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WVU players have experience with Herd head coach, former Mountaineer assistant Doc Holliday

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WVU players have experience with Herd head coach, former Mountaineer assistant Doc Holliday

OLB Doug Rigg ‘earned right’ to play as freshman

Freshman basketball player Curry disqualified

Oregon State transfer Matt Drake a ‘great fit’

Defender Bry McCarthy becoming offensive force

WVU heads on road after week of break

Tennis opens fall season without coach

WVU FOOTBALL

WVU players have experience with Herd head coach, former Mountaineer assistant Doc Holliday

West Virginia safety Robert Sands watched last Thursday’s Ohio State-Marshall game as a fan.

Coal Bowl has to continue

For the past four years, this week has drawn the ire of many Mountaineer fans.

OLB Doug Rigg ‘earned right’ to play as freshman

When Doug Rigg ran out of the smoke-filled, inflatable helmet and onto Mountaineer Field Saturday for the first time, it took his breath away.

Marshall learns from last weekend’s blowout loss to Ohio State

How does a team prepare for a top 25 team looming in the second week of the season?

LB Lazear out against Marshall

West Virginia senior linebacker Pat Lazear has been ruled out for the Mountaineers’ Friday night game against Marshall.

ROWING

Rowing needs members for novice team

The West Virginia rowing team is looking for members to join its novice team for the 2010-11 season.

Mountaineers end 7th at ECAC Championships

The West Virginia rowing team’s season is over after a seventh-place finish Saturday at the Eastern College Athletic Conference New England Regional Championships.

BASEBALL

Gyorko named Brooks Wallace Award winner

West Virginia’s former shortstop Jedd Gyorko was named the Brooks Wallace Shortstop of the Year at the 2010 College Baseball Awards Show in Lubbock, Texas last Friday.

Gyorko selected by Padres

Disappointment morphed into excitement as former West Virginia shortstop Jedd Gyorko had to wait a day to discover his professional baseball fate.

TENNIS

Tennis opens fall season without coach

The West Virginia tennis team opens fall play today in the Martha Thorn Invitational. The tournament will continue through Sunday.

Coaching search down to 5, decision by middle of month

West Virginia has shortened its list of candidates to replace outgoing head tennis coach Marc Walters to five candidates, according to Athletic Director Oliver Luck.

GYMNASTICS

Gymnastics’ best effort falls short for NCAAs

Second-best point total lands WVU in fourth place at Southeast Regional

It wasn’t the ideal finish senior Chelsi Tabor and junior Amy Bieski had hoped for.

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Coach Burdette-Good, Bieski already anxious for next season

Amy Bieski missed her chance to advance to the NCAA National Competition yet again.

SWIMMING

Four Mountaineer swimmers compete at NCAAs

The West Virginia swimming and diving teams sent five women to Purdue University for the NCAA Championships this weekend.

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Swimming sends its largest team in history to Nationals

The West Virginia swimming team will send its largest team in the program’s history to the women’s NCAA Championships.

RIFLE

Rifle’s Michael Kulbacki will shoot for US at World Junior Championships

WVU rising junior rifle team member Michael Kulbacki requalified for the United States National Junior Team at the USA Shooting National Championships in Fort Benning, Ga.

Rifle places third at NCAA Championship

The West Virginia rifle team came up short in its bid for a second-consecutive national title as it finshed third at the NCAA National Championship Saturday.

WRESTLING

3 wrestlers fail to reach NCAA finals

All three participants the West Virginia wrestling team sent the NCAA Championships in Omaha, Neb., last weekend failed to qualify for Saturday’s championship rounds.

Three wrestlers in search of title

Three West Virginia wrestlers will make their way to Omaha, Neb., for the NCAA Wrestling Championships, which begin today.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL

Freshman basketball player Curry disqualified

West Virginia head men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins lost a second member of his 2010 recruiting Thursday.

Basketball’s Mazzulla, Pepper cited

West Virginia men’s basketball players Joe Mazzulla and Dalton Pepper were cited for disorderly conduct and public urination Sunday morning.

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Men’s b-ball out-of-conference schedule highlighted by home game against Purdue

The West Virginia men’s basketball team’s home out-of-conference schedule is highlighted by Purdue.

Give Huggins benefit of the doubt

The saying goes: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. That is unless you’re Bob Huggins’ ribs.

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Coach Huggins breaks seven ribs in fall

West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins was still in a Las Vegas hospital as of Tuesday afternoon, a team spokesman said.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Graham leaves WVU women’s basketball program

After just one season as an assistant coach for the West Virginia women’s basketball program, Donchez Graham has left the program, WVU Associate Sports Information Director Phil Caskey confirmed Sunday.

WVU women will rebound from loss

Before this season had started, West Virginia women’s basketball head coach Mike Carey could not contain his excitement about the upcoming season.

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WVU WOMEN'S SOCCER

Defender Bry McCarthy becoming offensive force

West Virginia defender Bry McCarthy received a text message from her mom earlier this week, after scoring the game-tying goal on a free kick in the Mountaineers’ 2-1 victory over Central Michigan last Saturday.

Mischler’s game-winner highlights weekend

Megan Mischler knew how important Saturday’s game against Central Michigan was for the West Virginia women’s soccer team.

WVU MEN'S SOCCER

WVU heads on road after week of break

In the two games it played last weekend, the West Virginia men’s soccer team was on the pitch for 207 minutes.

Oregon State transfer Matt Drake a ‘great fit’

Oftentimes in life, people can grow tired of a particular environment or place. In order to amend such a situation, the person may choose to make a move to have a fresh start.

WVU CROSS COUNTRY

Mountaineers get preview of Big East Championship course

West Virginia cross country coach Sean Cleary hopes to get a look into the future this weekend.

WVU takes top 7 spots

There may have been some unfamiliar faces donning Gold and Blue Saturday when the No. 15 West Virginia cross country team kicked of its season, but the results were the same.

WVU VOLLEYBALL

Coaching changes have landed Evans in right place

Going to school 2,600 miles away from home is no easy task. Neither is playing volleyball for a Division I-A Big East Conference school.

Mountaineers hope to learn from latest losses, progress this weekend

Despite starting the season 4-0, the West Virginia volleyball team now sits at 5-2.

WVU CLUB SPORTS

Men’s rugby hopes for continued success despite coaching change

After a 6-1 fall season and a perfect 4-0 spring campaign, the West Virginia club men’s rugby team is looking to match its success in 2010.

Student Government plan calls for four fields in St. Francis area

Renderings, survey results, field schedule submitted to in February for use in developing plan

The West Virginia University Student Government Association developed a plan to update recreational field space earlier this year.

TRACK

Track athletes record top 20 finishes

Although the West Virginia track and field team competed in the NCAA Outdoor Championships two weeks ago, the season was not over for three athletes.

Mountaineers primed for more success in 2011

West Virginia head track and field and cross country coach Sean Cleary’s team had by far the best year in program history.