Cashin Named Student-Athlete of the Week

April 30, 2018 03:36 PM | Baseball, General, Golf, Rowing, Tennis, Track & Field

By: WVU Athletic Communications

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Following a record-breaking performance and a pair of victories, redshirt senior Amy Cashin of the West Virginia University track and field team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.

Last Thursday, Cashin won the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia, breaking the school record along the way. Cashin finished in 9:59.40, becoming the first Mountaineer to ever break the 10-minute barrier in the event. The Werribee, Victoria, Australia, native took down her previous WVU-best time of 10:01.19 from 2017.

The performance was good for the fourth-fastest in Penn Relays history and is the fastest in the Big 12 Conference and Mid-Atlantic Region this season.

Two days later, Cashin won her second event of the week, placing first in the women's 1,500 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix in Charlottesville, Virginia. Cashin earned a time of 4:21.56 in the victory.

This Week in Baseball: This week, WVU concludes an extended home stretch against Maryland on Tuesday before a road series at Kansas … the Mountaineers open the month of May with a midweek matchup against Maryland on Tuesday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at Monongalia County Ballpark … tickets are available at WVUGAME.com, by calling 1-800-WVU GAME, at the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum or on game day at Monongalia County Ballpark … Tuesday is Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night … with a WVU ID, faculty and staff can purchase tickets for just $3 on game day … additionally, all fans can play Baseball Bingo … West Virginia travels to Kansas this weekend, from May 4-6, in Lawrence, Kansas … first pitch of Friday's opener is set for 7 p.m. ET, while Saturday's contest begins at 3 p.m. ET … Sunday's finale is set for 2 p.m. ET.

Last Week in Baseball: West Virginia went 3-1 last week, with an 11-10, 13-inning win at Marshall on Tuesday before a weekend series win over No. 19 Texas … in a back-and-forth affair that featured seven lead changes between in-state foes, West Virginia beat Marshall in 13 innings, 11-10, on April 24 in rainy Charleston, West Virginia … the Mountaineers and Thundering Herd scored runs in nine of the first 15 half innings before going scoreless in the next nine half innings, from the bottom of the eighth to the bottom of the 12th … in a 10-10 game, WVU broke through with an RBI single in the top of the 13th off the bat of Kyle Gray … WVU lost the opener to Texas on April 27, 11-6, as UT rallied in the seventh inning in a game that featured two weather delays … the following day, the Mountaineers rallied in the eighth to beat Texas, 8-6 … UT scored three to take a 6-5 lead in the top of the eighth, but West Virginia answered back with three of its own in the bottom half … Gray homered twice, while Alek Manoah pitched 1.2 scoreless innings to earn the win … Gray was one of four Mountaineers with two hits and one of six who scored at least one run, as all but one WVU starter had a hit in the win … the Mountaineers secured the series win on April 29, with an 8-3 victory, thanks to a three-run fourth inning, a four-run eighth and a strong performance from the WVU pitching staff … Tyler Doanes had a career-best four RBIs on two hits to lead the offense, highlighted by a three-RBI triple in the eighth inning to turn a 4-3 WVU lead into a four-run advantage.

Notes: West Virginia (22-19, 6-9 Big 12) has won three of its last four, six of its last eight and 11 of its last 15 … WVU has won back-to-back weekend series after a 2-1 weekend against No. 19 Texas … West Virginia is ranked No. 34 in the NCAA RPI and has the No. 2 strength of schedule in the nation … the Mountaineers picked up their first series win over a ranked team this year and are 3-3 vs. top-25 foes in 2018 … WVU improved to 46-24 all-time vs. Marshall and the Mountaineers have won five in a row in the series, seven of the last eight and 16 of the last 19 … West Virginia leads the all-time series vs. Texas, 11-7, and 7-2 in Morgantown … Saturday's crowd was a season-high 2,618, the ninth-largest home crowd in program history … Kyle Gray drove in the game-winning run vs. Marshall and had four RBIs with a home run, before following it up with a two-homer day on Saturday vs. Texas … Gray now has nine home runs this year and 12 in his career … Darius Hill also homered vs. Texas, his fourth of the year and 11th in his career … Alek Manoah earned the win vs. Marshall, pitching 3.0 scoreless innings in relief, while BJ Myers pitched the 13th to earn his first career save … Manoah also picked up the win vs. Texas on April 28, also in relief … Isaiah Kearns got the win on Sunday, earning his first quality start of the year … Gray extended his team-best and career-long hit streak to 18 games and his reached-base streak to 19 games … Hill extended his career-long hit streak and reached-base streak to 17 games … Braden Zarbnisky extended his reached-base streak to a career-high-tying 18 games … Marques Inman's reached-base streak was extended to a career-best 16 games … Tuesday's contest vs. Maryland is a rematch of last season's NCAA Regional, where WVU won both games against the Terrapins in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

This Week in Golf: The Mountaineers' 2017-18 season has concluded.

Last Week in Golf: West Virginia competed in its third-ever Big 12 Men's Golf Championship, hosted by Oklahoma, at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma … the Mountaineers finished ninth as a team, ahead of K-State … it marked the first time in program history WVU has defeated a team at the event … the team shot 303-288-297-299=1187 to finish 67 over par … freshman Matthew Sharpstene led the team with an 11th-place finish, shooting 73-67-72-75 to finish seven over with a 287 … he was one spot outside of earning All-Big 12 honors … fellow freshman Mark Goetz finished T-36th at 77-77-72-71=297 for 17 over par … sophomore Etienne Papineau (T-41st), senior Avery Schneider (T-45th) and junior Max Sear (49th) also represented the Mountaineers.

Notes: Sharpstene's 11th-place finish was the best ever by a WVU individual … Sear previously finished T-12th as a freshman in 2016 … the 2018 season marked WVU's third Big 12 Championship since resuming varsity competition in 2015-16 … five of the 10 Big 12 teams are nationally ranked inside the top 20 … two more are ranked inside the top 100 … defending National Champion Oklahoma took home the team title at 19 over par (1139) … No. 1 ranked Oklahoma State and No. 14 Texas tied for second at 27 over par … the Big 12 boasts 16 golfers were ranked inside Golfstat's top 100 … four players shared medalist honors.

This Week in Tennis: West Virginia's 2017-18 season has concluded.

Last Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers fell to No. 8-seed TCU, 5-1, in the first round of the Big 12 Women's Tennis Championship on Thursday, April 26, at the Texas Tennis Center in Austin, Texas … after securing the doubles point, the Horned Frogs won four of the first five singles matches to best the Mountaineers … sophomore Sofía Duran gave WVU its lone point when she defeated Meredith Roberts in two sets, 6-4 and 6-3.

Notes: Senior Lyn Yuen Choo and freshman Giovanna Caputo led the Mountaineers this season in singles play with eight wins apiece … with a win at No. 1 doubles against TCU last Thursday, the doubles pair of Choo and Paula Goetz won a team-high 10 matches on the season … Choo finished her WVU career by ranking No. 14 in all-time combined wins (singles and doubles) in school history … she also tied for No. 15 in singles wins.

This Week in Track and Field: WVU concludes its 2018 outdoor regular season at the Billy Hayes Invitational, on Friday, May 4, in Bloomington, Indiana.

Last Week in Track and Field: West Virginia competed at a pair of meets last week … on Thursday, a trio of Mountaineers competed at the 2018 Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as redshirt senior Amy Cashin won the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase in a school-record time of 9:59.40 … on Saturday, WVU combined to earn seven top-five finishes at the Virginia Grand Prix in Charlottesville, Virginia … the Mountaineers earned two victories at the meet: Cashin in the women's 1,500 meters (4:21.56) and freshman Ellie Gardner in the women's pole vault (3.81 meters – 12 feet, 6 inches) … redshirt sophomore Candace Jones finished in third place in the 1,500 meters (4:26.17), while redshirt junior Madelin Gardner took fourth in the women's pole vault invitational (4.05 meters – 13 feet, 3.5 inches) … junior Danique Bryan earned a pair of fifth-place finishes in the women's long jump (6.16 meters – 20 feet, 2.5 inches) and women's triple jump (12.52 meters – 41 feet, 1 inch) … junior Faith Penny tied for third place in the women's high jump with a mark of 1.63 meters (5 feet, 4.25 inches).

Notes: Cashin's record-setting performance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase took down her previous WVU-best time of 10:01.19 from 2017 … the time also was the fourth-fastest in Penn Relays history … Cashin became the first Mountaineer to ever break the 10-minute barrier in the event … WVU last won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Penn Relays in 2014, when Sarah Martinelli finished in 10:17.47 … redshirt senior Maggie Drazba and redshirt freshman Sarah Wills joined Cashin at the Penn Relays, as each competed in the women's 5,000 meters … Bryan (triple jump), Drazba (10,000 meters) and Madelin Gardner (pole vault) all ranked No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in their respective events last week … in all, nine Mountaineers appeared in last week's USTFCCCA regional index … Friday's Billy Hayes Invitational marks the regular-season finale for the Mountaineers … WVU begins the championship season at the Big 12 Championship, from May 11-13, in Waco, Texas.

This Week in Rowing: WVU is off this week … the Mountaineers return to Morgantown to prepare for the Big 12 Championship on May 12, in Melton Lake, Tennessee ... the Big 12 Championship is hosted by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association ... the Mountaineers will join Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas and Big 12 affiliate members, Alabama, Old Dominion and Tennessee in the event.

Last Week in Rowing: West Virginia wrapped up its regular season by traveling to Philadelphia to take on Saint Joseph's and
Delaware on April 28 … the Mountaineers took on Saint Joseph's in the morning session … WVU outpaced the Hawks in the third varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity eight competitions … in the afternoon session, WVU squared off with the Blue Hens … UD won all four races over the Mountaineers to end the day.

Assistant Coach Tina Griffith following Saturday's race: "Today was a solid day for the team as a whole. Each crew was able to put together a more complete set of races and was able to make gains upon last week's results. We are looking forward to carrying the momentum from this weekend into the next few weeks of practice and into our conference championships."