Newhouse Named Student-Athlete of the Week

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - After coming up with two key saves in a penalty-kick shootout Sunday evening, junior goalkeeper Michelle Newhouse of the No. 1-ranked West Virginia University women’s soccer team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.

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Newhouse, a native of Pinch, West Virginia, turned away two Bruin attempts and helped the Mountaineers (21-1-2, 8-0) secure a 4-2 PKs edge over No. 14 UCLA, pushing WVU into the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. Newhouse finished with two saves against UCLA in the team’s 1-1 draw and also made 1-0 in WVU’s 1-0, double-overtime victory against Ohio State on Nov. 18.

Newhouse is 9-0-1 in net this season and shows a 0.45 goals-against average. She has made 23 saves and posted six shutouts.

The Mountaineers play host to No. 14-ranked and third-seeded Duke in the 2016 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 3 p.m., at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.

This Week in Women’s Soccer: The No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Mountaineers will play host to No. 14-ranked and third-seeded Duke in the 2016 NCAA Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 3 p.m., at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium ... tickets are on sale now at WVUGAME.com … tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for youths under the age of 13 and senior citizens, and $2 for groups of 10 or more.

Last Week in Women’s Soccer: WVU (21-1-2, 8-0) went 1-0-1 in Morgantown punched its ticket to the NCAA quarterfinals with a 1-0, double-overtime win against Ohio State on Nov. 18 and a 1-1 draw against No. 18-ranked UCLA on Nov. 20 … the Mountaineers advanced past the Bruins after earning a 4-2 edge in a penalty-kick shootout … junior forward Michaela Abam scored the golden goal against the Buckeyes in the 104th minute … WVU finished with two saves against OSU and forced the Buckeyes into three … against the Bruins, sophomore forward Sh’Nia Gordon got WVU on the board in the 23rd minute, but Jessie Flemming evened the score in the 89th minute … after two scoreless overtime periods, the game was decided on PKs … juniors Carla Portillo and Amandine Pierre-Louis, and seniors Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan all connected on their chances, while junior Michelle Newhouse made two stops for WVU.

Notes: The Mountaineers advance to the quarterfinals for the second straight season and the third time in program history … the team is 0-2 in the fourth round … WVU will play host to a fourth-round game for the first time since 2007 … WVU’s 21 wins are a program record … the team’s shutout over OSU was its program-record 16th of the season … Abam shows a team-best 30 points (11 G, 8 A) … WVU defeated Duke, 3-1, on Sept. 9, in Durham, North Carolina … the Mountaineers played in front of 2,471 fans Friday night, the second-best attendance mark in program history.

This Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers will close out the regular season in Texas this week … WVU heads to Fort Worth on Wednesday for an 8 p.m. ET tilt at TCU … the Mountaineers then trek to Austin on Saturday to finish out the season at Texas … prior to the match, defensive specialist MaTia Hughes, setter Haley Roe and middle blocker Hannah Shreve were honored as part of the team’s Senior Night celebration.

Last Week in Volleyball: WVU (12-16, 3-11) hosted No. 4 Kansas on Wednesday at the WVU Coliseum on Senior Night … the Mountaineers took the league-leading Jayhawks to five sets, falling 3-2 … Payton Caffrey recorded her 12th double-double of the season with a team-best 19 kills and 16 digs, also adding a pair of blocks ... Natania Levak netted 13 kills while Morgan Montgomery hit a team-high .346 with 12 kills ... West Virginia finished the night hitting .172 with 61 kills and seven team blocks … Mia Swanegan was the fourth player in double figures with 11 kills and led the Mountaineers with five team blocks … Erin Slinde registered her second double-double of the season, dishing out 55 assists and adding 10 digs in addition to a trio of blocks … Gianna Gotterba led the floor defense with 23 digs, while Gabrielle Cuckovich had six.

Notes: Wednesday’s match marked the ninth time this season and the sixth time in Big 12 play that the Mountaineers have gone to a deciding set … WVU is 4-5 in five-set matches … it also marks the first time since 2014 that West Virginia has taken a pair of sets from a nationally ranked opponent.

Coach Reed Sunahara falling to No. 4 Kansas: “I think it was a good effort by us. We did some nice things. Kansas is a good team. For us, it’s something we can build on. The future is bright.”

This Week in Cross Country: The Mountaineers’ 2016 campaign has concluded.

Last Week in Cross Country: WVU redshirt juniors Maggie Drazba and Jillian Forsey concluded the 2016 season at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana, on Saturday, Nov. 19 ... in a field of 250 runners in the women’s 6k race at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, Drazba placed 58th and Forsey finished in 97th ... Drazba, a native of St. Mary’s, West Virginia, placed 58th in the championship race with a time of 20:34.8, her best career finish at the NCAA Championships ... Forsey, a Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, native, crossed the finish line in 97th with a time of 20:49.8.

Notes: This year marks the fourth time in program history that two Mountaineers represented the Old Gold and Blue at the National Championships ... Rebecca Stallwood and Merissa Sexsmith were the duo in 1999, Megan Metcalfe and Tara Struyk in 2003 and Kaitlyn Gillespie and Sarah-Anne Brault in 2010.

Coach Sean Cleary after the NCAA Championships: “We are leaving Indiana with very mixed emotions. Maggie ran a fantastic race. This was without a doubt the best race of Maggie’s WVU career. Running within 10 seconds of an All-American award puts the stamp on a wonderful comeback for Maggie. This sets her up very well for the rest of the year and she will leave this meet knowing that the best running years of her life are in front of her. For Jillian, we are heart broken. A fall between 2-3k took her out of the race. Jill had a much better start then she did in 2014. Both Jill and Maggie are committed to having their entire team with them in the NCAA Finals next fall. They have the ability, and I have no doubt that they will work hard enough as a unit to accomplish that goal.”

This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia will have six weeks off before traveling to compete at Pitt on Jan. 7 at 10 a.m. ET.

Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia concluded the fall season, competing at the eight-team NC State GAC Invite on Nov. 17-19 in Greensboro, North Carolina ... seven Mountaineers swam NCAA B-qualifying times in their respective events at the three-day meet ... WVU had four swimmers advance to the A finals, eight B finalists and 14 C finalist ... on the first day, senior Emma Skelley advanced to the A final in the women’s 500 freestyle with a career-best and NCAA B-qualifying time of 4:47.54 to place fourth ... it marked the fifth-best time in WVU history as Skelley shed 0.22 seconds off her prelim time of 4:47.76 ... sophomore Merwane El Merini touched the wall in fifth place in the A final of the men’s 50 freestyle with a season-best and NCAA B-cut time of 19.99 ... on the second day of competition, freshman Morgan Bullock advanced to the B Finals in the women’s 100 butterfly, placing 10th overall with an NCAA B-qualifying and season-best time of 54.01 ... El Merini advanced to the A final of the men’s 100 backstroke, placing seventh with a season-best time of 48.99, just 0.10 seconds away from matching his career-best time ... sophomore Emma Harris led the way for the Mountaineers on the final day as she placed fifth in the women’s A final 200 breaststroke with an NCAA B-qualifying time of 2:14.97 ... junior Amelie Currat earned an NCAA B-qualifying time of 1:58.09 in the women’s 200 backstroke, winning the B final and placing ninth overall.

Notes: NC State won both the men’s and women’s titles, with a 2,133 for the men and a 1,938 for the women ... the Notre Dame men finished second (1,593), followed by Duke (1,361), North Carolina (1,996), Air Force (1,042), Tennessee (897), West Virginia (530) and Virginia’s divers (47) ... for the women, North Carolina came in second (1,845.5), followed by Duke (1,561.5), Notre Dame (1,213.5), Tennessee (887.5), West Virginia (553), Marshall (508), Miami (467) and the Virginia divers (45).

Coach Vic Riggs after the third day of the NC State Invitational: “It was a great last day for the men’s and women’s teams. Our women’s backstrokers got us off to a great start this morning by placing five in scoring position, and we just kept rolling from there. The teams earned 24 final swims coming out of prelims, highlighted by Emma Harris earning our fourth A final of the weekend. Overall this was one of our best mid-season invites. We finished the week with seven NCAA B cuts and 16 top-10 times in the history of the program, and we had 98 percent season-best times for the women and 96 percent for the men. We’re young and getting better each month, which is exciting. To have as many swims in the A and B finals against many swimmers who are NCAA qualifiers is great for us and will only build our confidence moving forward.”

This Week in Women’s Basketball: The No. 19/25-ranked West Virginia University women’s basketball team treks to Savannah, Georgia, for the Savannah Invitational, held from Nov. 22-24, at the Savannah Civic Center … the Mountaineers will play North Carolina A&T on Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m., East Carolina on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 4:30 p.m. and conclude the tournament with SEC opponent Auburn on Thursday, Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. … the Mountaineers return on Sunday, Nov. 27, to host High Point in a 4 p.m. contest at the WVU Coliseum.

Last Week in Women’s Basketball: The Mountaineers (3-0) picked up victories over Howard (95-49) and Coppin State (69-39) last week … Tynice Martin netted a career-high 27 points and four others reached double-figures in the Mountaineers’ win over Howard on Nov. 15 … West Virginia outscored the Bison 32-18 in the third quarter to pull away in the victory … Martin again led the Mountaineers with 19 points in Saturday’s win over Coppin State … Katrina Pardee registered a season-best 17 points and grabbed a career-high six rebounds in the win.

Notes: West Virginia has limited its first three opponents to shooting just 23.6 percent (41-of-174) from the field and 17.6 percent (35-of-58) from behind the three-point line in the first three games this season … as of Sunday, WVU ranks second nationally in scoring defense (42.0 points per game) and fifth in the NCAA with a 23.6 field goal percentage defense … coach Mike Carey recorded his 325th victory at West Virginia against Coppin State … Carey coaches his 500th career game at West Virginia against High Point on Nov. 27 … Tynice Martin has reached double-figures in five consecutive games and 11 out of the last 13 … Teana Muldrow has recorded double-figure contests in four consecutive games … Martin has made 19 consecutive free throws dating back to last season’s Princeton game on March 18, 2016 … Lanay Montgomery’s seven blocks against Coppin State were the most since deflected eight vs. Temple in April 2015 … Montgomery has blocked at least one shot in 27 consecutive games and 39 of out her last 40 games … Montgomery made her 100th career appearance as a Mountaineer against Coppin State … West Virginia has won 27 consecutive games against nonconference opponents at the WVU Coliseum dating back to the 2013-14 season.

Coach Mike Carey after Saturday’s win over Coppin State: “What am I taking from it? Not a lot. Hopefully, not a lot. I’m very disappointed. You know, I don’t want to be negative. It is what it is. I’ve said it all along, if we don’t get a lot better, man, it’s going to be a long year. It’s up to us to get better. It’s up to me to do a better job coaching in practice because evidently we’re not getting it done in practice because it’s not carrying over to games.”

This Week in Wrestling: West Virginia is off for the week.

Last Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, to take on No. 7 Nebraska on Friday at the Devaney Center … the Mountaineers fell to the Huskers 42-6 … No. 9/10 Jacob A. Smith (197) and Christian Monserrat (149) each posted a win for WVU … Smith upset No. 6-ranked Aaron Studebaker in a 2-0 decision … Monserrat defeated Jordan Shearer in a 9-7 decision, using a late takedown for the win.

Notes: Christian Monserrat (149) remains undefeated with a team-best 6-0 record … Jacob A. Smith’s upset of No. 6 Aaron Studebaker puts the all-time series between the two at 1-1 … the two previously met in the first round of the 2015 NCAA Championship with Studebaker earning the win … it also marks the third time this season a WVU wrestler has defeated an opponent ranked ahead of him … No. 8/9 Dylan Cottrell defeated then No. 9 Anthony Valencia of Arizona State and No. 10/12 Clark Glass of Oklahoma at the 2016 Journeymen ASICS Collegiate Classic … starters Dylan Cottrell (165) and Tony DeAngelo (141) missed the match due to injury.

Coach Sammie Henson after falling to No. 7 Nebraska: “Jake had a big win tonight. That will serve as a huge confidence builder moving forward. Christian continues to find a way to win and grind out matches. We need to work as a team in several areas as the year progresses.”

This Week in Rifle: The No. 1-ranked Mountaineers do not compete again until January.

Last Week in Rifle: WVU (7-0, 5-0 GARC) swept two Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) competitors in West Point, New York, defeating No. 9 Mississippi, 4704-4644, on Nov. 12, and No. 11 Army West Point, 4712-4657, on Nov. 13 … WVU earned all four discipline wins over the weekend, outshooting the Rebels in air rifle (2371-2354) and smallbore (2333-2290), and the Black Knights in air rifle (2374-2354) and smallbore (2338-2303) … senior Jean-Pierre Lucas led the way Saturday, winning smallbore with a 587 mark and air rifle with a season-high 595 total … Lucas also won smallbore on Sunday, matching his season-best score of 588 … freshmen Milica Babic and Morgan Phillips, as well as junior Elizabeth Gratz, tied for the air rifle win Sunday with 594 scores … the total was a career best for Phillips.

Notes: Babic shot season highs in smallbore in consecutive days, tallying 582 on Saturday and 583 on Sunday … the same five Mountaineers counted toward the team scores both days: sophomore Will Anti, Babic, Gratz, Lucas and Phillips.

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