MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After scoring a golden goal in double overtime to knock off first-place Texas, sophomore midfielder Addison Clark of the West Virginia University women's soccer team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
 
With the match tied 1-1 in the 103rd minute, Clark collected a rebound off a blocked shot by teammate Nicole Payne at the top of the box and sent a ball just inside the left post give the Mountaineers the 2-1 win. 
 
The score was the first game-winning goal of Clark's career. She now has two goals this season and has put the ball in net three times in her career. 
 
The Mountaineers split the weekend, falling to Baylor 4-2 on Thursday, Oct. 3, and defeating the Longhorns 2-1 on Sunday.
 
This Week in Women's Soccer: West Virginia (7-4-1, 2-1-0) will open a three-match conference homestand with a match against No. 18 Texas Tech on Thursday, Oct. 10 … first kick at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium is set for 7 p.m. ET … WVU will host its annual Soctober Fest on Thursday, and the first 200 fans will receive a WVU koozie … there also will be a variety of Oktoberfest-themed food options offered at the concessions stands throughout the contest.
 
Last Week in Women's Soccer: The Mountaineers split a pair of matches on the road last week, as they fell to Baylor, 4-2, on Thursday, Oct. 3, and topped Texas, 2-1, on Sunday, Oct. 6 … WVU and BU combined to score six goals in the second half on Thursday … Baylor opened scoring in the 50th minute of play, before West Virginia knotted the game at one in the 58th minute … the Bears went on to score three unanswered goals in the 57th, 60th and 74th minutes, respectively … sophomore Lizzie Mayfield used a left-footed shot from 25 yards-out to net her first goal of the year with six minutes left in the game … WVU bounced back on Sunday, as sophomore Addison Clark scored a golden goal in double overtime to give the Mountaineers a 2-1 win over Texas … freshman Enzi Broussard opened scoring in the 48th minute after using a perfectly-placed cross from Jessica Lisi before UT netted the equalizer in the 78th minute …  after battling for 25 more minutes, Clark scored the golden goal, taking a blocked shot off the foot of freshman Nicole Payne to drive a shot into the left side of the goal. 
 
Notes: WVU's win in double overtime marked the first time the Mountaineers have won in double overtime since 2016 … the win also marked the first road win of the year for West Virginia …  WVU has scored at least two goals in eight of its 12 matches this season and has a 7-1 record in those games … the Mountaineers are 51-5-4 all-time in Big 12 play and 25-3-2 on the road in Big 12 games … West Virginia has earned a win in eight of its last nine conference matches on the road, dating back to 2017.
 
This Week in Men's Soccer: The Mountaineers (6-3-1) have two matches this week, beginning with a road, nonconference showdown at No. 20 North Carolina on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. ET … from there, WVU returns home to host Western Michigan on Sunday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m., in the squad's Mid-American Conference opener … Sunday's match is Youth Soccer Day, with free admission to all youth … along with a postgame soccer clinic and autograph session, Mountaineer Kids Club members can pick up their t-shirts and pillowcases at the contest, as well as meet Mr. Twister, the face paint and balloon animal artist, and Musket, the Mountaineer Kids Club mascot.
 
Last Week in Men's Soccer: WVU fell to No. 25 San Diego, 4-1, on Oct. 4, in Morgantown … the Toreros opened scoring in the 17th minute, before tallying two more in a 16-second span in the 33rd minute … sophomore forward Tony Pineda cut into the deficit with a goal in the 80th minute, his second of the year, before USD added a fourth goal in the closing moments of the match … senior defender Albert Andres-Llop tallied an assist on Pineda's goal. 
 
Notes: West Virginia and North Carolina will meet for the second time on Tuesday night … the Tar Heels lead the all-time series, 1-0, with a victory in 2012 … UNC will become the Mountaineers' seventh opponent in the last nine matches to enter with a winning record … WVU and Western Michigan have met eight times, with the all-time series even at 3-3-2 … WVU topped the Broncos last season, 2-1, on Oct. 6, 2018, in Kalamazoo, Michigan … senior midfielder Andres Muriel Albino leads the team with six goals on the season, good for No. 2 in the MAC … freshman midfielder Luke McCormick paces the squad with four assists, tied for No. 2 in the conference … junior goalkeeper Steven Tekesky sits No. 2 in the MAC in saves, with 27 … he also leads the league in shutouts (3) … the Mountaineers are 18-14-6 all-time in MAC play, including a 5-0 mark last season.
 
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia (8-7, 0-3) swings through Kansas for a pair of Big 12 Conference matchups this week … the Mountaineers take on the Kansas Jayhawks (4-9, 0-3) on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. ET, followed by a match at Kansas State (6-9, 1-2) on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. ET … fans can watch both matches live on Big 12 Now/ESPN+.
 
Last Week in Volleyball: West Virginia dropped a 3-0 match to Iowa State on Saturday at the WVU Coliseum in set scores of 25-18, 25-22 and 25-16 … senior outside hitter Katelyn Evans and sophomore middle blocker/outside hitter Kristina Jordan each put down a team-best 10 kills, followed by junior middle blocker Briana Lynch with nine … Lynch also recorded a team-high .381 hitting efficiency, adding a pair of blocks in the match … sophomore setter Lacey Zerwas was one dig shy of her fifth double-double, digging a team-high nine balls and dishing out 30 of the Mountaineers' 35 assists … WVU finished the match hitting .193 with 38 kills and four team blocks.
 
Notes: West Virginia and Kansas will meet for the 17th time overall on Thursday, with the Jayhawks owning a 15-1 all-time series advantage … WVU and K-State will go head-to-head for the 15th time on Saturday, with the Wildcats holding a 9-5 edge in the all-time series … WVU is hitting .203 on the season, notching 12.6 kills per set … Jordan leads the Mountaineer offense with 3.29 kills per set to rank seventh in the Big 12 … she also averages 0.38 aces per set, ranking second in the league behind Texas' Logan Eggleston … additionally, junior defensive specialist Alexa Hasting ranks second in the conference with 4.31 digs per set.
 
This Week in Cross Country: The Mountaineers are off this week … WVU next competes on Friday, Oct. 18, as the team splits for two different meets … part of the team is set to travel to Madison, Wisconsin, for the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational … the women's 6k race is scheduled to begin at 1:20 p.m. ET on the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course … the other half of WVU's squad will return to University Park, Pennsylvania, for the Penn State National Open … the women's 6k is tabbed for 10:45 a.m. ET on Penn State's Blue White Course.
 
Last Week in Cross Country: WVU traveled to the Chile Pepper Cross Country Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the first time in program history on Saturday, Oct. 5 … the Mountaineers collected a third-place finish with 100 points … redshirt senior Candace Archer paced the Mountaineers, finishing in 15th place with a 5k time of 17:02.3 at the University of Arkansas' Agri Park … freshman Ceili McCabe crossed the finish line in 21st with a time of 17:14.3, while sophomore Charlotte Wood made her season debut in 24th place in 17:19.5 … redshirt senior Olivia Hill and junior Hayley Jackson also finished inside the top 30 to round out WVU's team scoring, placing 29th (17:23.6) and 30th (17:27), respectively … Saturday's field featured 270 runners from 27 different schools.
 
Notes: WVU made its first-ever appearance at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival last weekend … Saturday's event marked the 31st running of the annual event … the team captured its second third-place finish of the season … four other Big 12 schools, including Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas, also raced at the Chile Pepper Festival … in all, 11 Mountaineers competed in Fayetteville … other WVU finishers included junior Bree Warren (35th – 17:31), redshirt freshman Katherine Dowie (36th – 17:32.1), redshirt sophomore Marianne Abdalah (51st – 17:45.6), redshirt junior Sarah Wills (71st – 18:01) and redshirt freshmen Mikenna Vanderheyden (98th – 18:22.9) and Samantha Hatcher (100th -18:23.8) … Abdalah made her fourth appearance of 2019, while Hill competed for the third time … Archer, Dowie, Hatcher, Jackson, McCabe and Warren raced for the second time this season … two WVU runners – Wood and Wills – made their season debuts on Saturday … WVU's trip to the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational will mark its first trip to the home course of the University of Wisconsin … the Mountaineers return to the Nittany Lions' home course to compete in the Penn State National Open for the fifth straight  season and the second time in 2019.
 
This Week in Golf: No. 25 West Virginia will host The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational on Monday and Tuesday … the tournament will take place at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, West Virginia … golfers will play 36 holes on Monday, starting in an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start, followed by the final round on Tuesday … field includes Washington State, UConn, Southern Miss, Florida Atlantic, Rice, Davidson, Akron, James Madison, Eastern Michigan, George Washington, Youngstown State, Marshall, Towson and Xavier … senior Philipp Matlari, junior Matthew Sharpstene, senior Etienne Papineau, junior Mark Goetz and freshman Nico Lang will represent the Mountaineers … junior Logan Perkins, sophomore Kurtis Grant and freshmen Christian Boyd and Trent Tipton will play as individuals.
 
Last Week in Golf: The Mountaineers were off last week. 
 
Notes: The 2019 season marks the fifth year the Mountaineers have hosted the event …  in 2017, the team paired with The Health Plan as the title sponsor, changing the name from the Mountaineer Intercollegiate to The Health Plan Mountaineer Invitational … West Virginia is the defending champion at the event, taking home the team title for the first time last October … then-senior Max Sear was the medalist, becoming the first Mountaineer to win a tournament in more than three decades … WVU recently earned its first top-25 ranking in the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll, sitting at No. 25 …WVU is one of five Big 12 programs in the rankings … No. 3 Baylor (550) leads the way, while Texas Tech (461) ranks at No. 6 ... Oklahoma (385) comes in at No. 9 and is followed by Texas (382) at No. 10 ... additionally, TCU (21), Iowa State (8) and Kansas (8) also received votes in the poll.
 
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia is off this week.
 
Last Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers were off last week ... WVU last competed at the 2019 William & Mary Hall of Fame Classic in Williamsburg, Virginia, from Sept. 27-29 ... as a team, West Virginia finished the tournament with a record of 12-9, including a 10-5 mark in singles play ... four Mountaineers posted three total wins at William & Mary ... sophomore Anastasiia Bovolskaia and freshman Kat Lyman each posted a 3-0 record in singles play ... additionally, four Mountaineers tied for the team lead with one doubles victory.
 
Notes: Through two tournaments this fall, West Virginia has compiled an overall record of 29-18: 22-10 in singles and 7-8 in doubles ... juniors Giovanna Caputo and Anne-Sophie Courteau and Lyman are all tied for the team lead in total wins, with eight ... Lyman also leads the team in singles wins and has posted an unblemished, 6-0 record to start the fall ... pairing with each other in all six doubles contests this season, Caputo and Courteau are tied for the team lead in doubles victories, with three.
 
This Week in Rifle: West Virginia opens the 2019-20 season at Nebraska on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 8 a.m.
 
Last Season in Rifle: The Mountaineers finished second at the 2019 NCAA National Championships with a 4692 aggregate total … WVU finished second in smallbore (2331) and second in air rifle (2361) … for the first time in program history, the NCAA Rifle Championships was held in Morgantown, as the WVU Coliseum played host to the two-day event at the Bill McKenzie Rifle Range … a two-day crowd of 2,215 fans was in attendance, a championship record … WVU finished the year ranked No. 2 nationally … five Mountaineers collected 11 All-America honors, and coach Jon Hammond was named the College Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) co-Coach of the Year … the Mountaineers won their 10th consecutive Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships title with a 4715 aggregate score … the title was the team's conference-best 13th, and WVU swept the smallbore and air rifle team titles for the 10th time since 1998 … WVU also won the GARC regular-season crown with an 8-0 record … it was the team's sixth consecutive regular-season title and conference-best 12th since 1998.
 
Notes: The 2019-20 schedule features four of seven opponents from the 2019 NCAA National Championships, including a match at home against TCU, the 2019 National Champion … graduate Ginny Thrasher has been included as one of nine former collegiate student-athletes selected as finalists for the 2019 Woman of the Year Award, announced by the NCAA on Oct. 2 … the Springfield, Virginia, native is the first WVU student-athlete to be selected as a finalist since the award's inception in 1991 … she also is the only rifle athlete among the 2019 finalists and is the only nominee to advance in the selection process not sponsored by their school's core conference.
 
This Week in Swimming and Diving: WVU opens the 2019-20 season as they visit Penn State from Oct. 11-12, in University Park, Pennsylvania … the men's team will compete on Friday, Oct. 11, beginning at 5 p.m. ET … the women's team will hit the pool on Saturday, Oct. 12, at noon ET … WVU's season-opening meet is set to take place in Penn State's McCoy Natatorium.
 
Last Season in Swimming and Diving: Three NCAA qualifiers, a pair of Big 12 individual championships and nine All-Big 12 First Team honorees highlighted the 2019-20 season … then-sophomore David Dixon won a pair of Big 12 individual championships in the 100 and 200 butterfly … Dixon's two victories marked the first time a Mountaineer has won multiple events at the conference meet since 2014 … WVU combined to win two gold, nine silver and 10 bronze medals at the Big 12 Championship … the men's team earned a second-place finish at the conference meet, while the women's team finished third … Dixon, Jake Armstrong and then junior Morgan Bullock qualified for the 2019 NCAA Championships … the diving team also sent nine divers to the 2019 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships … Ryan Kelly was named the Big 12 Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year, marking the fifth consecutive season and sixth time in seven years WVU has won the conference honor in men's or women's swimming and diving … WVU placed 29 student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 Team, including 23 on the first team … the men's team finished 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the Big 12 in 2019, while the women finished 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12.
 
Notes: The Mountaineer men's team visited Penn State to close the 2018-19 regular season, dropping the contest 173-122 … WVU tallied four individual victories at the meet, including one relay win in the 400 freestyle relay … Angelo Russo collected two wins, while Jake Armstrong and Philip Kay grabbed one apiece … in all, the Mountaineers return 15 All-Big 12 selections from a year ago, including four First Teamers … WVU also welcomes 22 newcomers to the team this season … the 2019-20 campaign will be the team's first season in its new, state-of-the-art facility at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park … the team is set to host nine meets at the Aquatic Center this season, a program record for the most home meets.