St. Georges Named Student-Athlete of the Week

Photo by: Ken Inness/ZUMA Press

October 08, 2018 01:23 PM | General, Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming & Diving, Rifle, Cross Country, Rowing, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Volleyball

Varsity Sports Report

By: WVU Athletic Communications

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Following a two-goal performance in a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over No. 13 Texas on Oct. 7, senior defender Bianca St. Georges of the No. 16-ranked women's soccer team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.

A native of St. Felix de Valois, Quebec, St. Georges helped WVU overcome a late 1-0 deficit on Sunday. First, she connected on her second penalty kick of the season in the 77th minute. Just 3:09 later, she buried a one-timer from inside the box for her first career game-winning goal and brace. The Mountaineers became the first team this season to put two goals behind the Longhorn defense.

Defensively, St. Georges anchored a Mountaineer backline that held UT to just one shot on-goal and zero corner kicks. The Longhorns entered Sunday's match averaging 6.92 shots on-goal/game and 7.00 points/game.

WVU's victory, its third of the year against a ranked opponent, was a bounce-back effort, as the Mountaineers dropped a 1-0 (OT) decision to No. 24 Baylor on Oct. 5.

Through five Big 12 matches, WVU is 4-1 in conference play and has held league opponents to a combined five shots on-goal.

This Week in Women's Soccer: The No. 16-ranked Mountaineers (8-3-3, 4-1) return to the road for a match at Iowa State on Friday, Oct. 12, with kick from the Cyclone Sports Complex at 8 p.m. ET.

Last Week in Women's Soccer: WVU went 1-1 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium over the weekend, falling 1-0 (OT) to No. 24 Baylor on Oct. 5 before rallying for a 2-1 win over No. 13 Texas on Oct. 7 … on Friday, a BU free kick in the 95th minute gave the Bears the win, as Camryn Wendlandt placed a shot off an errant ball to the left corner for the golden goal … WVU finished with a 19-4 edge in shots and forced BU goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt into a season-high nine saves … WVU also finished with an 11-2 edge in corner kicks, and junior Rylee Foster made one second-half save … on Sunday, two late goals from senior defender Bianca St. Georges erased a Mountaineer deficit and gave WVU a 2-1 victory over the Longhorns … UT got on the board first in the 19th minute off a goal from Haley Berg … WVU earned a break in the 77th minute when UT was whistled for a hand ball inside the box … St. Georges buried the penalty kick, her second of the season … just 3:09 later, she put WVU ahead for good with a left-footed shot just inside the box … WVU finished with a 19-5 edge in shots, and UT's goal was its only shot on-frame … the Mountaineers forced Longhorn Nicole Curry into five saves, all in the second half … WVU also finished with a 9-0 edge in corner kicks, making UT the fifth team this season and the second Big 12 opponent not to earn a corner kick.

Notes: Friday's loss snapped WVU's six-match win streak and halted the Mountaineers' home unbeaten streak against conference opponents at 40 … the Bears' goal was the first allowed by WVU to a Big 12 opponent this season … the loss was WVU's first in the all-time series with BU … Sunday's win was the Mountaineers' first this season after allowing an opponent to score first … WVU was the first team this season to score more than one goal against the Longhorns … St. Georges' brace was the first of her career … WVU is 4-4 on PK attempts this season … the win vs. UT was WVU's third vs. a ranked foe in 2018 … the Mountaineers have not dropped a home conference match in regulation since 2007 … through five Big 12 matches, WVU has allowed just five shots on-goal … Sunday's match was played in front of 2,081 fans, the fourth-largest crowd in program history.

This Week in Men's Soccer: West Virginia is on the road this week for a pair of matches, at No. 15 Wright State on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m. ET, and at Akron on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m.

Last Week in Men's Soccer: The Mountaineers went 2-0 last week with a 2-0 victory against Binghamton on Oct. 2, and a 2-1 win at Western Michigan to open Mid-American Conference play on Oct. 6 … WVU scored less than five minutes apart in the first half of Tuesday's shutout win vs. Binghamton, as junior defender Ryan Kellogg scored his third goal in a two-game span and freshman midfielder Josh DiMatteo netted his first career goal … West Virginia held Binghamton to one shot on goal … the Mountaineers opened MAC play with a come-from-behind win, 2-1 at Western Michigan, as DiMatteo tied the match in the 31st minute and junior midfielder Andres Muriel Albino added the game-winner in the 84th ... sophomore goalkeeper Steven Tekesky made nine saves in the match.

Notes: West Virginia is 8-4 on the season, 5-1 at home, 3-2 on the road and 1-0 in MAC play … WVU has five shutouts this season … the Mountaineers are 8-0 when scoring at least two goals in a match in 2018 and 16-0 in the last three years … WVU leads the conference with 21 goals, 25 assists and 49 saves and has allowed 10 goals on the year, tied for fewest in the league … Tekesky has five shutouts, which leads the conference, and eight in his career, which ranks No. 9 all-time in program history … Tekesky leads the MAC with a 0.84 goals-against average, a .828 save percentage, 48 saves and 4.00 saves per game … Muriel Albino recorded his first assist as a Mountaineer on Oct. 2, and his first goal on Oct. 9 … junior midfielder Sebastian Garcia-Herreros has four assists in the last three games and is second in the MAC with six on the season.

This Week in Volleyball: Following a weekend off from competition, West Virginia (8-9, 1-4) will take a break from nonconference play with a match against George Washington on Tuesday, Oct. 9 … first serve is set for 6 p.m. ET, at the Charles E. Smith Center, in Washington, D.C. … West Virginia will then host its annual Pink Match on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m., vs. Baylor … it also is Dollar Day, and all tickets and select concessions will be available for $1 each ... the team will don pink jerseys in support of breast cancer awareness ... WVU Medicine will sponsor the match and will collect donations for the WVU Cancer Institute ... fans are encouraged to wear pink and can get the official WVU Sports pink t-shirt with a donation of $10 or more to WVU Medicine ... following Saturday's match, the Mountaineers will put on a free youth clinic open to any and all entrants in eighth grade and under … to pre-register, email WVUSportsMarketing@mail.wvu.edu … autographs also will take place following the match.

Last Week in Volleyball: Despite a 20-kill performance from junior outside hitter Katelyn Evans, West Virginia dropped a five-set match to Big 12 foe Kansas on Oct. 3, inside the Horejsi Family Athletics Center, in Lawrence, Kansas … the Mountaineers fell to the Jayhawks in set scores of 22-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-9 and 15-7 … the Mountaineers posted 50 kills, 41 digs and nine team blocks in the loss.

Notes: The Mountaineers are four wins away from collecting their 700th win in program history ... West Virginia currently holds a 696-732 all-time record since its inaugural season in 1974 … WVU has played a trio of teams ranked inside the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Poll in 2018, and six of its nine losses coming to teams which made the NCAA Tournament last season … sophomore middle blocker Katie DeMeo ranks second in the Big 12 with 1.51 blocks per set, totaling 83 on the season … as of Oct. 4, DeMeo ranks ninth among all NCAA Division I players in blocks per set … the Mountaineers also rank fourth in the Big 12, averaging 2.54 blocks per set, and are 37th in the nation … WVU is outblocking its opponents, 160.0-130.5 … Evans leads the team with 3.15 kills per set to rank ninth in the Big 12, while freshman setter Lacey Zerwas paces WVU in assists, with 8.74 per set, to rank eighth in the league.

This Week in Cross Country: The Mountaineers compete on Friday, Oct. 12, at the Penn State National Open in University Park, Pennsylvania … the women's 6k race is set to begin at 10:45 a.m., at the Blue-White Golf Course.

Last Week in Cross Country: WVU did not compete last week.

Notes: Friday's trip to the PSU National Open will mark the team's second visit to University Park this season … WVU placed fifth at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational on Sept. 7, also hosted by Penn State … it also will mark the Mountaineers' 11th trip to Penn State since 2014 … WVU will return to the Blue-White Course for a third time this season for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional on Friday, Nov. 9 ... at last year's National Open, WVU finished eighth as a team and was led by Amy Cashin's 11th-place finish ... the Mountaineers have competed at the PSU National Open in nine of the past 11 seasons, and they won the meet in 2013 ... last week, redshirt junior Andrea Pettit was endorsed by WVU to compete for the Rhodes Scholarship.

This Week in Golf: The West Virginia University golf team will host its fourth annual home tournament this week when the Mountaineers welcome 13 teams to The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia, on Monday and Tuesday … defending champion Bowling Green returns for the event, while WVU also will host Rutgers, James Madison, Akron, Boston College, Seton Hall, Winthrop, Davidson, Ohio, Georgetown and Marshall … golfers will tee off in a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. on Monday for 36 continuous holes … they will resume play for the third and final round on Tuesday, with tee times starting at 8 a.m. … freshman Kurtis Grant, senior Max Sear, junior Etienne Papineau, sophomore Matthew Sharpstene and junior Philipp Matlari will represent the Mountaineers … senior Tristan Nicholls and sophomores Mark Goetz and Logan Perkins will play as individuals.

Last Week in Golf: WVU did not compete last week.

Notes: Rated the No. 1 course in West Virginia, Pete Dye Golf Club is built on a former coal mine ... it is a par-72, 7,308-yard course … WVU will host its fourth home tournament this season ... known as the Mountaineer Intercollegiate in 2015 and 2016, WVU paired with The Health Plan starting in 2017 ... previous team champions include Bowling Green (2017), Arkansas (2016) and Penn State (2015) … past medalists include Marshall's Alex Weiss (2017), Miami's Patrick Flavin (2016) and Cincinnati's Davis Baxter (2015) … Arkansas shot six under with an 858 in 2016 for the lowest team score in tournament history, while Marshall's Alex Weiss shot eight under with a 208 for the lowest individual score (the tournament was shortened to 36 holes in 2015) … the Mountaineers finished fourth in 2016 and second in 2017, their best finish at the event thus far … current junior Etienne Papineau posted the best individual performance as a sophomore in 2017, tying for the runner-up spot.

This Week in Rifle: The No. 1-ranked Mountaineers (1-0, 1-0 GARC) open their 2018-19 home season against Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) foe Memphis on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Bill McKenzie Rifle Range inside the WVU Shell Building … smallbore is set to begin at 10 a.m., with air rifle to follow.

Last Week in Rifle: WVU did not compete last week.

Notes: On Oct. 5, West Virginia University announced its endorsement of senior Ginny Thrasher to compete for the Rhodes Scholarship.

This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers hit the road to compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic Regionals in Lynchburg, Virginia, from Oct. 12-16 … this year's ITA Atlantic Regionals will be hosted by Liberty University.

Last Week in Tennis: West Virginia did not compete last week.

Notes: Abigail Rosiello and Anne-Sophie Courteau led WVU at the season-opening Hokie Invite, winning the Sacrifice Doubles flight with a 3-0 record ... WVU went 20-15 overall in Blacksburg ... WVU returns seven letterwinners for the 2018-19 campaign, including three seniors, Paula Goetz, Rosiello and Kirsten White … Goetz has won a team-high 28 singles matches and 33 doubles matches … Goetz also leads the team in total wins (61) … Giovanna Caputo (8-5) and Goetz (10-5) led all returners in wins last fall with a combined singles record of 18-10 … Caputo led the team in singles wins last spring, going 8-5 … Goetz led the team in doubles wins last spring, going 10-4.

This Week in Swimming and Diving: The Mountaineers open the 2018-19 regular season at the West Virginia State Games, from Oct. 12-13, in Huntington, West Virginia … Marshall will serve as host of the annual in-state meet at Frederick A. Fitch Natatorium … competition is set to begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, while events resume at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13.

Last Week in Swimming and Diving: WVU was off last week.

Notes: Marshall is set to host the in-state competition for the fourth time overall and first since 2016 ... the Mountaineer men's team has won all seven West Virginia State Games meets, which began in 2011 ... the women's team has won the meet six times, including last season ... combined, the two teams won 35 of 40 events at last year's meet ... the Mountaineers return 19 All-Big 12 selections from a year ago, including 11 first teamers … WVU also welcomes 17 newcomers to the team this season … the 2018-19 campaign marks the last in the WVU Natatorium; the squad is set to host three meets this season, including two during the regular season ... five NCAA qualifiers, two Big 12 champions and two honorable mention All-Americans also return to the squad this season ... the squad unofficially opened the campaign with the annual Gold-Blue Meet on Sept. 29, a Blue Team victory.

This Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers will begin the 2018 fall season with races against Duquesne and Robert Morris on Saturday, Oct. 13, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... Saturday's race will be hosted by Duquesne.

Last Season in Rowing: West Virginia capped the spring 2018 season with an eighth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship, amassing eight team points ... senior Carly Ledbetter was named to the All-Big 12 First Team ... five rowers earned CRCA Scholar Athlete recognition.

Notes: Saturday's meet against Duquesne marks the sixth consecutive season that the Mountaineers and Dukes have met ... WVU announced the addition of 22 members to the novice squad on Sept. 13 ... the novice team will begin competition at the Head of Occoquan on Nov. 3 in Fairfax Station, Virginia.