Davis Named Student-Athlete of the Week

April 11, 2022 12:47 PM | Baseball, General, Golf, Rowing, Tennis, Track & Field

By: WVU Communications

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After helping the Mountaineers to four wins last week, senior outfielder Austin Davis of the West Virginia University baseball team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.

Davis went 11-for-16 (.688) at the plate last week, scoring 10 total runs in WVU's win over Marshall (17-8 on April 6) and its three-game sweep over Baylor from April 8-10. The Orlando, Florida, native had multiple-hit efforts in all four games and finished a triple short of the cycle in the series finale against BU. He also stole two bases on the week.

WVU earned its first three-game sweep over a Big 12 opponent since May 6-8, 2016, against Texas. The squad is back in action with four games this week, beginning on Tuesday, April 12, at Penn State.

The Mountaineers return home to take on No. 3 Oklahoma State, from April 15-17, at Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark.

This Week in Baseball: WVU plays four games this week … first, the squad travels to University Park, Pennsylvania, for a game at Penn State on Tuesday, April 12 … first pitch at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park is set for 6 p.m. ET … from there, the Mountaineers return home to begin a three-game, Big 12 Conference series against No. 3 Oklahoma State from April 15-17, at Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark … Friday's series opener is slated to start at 6:30 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday's games scheduled for 4 p.m., and 1 p.m., respectively.

Last Week in Baseball: The Mountaineers (20-10, 5-1 Big 12) went 4-0 with four, home victories … the club began the week with a 17-8 win over Marshall on April 6, before earning a series sweep of Baylor from April 8-10 … WVU topped the Bears, 7-6, in the opener, won, 8-4, in the middle game and completed the sweep with a 7-5 triumph in the finale … senior outfielder Austin Davis led the way at the plate, going 11-for-16 (.688) in the four games … the Orlando, Florida, native also scored 10 runs for the week and finished a triple short of the cycle on April 10, against BU … sophomore catcher McGwire Holbrook tallied a team-best eight RBI in last week's four games … on the mound, senior right-handed pitcher Zach Ottinger, fifth-year senior right-hander Trey Braithwaite, sophomore left-hander Ben Hampton and freshman righty Chris Sleeper all earned wins … Braithwaite and Ottinger also picked up saves … sophomore infielder Nathan Blasick drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the Mountaineers walk-off Baylor on April 8.

Notes: With the wins against Baylor, WVU earned its first series sweep over a Big 12 opponent since May 6-8, 2016, against Texas in Morgantown … the squad is now 10-1 at home this season … the win over Marshall marked WVU's 100th at Monongalia County Ballpark … it also extended the club's midweek, home win streak to 22 games, dating back to April 3, 2017 … WVU has now topped its in-state foe in 12 of the last 13 meetings … the Mountaineers are 43-70 all-time against Penn State, as well as 12-20 against Oklahoma State … WVU hasn't played the Nittany Lions since 2018 … last season, WVU dropped a series at OSU, 2-1, in Stillwater … West Virginia is 4-1 against ranked opponents this spring … the Mountaineers have stolen 102 bases as a team this season and are closing in on the single-season program record of 114, set in 1986 … overall, WVU sits at No. 3 nationally and No. 1 in the Big 12 in stolen bases … at 5-1 inside the league, West Virginia begins the week atop the Big 12 standings … Hampton logged his sixth straight quality start in the middle game against Baylor … he allowed two runs on six hits with five strikeouts in 7.2 innings of work, tallying his fifth win of the season … Holbrook leads the team with a .349 average at the plate, while junior outfielder Victor Scott II is up to 30 RBI and 25 stolen bases this spring.

This Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers travel to Ames, Iowa for their final regular-season match on Sunday, April 17, against No. 26 Iowa State ... first serve against the Cyclones is set for 2 p.m. ET.

Last Week in Tennis: West Virginia (7-15, 0-8 Big 12) welcomed a pair of ranked Big 12 opponents to Morgantown, on April 8-10 ... kicking off the weekend, was a matchup against No. 12 Oklahoma State, on April 8 ... OSU came to Morgantown with two ranked doubles pairs and two ranked singles players ... the Mountaineers fell to the Cowgirls, 7-0 ... after claiming the doubles point, Oklahoma State went into singles with a, 1-0, advantage... freshman Kendall Kovick, sophomore Momoko Nagato, senior Anastasiia Bovolskaia, junior Ting-Pei Chang, and freshman Tatiana Lipatova all suffered losses in two-straight sets ... freshman Camilla Bossi went three sets against Cowgirl Ayumi Miyamoto ... the Sao Paulo, Brazil, native, claimed the first set, 6-4, before Miyamoto battled back, 6-2, to force the tie-break, outlasting Bossi, 10-4 ... on April 10, WVU played host to No. 2 Oklahoma, at the Summit Tennis Academy, in Morgantown ... West Virginia started with high energy going into doubles play, but ultimately dropped the point to the Sooners ... pair of Bovolskaia and Lipatova started the Mountaineers off on a high note, topping OU pair of Layne Sleeth and Emma Staker, 6-4 ... next up, No. 5-ranked Sooner tandem of Ivana Corley and Carmen Corley defeated No. 68 pair of Bossi and Chang, 6-4, leaving the doubles point to Kovick and freshman Michaela Kucharova ... the duo went neck-and-neck against Anchisa Chanta and Dana Guzman, but came up short, 7-5 ... the Sooners had the advantage going into singles play, where they swept the Mountaineers, 6-0, to conclude WVU's 2022 last regular-season home slate.

Notes: Prior to the start of the matchup against No. 2 Oklahoma, West Virginia honored Bovolskaia, as a part of senior recognition ... the Irkutsk, Russia, native, was the first Mountaineer in program history to be named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Women's Division I Player of the Week ... additionally, Bovolskaia has posted a pair of 20-win season throughout her career, including a 30-win season during the 2018-19 slate ... Sunday, April 17, marks the tenth time the Mountaineers will compete against Iowa State since 2009 ... West Virginia is 1-7 all-time against the Cyclones ... the last meeting between ISU and WVU was in 2020, when the Mountaineers fell, 5-2, to the Iowa State ... of note, West Virginia won its first Big 12 Conference match against Iowa State, 4-1, on March 24, 2018, in Morgantown ... Bossi currently leads the team with a 13-6 overall record … as a pair, Bossi and Chang have a doubles record of 9-7 and were ranked No. 62 on the latest ITA doubles-rankings on April 6 ... following their final regular-season match, the Mountaineers are back on the road to compete at the 2022 Big 12 Championship, on April 21-24 ... this year's conference championship will be in Fort Worth, Texas, hosted by TCU.

This Week in Track and Field: West Virginia continues action at the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 15-16 at Christy Mathewson Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania … Thursday's action is tabbed for 10 a.m. ET, followed by Friday's competition starts at 8:30 a.m. … on Saturday, the meet will begin at 10 a.m.

Last Week in Track and Field: WVU traveled to the Mason Spring Invitational on April 9, at George Mason Stadium, in Fairfax, Virginia … West Virginia earned four individual first-place finishes on Saturday … in field events, junior Katelyn Caccamo placed first in the green division pole vault competition with a height of 3.57 meters … senior Peter-Gay McKenzie followed in the long jump competition and finished with a distance of 5.80 meters … senior Tessa Constantine took first place in the 400-meter hurdles on the track, with a personal best time of 1:00.54 … Constantine was followed by sophomore Jo-Lauren Keane, recording a time of 2:07.43 in the 800-meter … sophomore Lynsie Curtis took second in the green division pole vault competition, with a height of 3.42 meters … senior Myesha Nott took second in the triple jump (12.05 meters), while senior Sada Wright placed second in the discus throw (44.54 meters) … in the 800-meter run, sophomore Cassandra Williamson and redshirt senior Hayley Jackson placed third (2:08.51) and fourth (2:08.65), respectively.

Notes: Nott made her season debut in the long jump competition at the Mason Spring Invitational … WVU last saw action at the Bison Classic on April 13-14, 2019 … the Mountaineers competed in five events on the final day of the two-day competition at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, earning top-five finishes in three of them … then-redshirt senior Bria Welker led the way with a second-place finish in the 400 meters with a season-best time of 56.40 … also on the track, then-freshman McKenzie took third in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.82, while then-freshman Marianne Abdalah finished fourth in the 3,000 meters in 10:18.09.

This Week in Golf: The Mountaineers are off and return to action on April 25-27 at the Big 12 Championship in Trinity, Texas.

Last Week in Golf: West Virginia was idle.

Notes: Three Mountaineers are ranked inside the top 140 in the latest PGA TOUR University rankings – Mark Goetz is 24th, Logan Perkins is 118th and Kurtis Grant is 140th.

This Week in Rowing: West Virginia will host the Gold and Blue Regatta on Friday, April 15, in Morgantown.

Last Week in Rowing: WVU competed in the Knecht Cup Regatta in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on April 9-10 ... four of the five crews that raced in Saturday's heats advanced to their events' medal final on Sunday, including three which boasted earning two silvers and one bronze medal ... senior Amber Drysdale notched second in the Final Only 1x event ... the novice eight of sophomores Sarah Wojcik and Kelsey Riemer, freshman Kara Stanley, sophomore Ryleigh Rosta, freshman Bailey South, sophomore Ava Koontz, sophomore Emily Dumford, junior Mackenzie Kaminski and freshman Grace Fay advanced to the medal final ... the crew finished in fourth-place on Sunday ... second varsity four crew of redshirt-freshman Katherine Capitan, sophomore Alexandra Farron, juniors Jordyn Hussain and Ally Fisher and freshman Ava Milano took third to earn a bronze medal ... freshman Ksenia Kaluderovic, seniors Michaela Pulick and Danielle Shuttleworth, freshman Grace Cronen and senior Maura Harkins earned a silver-medal in the varsity four ... during the second varsity eight competition, crew of sophomores Ashlea Clark, Samantha Perro and Ryleigh Williams, junior Kaira Lay, seniors Ashley and Nicole Dibling, fifth-year Kileigh Lade, senior Megan Present and junior Sydney VanAuken, raced to a fourth-place finish ... varsity eight comprised of sophomore Anna Gall, senior Katherine McMullen, freshman Kathleen Meldrum, junior Laurna Atkins, sophomore Violet Hewett, freshman Emma Toy, senior Lydia Nicolai and sophomore Emily DeGlopper bounced back to place second in their six boat final.

Quote: "A lot of good things occurred this weekend," Mountaineer coach Jimmy King said. "Our 4s responded to the challenge to step up their expectations of themselves, resulting in medal performances. Our novice eight put together two quality races and gained valuable racing experience. Our 2V8 is consistently competing at a high level."