Tag: MEC

Bad second half costs West Virginia State against Concord

Brandon King

Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Athletics 73 Winner CONC 71 WVSU Team 1 2 F CONC 38  35  73 WVSU 49  22  71 West Virginia State men’s basketball (1-3, 0-2 MEC) dropped a game to Concord (4-1, 1-1 MEC) by a final score of 73-71 on Tuesday night at the Walker Convocation Center. The Yellow Jackets held the lead for 27 minutes, but lost it late when it mattered most. Three Yellow Jackets scored in double-digits including Anthony Pittman (17 points), Mahzi Thames(15 points) and Nate Mims (14 points). State played…

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West Virginia State gets it done 47-27 against Concord

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Title image via Todd Griffith Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Athletics 47 27 CON Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F WVS 3 23 14 7 47 CON 13 0 0 14 27 The West Virginia State University football team (2-1, 2-0 MEC) remained undefeated in conference play with a 47-27 road win at Concord (0-3, 0-2 MEC) on Saturday afternoon. KEY PLAYERS HOW IT HAPPENED EYE-CATCHING STATS NEXT UP West Virginia State will host Glenville State for Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 23rd. Kickoff at Lakin-Ray…

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West Va. State goes yard 10 times in doubledheader sweep of Notre Dame College

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Courtesy ofJames Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Athletics 0 NDC 14 Winner WVSU Team R H E NDC 0 2 5 WVSU 14 16 0 W: Bryant, Colin (1-1) L: Alec Mendoza (1-4) INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State baseball (12-10, 7-3 MEC) swept Notre Dame College (3-17, 3-7 MEC) in a doubleheader played at Cal Bailey Field on a windy Saturday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets shutout Notre Dame, 14-0, in the first game before comfortably winning the second game, 16-5. Game 1: West Virginia State 14, Notre Dame College 0, Final/7 Starting…

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West VA State Baseball picked third in MEC South Division

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Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginia State Athletics BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference released its annual baseball preseason poll on Thursday afternoon following a vote by the league’s head coaches. West Virginia State was slotted third in the MEC South Division. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a 2022 campaign in which they finished 25-20 overall and 17-15 in league play. They entered the final week of the regular season with the possibility of making the postseason if results went their way, but narrowly missed out…

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West Virginia State women’s hoops ranked nationally for first time in program history

Stephen Randolph

Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director INSTITUTE, W.Va. – After knocking off two nationally-ranked opponents last week, including No. 2 Glenville State, the West Virginia State women’s basketball team is ranked in both major national Division II polls for the first time in school history. The Yellow Jackets are currently ranked at No. 18 in the D2SIDA National Media Poll and No. 23 in the WBCA National Coaches Poll. Since becoming a member of NCAA Division II in 1997, West Virginia State came closest to breaking into the Top 25…

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West Virginia State wins close one at Notre Dame College

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Title image via Todd Griffith Courtesy of James Garcia, Sports Information Director, West Virginian State Athletics 88  WVSt 82 NDOH Team 1 2 F WVSt 38  50  88 NDOH 38  44  82 SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio – The No. 15 West Virginia State men’s basketball team (14-1, 8-1 MEC) won a gritty game at Notre Dame College (8-6, 5-4 MEC) by a final score of 88-82 after making one of the longest road trips of the conference schedule on Wednesday. The contest was deadlocked on 10 occasions and the lead changed eight…

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