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WVU holds candlelight vigil for victims of New Zealand shooting DA obtains WVU Police body cam footage from Spruce Street riot

BY JOE SEVERINO AND ALAYNA FULLER NEWS STAFF WVU students and faculty, community members and local delegates attended a candlelight vigil Wednesday night in Woodburn Circle honoring the victims of the recent shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand.

The vigil was sponsored by the WVU Muslim Students Association, the Student Government Association, It’s on Us and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and more than 100 students attended.

Fifty people were killed and another 50 were injured in the shootings, which occurred at two mosques.

The shooter was a white nationalist who released a manifesto online, and that his intentions were simply to kill Muslim immigrants.

The reactions from students and community members ranged from sadness and sympathy to calling for more gun control in the United States.

Kevin Donnelly, chemical engineering student: “There’s definitely a lot of people who don’t know what’s going on in the world, so having an event like this helps bring that to light. It’s important that we realize what’s going on.”

“We need to be united, and the terrible events that happened last Friday show that there’s a lot of hatred in the world, and so we need to come together to recognize why we’re all the same and why we should all love each other.”

Aida Kolb, sociology student: “It’s important to show solidarity with our Muslim students here at WVU and show that we stand behind them and care about what’s going on in their

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More than 100 people attended the candlelight vigil, where members of the Muslim community, students and SGA members spoke to attendees. world.”

Liliana Farabaugh, aerospace engineering student: “I think it’s really important to come out and pay your respects because this is such a big issue here in America, and seeing it happen somewhere else where it’s very rare for it to happen. To have 50 some people die in one day, it’s just really horrible. It’s just important to come out and support everyone.”

“It’s just great to see a bunch of people out here supporting everyone. We’re so divided right now, it’s just really important to support everyone no matter your beliefs.”

Ian Ridgway, advertising student: “It feels like we’re all so divided.

It’s nice to come together and even though it sucks, it’s times like these times of sadness [that show] the most of a community.”

Shahd Hanif came to the vigil with her friends Razan Zdsidi and Rama

Al-Omar, who attend high school in Morgantown. Hanif said a good amount of people from her high school attended the vigil.

She said the news of the shooting didn’t come as a surprise to her.

“It wasn’t that big of a shock honestly,” Hanif said. “It’s been happening so much that we’re becoming desensitized about this kind of thing.”

The group agreed that the reaction from New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the shooting was a step up from how politicians react to shootings in the United States.

“Thoughts and prayers isn’t going to do much,” Hanif said. “You’ve got to do more than that.”

Del. Danielle Walker, D-Monongalia, attended the vigil as well. She also praised New Zealand’s politicians for stepping up its gun control following the shooting.

“It was phenomenal,” Walker said

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Noor Dahshan, president of the WVU Muslim Students Association, speaks at the vigil. through tears. “If we can be that country that everyone looks up to, than we should be able to be the country [that’s] humble, to look and see how other countries are doing.”

“I wish the United States would do exactly what New Zealand did,” she added.

The DA obtained WVU Police Department body camera footage from the Feb. 1 Spruce Street gathering, which was dispersed with pepper balls, smoke grenades and a long-range acoustic device.

The Morgantown Police Department, which declared the gathering a riot, was the one who used the pepper balls, smoke grenades and the long-range acoustic device for dispersal.

The WVU police body camera footage was obtained by a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Two FOIA requests for Morgantown PD body camera footage have been denied because “those records are linked to an investigation that is still open and ongoing,” according to an email from Beth Judy, the Morgantown legal administrative assistant.

Another FOIA request was sent to Morgantown on Wednesday.

On March 6, 11 people were served arrest warrants for involvement in the riot, with future warrants expected. Eight of those who were named in the warrants were listed as residents of the Sigma Nu fraternity house and one as a resident of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house.

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Child care assistance program to begin again in 2019 After being scrapped a year ago, a program that covers child care costs for low-income student parents is once again taking applicants, this time with nine times the funding

BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR A program that provides child care assistance to low-income WVU student parents is now up and running again after the program was cut last June.

Applications are once again open for the Student Child Care Assistance Program (SCCAP), an initiative that began 17 years ago and is operated under the Student Family Resource office.

WVU student parents who meet the financial requirements can receive reimbursed child care costs through the Child Care Access Means Parents in Schools (CCAMPIS) federal grant.

CCAMPIS is a grant that is awarded to colleges across the country on a four-year cycle. WVU received nearly $1 million from the grant last October.

SCCAP will be funded totally through this grant, and no University dollars are needed.

The current grant will run until Sept. 30, 2022.

The amount is more than nine times what the University received in 2014, when WVU was just awarded $106,000.

WVU axed SCCAP last summer because the University was not selected to receive the CCAMPIS grant in 2017, which meant WVU had to totally fund the program from No-

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Former WVU student Morgan Hunt and her daughter, Hannah. vember 2017 until June 2018, Dean of Students Corey Farris told the DA in September.

But Congress more than tripled CCAMPIS’ total funding from $15 million to $50 million in last March’s omnibus spending bill, allowing more schools to join the program and schools that have received funding in the past to gain even more funding.

Sabrina Cave, executive director of student enrichment at WVU, will serve as SCCAP’s program director. She said that

applications can be find online on the Student Family Resources website.

There is an application for both new applicants and a for students previously enrolled in the program.

SCCAP accepts undergraduate, graduate and professional students. International students can also apply for the program.

“If students meet that criteria, they’re able to receive their child care for free,” she said.

“We know that for many of our

students, it’s a financial burden for them to attend college, and especially being a parent, we know that it can be really hard. So this is a way for us to support those students [who] are parents.”

Cave said one issue she is working through is getting in touch with those students who are parents. She said that students have to self-identify.

“But we do know there are approximately 4,700 students who are parents,” she said.

In the last year of the program, there were 34 WVU students receiving assistance.

For new SCCAP applicants, the following is required, according to the application: 1. A signed copy of your previous year’s tax return.

2. Proof of income if no Federal Taxes were filed.

3. International students

Gee gives vision of hope for state, WVU during State of the University Address

BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR WVU President E. Gordon Gee touted the University’s R1 research status and vision for the Mountain State on Tuesday during the spring 2019 State of the University address.

The University maintained its R1 research status last December, classifying WVU as one of the top-level research institutions in the country. Gee said WVU’s work in all fields, including medical, physics, business and the arts, are working to move West Virginia forward.

“Hope is a catalyst for change, and change is what we need,” he said.

Gee mentioned the contin-

“Hope is a catalyst for change, and change is what we need.”

-President E. Gordon Gee uous decline of manufacturing jobs in West Virginia, and that WVU’s research and academic programs are aimed toward keeping the state from spiraling further down.

“This institution we love and share will not let this happen,” he said.

On Feb. 4, WVU announced the creation of the Talent West Virginia, a statewide music competition which will be held this year on April 6, aimed toward showcasing West Virginia artists and musicians. Gee said these kind of events help represent the state’s true culture.

He also said that liberal arts programs, even though they receive much outside criticism, will play a large part in the future of colleges and universities.

“People think the liberal arts are dead,” he said. “I believe exactly the opposite.”

He added that the jobs people are being trained for now might not be around in the future, but reading, writing and critical thinking skills will apply to many jobs regardless.

Gee’s message of hope was also directed at students on campus. He said WVU must continue to combat student

loneliness through advancing the overall student experience.

Last September, Clay Marsh, executive dean of WVU Health Sciences, told the DA that Morgantown could potentially become the first college town chosen to become involved in the Blue Zones Project, which Gee reiterated today. The project works to promote healthier lifestyles in communities that suffer from health and environmental issues.

Gee said that work will be done in terms of advancing pedestrian safety and curbing tobacco and e-cigarette use on campus. WVU Board of Governors voted Feb. 8 to officially enforce a Tobacco Free Policy on campus.

attach I-20 or DS-2019 (formerly IAP-66) for both self and spouse.

4. Copy of child(ren)’s birth certificate(s) if no Federal Taxes were filed or child is not listed on Federal Taxes.

5. Copy of applicant’s class schedule.

6. Copy of spouse or partner’s class or work schedule.

7. Copy of letter of acceptance or denial from Child Care Resource Center / West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

Applications received without the above-mentioned attachments will not be processed, according to the website.

Also, student parents who receive SCCAP funding must submit a continuation application prior to each semester to retain it.

The signed application must be delivered to the Student Family Resources office at Elizabeth Moore Hall on the downtown campus.

Cave said that another aim of the program will be helping student parents with full schedules find times for free tutoring, along with other services WVU provides that parents might not know about.

“Because many times, students who are parents are going to class, picking their child up from child care, going back and forth; they miss out on all these other opportunities that they just don’t have time for,

or that they don’t think are for them,” she said.

Morgan Hunt, a 2017 WVU graduate and mother of two, told the DA in an interview in September what SCCAP funding meant to her family while she was attending school.

“SCCAP would reimburse me up to a certain amount of childcare expenses per month,” she said. “They reimbursed me probably around 90 percent of my childcare costs. As a full-time student and part-time employee, that was huge.”

Hunt said that many day cares have high child care costs that most student parents cannot afford themselves and that these day cares do not accept drop-ins and have waiting lists. She said it makes it even more difficult for student parents to find a safe place for their children while they’re at class or work.

Cave also reiterated the importance of applying as soon as possible, due to the probability of waiting lists at day care centers in Morgantown.

WVU operates one drop-in day care facility on campus, the Mountaineer KidZone at the Student Rec Center, for children aged six weeks through eight years of age.

The West Virginia University Child Learning Center, located between Krepps Park and the Coliseum, is part of the University but is run through the private entity Bright Horizons.

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Provost McConnell to leave WVU for Colorado State president’s job STAFF REPORTS WVU provost and vice president for academic affairs Joyce McConnell has been named as the finalist for Colorado State’s president’s job, and will likely leave after more than 24 years at the University.

According to CBS Denver, McConnell will become the school’s first female president and the 15th in the school’s history, pending approval from CSU’s board.

Statement from President E. Gordon Gee, via WVU Today: “It comes as no surprise to us that Joyce has been sought to lead other institutions. Her talents, combined with her passion for higher education, elevated not only West Virginia University, but also the state of West Virginia. A valuable member of our team, she leads with strategy and

thoughtfulness — and produces results.”

“There are strong similarities between the ethos of West Virginia University and Colorado State University, including the goals of being model 21st Century schools. We fully expect her to have an immediate national presence. Colorado State University is truly selecting one of the best.”

Statement from WVU Board of Governors Chair William Wilmoth: “Personally, it’s one of those bittersweet moments where we need to say farewell to someone who absolutely should be leading a major university. CSU’s gain is WVU’s loss.”

Statement from Rico Munn, chair of the CSU System Board of Governors: “Joyce McConnell has an extraordinary track record in

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Pending approval from the school’s board, Provost and vice president for academic affairs Joyce McConnell will be the next president of Colorado State University. higher education leadership and a deep appreciation for Colorado State University’s mission and character.”

“She has shown a unique ability to lead with vision while bringing diverse groups alongside in a common drive for ex-

cellence. We are grateful to the Search Advisory Committee for its work and for the input from our CSU community that played a critical role in identifying Provost McConnell as finalist for consideration as the next president of CSU.”

Body cam cont. from p. 1 On Feb. 1, Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said the crowd, which he estimated to be made up of 750 to 900 people, threw items including beer bottles and rocks at city employees.

Morgantown PD, WVU PD and the Monongalia County Sheriff ’s Department were all on scene.

News sources across the country published stories about the Spruce Street gathering, which police had declared a riot. Articles appeared in The Washington Post, CBS News, Fox News and more.

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WVU students train very good boys

BY RACHEL JOHNSON ASSISTANT CULTURE EDITOR The WVU Hearts of Gold service dogs are being trained to do everything from fetch medicine to attend band concerts.

Angel Fiore, a graduate student in the educational psychology program, brought Pete, her service dog-in-training, to a concert put on by the WVU Concert Band.

“We want to expose them to as much stuff that we think that their person will want,” Fiore said. “We take them to the movie theater, we take them to football games, we just try to expose them to as much stuff as possible so when they do go with their person, their person has no restrictions as far as their life goes.”

Fiore first got involved in the program after taking the Hearts of Gold class offered by the University. She has worked with four long-term dogs.

Pete, the dog she brought to the concert is part border collie, Newfoundland and poodle.

Fiore said Pete is too small to be used for balance and counterbalance, but he is trained for other tasks such as fetching things or waking his owner up from nightmares. Depending on the size of the dog, Hearts of Gold will train them to provide psychiatric and mobility assistance.

The program has been around since 2007 and has

placed 21 service dogs and numerous emotional support animals and therapy dogs, including all therapy dogs on WVU’s campus.

Hearts of Gold currently has a grant from the Wounded Warrior Project in which they can place service dogs with veterans at no cost.

Savannah Connelley, the assistant trainer for Hearts of Gold at WVU, has worked with Hearts of Gold for over 7 years.

Connelly said the easiest way for someone to get involved with Hearts of Gold is to take the class for service dog training, Animal and Veterinary Science 276. She encourages everyone to take the class, noting that it is a really fun opportunity.

“We focus on research education and community outreach, and we teach classes through the University to train trainers. That happy byproduct is really well-trained dogs which we focus on placing with veterans,” Connelly said.

Connelly said there are currently 29 dogs involved in the program ranging from the ages of nine weeks to four and a half years old. Hearts of Gold receives their dogs from breeders, litters bred by the program and rescues. Labs and golden retrievers are the ideal breeds for service dogs because they are easy to train.

Anyone interested in working with Hearts of Gold should contact the program at morgantownheartsofgold@gmail.com.

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Pete smiles before going on stage with the WVU Concert Band.

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Both WVU basketball teams miss the NCAA tournament, but Mountaineers can still participate in some March Madness fun

BY CODY NESPOR CULTURE EDITOR Both WVU basketball teams missed the NCAA tournament, but Mountaineers can still participate in some March Madness fun March Madness excitement is finally back in the air.

Filling out brackets, examining matchups, thinking up excuses to call off work and picking which nobody school will be a Cinderella team has college basketball fans across the country ready and raring to go.

Unfortunately, WVU fans, even an improbable run in the Big 12 tournament could not propel the disap-

pointing men’s team into the big dance (although maybe the CBI can be “the little dance.”) The women’s team also missed making it into the tournament, landing it in the WNIT. However, all is not lost for the Mountaineers out there who want to cheer for a national championship to be brought to Morgantown. The famous Morgantown establishment, Joe Mama’s, has been named a No. 1 seed in the Barstool Best Bar bracket.

Created by @5thYear, this bracket has been dubbed “The search for America’s Best College Bar.” Joe Mama’s is well known among the student population at WVU, and in many ways is a great personifica-

tion of what partying at WVU is like. The fact that it was chosen to represent WVU in this way comes as no real surprise.

Joe Mama’s General Manager Eli Martinez said that he feels the bar has so much notoriety, in part, because of WVU football.

“Being in the Big 12 [conference] and being the farthest school away from all the other schools, Morgantown does well with opposing fans coming in,” Martinez explained. “Those fans will come to us and then go back home and tell their friends, who will then also come to see us when they come to Morgantown.”

Martinez said he feels that Joe Mama’s size and variety is

what sets it apart from other bars in Morgantown.

“We’re the largest bar or nightclub in the state of West Virginia, so we can have a little bit of something for everyone,” Martinez said. “The first floor is more of a sports bar with some pool tables, the main floor has multiple bars, and we bring in live music or a DJ and the third floor is more of a lounge feel with some couches.”

Joe Mama’s is the No. 1 seed of the Northeast region and is up against the 16-seeded Lucky Dog from Plymouth in the first round.

The No. 2 seed in the Northeast is Ted’s Bar at the University of Massachusetts. Other notable Northeast challengers include four-seed Gene’s

Place from Pitt, eight-seed Syracuse’s DJ’s and six-seed Shooters at Duke. Delaware, the No. 1 party school in the nation, is also in the Northeast with Grotto’s Pizza as the 10 seed.

Martinez said the free publicity from just being in the bracket, especially being a one seed, is great for Joe Mama’s.

“When people travel into town, it’s going to be something they seek out now,” Martinez said. “Even if we don’t win, they’ll have seen us online and will want to see what it’s about.”

Other No. 1 seeds in the bracket include LSU’s Fred’s, Oklahoma’s Seven47 and Penn State’s Champs.

Winners will be decided

by 48-hour rounds of voting on @5thYear’s Twitter or by using the hashtag #BarstoolBestBar. Voting for round one is planned to begin Thursday. 5thYear said it will work with whichever bar wins the whole bracket to put on a “big blowout party” with a bar tab, trophy, banner and merchandise.

“It’s not just a vote for Joe Mama’s. It’s a vote for Morgantown,” Martinez said. “A lot of students embrace the party school image at WVU, and even if we’re not everyone’s favorite bar in town, just having a bar from Morgantown included is something to be proud of.”

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Don’t mix crosswalks and sex There are already too many distractions for advertisements to be placed beside crosswalks.

Distracted driving and walking, as well as inadequate infrastructure, are by far the most substantial factors affecting pedestrian safety. Those factors are complex to address. Adding an advertisement beside a crosswalk, which draws a driver’s eyes away from pedestrians, is a safety risk that is an easy fix. Just remove the sign.

The sign, in front of the Mountainlair, promotes sex positivity, which is a great thing.

But mixing sex and crosswalks is not smart. Drivers should see the pedestrian crossing signs, the crosswalk and pedestrians without the added distraction of being taught about sex positivity. “Sex” will draw stares at the exact time drivers should be at their most attentive.

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Letter to the editor: Not enough campus political activity SUBMITTED BY DENNIS WAINSTOCK WVU ALUMNUS This letter to the editor was handwritten and hand delivered to the DA. It has been transcribed for readability.

As a WVU alumnus, I have moved back to Morgantown to be near my alma mater. This has given me an opportunity to observe the University’s student politi-

cal environment.

My main concern is that there isn’t “enough” political activity on the campus.

Political groups, such as the Young Democrats and Republicans, and others, too, should have booths in the Mountainlair on a regular basis. Moreover, these groups should sponsor debates, speak-outs and seminars on a wide spectrum of issues and ideas so that the student body can reflect and analyze them.

If the University’s goal, as Plato suggested, is to

search for truth, the University community should encourage students to form a myriad of political groups to search for it.

As H.G. Wells said just before the outbreak of WWI in 1914, “Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe.” Today’s world is just as dangerous as it was in 1914. If there’s hope to avoid catastrophe, it’s with education, and that means encouraging the University’s mission – the search for truth.

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WVU should learn that broken chargers can’t charge phones WVU has conveniently placed phone charging stations around campus.

Inconveniently, it’s hit or miss whether they work.

Whether it be in the Mountainlair or library or anyone else, students who forgot to toss a phone charger in their bag before walking out the door may have to dart around like they’re in a pinball game, going station to station to find a functional charger.

All things considered, this is only a minor irritation. But it’s one that could be easily fixed by simply changing the cables whenever one goes bad. WVU is a R1 research institution.

We’ve surely figured out that broken chargers can’t charge.

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THURSDAY MARCH 21, 2019 Editor: John Lowe jvlowe@mix.wvu.edu

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2020 gets early start with WVU’s berth in CBI

BY COLE MCCLANAHAN STAFF WRITER

MEN’S BASKETBALL Only a month ago, the West Virginia men’s basketball team was in the middle of a five-game losing streak and couldn’t wait for the season to end, but now, they want it to last as long as possible.

West Virginia missed out on the NCAA and NIT tournaments after finishing with 20 losses for only the second time in program history, but the Mountaineers sought the opportunity to continue their season by playing in the College Basketball Invitational.

“They wanted to keep playing,” WVU head coach Bob Huggins said. “I asked [the players], they said they wanted to keep playing. I think it’s a great opportunity to get them some experience.”

Ever since the mid-season roster changes — the dismissals of Esa Ahmad and Wesley Harris, along with Beetle Bolden transferring—the Mountaineers have been lacking experience as they’ve been led by three freshman starters and only have two scholarships players who were in the rotation last season.

This lack of experience, however, hasn’t been a prob-

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Forward Lamont West looking around the court for an open teammate. lem as the new starters have rejuvenated the team, leading to victories and even having Huggins call the current group of players an entirely new team from WVU just a month ago.

The new-look Mountaineers ended the five-game losing streak with a triple over-

time win over TCU — to pick up WVU’s third conference win of the year — and then were able to win again a week later against Iowa State.

The two victories not only doubled the Mountaineers’ conference win total, but they sparked a run in the Big 12 Tournament as WVU was

able to win two games and become the first 10-seed to ever reach the semifinals of the tournament.

“They’re playing well together,” Huggins said. “They like each other. We pass the ball a little better. We just gotta continue to improve. We gotta rebound the ball better, and

we’ve gotta not turn it over so much. The rest of it will come.”

The CBI offers WVU the chance to improve and, although the Mountaineers may have to pay to play in it, participating allows WVU extra practices and games it otherwise wouldn’t have to develop its young nucleus of Jordan

McCabe, Emmitt Matthews, Jr. and Derek Culver.

The trio flourished late in the season to win tournament games, warranting WVU to spend the money to continue their development in the CBI, not because it will help the team’s win total this season, but because it will help next season and in the years to come.

There will likely be a lack of veteran leadership on the team again next season, but the experience gained by WVU’s current freshmen will help in 2019-20 when there is a another batch of newcomers, which will include at least three new players, even without more attrition from this season’s squad.

The 2019-20 season starts now for West Virginia with the experience the young group of players will gain in the CBI, but the Mountaineers are still focused on finishing this season strong with hopes of advancing through the CBI and eventually winning it.

“We still got a chance to win some games and be champions. It doesn’t matter what tournament it is,” junior guard Jermaine Haley said. “I know guys didn’t want to just end the season like that and go home and just be working out and stuff. They’d rather be here with each other.”

Five Mountaineer wrestlers off to Pittsburgh for NCAA Championships

BY QUINN BURKITT STAFF WRITER

WRESTLING Although having a disappointing finish to the season, the West Virginia wrestling team will be sending five members to the NCAA Championships this weekend at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

“I feel good about where they’re wrestling, obviously we’d like them to be seeded

first… I think they’re all improving just from the top down,” said WVU head coach Tim Flynn.

Four of the five wrestlers set to compete at the NCAA Championships will be brand new faces to the big stage including redshirt senior Christian Monserrat, junior Brandon Ngati, redshirt freshman Noah Adams and sophomore Nick Kiussis.

Redshirt sophomore Matthew Schmitt will lead the Mountaineers experience wise as it will be his second Nationals appearance in his

time at West Virginia.

Monserrat led the Mountaineers (4-14, 3-6 Big 12) in victories this season with an impressive 23-7 campaign, while also finishing 11-4 in Big 12 action and 7-5 in tournament wrestling.

The final at-large bid, Kiussis features an 18-10 overall mark including a 7-5 mark in Big 12 action.

The Brunswick, Ohio, native holds a trio of victories over InterMat’s Top 20 Poll teams this season, including a Dec. 29 drubbing of then-No. 18 Cam Coy of Vir-

ginia, 9-2.

Adams marked 18 total wins on the season for tied second place on the team with a 18-13 record and an astounding 10-3 finish in tournament play. The second-time NCAA Championship competitor, Schmitt finished the season with a 17-6 total mark while going 8-5 in Big 12 play and 8-2 in tournament action.

The 16 seeded Schmitt (17-6) is set to face off against 17-seed Sean Nickell of Cal State Bakersfield in the first round of action.

Monserrat (23-7), who comes in as a 17-seed in his weight class takes on No. 16 Davon Jeffries out of Oklahoma.

No. 29 Kiussis (18-10) will wrestle No. 4 Evan Wick of Wisconsin and No. 20 Adams (18-13) will compete with No. 13 Malik McDonald of NC State.

No. 33 Ngati (14-14) will wrestle against No. 32 Antonio Pelusi of Franklin and Marshall in the heavyweight class.

“They know what to expect, and we are wrestling

the same kids we have been wrestling all year. We are fortunate enough to be in a really good conference. We are not going to see someone and say, ‘Wow, look at him.’ We have already seen all these guys, so I think that helps a little bit,” Flynn said.

The first round of the NCAA Championships will kick off on Thursday at noon and will be followed by the second round, quarterfinals, semifinals, fourth round and medal rounds on Friday and Saturday and will be broadcasted on ESPNU.

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WVU set to host first-ever meet at Mylan Park

BY CHARLES MONTGOMERY STAFF WRITER

TRACK & FIELD Back in October, WVU athletic director Shane Lyons dedicated the new Mylan Park Track and Field Complex. The complex houses the WVU track and field program and other Monongalia County high schools.

The most anticipated feature of this complex is the eight-lane prefabricated, synthetic Mondo Track surface developed by Mondo.

There is also a grass infield, seating that can hold up to 1,200 fans and an electronic scoreboard and timing system.

Lyons spoke fondly of the work that the University and Monongalia County did together.

“It is a great day for Mon County,” Lyons said at the dedication. “There has been a lot of collaboration among the group to make this a

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Hayley Jackson will compete at the first ever meet held at Mylan Park on Saturday. first-class facility, not only for Morgantown but for the greater area.”

This Saturday, the WVU track team will host the West Virginia Open at the new facility. This will be the first

Mountaineers open Big 12 play at Baylor

event the Mountaineers have hosted in the Mylan Park Complex.

Lyons also expressed his

thoughts on what this facility will do for the West Virginia program.

“I can’t begin to calculate

the added value to our recruiting efforts, and I know we will be proud to call this place our home,” Lyons said.

WVU Track and Field Head Coach Sean Cleary talked about the excitement surrounding the meet this weekend at the new facility.

“The excitement level to sleep in our own beds and drive up to our facility is something no one in this program has experienced,” Cleary said. “With that comes a great appreciation for what we have and an excitement for what we can do at home.”

The aquatic center is also in development right next to the facility. The new aquatic center is expected to open in time for the 2019-20 WVU swimming season.

Going into this weekend’s meet, the Mountaineers are coming off a great performance at the 49er Classic in Charlotte, North Carolina.

WVU was one of 50 schools competing in the event, and the Mountaineers achieved eight top-10 finishes.

The West Virginia Open will begin on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the new complex.

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BASEBALL The West Virginia University baseball team will open up Big 12 play as it travels to Waco, Texas, to take on Baylor in a three-game series this weekend.

After coming off a 14-1 victory against Youngstown State on Tuesday, the Mountaineers improved to a 13-7 season, 6-0 at home.

Sophomore infielder Tyler Doanes sits atop the Mountaineers holding a batting average of .342, hitting two runs against Youngstown state. Following Doanes is outfielder Darius Hill, hitting an average of .303.

Freshman infielder Tevin Tucker, with a batting average of .184, earned West Virginia three runs against the Penguins, earning his first career home run.

Left-handed pitcher Nick Snyder improved to a 3-1 season and is currently tied with right-handed pitcher Alek Manoah for the team lead of three victories.

Baylor recently fell to Sam

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Ranking second in the Big 12, Baylor holds a team batting average of .313. Infielder Davis Wendzel’s batting average of .414 places top in conference. Jimmy

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Mountaineers to host Rider in first round of WNIT

BY NICK KREMER STAFF WRITER

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL On Thursday, the West Virginia women’s basketball team will host Rider at the WVU Coliseum in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

The Mountaineers finished their regular season 20-10, placing fourth in the Big 12 with two wins against ranked opponents: 18thranked Iowa State and 12thranked Texas. However, they were unable to get a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

“I thought we had a chance to get in, honestly,” WVU head coach Mike Carey said. “I think you win 11 games in the third-rated RPI league in the country, I thought you should have a chance to get in the NCAAs.” WVU went 4-4 in their last eight games, including a first round loss in the Big 12 Tournament to Kansas State and a loss to the top-ranked

team in the nation, Baylor.

Rider finished their regular season with a 19-12 record and a second place finish in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

The Broncs have a better road record (10-4) than home (8-6). However, the Mountaineers are at their best in the Coliseum with a 12-4 record at home.

In order to pick up a first round win, the team will look for junior guard Tynice Martin and senior forward Naomi Davenport to continue their dominant seasons. With a win, the Mountaineers will advance to the second round and face either Old Dominion or Villanova.

“My philosophy is if you’re gonna get in it [the WNIT], you might as well get in it to win it, or don’t get in it,” Carey said. “If you want the season to be, the season’s over. We didn’t get in the NCAA, but if you want to get in the NIT, then let’s try to win the NIT.”

WVU to play Albany in 2024

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BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR

FOOTBALL The West Virginia University football team has completed its non-conference schedules for the next six season, adding a home game with Albany, according to a press release by the University at Albany.

The meeting, scheduled for Sept. 7, 2024, will take place in Morgantown. It will be the first-ever meeting be-

tween the two schools.

This game completes the Mountaineers’ 2024 non-conference schedule, which includes a home game against old-time rival Penn State on Aug. 31 and a trip to Pitt for the “Backyard Brawl” on Sept. 14.

Other FCS schools slated to come to Morgantown in the coming years include James Madison (Aug. 31, 2019), Eastern Kentucky (Sept. 12, 2020), Indiana State (Sept. 11, 2021), Towson (Sept. 17, 2022) and Duquesne (Sept. 9, 2023).

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Naomi Davenport taking it up the court against Kansas State in the Big 12 Tournament.

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