Moisey Named Athlete of the Week

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Zeke Moisey picked up a pair of bonus-point victories to lead the Mountaineers to two wins to open 2015 and was named the Varsity Sports Report Athlete of the Week.

Moisey began the week with a 21-4 tech. fall of Jacob Reyes of Grand Canyon in the third period (6:51), helping WVU defeat the ‘Lopes 42-0, on Saturday.

He used seven takedowns to earn his second tech. fall of the season. The following night, Moisey made quick work of Arizona State’s Ares Carpio, scoring an early takedown before pinning Carpio in 39 seconds for his third pin of the season and guiding the Mountaineers to a 22-12 win at Arizona State. Moisey moved to 20-8 on the year and 6-1 in duals. After posting a team-best 11 points on the week, he ranks second with 25 team points in duals this season.

Moisey also boasts eight bonus-point wins this season, including a trio of pins, three majors and a pair of tech. falls, and has a team-high 25 takedowns this season – seven of which came this week.

WVU Athletes of the Week
Winter 2015

Zeke Moisey, Wrestling

This Week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers return to action this Saturday, Jan. 10, at the PSU Relays in State
College, Pennsylvania ... the field and track events will each get underway at 10 a.m.

Last Week in Track and Field: West Virginia was idle last week.

Notes & Quotes: West Virginia opened its season with the annual Marty Pushkin Track Classic on Dec. 6, at the WVU Shell Building … WVU had four first-place finishes, led by Katlyn Shelar and Tori Bertrand who tied for first in the pole vault … Bertrand’s career-best vault of 3.75 meters shattered her previous personal-best mark of 3.33 meters set last season … in the 500-meter run, Christa D’Egidio took first place with a personal-best run of 1:21.09 … the women’s one-mile run saw three Mountaineers finish in the top three with Shannen Dalyplacing first (5:30.06), Lydia Martinelli finishing second (5:31.56) and Allie Diehl taking third (5:34.49).

This Week in Women’s Basketball: WVU continues Big 12 action at No. 3 Texas on Wednesday, Jan. 7 ... tip-off is set for 8 p.m. ET on the Longhorn Network ... West Virginia opens Big 12 play at home against No. 5 Baylor in a 3 p.m. ET contest on Jan. 10 at the Coliseum ... the game will be televised on ROOT SPORTS Pittsburgh.

Last Week in Women’s Basketball: No. 21 West Virginia (10-3, 0-1 Big 12) went 1-1 last week ... the Mountaineers closed out non-conference action with a 101-46 victory over Saint Francis (Dec. 29) ... Bria Holmes and Teana Muldrow scored 23 points each in the win, while Linda Stepney dished out a career-high 12 assists ... West Virginia fell 71-60 to Oklahoma on Sunday, Jan. 4 ... Holmes paced the Mountaineers with 23 points, while Averee Fields added 16 in the loss ... Tyara Warren matched a caree high with 10 points and set a personal best with four steals.

Notes and Quotes: Bria Holmes has 988 points and is just 12 away from reaching the 1,000-point milestone … Linda Stepney has 362 assists, which is 14th at WVU … West Virginia is in the top-5 in the nation with 6.8 blocks per game … the Mountaineers have a 16-game home court winning streak, which is tied for third all-time in program history and fifth nationally.

Coach Mike Carey: “We just don’t have the people. I told them in the locker room, I like to stand there and yell, but I really can’t. When you’re playing 38 or 40 minutes, its’ going to affect your shot, it’s going to affect your defense and affect everything.”

This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers are idle this week ... WVU begins its spring semester competition in Pittsburgh at the Pitt Hidden Duel from January 16-18 at 9 a.m.

Last Week in Tennis: WVU was idle last week.

Notes & Quotes: The Mountaineers collected a combined overall record of 68-40 this fall ... freshman Carolina Lewis stood at a team-best with a record of 11-3 in singles play ... freshman Lyn Yuen Choo had a combined record of 16-7 this fall season ... senior Ikttesh Chahal and junior Hailey Barrett are undefeated in doubles play (4-0).

This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia travels for a dual meet on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 11 a.m., against Pitt.

Last Week in Swimming and Diving: WVU competed at the Orange Bowl Classic for the third-straight season, with the men claiming a first-place result and the women placing second overall.

Notes & Quotes: The men’s team placed first overall with a team score of 230.5, while the women’s squad finished second overall with a team mark of 83.5 ... in total, the Mountaineer men recorded a first-place result in eight events ... the men’s 100-meter butterfly saw Andrew Marsh take first in 56.20 ... Chase Williams and Austin Green followed close behind in second (57.77) and third (58.68), respectively ... Marsh also took first in the men’s 100-meter backstroke, hitting the pad in 56.22 ... Max Spencer took first in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke in 1:05.31, narrowly edging out teammates Nate Carr who finished second (1:05.62) and Chris Brill who took third (1:05.93) ... the women’s 200-meter freestyle relay team of Courtney Parenti, Amelie Currat, Mia Fiorenzi and Jaimee Gillmore placed third overall in 1:50.45 ... Jaimee Gillmore placed fourth in the women’s 100-meter freestyle in 59.26 and fifth in the women’s 50-meter butterfly in 29.53.

This Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers are idle until the start of its spring season.

Last Week in Rowing: WVU was idle last week.

This Week in Rifle: WVU rifle is idle this week. The Mountaineers (8-0, 6-0 GARC) return to the WVU Rifle Range to take on conference foe No. 6 Nebraska, next Saturday, Jan. 17.

Last Week in Rifle: WVU rifle was idle last week.

This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers travel to Hampton, Virginia, for the Virginia Duals from Jan. 9-10.

Last Week in Wrestling: WVU defeated Grand Canyon, 42-0, on Saturday, Jan. 3, and took down Arizona State, 22-12, on Sunday, Jan. 4.

Notes and Quotes: It was sweet revenge for the Mountaineers, as the Sun Devils had previously taken a 19-13 victory in the first meeting between the two teams on November 13 at WVU Coliseum ... West Virginia has now won three straight matches.

Coach Sammie Henson: “This was a nice win for our guys. They battled, controlled the center of the mat and won in positions that have been a focus in our practices. The system works and they are starting to see that if they stick to the plan, great things will happen.”

This Week in Gymnastics: The Mountaineers open the 2015 season at Maryland with George Washington on Friday, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m., at the XFINITY Center in College Park, Maryland.

Last Week in Gymnastics: The Mountaineers went 6-11, 0-4 in the Big 12 Conference in 2014 … WVU just missed qualifying as a team for the NCAA Regional Championships, but four gymnasts individually qualified for the 2014 NCAA Athens Regional Championships: Hope Sloanhoffer (all-around), Beth Deal (balance beam), Nicolette Swoboda (all-around) and Alexa Goldberg (uneven bars) … Sloanhoffer won the regional beam title and tied for second in the all-around, qualifying her for the 2014 NCAA National Championships, the program’s first individual qualifier since 2009.

Notes and Quotes: Three seniors return to lead the Mountaineers: Deal, Dayah Haley and Lia Salzano … they are joined by redshirt-senior transfer Brittney Harris (Pitt) … Harris, junior transfer Audrey Tolbert (Ohio State) and five freshmen comprise the Mountaineers’ newcomer class: Robyn Bernard, Amanda Bowman, Jordan Gillette, Zaakira Muhammad and Alexa Phillip … six of the Mountaineers’ opponents are ranked in the 2015 GymInfo Preseason Coaches’ Poll: No. 2 Oklahoma, the defending NCAA National Champion, No. 8 Michigan, No. 16 Penn State, No. 18 Ohio State, No. 20 Denver and No. 25 Iowa State … WVU is 36-17-1 all-time against UMD … the Mountaineers fell twice at Maryland in 2014, losing 193.675-193.5 on Jan. 17 and 195.525-194.975 on March 16.

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