MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  – Senior Ceili McCabe of the West Virginia University cross country team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
 
McCabe earned her third Big 12 Championship title on Nov. 1 at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship in Waco, Texas. The senior collected a personal and program best time in the women's 6k, of 19:02.6.
 
With the finish, McCabe claimed All-Big 12 honors and helped the Mountaineers clinch second place at the conference championship, with 60 total team points.
 
McCabe and the Mountaineers will have the week off before heading to the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships on Nov. 15. This year's NCAA regional will be hosted by Penn State at the Blue and White Courses in University Park, Pennsylvania. The women's 6k time is to be announced.
 
This Week in Men's Soccer: No. 7 West Virginia travels to No. 6 Marshall on Tuesday, Nov. 5 for the regular-season finale ... kickoff from Hoops Family Field in Huntington is set for 7:15 p.m. ... the Mountaineers will clinch the Sun Belt regular-season title with a win or draw while Marshall will clinch the title with a win ... West Virginia will host the Sun Belt quarterfinals on Sunday, Nov. 10 with matches set for 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
 
Last Week in Men's Soccer: The Mountaineers played to a scoreless draw against Coastal Carolina, Thursday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium ... Lorenzo Nunez made his first career start in goal as part of Senior Day and made three saves to earn the shutout.
 
Notes: The Mountaineers will host the Sun Belt Tournament for the first time in three years in the league ... WVU had a starting lineup featuring 10 seniors against Coastal Carolina on Senior Night ... a win or tie against Marshall would clinch the first Sun Belt title for the Mountaineers ...it is the seventh straight contest against the Thundering Herd where at least one team has been ranked and the third straight between two top-10 teams.
 
This Week in Women's Soccer: WVU is off this week ... the Mountaineers will wait to learn their fate in the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament ... the NCAA Selection Show is set for Monday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m. ET, while the First Round will commence Nov. 15-17.
 
Last Week in Women's Soccer: No. 3-seed West Virginia dropped a heartbreaking, double-overtime match in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship, falling 1-0 to No. 6-seed Kansas inside CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Nov. 2 ... after 90 minutes of play, the match was scoreless and went into the first overtime period of the season and the Big 12 Tournament so far this year ... neither team managed to find the back of the net in the first, so it went into a second overtime period ... unfortunately for West Virginia, it was Kansas who would find the golden goal in the 101st minute.
 
Notes: With the loss, the Mountaineers fell to 10-4-2 all-time against the Jayhawks, as well as 1-2 in neutral-site meetings ... additionally, WVU is now 17-5-3 in the Big 12 Championship all time, while it is the squad's first loss in an overtime match in the league tournament ... West Virginia's all-time overtime record at the Big 12 Championship is now 2-1-3 ... WVU is looking to make its 23rd appearance in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament ... the Mountaineers currently rank No. 29 in the NCAA RPI following last weekend's matches.
 
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to face the Bearcats on Nov. 7 ... Thursday's match is set to begin at 11 a.m. ET, inside of the Fifth Third Arena.
 
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers dropped a pair of matches to Kansas State and No. 8 Kansas on Oct. 31, and Nov. 2, respectively ... WVU fell in a five-set heartbreaker to the 'Cats, 3-2 on Thursday in Manhattan, Kansas and concluded the weekend with a loss to No. 8 Kansas, 3-0 on Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.
 
Notes: WVU ranks No. 2 in the Big 12 with 147 service aces in 90 sets, averaging 1.63 aces per set ... redshirt junior outside hitter Cassidy Tanton and sophomore setter Alexis Finnvold are tabbed at No. 9 and No. 10 in the league with 0.37 and 0.34 service aces per set, respectively ... junior middle blocker Laila Ibrahim ranks No. 10 in the conference with 91 total blocks and 1.06 blocks per set ... graduate student libero Sydney Reed also checks in at No. 10 in the Big 12 in digs, with 325 on the year and 3.61 digs per set.
 
This Week in Cross Country: West Virginia will have the week off before competing at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships on Nov. 15 ... this year's NCAA regional will be hosted by Penn State at the Blue and White Courses in University Park, Pennsylvania ... the women's 6k start time is to be announced.
 
Last Week in Cross Country: Senior Ceili McCabe won her third Big 12 title at the Big 12 Cross Country Championships on Nov. 1 in Waco, Texas ... McCabe ran a personal and program best time of 19:02.6, earning All-Big 12 honors ... with the win, McCabe helped the Mountaineers clinch a second place finish at the conference championship with 60 total team points ... the finish marks the highest for West Virginia since 2022 when the Mountaineers also claimed the conference runner-up spot.
 
Notes: Freshman Joy Naukot claimed a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championship, running the fastest time for a West Virginia freshman at 19:18.1 ... with the placement, Naukot earned All-Big 12 honors ... redshirt senior Sarah Tait finished next for West Virginia, claiming 12th place with a personal best time of 19:59.3.
 
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia concluded its fall slate.
 
Last Week in Tennis: Four Mountaineers represented West Virginia in the West Virginia University UTR Open in Morgantown ... senior Mille Haagensen defeated former Mountaineer, Love-Star Alexis, to be crowned champion of the tournament.
 
This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia is off ... the Mountaineers return to action in the WVU Invitational from Nov. 20-22.
 
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia's meet against Cincinnati was canceled.
 
This Week in Rifle: West Virginia returns to action following a week off with two matches this weekend … WVU opens action against Army at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday at the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center in West Point, New York … the Mountaineers then take on Jon Jay at the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center in a neutral site matchup on Sunday at 9 a.m. ET.
 
Last Week in Rifle: West Virginia did not compete.
 
Notes: The Mountaineers have won 18 straight regular season matches … Jon Hammond collected his 200th career win against No. 5 Georgia Southern … the Mountaineers' 4737.3 aggregate, 2354.5 smallbore and 2382.7 air rifle averages are the second best in the nation … Ashlyn Blake is averaging a team-leading 1185.5 aggregate average which is the seventh best in the country… Camryn Camp's 596.5 air rifle average is the 11th best in the nation … Blake's 590.2 smallbore average is the seventh best mark in the country and leads WVU.
 
This Week in Women's Basketball: West Virginia opens its 2024-25 season with a pair of contests this week… the Mountaineers host Towson on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum… fans are encouraged to bring toy donations for the annual toy mountain toy drive… on Saturday, WVU hosts Niagara inside the WVU Coliseum… Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET… the contest will serve as Family Day and Military Appreciation… fans can get four tickets and a $15 concession voucher for just $25 on WVUGame.com.
 
Last Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers did not compete.
 
Notes: Tuesday's contest marks the first in the second season of the Mark Kellogg era… WVU returns eight student-athletes to the floor this season, including four of five starters from an NCAA Tournament team a season ago… All-Big 12 First Team and Defensive Team selection JJ Quinerly highlights the returners… She was also named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team and was named to the Naismith College Women's Basketball Player of the Year and the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Shooting Guard of the Year Watchlist… Jordan Harrison was named to the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year watchlist… The Mountaineers also add six newcomers to round out the squad's 14 women team.
 
This Week in Wrestling: West Virginia opens its home slate at the WVU Coliseum against Glenville State on Wednesday, Nov. 6. First match is set to start at 7 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
Last Week in Wrestling: WVU captured four individual titles in its season opener at the 2024 Southeast Open … two-time All-American and fifth-year senior Peyton Hall (165) and sophomore All-American Ty Watters (149) combined for a 9-0 record and two titles to lead the way for West Virginia … Watters rattled off back-to-back pins in the first two rounds, before claiming a 5-2 decision over North Dakota State's Gavin Drexler in the semifinals and a 4-1 sudden victory over No. 7 Lachlan Mcneil of North Carolina to seal the championship … Hall followed up by outlasting Virginia Tech's Mac Church to pick up a 1-0 decision in the finals of his respective bracket after recording consecutive 8-1 decisions over RoundtreeNess' Dominic Bambinelli and North Carolina's Nicholas Fea … redshirt sophomore Ian Bush (184) completed a 4-0 run to the Mountaineers' third title and knocked off No. 19 Gavin Kane of North Carolina, prior to closing the deal with a 12-0 major decision over North Dakota State's Aidan Brenot … redshirt freshman Sasha Gavronsky (157) added a 4-2 decision over Virginia Tech's Matt Henrich to secure the crown at 157 pounds within the freshman/sophomore division … eight more Mountaineers joined Hall, Watters, Bush and Gavronsky in the top six of their respective weight classes. Senior Jett Strickenberger (125) and freshman Hoke Hogan (184 – freshman/sophomore division) finished runners-up, redshirt junior Jace Schafer (125) claimed third, fifth-year senior Michael Wolfgram (HWT) took fourth, redshirt senior Dennis Robin (184) and freshman Mason Kernan (133 – freshman/sophomore division) earned fifth, and freshmen Rune Lawrence (197) and Anthony Clem (133 – freshman/sophomore division ) grabbed sixth … Hogan, Kernan, Lawrence, Clem, fifth-year senior Tommy Maddox (133), redshirt junior Elijah Hunter (HWT), junior Eric Thompson (174), and freshman TJ Langley (157 – freshman/sophomore division) all made their first appearances on the mat for West Virginia.
 
Notes: The Mountaineers began the season ranked No. 19 in the Preseason NWCA Division I Coaches Poll … this marks their first appearance in the preseason poll since 2016 and fifth time overall – 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2016. It is also the second highest preseason ranking in program history, behind only a No. 10 ranking in 2005 … additionally, six Mountaineers will begin the season ranked nationally by FloWrestling – No. 18 Jett Strickenberger (125), No. 15 Jordan Titus (141), No. 3 Ty Watters (149), No. 4 Peyton Hall (165), No. 23 Brody Conley (174) and No. 24 Dennis Robin (184).
 
Last Week in Rowing: West Virginia will compete with split squads this weekend as the varsity team takes on Duquesne on Saturday, Nov. 9, on the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, while the novice squad heads to Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania, to compete in the Bucknell Novice Regatta on Sunday, Nov. 10, on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
 
Last Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers were not scheduled for competition.