MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senior Gavin Barnick of the West Virginia College rifle staff collected 5 first place finishes, main the Mountaineers to a few ranked wins over the weekend to be named the WVU Pupil-Athlete of the Week, offered by College Flats.
Barnick tied a career-high mark together with his mixture rating of 1193 towards No. 11 Ohio State and No. 17 Morehead State. He managed a career-high 594 in smallbore and added a season-high 599 in air rifle to say first in each disciplines. The Menasha, Wisconsin native bested second place on the general leaderboard by three factors within the area of 25.
His effort in air rifle helped the Mountaineers shoot a 2393 staff rating which tied a program file.
Barnick tied for first place on the general leaderboard towards No. 11 Akron with a rating of 1189. Barnick claimed first in smallbore with a 593 and added a fifth-place end in air rifle with a 596.
West Virginia closes out the common season on the highway towards Kentucky on Saturday, Feb. 8.
This Week in Girls’s Basketball: The Mountaineers are again at house on Saturday once they tackle Oklahoma State contained in the WVU Coliseum … tipoff is about for Midday ET … the sport is the annual Pink Recreation in assist of the battle towards breast most cancers … it would even be the alumni recreation as all former staff members shall be invited again to Morgantown and shall be acknowledged throughout halftime.
Final Week in Girls’s Basketball: The Mountaineers moved to 16-4 on the season and 6-3 in Massive 12 Convention play after splitting two highway contests … WVU opened the week with an 89-59 win over Arizona State … JJ Quinerly led the scoring effort with 29 factors … the Mountaineers fell to Arizona to shut out the week by a remaining rating of 77-62 … Quinerly scored a game-high 26 factors within the loss.
Notes: WVU returns eight student-athletes to the ground this season, together with 4 of 5 starters from an NCAA Match staff a season in the past … All-Massive 12 First Crew and Defensive Crew choice JJ Quinerly highlights the returners … She was additionally named to the Preseason All-Massive 12 staff and was named to the Naismith School Girls’s Basketball Participant of the 12 months, the 2025 Ann Meyers Drysdale Capturing Guard of the 12 months Watchlist and the Picket Award Preseason High 50 Watchlist … Jordan Harrison was named to the Nancy Lieberman Level Guard of the 12 months watchlist … Quinerly has eclipsed 1,500 factors in her profession this season as Harrison and Zya Nugent have damaged the 1,000-point mark… the Mountaineers completed the nonconference schedule a 10-1… JJ Quinerly is fourth on this system’s all-time steals listing… WVU is an ideal 11-0 when enjoying video games contained in the WVU Coliseum.
This Week in Wrestling: No. 20 West Virginia hosts No. 5 Northern Iowa on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. ET.
Final Week in Wrestling: West Virginia misplaced to No. 23 Missouri, 22-16, on Sunday in Columbia, Missouri.
Notes: In opposition to the Tigers, senior No. 10 Jett Strickenberger continued his excellent season, defeating Missouri’s Gage Walker within the opening match by determination, 7-6 … fifth-year No. 3 Peyton Corridor confronted his hardest process of the convention slate up to now this season towards No. 10 Cam Steed … within the opening interval, Steed scored two takedowns to guide, 6-2. Corridor responded within the second interval, registering a takedown to tie the match at six … Corridor took his first lead of the match with a takedown within the third interval and did not look again … Steed was awarded a degree for a late escape, however Corridor gained by determination, 10-8 … West Virginia tied the match at 16 after redshirt sophomore Ian Bush beat Jesse Cassat within the 197-pound match by determination, 8-3 … within the remaining match, fifth-year Michael Wolfgram battled with No. 29 Jarrett Stoner … by way of two durations, Wolfgram held the lead, 6-4 … two escapes by Stoner within the third interval tied the match at six … nonetheless, Wolfgram was injured late, and Stoner gained the match by damage default.
This Week in Gymnastics: West Virginia returns house for an enormous matchup towards a pair of ranked foes when No. 3 Florida and No. 5 Utah come to Morgantown on Sunday, Feb. 2 … motion contained in the WVU Coliseum is slated to start at 2 p.m. ET … it is a Sunday Slumber Social gathering on the Coliseum, and the primary 500 followers will get a WVU gymnastics-branded sleep masks … the Mountaineer Fan Fest additionally will happen within the concourse pre-meet.
Final Week in Gymnastics: WVU tallied a season-high 194.1 staff rating in a twin meet at No. 16 Denver inside Magness Enviornment in Denver, Colorado, on Jan. 26 … the host Pioneers secured first place within the twin meet with a 195.975, adopted by the Mountaineers (1-3, 0-1 Massive 12) in second … West Virginia posted occasion scores of 48.35 on vault, 48.525 on the uneven bars, 48.575 on steadiness beam and 48.65 on ground train … within the remaining occasion outcomes, a pair of Mountaineers made the beam podium, as senior Anna Leigh tied for the occasion win (9.8) and sophomore Jurnee Lane completed behind her in third (9.75).
Notes: The Mountaineers’ rating on beam marked a brand new season excessive on the occasion … senior Brooke Alban tallied a brand new season finest on bars (9.8), whereas freshman Riley Maness reached a career-best 9.75 on ground … on this week’s Street to Nationals rankings, West Virginia is ranked No. 39 nationally on ground train and No. 53 general … elsewhere, WVU ranks No. 61 on vault, No. 41 on bars and No. 64 on beam.
This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia faces Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 1, at McCoy Natatorium in College Park, Pennsylvania.
Final Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia earned its first twin meet wins of the season … the lads’s staff beat Villanova and the ladies’s staff defeated Duquesne whereas dropping to Villanova.
Notes: Sophomore Maddie Smutny gained two occasions for WVU, putting first within the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly … for the lads’s staff, seniors Conner McBeth and Justin Heimes every gained two occasions … McBeth gained the 50 and 100 freestyles … Heimes gained the 100 and 200 backstrokes … within the diving nicely, freshman Levi Hellman and junior Abigail Sullivan posted NCAA Zone qualifying scores … Hellman certified on the lads’s 1-meter and Sullivan certified on the ladies’s 3-meter … redshirt junior Amari Brown-Swint gained her first collegiate occasion, putting first on the ladies’s 1-meter.
This Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers don’t compete this week.
Final Week in Rifle: The No. 3-ranked West Virginia College rifle staff moved to an ideal 12-0 on the season with three extra wins over the weekend … WVU collected two wins on Saturday, defeating No. 11 Ohio State 4756-4707 and No. 17 Morehead State 4756-4663 … the mark of 2392 in air rifle match a program finest in air rifle … WVU closed out the week with a 4747-4711 win over No. 11 Akron.
Notes: The Mountaineers have gained 25 straight common season matches … Jon Hammond collected his 200th profession win towards No. 5 Georgia Southern … West Virginia’s 4742.5 mixture rating is one of the best within the nation … the 2356.3 mark in smallbore can be one of the best whereas the 2386.2 in air rifle sits additionally one of the best … senior Gavin Barnick leads WVU in mixture (1186.7), smallbore (589.9), and air rifle (596.5) … he ranks sixth, fifth and sixth within the nation in every class.
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia is on the highway to face VCU in Richmond, Virginia, on Saturday, Feb. 1 … the Mountaineers may even face William and Mary on Sunday, Feb. 2, in Williamsburg, Va.
Final Week in Tennis: The Mountaineers misplaced each of their matches in East Lansing, Michigan … West Virginia misplaced to Xavier on Saturday and to Michigan State on Sunday.
Notes: Senior Michaela Kucharova was the one Mountaineer to win over the weekend … Kucharova beat Xavier’s Madeleine Rexroat, 6-2, 6-4 … she additionally defeated Michigan State’s Ellie Blackford, 6-4, 6-1.
This week in Observe and Discipline: The Mountaineers didn’t compete.
Final week in Observe and Discipline: West Virginia travels to College Park, Pennsylvania for the Penn State Nationwide Open on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 … competitors begins within the Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Observe on Friday at 11 a.m. ET, adopted by a 3 p.m. begin on Saturday … each days of competitors can be found to be seen stay on the Massive 10 Plus community.
