Stainbrook Named Athlete of the Week

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - After helping WVU to a dual-meet win over Ohio, West Virginia wrestling’s Cory Stainbrook has been named the Varsity Sports Report Athlete of the Week.

With the Mountaineers trailing 16-15 entering the final match vs. Ohio on Sunday, Cory Stainbrook was thrust into a winner-takes-all situation and earned the triumph for himself and his team with an 8-0 major decision over Josh Parrett.

Stainbrook recorded an early takedown to lead 2-0 with more than 2:00 of riding time at close out the first period. Starting on top in the second, he rode Parrett out for entire period, bring his total up to more than 4:00 of ride time. Starting the third period in the defensive position, Stainbrook scored the reversal to lead 4-0 before adding a trio of nearfall points. He tacked on the riding time point to take the 8-0 major, his third of the season, and give the Mountaineers the 19-16 victory over the Bobcats.

WVU Athletes of the Week
Winter 2015

Week 1: Zeke Moisey, Wrestling
Week 2: Andrew Marsh, Swimming
Week 3: Carolina Lewis, Tennis
Week 4: Alexa Goldberg, Gymnastics
Week 5: Melissa Idell, Gymnastics
Week 6: Garrett Spurgeon, Rifle
Week 7: Cory Stainbrook, Wrestling

This Week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers return home to host their final home meet of the season ... the Gold/Blue Open begins at 9 a.m., on Saturday at the WVU Shell Building.

Last Week in Track and Field: West Virginia competed at the SPIRE D1 Invitational in Geneva, Ohio, on Friday and Saturday.

Notes & Quotes: Amy Cashin recorded career-best times in the 1,000-meter run and 800-meter run, placing fifth and 10th, respectively ... the women’s one mile saw Kelly Williams finish fifth overall in a season-best 4:43.71 ... in the 3,000-meter run, Brynn Harshbarger took 10th place with a career-best time of 9:37.76. Maggie Drazba finished 12th in 9:38.59 and Sydney Scott placed 17th in 9:43.34 ... Rachel Faulds crossed the line in seventh place overall in the 3,000-meter run. Faulds recorded a career-best time of 10:08.13 in the event.

This Week in Women’s Basketball: The Mountaineers stay in Morgantown for a pair of games ... West Virginia hosts Oklahoma State on Wednesday, Feb. 18 … fans can get their picture taken with life-like characters from the movie Frozen … on Saturday, Feb. 21, WVU hosts Iowa State in the annual Play 4Kay and Alumni Day game … tickets to Saturday’s game are free … print off a free ticket at WVUsports.com/pink … donation to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund can be submitted at Play4Kay.org/WVUWBB.

Last Week in Women’s Basketball: West Virginia (15-10, 5-8 Big 12) went 1-1 last week ... the Mountaineers stayed steady at home with a 59-56 thriller over Kansas. On Sunday, WVU fell in a 79-51 setback at No. 3-ranked Baylor.

Notes and Quotes: West Virginia is 14-1 when leading at the half … the Mountaineers are 11-1 when holding opponents to less than 60 points and are 9-0 when scoring 70 or more … Bria Holmes has 1,190 points and is 21st all-time on the school’s scoring ledger … Holmes’ 19.8 points are second in the Big 12 … WVU leads the league with 6.7 blocked shots per game … Lanay Montgomery’s 3.6 blocks per contest are tops in the league and also sit in the NCAA’s top-10 … Teana Muldrow’s 16 points at Baylor was her seventh double-figure scoring game of the year and the first since posting 10 at Oklahoma on January 4.

Quote from Coach Carey: “We were passive. That’s something we talked about, being aggressive offensively and defensively. We weren’t focused. I thought some people for us played hard. We couldn’t score. They just pounded us in the paint.”

This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers return to the court on Friday, Feb. 20, for a doubleheader against Wright State at noon, and UMBC at 4 p.m., at Ridgeview Racquet Club … the Raiders are 3-3 this season, and are coming off a 4-3 loss to IPFW … the Retrievers are 2-4 on the year, and are coming off a 5-2 loss to Drexel ... WVU is 3-0 all-time against Wright State, and meets UMBC for the first time in head-to-head competition.

Last Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers (7-1) hosted Youngstown State, Towson, California (Pa.) and Eastern Michigan, as the team went a perfect 4-0 on their home courts this past weekend … on Friday, Feb. 13, WVU notched two victories, as the team downed the Penguins and the Tigers with scores of 6-1 … on Sunday, Feb. 15, the Mountaineers dominated California (Pa.), 4-0, and bested the Eagles with a team score of 6-1.

Notes and Quotes: The 7-0 win over the Eagles propelled WVU to a 7-1 record to start the spring, already more than doubling their win total from last season … the Mountaineers did not give up a match point on Sunday, in the doubleheader against California (Pa.) and Eastern Michigan … freshman Habiba Shaker went 4-0 this weekend, and leads the team with seven victories in singles play … Shaker has a team-best 9-0 mark in doubles play as she has teamed up with junior Hailey Barrett and freshmen Lyn Yuen Choo and Yvon Martinez throughout the spring … sophomore Kaja Mrgole has won five of her last six singles matches at the No. 1 slot, tallying three this weekend against Youngstown State, Towson and Eastern Michigan … doubles tandem of Ikttesh Chahal and Barrett recorded a perfect 4-0 mark at the No. 1 position this weekend.

This Week in Swimming and Diving: The Mountaineers are idle this week and won’t return to competition until the 2015 Big 12 Swimming & Diving Championship from Feb. 25-28 at the Lee & Joe Jamail Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.

Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia was idle last week.

Notes & Quotes: In their most recent competition against Ohio, diver Haily VandePoel earned a sweep in her final meet at the Natatorium, finishing first on the 1- and 3-meter boards ... VandePoel scored 283.80 on the 3-meter and 270.14 on the 1-meter board ... Emma Skelley raced to first in the women’s 500-yard freestyle (5:03.80) and 1,000-yard freestyle (10:20.55) ... against Ohio State, Andrew Marsh contributed to three first-place finishes on Friday night ... Marsh took first place in the men’s 100-yard backstroke (48.97) and 100-yard butterfly (49.68)

This Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers are idle until the Cardinal Invitational in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from March 14-15.

Last Week in Rowing: WVU was idle last week and hasn’t competed since the completion of its fall season with a scrimmage against Duquesne, on Nov. 7

This Week in Rifle: The No. 1-ranked West Virginia University rifle team will shoot an NCAA Qualifying match on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the WVU Rifle Range. Media are encouraged to attend the match.

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

This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers close out their home slate on Friday when they host No. 15 Edinboro in an 8 p.m. match at the WVU Coliseum ... they will wrap up the regular season on Sunday when they travel to rival No. 14 Pitt for a 2 p.m. dual.

Last Week in Wrestling: Trailing by eight points with three bouts remaining, the WVU wrestling team won three in a row, including an 8-0 major decision by Cory Stainbrook (133) to earn the comeback win over Ohio by a score of 19-16. No. 13/16 Michael Morales won a 16-0 tech. fall over Joel Shump to start things off at 141, while Bubba Scheffel grabbed a 3-1 decision over Andrew Romanchik at 184 as the Mountaineers trailed 13-8. A.J. Vizcarrondo got the comeback started at heavyweight with a 2-0 decision to make it 16-11, before No. 20 Zeke Moisey picked up a 17-8 major decision over Zak Hassan at 125 to bring WVU within one point, down 16-15. Stainbrook registered an 8-0 major over Josh Parrett in the winner-takes-all match to give West Virginia the 19-16 victory.

Notes and Quotes: Morales earned his team-leading third tech. fall of the season on Sunday, pushing his overall mark to 27-9 with a 12-4 record in dual matches ... he also leads the Mountaineers with 54 team points ... Moisey, also 12-4 in duals, recorded his team-best sixth major decision vs. the Bobcats. He is the team leader in takedowns with 49 and bonus-point victories with 14, boasting a 26-11 overall mark, and is tied for fifth for wins at 141 pounds ... Moisey moves into a three-way tie in WVU program history for wins by a freshman, and has sole possession of fifth place for wins at 125.

Coach Sammie Henson: “We’ve had a quite a few matches where they’re doing the right things, following our system and that’s more important to me. Taking what we’ve practiced in the practice room and getting it done out here.“

This Week in Gymnastics: The Mountaineers stay at the WVU Coliseum and play host to No. 25 New Hampshire, Maryland and Rutgers in the third annual “Wendy M. Roach Invitational” on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. … it’s a “Pink Meet” to promote breast cancer awareness, and all fans are encouraged to wear pink … the team also will accept sundry item donations for Morgantown’s Betty Puskar Breast Care Center … additionally, the first 500 fans will receive a pink rally towel, courtesy of WVU Healthcare.

Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU (6-6-1, 0-0-1) came up short against No. 18 Denver, losing 195.425-194.6, at the WVU Coliseum on February 13 … the Mountaineers had two individual wins, with sophomore Alexa Goldberg helping the team tally a season-high 48.675 on bars with a first place, 9.875 score, and senior Dayah Haley tying for the floor victory with a 9.875 mark … junior Jaida Lawrence finished second on vault with a 9.85 score, while freshman Jordan Gillette matched her beam career high of 9.775 and finished second … Goldberg also finished second in the all-around with a career-high 38.775.

Notes and Quotes: Freshman Zaakira Muhammad has scored 9.825 or better on vault four times this year … Goldberg’s bars win was her fourth of the season, and her score matched her season high … WVU has tallied 49.0 or better on floor in three straight meets … Haley has earned three floor wins in as many meets … Goldberg also tallied a season-high 9.8 on floor … the all-time series with DU is now tied at 4-4 … Sunday is a rematch with UNH and UMD … WVU opened 2015 with a 193.5-193.025 win at UMD on January 9, and recently fell at UNH, 196.525-195.3, on February 8.

This Week in Baseball
The WVU baseball team returns to action this weekend from Feb. 20-22 with a trip to Georgia Southern for a three-game series … Friday’s game is set for 6 p.m., Saturday’s game begins at 2 p.m. and Sunday’s finale starts at 1 p.m.

Last Week In Baseball
The Mountaineers went 2-1 for the series victory at No. 24 Clemson, highlighted by a 2-0 win on Friday and a 6-1 win on Sunday.

Notes & Quotes
West Virginia won its first opening weekend series since coach Randy Mazey took over in 2013 … it was the first season-opening home series that Clemson has lost since falling in two-of-three games against South Florida in 1996 … the pitching staff posted a 1.04 ERA in 26.0 innings with 20 strikeouts and 10 walks, holding opponents to a .253 batting average … freshman right-hander BJ Myers started on Friday, taking the no-decision after allowing no runs on four hits with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings … sophomore right-hander Chad Donato got the victory on Sunday, allowing one run on seven hits with five strikeouts in 6.0 innings … seven of the eight relievers did not allow a run last weekend … senior third baseman Justin Fox led the team offensively, batting 5-for-11 (.455) with one run … freshman second baseman Shaun Corso and sophomore first baseman Jackson Cramer each had solo home runs.

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