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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) ֱ West Virginia University Director of Athletics Shane Lyons has announced the 2022 womenֱs soccer schedule.
The Mountaineersֱ 2022 slate is highlighted by five home, nonconference matchups, as well as an exhibition against rival Pitt to open home action.
WVU will kick against seven opponents, including a pair of Big 12 foes that qualified for the 2021 NCAA Tournament. In all, West Virginia is set to host 10 contests at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in Morgantown.
ֱOnce again this year, our nonconference schedule is one that will test our team right off the bat,ֱ WVU coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, who enters her 27th year at the helm, said. ֱIt will be a good combination of familiar and unfamiliar opponents to lead us right into our hunt for a Big 12 crown when conference play begins.ֱ
The fall begins with a home exhibition match against Pitt on Thursday, Aug. 11, before the Mountaineers officially open the campaign on Thursday, Aug. 18, when they play host to Indiana.
WVU completes the season-opening homestand with a contest against Saint Josephֱs on Sunday, Aug. 21.
WVU travels to University Park, Pennsylvania, for its first road contest of the season, playing at Penn State on Thursday, Aug. 25. The squad returns home to conclude the month of August on Sunday, Aug. 28, against Saint Francis (Pa.) at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
The Mountaineers return to the road with a trip to Auburn, Alabama, to take on the Tigers on Thursday, Sept. 1. West Virginia will then remain in Auburn to compete against Samford on Sunday, Sept. 4.
Returning to Morgantown, WVU plays host to Clemson on Thursday, Sept. 8, before a matchup against Bucknell is slated for Sunday, Sept. 11.
Following a six-day break, West Virginia concludes nonconference action in Washington, D.C., kicking against Georgetown on Saturday, Sept. 17.
WVU opens Big 12 Conference play with a two-game road swing, traveling to Lubbock, Texas, for a match against Texas Tech on Thursday, Sept. 22. The squad then makes its way to Ames, Iowa, to complete the weekend at Iowa State on Sunday, Sept. 25.
The Mountaineers are slated to open home conference action on Friday, Sept. 30, against Kansas, before they return to the road to compete at TCU on Thursday, Oct. 6, in Fort Worth, Texas.
WVU then hosts a full weekend of Big 12 action at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, beginning with a contest against Texas on Thursday, Oct. 13, and concluding with a matchup against Baylor on Sunday, Oct. 16.
WVUֱs final road trip of the season consists of a two-game swing through Oklahoma, first traveling to Oklahoma State on Thursday, Oct. 20, in Stillwater, before concluding the road portion of the schedule at Oklahoma on Sunday, Oct. 23, in Norman.
West Virginia caps the regular season at home on Thursday, Oct. 27, playing host to Kansas State on Senior Night at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
Information about tickets for the 2022 home slate will be announced at a later date.
The Mountaineers are coming off a 10-5-5 season in 2021, as they recorded their 22nd straight season with at least 10 wins.
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KANSAS CITY ֱ Itֱs something of an unfamiliar spot for West Virginia, this first day of the Big 12 Championship. While the Mountaineers have never entered the tournament as the top seed and thus gotten the advantageous game times accorded to those who have earned them at the top of the league, only twice have the Mountaineers previously played on the opening day of the leagueֱs conference showcase.
That came in 2013, when a 13-19 Mountaineer team (6-12 in the league) lost to Texas Tech 71-69 on the opening day, completing a losing skid not unlike the one this year's team has just experienced. WVU lost six in a row and seven of eight to complete that 2012-13 regular season.
The second occurrence had a similar profile. After going 3-10 down the stretch, the Mountaineers faced Oklahoma in the Wednesday nightcap on the first day of the tournament, but managed to win that one plus a Thursday quarterfinal against the same Red Raiders before falling to Kansas.
WVU and Kansas State will be the only two teams playing Wednesday, instead of the usual four, as postseason sanctions against Oklahoma State removed the Cowboys from event. That also gave breaks to Iowa State and Oklahoma, which would, in an ordinary year, also have been playing on Wednesday. (Had that been the case, WVU would have been facing the Cyclones while the Sooners would have met the Wildcats.)
Of course, itֱs not as bad as some of WVUֱs early experiences in the Big East tournaments of the mid-1990s, when the overloaded schedule had some teams playing on Wednesday mornings. The joke at that time was WVU, losing in those first-round games, was heading home while other teams had yet to make it to New York City. Thatֱs not the case here, but WVU will be fighting to avoid the ignominy of being the first team out of this yearֱs event.
ֱWeֱre definitely not used to [playing on Wednesday] but weֱve kind of flushed the season,ֱ senior guard Sean McNeil said. ֱThe season wasnֱt what we wanted it to be, but we have an opportunity, and thatֱs all you can ask for this time of the season.
Head coach Bob Huggins has used the ֱopportunityֱ angle a number of times in the late going, but McNeil and his teammates might finally be receiving that message. He noted that the coaches have continued to reinforce it, and the players have also talked amongst themselves about it.
ֱI think we have something to play for,ֱ said Huggins, again pushing back on the idea that his team is merely playing out the string. ֱ(The team) was great yesterday, and maybe not quite as good today, but they were enthusiastic, and they are excited about playing.ֱ
ֱThere are teams that feel they canֱt go far, so they might think they should just as well get out the tournament and go on,ֱ said Taz Sherman of the Wednesday factor, and potential tough games to follow. ֱBut thatֱs not us. We strongly feel like we can win the whole thing. Itֱs just a matter of finishing games and paying attention to detail. We definitely think we can win.ֱ
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West Virginia changed up its pre-championship practice schedule, conducting its most extensive work in Morgantown prior to flying to Kansas City in the afternoon. In previous years, WVU practiced at a local college before holding its 40-minute session at the tournament site.
Each team gets one such practice session at the T-Mobile Center the day before their first game, and that is strictly moderated. For example, teams are only allowed to touch the ball for 40 minutes, and that time period begins when the first ball hits the first playerֱs hand on the court.
Thus, when the Mountaineers got on the court a few minutes before their allotted time, they went through a ghost lay-up line, pretending to pass, shoot and dunk the ball. Assistant coach Larry Harrison got in on the action with a beautiful, if ball-missing, hook shot.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) ֱ West Virginia's 2022-23 non-conference men's basketball season is topped with the 189th renewal of the Backyard Brawl and a trip to play three games in the Phil Knight Legacy in Portland, Oregon, according to the announcement of the schedule on Friday.
The Pitt game, played in Pittsburgh on Nov. 11, is the season's second game, following opening at home on Monday, Nov. 7, against Mount St. Mary's.
WVU has won the last five meetings with the Panthers, including a victory in Morgantown this year.
The Knight Legacy is one of the nation's top preseason showcases, named after the founder of Nike.
The field is made up of Duke, Florida, Gonzaga, Oregon State, Portland State, Purdue and Xavier, and it will be held from Nov. 24-27.
Between the Pitt game and the Knight Legacy, WVU plays at home against Morehead State on Nov. 15 and Penn on Nov. 18.
The Mountaineers get no break after the trip to Oregon as they play a yet undetermined opponent on Dec. 4 in the annual Big 12-Big East Battle.
WVU then plays four consecutive games at the Coliseum, facing Navy on Dec. 7, UAB on Dec. 10, Buffalo on Dec. 18 and Stony Brook on Dec. 22.
The Mountaineers will close non-conference play on Saturday, Jan. 28, with an opponent to be determined in the annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
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The schedule creates a couple of interesting matchups for WVU Coach Bob Huggins as he could wind up facing two of his most heated rivals.
Of course, his battles with Jamie Dixon and Pitt are legendary, but no more so than his inner-city Cincinnati rivalry with Xavier.
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Huggins talked with his freshmen on Thursday, and none indicated they planned to leave via the transfer portal.
But it's best to take a wait and see attitude on that.
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While no one from the football team has injuries that should keep them out of the season, a number of players will not be able to take part in spring practice.
This is headed by defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor, who is expected to be a star this season but who has an upper body injury that will sideline him for the spring. The D-line is set to pair him and fifth-year senior Dante Stills again.
Neal Brown doesn't want to risk Stills in the spring, so he plans to keep him out of much of the contact drills, much as he did last spring with running back Leddie Brown.
Also out is linebacker Exree Loe, who missed the bowl game but should be ready to fire come summer camp.
Tight end Mike O'Laughlin is rehabbing from knee surgery that sidelined him late last season.
Defensive lineman Edward Vesterinen also will miss the spring with injury.
Safety Nicktroy Fortune, who missed seven games last spring, is expected to be cleared for limited practice.
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The offensive line returns intact, but there will be a cosmetic change as Wyatt Milum will move from right tackle to left, swapping places with Brandon Yates. Milum is left-hander, so he should be more comfortable on the left side.