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Bernard Named Student-Athlete of the Week
January 30, 2017 02:40 PM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.– Following two career-best performances, as well as a season-high routine, in the No. 25-ranked Mountaineer gymnastics team’s sweep at the WVU Coliseum on January 29, junior Robyn Bernard has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
Bernard, a native of Silver Spring, Maryland, scored a career-high on floor exercise and uneven bars to finish sixth and eighth, respectively, on the events. She also opened the meet with a season-best 9.8 on vault, good enough for eighth place.
Bernard’s scores helped the Mountaineers (4-2, 1-1) achieve a season-best 196.3 in wins over No. 7 Denver (195.9), Towson (194.775) and Temple (193.625). WVU’s win over the Pioneers, the team’s first Big 12 victory of the season, is its first triumph against a top-10 team since 2012.
This Week in Women’s Basketball: No. 22/22 West Virginia (16-6, 4-6) has a midweek bye before resuming action against Iowa State on Saturday, Feb. 4, in a noon contest at the WVU Coliseum … Tickets for Saturday’s contest are $1 courtesy of United Bank … The Coca-Cola Halftime Series will return to the WVU Coliseum, as Tony Hoard and his K9 crew Frisbee dog team will perform a high-flying act at halftime.
Last Week in Women’s Basketball: No. 22 West Virginia split action last week after picking up an 89-79 win over Texas Tech on Wednesday in Morgantown and falling at No. 12 Texas, 69-54, on Sunday in Austin … the Mountaineers outscored the Lady Raiders, 24-8, in the first quarter and staved off a Texas Tech comeback to split the regular-season series … Lanay Montgomery and Teana Muldrow combined for 43 points and 18 rebounds … Muldrow matched a season-high with 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while Montgomery registered 21 points and nine boards … WVU and Texas remained close for three quarters until the Longhorns used as 12-0 run to open the fourth quarter and pull away with a 15-point victory … Montgomery led WVU with 11 points and grabbed five rebounds … Muldrow posted 10 points in the loss.
Notes: West Virginia is 11-2 at home this season … with three blocks against Texas Tech, Lanay Montgomery moved into fourth all-time on the Big 12’s all-time career blocks list … Montgomery’s 305 blocks are second all-time at West Virginia … Teana Muldrow is now 68 points (932) away from becoming the 33rd Mountaineer to reach the 1,000-point club … Tynice Martin continues to lead the Mountaineers with 17.0 points per game, followed by 14.5 from Muldrow … Montgomery is averaging 12.3 points and a team-leading 9.5 rebounds per game … Montgomery’s 69.7 field goal percentage (115-of-165) continues to lead the nation … Chania Ray’s 5.8 assists per game are first in the Big 12.
Quote from coach Mike Carey after Sunday’s loss at Texas: “When the game was on the line, they played better than we did. They executed and played harder. We gave up some picks (in the fourth quarter) and gave up some threes to (Brooke) McCarty. I thought she was the key during that 12-0 stretch.”
This Week in Gymnastics: The No. 25-ranked Mountaineers (4-2, 1-1) travel to Kent, Ohio, for a meet against Kent State on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m., inside the M.A.C. Center.
Last Week in Gymnastics: WVU tallied a season-best 196.3 and defeated No. 7 Denver (195.9), Towson (194.775) and Temple (193.625) on Jan. 29, at the WVU Coliseum … the Mountaineers earned the vault (49.25) uneven bars (49.175) and floor (49.2) event wins and finished third on balance beam (48.675) … all four event were season highs … sophomore Kirah Koshinski tied for first on floor with a 9.9 … she and junior Zaakira Muhammad tied for second on vault with 9.9s, a career best for Muhammad … sophomore Tiara Wright and senior Alexa Goldberg tied for the bars win with season-best 9.875 scores … junior Jordan Gillette paced on balance beam with a fourth place, 9.85 routine.
Notes: WVU’s victory over Denver, its first Big 12 win of the 2017 season, marked the squad’s first triumph against a top-10 team in five years … the team’s score ranks No. 18 in program history … WVU’s vault score was the team’s top mark since earning the same score in 2013 … freshman Chloe Cluchey finished fourth on vault with a career-best 9.875, and junior Robyn Bernard and freshman Julia Merwin chipped in 9.8 and 9.775 marks, respectively … Bernard also earned 9.825 on bars, her first career bars score of 9.8 or better … on beam, sophomore Carly Galpin matched her season high of 9.825, and Koshinski matched her career high of 9.8 … Merwin and Muhammad tied for third place on floor with matching 9.85s, a career best for Merwin and a season high for Muhammad … Bernard also earned a career-high 9.825 on floor.
This Week in Track and Field: West Virginia travels to Akron, Ohio, to compete at the Akron Invitational on Feb. 3-4 … competition each day will begin at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Last Week in Track and Field: West Virginia traveled to University Park, Pennsylvania, to compete at the two-day PSU National Open from Jan. 27-28 … WVU tallied two runner-up finishes throughout the weekend with its first on Friday, thanks to sophomore Danique Bryan in the women’s long jump … Bryan jumped an indoor career-best mark of 5.91 meters, improving by .31 meters from last year’s Big 12 Championship … on Saturday, West Virginia posted its second runner-up finish thanks to junior Shamoya McNeil’s triple jump mark of 12.65 meters … junior Jillian Forsey posted a top-four finish in the women’s 3,000-meter run invite with a time of 9:26.52 … WVU notched a top-four finish in the women’s 1,000-meter run invite, thanks to redshirt freshman Candace Jones, placing fourth with a time of 2:53.07.
Notes: On the first day at the PSU National Open, the Mountaineers competed in field events … freshman Alexis Baublitz placed eighth in the women’s pole vault with a mark of 3.50 … teammate freshman Greer Gumbrecht followed in ninth place with a mark of 3.50 meters … on Saturday, junior Maggie Drazba came in seventh in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:41.19 … redshirt freshman Olivia Hill placed eighth in the women’s one mile, crossing the finish line in 5:02.67 … in the women’s 400-meter dash invite event, junior Bria Welker crossed the finish line in eighth place with a time of 58.48.
Coach Sean Cleary after the final day of the PSU National Open: “This meet, while with its positive moments, was overall not what we were expecting. This was an opportunity to hit the road and compete in a great venue with strong competition. We believed that combination would bring with it a stronger set of results. We did have some bright spots, while others had the chance to brush off the dust, it’s essential that we take this and get better. Turning around in a single week to compete at Akron will allow those that left this meet frustrated to bring their ‘A’ game.”
This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers (2-10, 0-2) head to North Carolina for nonconference action … WVU will face No. 8 NC State on Sunday afternoon … the dual is set for a 1 p.m. start at Reynold Coliseum in Raleigh … the two met last year in Morgantown, with the then-No. 3 Wolfpack claiming a 24-9 win over the Mountaineers.
Last Week in Wrestling: West Virginia did not compete
Notes: Cory Stainbrook leads the Mountaineers with 12 wins on the season … tied with Christian Monserrat (149) for a team-best three pins … Dylan Cottrell (165) leads the team with four bonus-point victories … he boasts a pair of tech. falls, a major decision and a pin on the season … Jacob A. Smith is undefeated in Big 12 action at 2-0, while Stainbrook also has a pair of Big 12 wins on the season … Smith and Cottrell continue to rank in the top-20 of the nation at 197 and 165, respectively … Smith ranks at No. 5 via InterMat and FloWrestling … Cottrell is No. 10 according to InterMat and No. 16 via Flo.
This Week in Rifle: The No. 2-ranked Mountaineers (10-0, 7-0 GARC) do not compete this week.
Last Week in Rifle: WVU did not compete last week.
Notes: The Mountaineers are enjoying a three-week break in action and will return to competition with two matches in Lexington, Kentucky, on Feb. 11-12.
This Week in Swimming and Diving: The Mountaineers have three weeks off to prepare for the Big 12 Championship from Feb. 22-25 in Austin, Texas … the four-day championship meet begins at 11 a.m. ET each day.
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia closed out the regular season with a strong victory from both the men’s and women’s squads at Bucknell on Friday and with a win from the men at Villanova on Saturday … on Friday, the WVU women claimed victories in all 13 events, while the men posted wins in 10 of the night’s 13 contests … with two 1-2-3-4 finishes on springboard and four 1-2 finishes in the pool, the women earned a 126-75 win … the Mountaineer men recorded three podium sweeps, two on springboard, and three 1-2 finishes en route to a 124-79 victory … at Villanova on Saturday, the Mountaineer men grabbed 11 wins with four podium sweeps, on their way to a 172-71 victory against Villanova, while the WVU women won five events with two 1-2-3 finishes on springboard, to fall 147-96 to the Wildcats.
Notes: The WVU women are now 5-6 in dual meets and 1-1 in Big 12 while the men are 5-4, 1-0 Big 12 … at Bucknell, senior Emma Skelley led the Mountaineers with three individual wins, while junior diver Michael Proietto, sophomore diver Julia Calcut and freshman Julia Nilton recorded two individual victories each … at Villanova, Proietto swept both boards for the Mountaineer men and WVU went 1-2-3 on 3-meter … Merwane El Merini led the way for the WVU men winning two relay events and one individual event
Coach Vic Riggs after competition at Villanova: “Another very solid effort today. The competing yesterday and the long travel day caught up with us a bit, but overall, I feel we did a great job of racing. Our women’s 200 medley and freestyle relays were the fastest in season along with our men’s 200 free relay, which I feel is great considering everything. Amelie (Currat), (Emma) Skelley, Merwane (El Merini) and James (Koval) continue to compete at a high level. I’m looking forward to how our underclassmen will compete in a month. They have really progressed well this season. Today’s competition will be much like day four at the Big 12 Championship and it’s good for the freshmen to experience that. It’s so important to manage yourself at Big 12s, and we discussed that after the meet.”
This Week in Tennis: Up next, WVU will travel to Richmond, Virginia, to take on the defending Atlantic 10 Champions, VCU on Friday, Feb. 3 … the Mountaineers will then continue their tour through Virginia on Feb. 4, when they take on William & Mary in Williamsburg.
Last Week in Tennis: West Virginia opened its home slate on Saturday against Akron at the Ridgeview Racquet Club … the Mountaineers won four of the six singles matches to defeat the Zips 4-3 … on Sunday, WVU hosted Maryland where they overcame a slow start, but ultimately fell 4-2 … the Mountaineers trailed Maryland 2-0 but singles wins by Habiba Shaker and Kaja Mrgole tied the match at 2-2 … The Terrapins would go on to win the next two singles matches to secure the match 4-2.
Notes: Saturday’s matchup between WVU and Akron was the 15th time the two programs have met … WVU now holds a 10-5 all-time record over Akron … senior Kaja Mrgole was the lone Mountaineer to win her singles and doubles match on Sunday … Shaker leads the team this season with three singles wins, going 3-1 at the No. 1 position
WVU coach Miha Lisac following Sunday’s loss to Maryland: “Overall, I thought it was a good battle for both teams. Every single one of the matches were neck-and-neck. It’s one of those things, the battles just go one way or another.”
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