 Player of the Week
Shaun Corso
Corso started two games last weekend at second base, contributing in both victories.
On Friday, he went 1-for-4 with a single, while he batted 2-for-5 with one run, one home run and two RBI in Sunday's victory.
His second-inning home run was the first of his career. |
 Pitcher of the Week
Chad Donato
Donato starter his first career game in Sunday's win at Clemson.
En route to picking up his first career win, Donato allowed one run on seven hits with five strikeouts and one walk in 6.0 innings pitched. |
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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.
West Virginia won its first opening weekend series since coach Randy Mazey took over in 2013, while it was the first season-opening home series that Clemson has lost since falling in two-of-three games against South Florida in 1996.
"These are the types of games and series that when the season is over people look back and say, 'Jeez they came out from practicing inside and beat a Top 25 team on the road and won the series,'" coach Randy Mazey said. "I couldn't feel better about this team right now."
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. Junior right-hander Blake Smith picked up the win in game one after throwing 4.0 innings of shutout relief. Smith allowed two hits, struck out five and walked two.
"We talked about the question marks on the mound the other day and we had three more turn into exclamation points today," Mazey said following Sunday's win. "A sophomore with literally three innings of experience went out there and pitched his rear end off, followed up by two freshmen holding a Top 25 team to one run on their own field. That's super encouraging for the rest of the season."
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. |
