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WVU men’s soccer releases 2026 schedule

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia men’s soccer’s path to a Sun Belt Conference championship and another NCAA tournament appearance has been revealed. The Mountaineers are slated to play 17 regular-season games, and 10 of them will be at home in Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. The first game of the season is on the road at Charlotte on Thursday, Aug. 20, and will have its home opener on Aug. 24 against St. Bonaventure. WVU starts Sun Belt Conference play on Sept. 17 against Georgia State. The Mountain State Derby against in-state rival Marshall is on the road in Huntington on Sept. 27. ...

WVU athletics drops 8 spots in Learfield Directors’ Cup final standings

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MORGANTOWN — Despite a seemingly strong athletic season, West Virginia athletics had a worse performance in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings. The Mountaineers finished 50th in the final standings for the 2025-26 year, which was eight spots down from last year’s rankings at 42. The Learfield Directors’ Cup standings are the rankings of all Division I athletic programs around the country based on national performance. WVU tallied 137.50 points for the spring, 224 for the winter and 169 for the fall for a total of 530.50. 530.50 was tied with the Big 12’s Baylor for the ...

UC’s Smee, Fairmont State’s Cutri tabbed MEC Sports Coaches of the Year

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FAIRMONT — The University of Charleston men’s soccer coach Daniel Smee and Fairmont State women’s acrobatics and tumbling coach Danielle Cutri has been named the 2025-26 Mountain East Conference Men’s and Women’s Sports Coaches of the Year, the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. Smee, a six-time MEC Coach of the Year, led Charleston to its sixth straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen as the program finished with a record of 17-1-4. Charleston was ranked No. 1 by the United Soccer Coaches during weeks nine and ten of the 2025 season. Smee is the third UC men’s soccer ...

Hawkins Jr. learning from legend Pat White in early time at WVU

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MORGANTOWN — When most of the college athletes think of West Virginia football, they think of wide receiver Tavon Austin and his highlight tape. New Mountaineers transfer quarterback was asked on the “3 Guys Before the Game” what he thought of when he hears WVU football. “I knew about West Virginia because of the Big 12,” Hawkins said. “I kind of knew about Pat White already.” That perks up the ears. White was one of the legendary quarterbacks in WVU football history, winning four bowl games as a starter. He set multiple records and is even having his jersey retired ...

Rebuilding the Roster

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MORGANTOWN — Mark Kellogg thought he had a plan. Or maybe it was a plan the WVU women’s basketball coach simply had to alter more than a few times. Or maybe it was an assembly of good ideas with several subheads and options attached to them. He knew he had something, though, Kellogg ...

Steve Sabins’ Hall of Fame strategy

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MORGANTOWN — Earlier this month, Steve Sabins was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Coach of the Year for the job he did in managing West Virginia into the College World Series and into the Final Four of that event and rightfully had praise heaped upon him for the job ...