Drazba Named Student-Athlete of the Week
September 05, 2017 02:36 PM | General, Men's Soccer, Cross Country, Women's Soccer, Volleyball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 5, 2017) - Following her win at the Lehigh Invitational last Friday, West Virginia cross country redshirt senior Maggie Drazba has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
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Drazba was the first to cross the finish line in the women's 6k on the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, pacing the Mountaineers to a season-opening, first-place finish at the meet.
The St. Mary's, West Virginia, native earned a time of 20:58.55 at Lehigh, marking the first time she reached the top of the podium in her collegiate cross country career.
This Week in Women's Soccer: No. 6 WVU closes its three-week homestand with a pair of matches at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium … the Mountaineers face No. 13 Duke on Friday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m., and Richmond on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m. … Friday is WVU Faculty/Staff night, and free admission will be given to any WVU faculty and staff member who shows their WVU employee ID … Youth Soccer Day follows on Sunday, and all fans who wear a youth soccer jersey will earn free admittance into the match … additionally, a free postgame clinic will follow the match.
Last Week in Women's Soccer: The Mountaineers (4-1) went 2-0 at DDSS over the weekend, defeating No. 1 Penn State, 2-1, on Sept. 2, and Wright State, 2-0, on Sept. 4 … forwards Sh'Nia Gordon and Lauren Segalla tallied first-half scores against PSU, with Segalla bagging the game-winner in the 37th minute … the WVU defense held PSU to 12 shots, with only three landing on-frame … on Monday, senior forward Michaela Abam tallied the game-winner against the Raiders just 2:22 into the match, converting her first penalty kick of the season … senior defender Amandine Pierre-Louis added an insurance goal in the 82nd minute … WVU denied WSU a shot and a corner kick.
Notes: Saturday's win was WVU's first victory over a top-ranked team in Morgantown … PSU entered the match averaging 3.33 goals per-game … Monday marked the sixth time in program history the Mountaineers denied an opponent a shot, and the first time since 2015 … Wright State was the second opponent in three matches to fail to earn a corner kick … Abam's goal, the 12th fasted in program history, pushed her career total to 34 and moved her into fifth place on the Mountaineers' all-time career goals chart … she continues to rank No. 9 with 82 career points.
This Week in Men's Soccer: The Mountaineers return to action against UCF on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. ET, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium … admission will be free for all fans, courtesy of WVU Medicine … the game comes after the WVU football team hosts East Carolina at noon.
Last Week in Men's Soccer: West Virginia went 1-0-1 last week and remains unbeaten on the season … WVU beat Wright State, 4-1 on Friday night, before a 0-0 draw to Monmouth on Monday afternoon … senior Jad Arslan continued his hot start to the season with two goals against Wright State, while sophomores Pascal Derwaritsch and Sebastian Garcia-Herreros also scored in the win, both being the first in their WVU careers, and junior Jorge Quintanilla registered a career-best three assists … junior goalkeeper Stephen Banick made three saves on Friday and two on Monday, while the lone goal given up on Friday came on a penalty kick.
Notes: West Virginia (3-0-1) is ranked in the top 25 in three of the four major polls, coming in as high as No. 14 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, while the Mountaineers are No. 19 in the College Soccer News rankings and ranked No. 23 in the Top Drawer Soccer Top 25 … WVU is also ranked No. 1 in the Great Lakes regional rankings by the United Soccer Coaches … WVU remains unbeaten on the season, while its three-game winning streak to open the year was snapped with Sunday's tie … junior Jorge Quintanilla was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after notching a career-best three assists in Friday's win, while senior Jad Arslan was an honorable mention selection … it is the second and third Team of the Week accolade in as many weeks for WVU, after Arslan was recognized a week ago … junior goalkeeper Stephen Banick and the WVU defense have allowed just one goal in four games this season, which came on a penalty kick … the Mountaineers are one of three unbeaten teams in the Mid-American Conference, joining Bowling Green (4-0) and Western Michigan (3-0-1).
Coach LeBlanc following Sunday's 0-0 tie against Monmouth: "We played well enough to win the game. Monmouth was compact, they defended, put numbers behind the ball and we made it very difficult to break down. We had chances, but were just wasteful with them today. That said, it's another clean sheet for our team. Though we weren't really troubled very much in this game, it's still important that we find clean sheets. We are disappointed not to find the goal, but there are going to be games like that, where teams are prepared to defend against you. That's what happened today."
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia heads to Dayton, Ohio, on Friday for a trio of matches as part of the Holiday Inn Classic hosted by Wright State … WVU will face Tennessee Tech (11 a.m.) and Harvard (6 p.m.) on Friday before taking on host Wright State (3 p.m.) on Saturday.
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers (4-2, 0-0) went 2-1 at the Diet Coke Classic in Minneapolis, Minnesota … WVU dropped a 3-0 tilt at No. 2 Minnesota, led by 12 kills from senior middle blocker Mia Swanegan … the team rebounded by sweeping Tennessee, 3-0 … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey notched a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs … the Mountaineers capped the tournament by earning a 3-1 win over UTSA … Caffrey had a season-best 21 kills in the match, notching a double-double with and 12 digs … Caffrey (3.90 k/s, 6 aces) and freshman libero Alexa Hasting (4.20 d/s, 3 aces) earned all-tournament team honors.
Notes: Friday's contest marked WVU's second straight match vs. a top-10 Big Ten team … the Mountaineers hosted No. 6 Penn State at home last weekend … Saturday's tilt with Tennessee was just the 12th all-time match between West Virginia and an SEC squad … WVU's last tilt against the SEC came in 2012 when it took on South Carolina … the Mountaineers swept the Vols, marking their fourth win vs. the SEC all-time … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey leads the Big 12 with 12 service aces … she ranks fifth in kills per set (3.90) and fourth in points per set (4.40) … she's joined in the top-10 by senior middle blocker Mia Swanegan, who ranks eighth in points per set (3.65) and seventh in blocks per set (1.20) … sophomore setter Erin Slinde got the chance to play in her home state of Minnesota … Slinde ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 9.15 assists per set … freshman libero Alexa Hasting ranks ninth with 3.00 digs per set after stepping into the libero position in the second match of the season.
This Week in Cross Country: West Virginia will travel to the PSU Spiked Shoe Invitational in University Park, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. ... the trip to the familiar Penn State Blue-White Golf Course will be the first of two visits the Mountaineers will make to Happy Valley this season.
Last Week in WVU Cross Country: West Virginia began the 2017 season with a first-place finish at the Lehigh Invitational in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Sept. 1 ... redshirt senior Maggie Drazba earned the individual win on the Mountain Hawks' Goodman Campus Cross Country Course (6k) after crossing the finish line in 20:58.55 ... redshirt senior Amy Cashin (21.25.10), redshirt freshman Sarah Wills (21:34.39) and redshirt sophomore Candace Jones (21:54.91) followed close behind in second, third and fourth place, respectively. ... redshirt freshman Antigone Archer (22:33.53) placed 11th ... WVU earned 21 team points, topping second-place Rutgers by 32 points ... the Scarlet Knights finished with 53 team points.
Notes: Drazba's win was the first of her collegiate career ... she conquered a field of 94 runners from 10 different schools ... Wills and Archer both made their Mountaineer cross country debuts at Lehigh ... the team win became the second straight year – and third in the last four years – that WVU opened the season with a first-place finish ... WVU began the 2016 season with a win at the Texas Tech Invitational and won at Lehigh to start the 2014 campaign … the Mountaineers are set to compete at the PSU Spiked Shoe Invitational for the sixth consecutive season Friday ... WVU finished fifth as a team in last year's event ... Friday will become the eighth time WVU will run at Penn State's Blue-White Golf Course since 2014.
Coach Sean Cleary after last Friday's meet at Lehigh: "Abnormally cool weather for an opener allowed us to be rewarded on the stopwatch. Maggie looked very strong out front once she secured the lead. I would say she is right where she wants to be. All in all, I'm glad we chose to open the season at this meet. We should be better off for it."
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Drazba was the first to cross the finish line in the women's 6k on the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, pacing the Mountaineers to a season-opening, first-place finish at the meet.
The St. Mary's, West Virginia, native earned a time of 20:58.55 at Lehigh, marking the first time she reached the top of the podium in her collegiate cross country career.
This Week in Women's Soccer: No. 6 WVU closes its three-week homestand with a pair of matches at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium … the Mountaineers face No. 13 Duke on Friday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m., and Richmond on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m. … Friday is WVU Faculty/Staff night, and free admission will be given to any WVU faculty and staff member who shows their WVU employee ID … Youth Soccer Day follows on Sunday, and all fans who wear a youth soccer jersey will earn free admittance into the match … additionally, a free postgame clinic will follow the match.
Last Week in Women's Soccer: The Mountaineers (4-1) went 2-0 at DDSS over the weekend, defeating No. 1 Penn State, 2-1, on Sept. 2, and Wright State, 2-0, on Sept. 4 … forwards Sh'Nia Gordon and Lauren Segalla tallied first-half scores against PSU, with Segalla bagging the game-winner in the 37th minute … the WVU defense held PSU to 12 shots, with only three landing on-frame … on Monday, senior forward Michaela Abam tallied the game-winner against the Raiders just 2:22 into the match, converting her first penalty kick of the season … senior defender Amandine Pierre-Louis added an insurance goal in the 82nd minute … WVU denied WSU a shot and a corner kick.
Notes: Saturday's win was WVU's first victory over a top-ranked team in Morgantown … PSU entered the match averaging 3.33 goals per-game … Monday marked the sixth time in program history the Mountaineers denied an opponent a shot, and the first time since 2015 … Wright State was the second opponent in three matches to fail to earn a corner kick … Abam's goal, the 12th fasted in program history, pushed her career total to 34 and moved her into fifth place on the Mountaineers' all-time career goals chart … she continues to rank No. 9 with 82 career points.
This Week in Men's Soccer: The Mountaineers return to action against UCF on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. ET, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium … admission will be free for all fans, courtesy of WVU Medicine … the game comes after the WVU football team hosts East Carolina at noon.
Last Week in Men's Soccer: West Virginia went 1-0-1 last week and remains unbeaten on the season … WVU beat Wright State, 4-1 on Friday night, before a 0-0 draw to Monmouth on Monday afternoon … senior Jad Arslan continued his hot start to the season with two goals against Wright State, while sophomores Pascal Derwaritsch and Sebastian Garcia-Herreros also scored in the win, both being the first in their WVU careers, and junior Jorge Quintanilla registered a career-best three assists … junior goalkeeper Stephen Banick made three saves on Friday and two on Monday, while the lone goal given up on Friday came on a penalty kick.
Notes: West Virginia (3-0-1) is ranked in the top 25 in three of the four major polls, coming in as high as No. 14 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, while the Mountaineers are No. 19 in the College Soccer News rankings and ranked No. 23 in the Top Drawer Soccer Top 25 … WVU is also ranked No. 1 in the Great Lakes regional rankings by the United Soccer Coaches … WVU remains unbeaten on the season, while its three-game winning streak to open the year was snapped with Sunday's tie … junior Jorge Quintanilla was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after notching a career-best three assists in Friday's win, while senior Jad Arslan was an honorable mention selection … it is the second and third Team of the Week accolade in as many weeks for WVU, after Arslan was recognized a week ago … junior goalkeeper Stephen Banick and the WVU defense have allowed just one goal in four games this season, which came on a penalty kick … the Mountaineers are one of three unbeaten teams in the Mid-American Conference, joining Bowling Green (4-0) and Western Michigan (3-0-1).
Coach LeBlanc following Sunday's 0-0 tie against Monmouth: "We played well enough to win the game. Monmouth was compact, they defended, put numbers behind the ball and we made it very difficult to break down. We had chances, but were just wasteful with them today. That said, it's another clean sheet for our team. Though we weren't really troubled very much in this game, it's still important that we find clean sheets. We are disappointed not to find the goal, but there are going to be games like that, where teams are prepared to defend against you. That's what happened today."
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia heads to Dayton, Ohio, on Friday for a trio of matches as part of the Holiday Inn Classic hosted by Wright State … WVU will face Tennessee Tech (11 a.m.) and Harvard (6 p.m.) on Friday before taking on host Wright State (3 p.m.) on Saturday.
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers (4-2, 0-0) went 2-1 at the Diet Coke Classic in Minneapolis, Minnesota … WVU dropped a 3-0 tilt at No. 2 Minnesota, led by 12 kills from senior middle blocker Mia Swanegan … the team rebounded by sweeping Tennessee, 3-0 … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey notched a double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs … the Mountaineers capped the tournament by earning a 3-1 win over UTSA … Caffrey had a season-best 21 kills in the match, notching a double-double with and 12 digs … Caffrey (3.90 k/s, 6 aces) and freshman libero Alexa Hasting (4.20 d/s, 3 aces) earned all-tournament team honors.
Notes: Friday's contest marked WVU's second straight match vs. a top-10 Big Ten team … the Mountaineers hosted No. 6 Penn State at home last weekend … Saturday's tilt with Tennessee was just the 12th all-time match between West Virginia and an SEC squad … WVU's last tilt against the SEC came in 2012 when it took on South Carolina … the Mountaineers swept the Vols, marking their fourth win vs. the SEC all-time … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey leads the Big 12 with 12 service aces … she ranks fifth in kills per set (3.90) and fourth in points per set (4.40) … she's joined in the top-10 by senior middle blocker Mia Swanegan, who ranks eighth in points per set (3.65) and seventh in blocks per set (1.20) … sophomore setter Erin Slinde got the chance to play in her home state of Minnesota … Slinde ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 9.15 assists per set … freshman libero Alexa Hasting ranks ninth with 3.00 digs per set after stepping into the libero position in the second match of the season.
This Week in Cross Country: West Virginia will travel to the PSU Spiked Shoe Invitational in University Park, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. ... the trip to the familiar Penn State Blue-White Golf Course will be the first of two visits the Mountaineers will make to Happy Valley this season.
Last Week in WVU Cross Country: West Virginia began the 2017 season with a first-place finish at the Lehigh Invitational in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Sept. 1 ... redshirt senior Maggie Drazba earned the individual win on the Mountain Hawks' Goodman Campus Cross Country Course (6k) after crossing the finish line in 20:58.55 ... redshirt senior Amy Cashin (21.25.10), redshirt freshman Sarah Wills (21:34.39) and redshirt sophomore Candace Jones (21:54.91) followed close behind in second, third and fourth place, respectively. ... redshirt freshman Antigone Archer (22:33.53) placed 11th ... WVU earned 21 team points, topping second-place Rutgers by 32 points ... the Scarlet Knights finished with 53 team points.
Notes: Drazba's win was the first of her collegiate career ... she conquered a field of 94 runners from 10 different schools ... Wills and Archer both made their Mountaineer cross country debuts at Lehigh ... the team win became the second straight year – and third in the last four years – that WVU opened the season with a first-place finish ... WVU began the 2016 season with a win at the Texas Tech Invitational and won at Lehigh to start the 2014 campaign … the Mountaineers are set to compete at the PSU Spiked Shoe Invitational for the sixth consecutive season Friday ... WVU finished fifth as a team in last year's event ... Friday will become the eighth time WVU will run at Penn State's Blue-White Golf Course since 2014.
Coach Sean Cleary after last Friday's meet at Lehigh: "Abnormally cool weather for an opener allowed us to be rewarded on the stopwatch. Maggie looked very strong out front once she secured the lead. I would say she is right where she wants to be. All in all, I'm glad we chose to open the season at this meet. We should be better off for it."
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