Green, Sullivan Named Student-Athletes of the Week

March 18, 2024 01:24 PM | Baseball, General, Golf, Men's Swimming & Diving, Gymnastics, Women's Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Wrestling

VSR March 18, 2024

By: WVU Athletics Communications

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sophomore Abigail Sullivan of the West Virginia University men's and women's swimming and diving team and junior Max Green of the West Virginia University golf team have been named the WVU Student-Athletes of the Week, presented by University Apartments.

Green shot 10-under-par to finish tied for second at the tournament in Statesboro, Georgia, from March 15-17. Green shot 5-under-par in the final round on Sunday to lead the Mountaineers to a two-spot improvement from Saturday.

Green finished with rounds of 71-68-67=206. West Virginia placed eighth in the tournament.

Sullivan became the first female WVU diver to qualify for the 2024 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships following her performance at the 2024 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships.

Sullivan qualified for the NCAA championships after she placed fifth in the women's platform event with a total score of 465.45.

Sullivan is the first female WVU to diver qualify for the NCAA championships on the women's platform.

The 2024 NCAA Championships will take place from March 20-23, at the Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia.

This Week in Women's Basketball: The Mountaineers are set to compete against No. 9 Princeton on Saturday, March 23, at 5:30 p.m. ET in the first round of the NCAA Championship … the contest will be played in Iowa City, Iowa, inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Last Week in Women's Basketball: West Virginia did not compete.

Notes: West Virginia earned a bid into the NCAA Tournament for the 15th time in program history … the Mountaineers entered the Big 12 Championship as the No. 6 seed, marking the fourth time WVU had earned the seed … WVU is 5-3 all-time as the No. 6 seed and 12-10 all-time in tournament play … the Mountaineers finished the nonconference schedule with a perfect 11-0 mark … it is just the sixth time in program history a team has finished with a perfect nonconference record … WVU produced a seven-game win streak in Big 12 play, the longest win streak in conference play for WVU since the 2020-21 season when they strung together nine wins.

This Week in Baseball: West Virginia is back with four games this week … the week begins on Wednesday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. ET when the Mountaineers battle Marshall at Kendrick Family Ballpark … WVU will then head to Oklahoma to take on the Sooners for a three-game series, March 22-24 … Friday's game is set for an 8 p.m. first pitch and will air on FS1 … Saturday's matchup is slated for a 5 p.m. start while Sunday will begin at 1 p.m.

Last Week in Baseball: The Mountaineers went 2-2 this past week with a midweek win over Marshall before dropping a series to Ohio State … on March 12, against the Herd at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston, WVU defeated Marshall, 11-2 … senior Reed Chumley went 4-for-4 with a home run and four RBI … the Mountaineer bullpen combined to throw seven scoreless innings … WVU won the opening game of the series against the Buckeyes, 5-2, on March 15 … junior Aidan Major matched a career-high with nine strikeouts … sophomore Skylar King hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning … Ohio State won the final two games of the series, 7-4, and 26-11.

Notes: The Mountaineers have now won seven straight games against Marshall and 14 of the last 15 in the series dating back to 2016 … Chumley's joined sophomore Logan Sauve as Mountaineers this season with four-hit games … WVU is now 5-0 in series openers this season … the Mountaineers are 21st in the country with 40 stolen bases … Major leads the Big 12 with 38 strikeouts.

This Week in Wrestling: West Virginia sends five wrestlers to compete at the 2024 Division I Wrestling Championships from March 21-23, in Kansas City, Missouri … the five include junior Jett Strickenberger (19-seed) at 125 pounds, redshirt sophomore Jordan Titus (13-seed) at 141 pounds, true freshman Ty Watters (5-seed), senior Peyton Hall (No. 9-seed) at 165 pounds and redshirt freshman Brody Conley (20-seed) at 174 pounds … Kansas City plays host to the event for the first time since 2003 and second time in history, marking the 11th time the postseason tournament has been held in Missouri … the opening round of the three-day extravaganza kicks off at noon ET on Thursday, March 21 … fans can catch the first session on ESPNU, prior to switching over to ESPN for the second session at 7 p.m.

Last Week in Wrestling: West Virginia was off.

Notes: WVU sends half or more of its starting lineup to the national tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2011 and 2012 and continues the trend of qualifying four or more in every season throughout head coach Tim Flynn's tenure: five (2019) – four (2021) – four (2022) – six (2023) … Hall makes his team-leading fourth appearance at the postseason event, while Titus returns for his second appearance … Strickenberger, Watters and Conley each make their debuts … Watters is the first Mountaineer to qualify for the national tournament at 149 pounds since 2014 after becoming the fourth Big 12 champion in program history, as well as first West Virginia true freshman to take home a conference championship since Brandon Rader claimed the EWL championship at 141 pounds in 2006 … the 2024 squad concluded the regular season 10-5 for the second year in a row and marked the first time Mountaineer wrestling has claimed double-digit wins in back-to-back seasons since 1990 and 1991.

This Week in Golf: Four Mountaineers will compete through Tuesday, March 19, at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Tennessee … as a team, the Mountaineers will be back in action March 24-26, at The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Charleston, South Carolina.

Last Week in Golf: Junior golfer Max Green shot 10-under-par to finish tied for second place at the Schenkel Invitational in Statesboro, Georgia, this weekend … Green shot 5-under-par in the final round to lead the Mountaineers to a two-spot improvement from March 16 … he finished with rounds of 71-68-67=206 … in WVU's last tournament at the Dorado Beach Collegiate, Green finished in third place … WVU posted the lowest round in the field on Sunday at 10-under-par to finish in eighth place in the 14-team field at 13-under-par (292-281-278=851), one shot behind Wisconsin and No. 25 Mississippi State for sixth place and two shots behind No. 58 South Carolina for fifth place … WVU finished ahead of No. 54 Florida Gulf Coast, No. 66 NC State and No. 67 Kentucky … senior Will Stakel and sophomore Kaleb Wilson each shot 2-under-par on March 17 … Stakel finished tied for 23rd with rounds of 73-70-70=213 (-3), while Wilson finished tied for 45th with rounds of 74-73-70=217 (+1) … fifth-year senior Trent Tipton shot Even par on Sunday and finished Even par for the tournament with rounds of 74-70-72=216, tying for 41st place … junior Todd Duncan shot 1-under-par on Sunday and finished 3-over-par with rounds of 75-73-71=219 … after one round at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate in Sevierville, Tennessee, senior Oli Menard shot 1-under-par and is tied for third place … senior Jackson Davenport shot Even par and is tied for sixth place, sophomore Westy McCabe posted a 4-over-par round and sophomore Carson Kammann recorded an 86 … all four are competing as individuals with the second round on Monday, March 18, and third round on Tuesday, March 19.

This Week in Swimming and Diving: Sophomores Mia Cheatwood and Abigail Sullivan will compete at the 2024 Division I Women's Swimming and Diving National Championships at Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Georgia, from May 20-23.

Last Week in Swimming and Diving: Five divers from the men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed at the 2024 NCAA Zone A Diving Championships in Princeton, New Jersey ... four Mountaineer divers including, freshman Owen Recker, Sullivan, junior Sarah Krusinski and junior Glenn Eloriaga competed in the final of the platform event on March 13 ... Sullivan qualified for the 2024 Division I Women's Swimming and Diving National Championships after she placed fifth in the platform event.

Notes: Sullivan became the first female WVU diver to qualify for the NCAA championships since 1984 ... she also became the first WVU female diver to qualify in the platform event.

This Week in Tennis: West Virginia will play host to Houston on Friday, March 22, at 5 p.m. ET and UCF on Sunday, March 24, at 11 a.m. in Morgantown.

Last Week in Tennis: West Virginia earned its first Big 12 Conference win of the season by defeating Cincinnati, 7-0, on March 15, at Summit Tennis Academy in Morgantown.

Notes: West Virginia's 11-1 record through 12 matches was its best record to start the season since 1986 when the team began 12-0 ... the Mountaineers earned just the third Big 12 win in program history with a victory against Cincinnati ... West Virginia has its most wins (12) in a season since it won 17 matches in 2010 ... if WVU wins one more match this season, it will have its first winning season since it joined the Big 12 and the first winning season since 2010.

This week in Track & Field: West Virginia will host the Stan Romanoski Open on March 22-23, at the Track and Field Complex at Mylan Park in Morgantown … the meet kicks off with the men's and women's hammer throw on Friday at 11 a.m. ET and 1 p.m., respectively … on Saturday, competition is set to begin at 11 a.m. with the men's weight throw and will conclude with the men's 4x400 meter relay at 7:10 p.m. … live stats of the Stan Romanoski Open will be available at WVUsports.com.

Last week in Track & Field: The Mountaineers competed at the USF Alumni Invitational in Tampa, Florida, at the USF Track and Field Stadium on March 15-16 … West Virginia was led by redshirt senior Mikenna Vanderheyden who finished fourth in the women's 800 meters, claiming a personal best time of 2:06.72 … on the field, redshirt freshman Annishka McDonald tied for sixth in the women's high jump during her collegiate outdoor debut at the 1.70-meter mark.

Notes: West Virginia collected seven personal bests over the weekend at the USF Alumni Invitational across three events … in the women's 800 meter, Vanderheyden, freshmen Kishay Rowe and Mary Delaney along with redshirt sophomore Emily Bryce all set personal records … in the women's high jump, McDonald and freshman Victoria Marston also added personal bests at 1.70 and 1.60 meters, respectively … in the 1,500 meters, redshirt sophomore Tatiana Moura collected a personal best time of 4:35.11.

This Week in Gymnastics: WVU sets its sights on the 2024 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship, hosted by No. 1 Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, on Saturday, March 23 … competition inside the Lloyd Noble Center is set for 7:30 p.m. ET, and the championship will be broadcast on ESPN.

Last Week in Gymnastics: West Virginia earned a season-high 196.0 and a second-place finish in a quad meet at No. 16 Minnesota with Air Force and Northern Illinois, as it wrapped up the regular season inside Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 17 … WVU reached totals of 49.275 on floor exercise, 48.75 on vault, 49.1 on the uneven bars and 48.875 on balance beam … WVU's 196.0 total was good for second place in the quad meet, while the host Golden Gophers took first place with a 197.725 … Northern Illinois finished behind the Mountaineers in third with a 195.875, while Air Force took fourth with a 195.125 … fifth-year senior Abbie Pierson paced WVU on floor with a 9.9, while sophomore Emma Wehry led the way on vault (9.8) and balance beam (9.9) … freshman Amber Lowe paced the bars squad with a 9.875.

Notes: The Mountaineers' final score marked their first 196.0+ score of the season, as they posted season-high totals on bars and floor … the total marked the squad's first 49.0+ score on bars since March 10, 2023, as well as its highest mark since March 19, 2022 … in the all-around, Pierson posted a 39.1 total on all four events to finish in fifth in the final standings … elsewhere, Lowe tied for third on bars … the 2024 campaign marks the 50-year anniversary of the Mountaineer gymnastics program, as West Virginia will celebrate 50 years of varsity status, dating back to 1974 … Pierson returns for her fifth season of competition at West Virginia, as she leads the team with 59 meets competed in her career … with the total, she is No. 2 in program history in career meets competed … the Kensington, Pennsylvania, native also cracked the program's top 10 in career points, ranking No. 7 with 1,842.975 career points … WVU sits at No. 51 nationally in this week's Road to Nationals rankings with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 195.27.