McDougal Named Student-Athlete of the Week
April 28, 2025 11:23 AM | Baseball, General, Golf, Rowing, Track & Field
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University junior pitcher Ben McDougal has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments.
The Bridgeport, West Virginia native made two appearances on the mound against UCF over the weekend, tossing 5.0 scoreless innings while allowing just two hits.
On Saturday against the Knights, he threw 2.2 scoreless innings, shutting down an early UCF offensive barrage. He came back on Sunday to close out the game with 2.1 perfect innings, earning his first save in a 4-3 victory as West Virginia completed the road sweep.
McDougal and the rest of the 16th-ranked Mountaineers will be back on Wednesday in Charleston to take on Marshall. First pitch from GoMart Ballpark is set for 6 p.m.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia opens the week with a neutral site game against Marshall in the capital city of Charleston at GoMart Ballpark on Wednesday, April 30 ... first pitch is set for 6 p.m. ... the Mountaineers will return home for a weekend series, May 2-4, against Texas Tech. ... first pitch on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday for 4 p.m., and Sunday for 1 p.m.
Last Week in Baseball: The Mountaineers went 3-1 this past week, losing a midweek game at Penn State before rebounding for a road Big 12 sweep at UCF ... the 3-2 loss against the Nittany Lions snapped a 14-game winning streak ... on Friday against the Knights, WVU won 4-1 despite only tallying one hit, scoring all their runs on three sacrifice flies and a groundout ... on Saturday, West Virginia won, 15-10, in a back-and-forth affair ... junior Ben Lumsden hit his first home run of the season in the win while seniors Kyle West and Brodie Kresser each had three hits ... the Mountaineers closed out the sweep with a 4-3 win on Sunday ... senior Jace Rinehart had two doubles and three RBI ... junior Ben McDougal closed the game with 2.1 perfect innings for his first save.
Notes: In the latest polls, West Virginia sits at No. 9 in Perfect Game, No. 10 in NCBWA, No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 14 in Baseball America, No. 18 in The Athletic, and No. 17 by D1Baseball, which is recognized by the NCAA ... the Mountaineers sit in first place in the Big 12 with a 16-3 record ... WVU is 37-5 overall and its .881 winning percentage is the highest in the nation ... the Mountaineers have swept four consecutive Big 12 series against Utah, Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF ... the Knights outhit WVU in all three games ... the win on Friday was the second win in program history where WVU only had one hit, the first coming against in a five-inning game against Duquesne in 1992 ... WVU is approaching its single-season record for wins of 40, set in 1994 and matched in 2023.
This week in Track and Field: West Virginia will host the Stan Romanoski Open on May 3 at the Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park in Morgantown, beginning at 10 a.m. ET.
Last week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers competed at the Penn Relays on April 24 in Philadelphia at Franklin Field … WVU was led by freshman Joy Naukot who notched a time of 15:49.37 in the 5,000 meters in her collegiate debut in the event … the time was good enough to mark Naukot as No. 4 on the all-time outdoor list.
This Week in Rowing: West Virginia will host Duquesne and Robert Morris in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday, May 3 on the Monongahela River.
Last Week in Rowing: West Virginia finished fifth in a shortened Ford Lake Cup on Saturday, April 26, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The finals for the 1V8+, 2V8+, 1V4+, 2V4+ and 3V8+ were cancelled due to high winds.
Last Week in Golf: Last Week in Golf: Senior Todd Duncan tied for the best finish in WVU's Big 12 history at the Big 12 Golf Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma … on the final day, Duncan shot 2-under-par to finish tied for 11th place … Duncan shot rounds of 74-77-67-68 (+6). Duncan and Matthew Sharpstene (2018) have WVU's best individual place finishes at the Big 12 Golf Championship in 11th place … West Virginia finished in 13th place at +58 with rounds of 302-300-290-286=1178 … the Mountaineers finished ahead of Baylor, UCF and Iowa State … Kaleb Wilson shot 1-under-par and tied for 34th place at +12 (75-75-73-69) … Max Green finished +19 (77-71-76-75), Westy McCabe shot +26 (76-77-74-79) and Carson Kammann finished +35 (80-80-81-74).
The Bridgeport, West Virginia native made two appearances on the mound against UCF over the weekend, tossing 5.0 scoreless innings while allowing just two hits.
On Saturday against the Knights, he threw 2.2 scoreless innings, shutting down an early UCF offensive barrage. He came back on Sunday to close out the game with 2.1 perfect innings, earning his first save in a 4-3 victory as West Virginia completed the road sweep.
McDougal and the rest of the 16th-ranked Mountaineers will be back on Wednesday in Charleston to take on Marshall. First pitch from GoMart Ballpark is set for 6 p.m.
This Week in Baseball: West Virginia opens the week with a neutral site game against Marshall in the capital city of Charleston at GoMart Ballpark on Wednesday, April 30 ... first pitch is set for 6 p.m. ... the Mountaineers will return home for a weekend series, May 2-4, against Texas Tech. ... first pitch on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday for 4 p.m., and Sunday for 1 p.m.
Last Week in Baseball: The Mountaineers went 3-1 this past week, losing a midweek game at Penn State before rebounding for a road Big 12 sweep at UCF ... the 3-2 loss against the Nittany Lions snapped a 14-game winning streak ... on Friday against the Knights, WVU won 4-1 despite only tallying one hit, scoring all their runs on three sacrifice flies and a groundout ... on Saturday, West Virginia won, 15-10, in a back-and-forth affair ... junior Ben Lumsden hit his first home run of the season in the win while seniors Kyle West and Brodie Kresser each had three hits ... the Mountaineers closed out the sweep with a 4-3 win on Sunday ... senior Jace Rinehart had two doubles and three RBI ... junior Ben McDougal closed the game with 2.1 perfect innings for his first save.
Notes: In the latest polls, West Virginia sits at No. 9 in Perfect Game, No. 10 in NCBWA, No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, No. 14 in Baseball America, No. 18 in The Athletic, and No. 17 by D1Baseball, which is recognized by the NCAA ... the Mountaineers sit in first place in the Big 12 with a 16-3 record ... WVU is 37-5 overall and its .881 winning percentage is the highest in the nation ... the Mountaineers have swept four consecutive Big 12 series against Utah, Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF ... the Knights outhit WVU in all three games ... the win on Friday was the second win in program history where WVU only had one hit, the first coming against in a five-inning game against Duquesne in 1992 ... WVU is approaching its single-season record for wins of 40, set in 1994 and matched in 2023.
This week in Track and Field: West Virginia will host the Stan Romanoski Open on May 3 at the Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park in Morgantown, beginning at 10 a.m. ET.
Last week in Track and Field: The Mountaineers competed at the Penn Relays on April 24 in Philadelphia at Franklin Field … WVU was led by freshman Joy Naukot who notched a time of 15:49.37 in the 5,000 meters in her collegiate debut in the event … the time was good enough to mark Naukot as No. 4 on the all-time outdoor list.
This Week in Rowing: West Virginia will host Duquesne and Robert Morris in Morgantown, West Virginia, on Saturday, May 3 on the Monongahela River.
Last Week in Rowing: West Virginia finished fifth in a shortened Ford Lake Cup on Saturday, April 26, in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The finals for the 1V8+, 2V8+, 1V4+, 2V4+ and 3V8+ were cancelled due to high winds.
Last Week in Golf: Last Week in Golf: Senior Todd Duncan tied for the best finish in WVU's Big 12 history at the Big 12 Golf Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma … on the final day, Duncan shot 2-under-par to finish tied for 11th place … Duncan shot rounds of 74-77-67-68 (+6). Duncan and Matthew Sharpstene (2018) have WVU's best individual place finishes at the Big 12 Golf Championship in 11th place … West Virginia finished in 13th place at +58 with rounds of 302-300-290-286=1178 … the Mountaineers finished ahead of Baylor, UCF and Iowa State … Kaleb Wilson shot 1-under-par and tied for 34th place at +12 (75-75-73-69) … Max Green finished +19 (77-71-76-75), Westy McCabe shot +26 (76-77-74-79) and Carson Kammann finished +35 (80-80-81-74).
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