WVU is No. 1 seed; WVU tie & Marshall loss - WVU outright title; WVU loss & Marshall win - Marshall outright title, JMU is No. 2 seed, WVU is No. 3 seed; WVU loss & Marshall tie - Marshall and JMU share title, Marshall is No. 1 seed; and WVU loss & Marshall loss - JMU outright title, WVU is No. 2 seed.   

West Virginia has won four straight games and are coming off a 2-0 victory over Coastal Carolina on Thursday. Sophomores Julen Recalde and Sammie Walker each scored for the Mountaineers while redshirt sophomore Toby Mawer made two saves to secure his fourth consecutive clean sheet and fifth straight for West Virginia. Senior Pablo Pozos leads the team with six goals and 14 points this season with Walker tallying five goals and 12 points. Junior Isaac Scheer and Kanta Ishii lead the team with five assists.   

James Madison is 7-5-4 overall this season and third in the Sun Belt with a 4-1-3 mark and 15 points. Carlos Cámara Tur leads the team with 10 points (4g, 2a) while Chris Niblock has a team-high five assists. Erik Jaspers has a .806 save percentage and recorded six shutouts.