Moore Named Student-Athlete of the Week

December 11, 2017 01:58 PM | General, Men's Swimming & Diving, Rifle, Women's Basketball, Women's Swimming & Diving, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling

Varsity Sports Report

By: WVU Athletic Communications

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Following a week in which he helped the Mountaineers defeat No. 25 Pitt for the first time since 2015, West Virginia University redshirt sophomore Zachary Moore has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.

Moore earned a 3-1 decision over Taleb Rahmani, who is ranked as high as No. 17 via FloWrestling, at 157 pounds in the Mountaineers' 24-10 win over the Panthers on Saturday. The two remained scoreless through the first period until Rahmani notched an escape to begin the second. Moore then used an escape early in the third period to even the match at 1-1. With the match tied heading into sudden victory, coach Sammie Henson challenged that Moore should have been awarded a takedown at the end of the regulation. The ruling on the mat was reversed in favor of West Virginia, giving Moore the 3-1 victory over Rahmani.

Of note, Moore faced Rahmani for the second time in as many weeks. He avenged a loss to Rahmani at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Dec. 1. Rahmani finished on the podium at the event, placing seventh in his pool of 157.

This Week in Women's Basketball: The No. 10/11 WVU women's basketball team travels to Charleston, West Virginia, on Saturday to host Radford at the Charleston Civic Center … tipoff is set for 4 p.m.

Last Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers picked up a pair of victories at the WVU Coliseum … WVU downed rival Pitt, 73-52, on Thursday behind senior forward Teana Muldrow's fourth double-double of the season (20 pts, 10 rebs) … junior guard Katrina Pardee also made a career-best five 3-pointers in the win … on Sunday, the Mountaineers rolled past Coppin State, 101-43 … Pardee bested her 3-point mark with six on the day and went off for a career-high 25 points … redshirt freshman Krsytaline McCune also had a career-high 12 points in the game.

Notes: The Mountaineers improved to 27-19 against the Panthers … WVU has now won four straight games in the Backyard Brawl … the Mountaineers' 21-point margin of victory marked their largest since defeating the Panthers, 56-35, on Feb. 13, 2008, at the WVU Coliseum … WVU led the contest for 39:49, the longest it has led a game all season … with the win over Coppin State, the Mountaineers have won 37 consecutive nonconference games inside the WVU Coliseum dating back to Nov. 24, 2013 … WVU improves to a perfect 10-0 all-time record against Coppin State and 18-1 against the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference … WVU scored on nine of their first ten possessions to start the game … with her 22-point performance, Teana Muldrow has now registered five consecutive 20-point games … she is the first to do so since Rosemary Kosiorek in 1992 … Muldrow has now made eight straight free throws … Katrina Pardee drained six 3-pointers, breaking her career-high of five set Thursday against Pitt … Pardee recorded a new career high of 25 points, breaking her career high of 20 points set against North Florida on Nov. 19 … WVU's 102 points became the 22nd time it has reached triple figures in a game … WVU dished out a season-high 27 assists as a team, the most since recording 32 against Longwood on Dec.17, 2016.

Coach Mike Carey following Sunday's win Coppin State: "We formed a lot of bad habits instead of good habits. I hate these type of games, but we did what we had to do to get the win. It's good, we're in final exams now and all that. I can give them off a couple of days, and then get started back Wednesday, and then play in Charleston Saturday. We'll get back to action on Wednesday."

This Week in Swimming & Diving: WVU does not compete this week … the teams will host Pitt on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the WVU Natatorium.

Last Week in Swimming & Diving: The Mountaineers did not compete last week.

Notes: WVU will embark on its annual training trip from Dec. 14-22 ... Mountaineer swimmers will travel to Key Largo, Florida, while divers will visit Coral Springs, Florida ... WVU last competed at a pair of meets on Nov. 17-19 … the Mountaineer swimmers traveled to the Ohio State Invitational, where the men's team earned an eighth-place team finish, while the women took 11th … redshirt senior Nate Carr earned three top-five finishes in Columbus, including a fourth-place finish in the 200 and 400 individual medleys and a fifth-place finish in the 200 breaststroke … the Mountaineers finished with a combined 11 top-10 finishes at the three-day event … WVU divers competed at the Frank Elm Invitational, hosted by Rutgers University … senior Michael Proietto earned a win on the platform to go along with a second-place finish on 3-meter and fourth on 1-meter.

This Week in Wrestling: The Mountaineers will take a week off from competition before traveling to Blacksburg, Virginia, for a match against No. 10 Virginia Tech on Friday, Dec. 22.

Last Week in Wrestling: West Virginia topped No. 25 Pitt, 24-10, in the Backyard Brawl on Saturday afternoon at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown … the Mountaineers (1-2, 0-1 Big 12) defeated the Panthers for the first time since 2015, earning a pin at 125 pounds and two major decisions at 149 and 174 pounds, respectively … the longest-running series in WVU history, West Virginia has topped Pitt three times in the last four seasons.

Notes: Redshirt senior Jacob A. Smith checks in at No. 5 nationally at 197 pounds, moving up one spot in last week's FloWrestling and Intermat Polls ... the Charleston, West Virginia, native made his season debut against Pitt on Saturday, earning a 5-2 decision over Pitt's Kellan Stout in a first-round tiebreaker ... redshirt junior Zeke Moisey also checks in at No. 19 in both FloWrestling's and Intermat's latest top-20 poll ... the Northampton, Pennsylvania, native returned to the mat for the first time since Nov. 18 on Saturday, winning by fall in the third period over Pitt's Brenden Price at 125 pounds … Five other Mountaineers earned victories over Pitt on Saturday, as redshirt sophomore Zachary Moore and freshman Nick Kiussis defeated their first ranked opponents of the season at 157 and 165 pounds, respectively … redshirt freshman Matthew Schmitt holds a team-best 13-5 mark at 133 pounds … He also leads the team in major decisions with five … Moore paces the Mountaineers' with nine match points on the year, while Moisey sports a team-best eight takedowns in 2017 thus far.

Coach Sammie Henson following Saturday's match vs. No. 25 Pitt: "Anytime you beat Pitt it's a good day. We wanted to perform well. We knew that they had a tough team. We have a tough team. We concentrated on a lot of individual work with these guys this week. We followed the game plan, and it worked."

This Week in Track and Field: WVU is off this week … the team next competes on Jan. 13 when the Mountaineers host the WVU Open at the WVU Shell Building.

Last Week in Track and Field: WVU was off last week.

Notes: WVU last competed at the season-opening Marty Pushkin Classic on Dec. 2 ... the team won eight total events, including three by unattached runners ... the highlight of the day was in pole vault where redshirt junior Madelin Gardner broke the indoor school record, recording a mark of 4.15 meters … the previous record was held by Erin Nett (4.07m) since 2002 ... freshman Michaela Ashford (long jump), freshman McKenna Smith (500 meters), redshirt senior Meghan Jean-Baptiste (60-meter hurdles) and the 4x400 relay team (Ashford, Smith, Jean-Baptiste, Shamoya McNeil) were among WVU's winners at the meet … the Mountaineers hosted 11 teams at the Pushkin Classic, which was one of two home meets for the team this indoor season.

This Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers' 2017 season has come to a close.

Last Week in Volleyball: West Virginia dropped a three-set match to Ole Miss in a National Volleyball Invitational Championship (NIVC) Semifinal matchup on Saturday at the Gillom Athletics Performance Center in Oxford, Mississippi … the Mountaineers fell in set scores of 25-23, 25-22 and 25-17 to conclude their 2017 season … sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffrey led the Mountaineers for the fifth straight match with 13 kills, hitting .300 on the day … senior middle blocker Mia Swanegan was not far behind Caffrey, hitting a team-best .318 with 11 kills on 22 swings … Swanegan also notched five block assists and three solo blocks, totaling eight blocks in the match … senior libero Gianna Gotterba had a season-best 23 digs … Caffrey added nine digs to the team's total of 46, while senior setter Emma Anderson assisted on 31 of the team's 39 kills … West Virginia finished the match hitting .157 with 39 kills and nine team blocks … prior to the match at Ole Miss, WVU notched a commanding 3-0 win over former BIG EAST foe Syracuse on Monday, Dec. 4 … WVU took the victory in set scores of 25-22, 25-22 and 25-18 to earn its 11th sweep of the season, advancing to the NIVC Semifinals ... Caffrey led the Mountaineers once again, hitting .250 with 19 kills ... West Virginia finished the match hitting .205 with 49 kills on 132 swings and four team blocks.

Notes: WVU concludes its season with a 21-13 overall record … the Mountaineers exceeded a predicted sixth-place finish in the Big 12 with a 6-10 fifth-place mark in the league, upsetting then-No. 14 Kansas for the first time in program history to cap regular-season play … WVU won 21 games for the first time since a 26-11 campaign in 1991, the only time before 2017 that the Mountaineers made the postseason … with 21 wins this year, third-year coach Reed Sunahara has earned his highest win total as head coach of the Mountaineers … Saturday's contest marked the final career match for five Mountaineer seniors: Gotterba, Anderson, Swanegan, Taylor Cross and Morgan Montgomery … Caffrey was awarded a spot on the All-Midwest Regional Honorable Mention Team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) on Dec. 5, ending her sophomore campaign with her name in many of WVU's sophomore and single-season records.

Coach Reed Sunahara after Saturday's match at Ole Miss: "I told them before the game they did a great job this year, and I'm proud of them. The seniors did a great job. We made it to the postseason for the first time in 26 years, and we made a run. That's all you can ask for."

This Week in Rifle: The No. 1 Mountaineers do not compete again until Jan. 14.

Last Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers were off last week.