Spurgeon Named Athlete of the Week
February 09, 2015 12:08 PM | General
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Placing first in both smallbore and air rifle in WVU’s match against Kentucky, and helping his team to a second consecutive regular-season conference win, West Virginia University rifle junior Garrett Spurgeon has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week.
Spurgeon shot 585 smallbore (192 kneeling, 200 prone, 193 standing) and 596 (100-98-99-100-100-99) air rifle. His air rifle score was one short of his career high, and his 200 prone matched a school record.
Spurgeon’s wins helped the Mountaineers (11-1, 8-0 GARC) earn their eighth Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) regular-season title. They will shoot an NCAA Qualifying score on February 21 at the WVU Rifle Range.
WVU Athletes of the Week
Winter 2015
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 2: Andrew Marsh, Swimming
Week 3: Carolina Lewis, Tennis
Week 4: Alexa Goldberg, Gymnastics
Week 5: Melissa Idell, Gymnastics
Week 6: Garrett Spurgeon, Rifle
This Week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers travel to Geneva, Ohio, for the SPIRE Division I Indoor Track & FIeld Invitational ... the action will get underway at 2 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Week in Track and Field: West Virginia competed at the Akron Invitational in Akron, Ohio ... the two-day event saw 12 season-best marks by Mountaineer competitors.
Notes & Quotes: The triple jump gold division saw Shamoya McNeil take fifth overall. McNeil’s personal-best jump of 12.08 meters was nearly two feet longer than her previous best mark in the event ... Maggie Drazba finished third in the one mile gold division race. It marked Drazba’s first appearance in an individual event this season, as she became the first Mountaineer to run a sub-5 mile this season, finishing in 4:55.69 ... The 400-meter dash blue division saw Christa D’Egidio register a season-best time of 58.18 to place third in the event ... The 800-meter run gold division saw Amy Cashin place third overall in a career-best time of 2:12.72. Brianna Kerekes raced to a first-place finish in the 800-meter run blue division ... Kerekes crossed the line in a season-best time of 2:15.59 in the event, while Rebecca Wendt finished sixth overall in the 800 blue in 2:20.15.
This Week in Women’s Basketball: WVU returns home to host Kansas in a 7 p.m. tilt on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The game will air regionally on ROOT SPORTS Pittsburgh. WVU then visits No. 3-ranked Baylor on Sunday, Feb. 15. The game airs nationally on ESPN2 at 5 p.m. ET.
Last Week in Women’s Basketball: West Virginia (14-9, 4-7 Big 12) went 1-1 on the week. The Mountaineers defeated TCU, 76-71, on Wednesday before falling, 61-43, at Iowa State on Saturday.
Notes and Quotes: West Virginia’s 28 offensive rebounds versus TCU were the most for a Mountaineer team since 2011 … Bria Holmes registered her fourth career 30-point and third this season with 30 against the Horned Frogs … Holmes is tied for fourth all-time with four career 30-point games … Bre McDonald matched a career-high with 19 points against TCU … Jessica Morton led WVU with 14 points in the Mountaineers’ loss at Iowa State … coach Mike Carey’s squad is 11-2 inside the friendly confines of the WVU Coliseum this season … WVU is 9-0 when scoring 70 or more points … West Virginia’s 6.7 blocks per contest is fifth nationally … the 17 offensive rebounds per game for the Mountaineers sits 23rd … WVU’s rebound margin of +7.0 is 35th … Holmes’ 19.7 points are second in the Big 12 and 34th in the NCAA … Lanay Montgomery’s 3.6 blocks per game are 10th in the NCAA … Linda Stepney’s 2.89 assist/turnover ratio is second in the Big 12 and sixth in the NCAA ... Averee Fields became the second Mountaineer to earn Capital One Academic All-District honors … she is now a finalist for Academic All-America, which will be announced later this month.
Coach Mike Carey: “When we got frustrated hitting our shots, it affected our defense,” said coach Mike Carey. “It just kept going. If you look at our shooting percentages, 29 (overall), 23 (three-point) and 50 percent at the foul line. That’s probably why you’re going to score 43 points.”
This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers return to Morgantown on Friday, February 13, for a doubleheader against Youngstown State at 12 p.m. and Towson at 4 p.m., at Ridgeview Racquet Club … on Sunday, February 15, WVU squares off against California-Pennsylvania at 9 a.m., followed by Eastern Michigan at 1 p.m., at Ridgeview Racquet Club … free pizza is provided for the fans after each match.
Last Week in Tennis: WVU (3-1) clinched two road wins this weekend, as they defeated Buffalo, 5-2, at Miller Tennis Center on Friday, February 6, and Niagara, 6-1, at the SportsPlex on Saturday, February 7 … freshman Carolina Lewis made her debut this spring as she went 2-0 on the weekend at the No. 5 spot … freshmen duo Yvon Martinez and Habiba Shaker went 2-0 in doubles play, defeating Niagara and Buffalo at the No. 3 spot.
Notes and Quotes: WVU is 2-2 all-time against Youngstown State and will meet Towson for the first time in head-to-head competition this spring … the Mountaineers are 8-2 all-time against California-Pennsylvania and 2-2 all-time against Eastern Michigan … in tournament play, WVU competed against Youngstown State at the Pitt Nishan Vartabedian Invitational (Jan. 16-18) … the Mountaineers totaled four victories in singles competition and swept the Penguins in doubles.
Coach Miha Lisac: “We had a solid weekend of competition, and we are looking forward to coming back home to play in front of a home crowd for the next couple of weeks.”
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 (11-1, 8-0 GARC) is idle this week. They will return to the WVU Rifle Range on February 21 for a NCAA qualifying match.
Last Week in Rifle: The No. 1-ranked West Virginia University rifle team defeated Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) foe, No. 5 Kentucky, for the regular-season GARC title, 4677-4663.
Notes & Quotes: This is the second regular-season conference win in a row and the second consecutive season the two-time defending national champions have gone undefeated in conference play… WVU now holds eight regular-season titles… WVU (11-1, 8-0 GARC) won both disciplines in the match, outshooting the Wildcats in smallbore, 2320-2307, and air rifle, 2357-2356… junior Garrett Spurgeon placed first in both guns, shooting 585 smallbore (192 kneeling, 200 prone, 193 standing) and 596 (100-98-99-100-100-99) air rifle… his air rifle score was one short of his career high, and his 200 prone matched a school record… junior Michael Bamsey and freshman Elizabeth Gratz shot 582 smallbore and tied for second place… senior Thomas Kyanko tied for fourth with Kentucky’s Connor Davis, shooting 581… Dvorsak placed second in air rifle with 594, while junior Patrick Sunderman and senior Maren Prediger tied for third with 593 scores… Bamsey, Dvorsak, Gratz, Kyanko and Lucas were the Mountaineer counters.
Coach Jon Hammond: “It’s really nice to win our conference back-to-back. Every team has that as a typical goal at the beginning of the year. I think we’re in one of the best conferences, if not the best, in the country. That makes it that much better to win it. Everyone has things to work and improve on. We need to make sure our training is really high quality in the next couple weeks for the qualifying match. We’ll tweak the things we can improve on, keep our heads up and train hard.”
Coach Jon Hammond: “It’s really nice to win our conference back-to-back. Every team has that as a typical goal at the beginning of the year. I think we’re in one of the best conferences, if not the best, in the country. That makes it that much better to win it. Everyone has things to work and improve on. We need to make sure our training is really high quality in the next couple weeks for the qualifying match. We’ll tweak the things we can improve on, keep our heads up and train hard.”
This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers will host Ohio University on Sunday afternoon at the WVU Coliseum in a 1 p.m. dual ... prior to the match, West Virginia will honor six graduating seniors as part of the team’s annual Senior Day celebration.
Last Week in Wrestling: The WVU wrestling team finished the weekend with a 1-1 record. Led by a pin by Michael Morales at 141 and major decisions by Zeke Moisey and Cory Stainbrook, the Mountaineers downed Clarion by a score of 26-9 on Friday evening at Tippin Gym ... they squad then hosted Big 12 foe No. 8 Iowa State at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday. Despite wins by Moisey and A.J. Vizcarrondo, the Mountaineers fell to the Cyclones, 29-7 in front of a crowd of 1,207.
Notes and Quotes: Zeke Moisey and A.J. Vizcarrondo both went 2-0 on the weekend. Moisey posted a pair of major decisions – his fourth and fifth of the season – and now ranks tied for sixth in WVU history in wins by a freshman at 25 ... he is also tied for fifth in wins a 125. Moisey leads the team with 12 bonus-point victories that include five majors, five pins and a pair of tech. falls ... Vizcarrondo won a 6-1 decision over Clarion’s Josh Davis on Friday before putting the WVU Coliseum crowd on its feet with a thrilling come-from-behind victory over Iowa State’s Quean Smith in a 5-4 decision
Sammie Henson: “I thought each one of us battled. We had some tough calls. They had some tough calls. Honestly, I thought we outhustled them. We got beat most of the matches, but even the ones we got beat in we were in.”
This Week in Gymnastics: The Mountaineers return to the WVU Coliseum and open a two-meet homestand against No. 18 Denver on Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. … it is a “Dollar Night,” and all tickets, hot dogs, popcorn and Coca-Colas will be available for $1 each.
Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU (6-5-1, 0-0-1) tallied its second straight road score of 195.0 or better with a second place, 195.3 score at New Hampshire on Sunday, Feb. 8 … UNH scored 196.525 and finished first, while Towson placed third with a 194.975 score and Brown finished fourth with a 193.475 mark … the Mountaineers relied on a season-best floor rotation of 49.175 to clinch their second-place finish … senior Dayah Haley paced the lineup with a winning, career-best 9.95 routine … freshman Zaakira Muhammad paced the team on vault (9.875) and bars (9.825) and finished first and second, respectively, on each event … freshman Jordan Gillette finished a team-best eighth (9.775) on beam.
Notes and Quotes: The Mountaineers have now scored 195.0 or better in consecutive road meets for the first time since 2013 … Muhammad’s vault and bars scores were both career highs … Haley’s floor score is the 17th-best mark in program history … she is the first Mountaineer to tally 9.95 or better on floor since assistant coach Kaylyn Millick did so in 2013 … junior Melissa Idell tallied a career-high 9.875 on floor for the second straight week and finished sixth overall with the meet’s third-best score … Gillette made her career debut on floor and tallied 9.8 … the Mountaineers have scored 49.0+ on vault in four straight weeks … WVU owns a 4-3 all-time series advantage over the Pioneers.
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