MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Following an undefeated efficiency on the forty third annual Cliff Eager Las Vegas Invitational, fifth-year senior Peyton Corridor of the West Virginia College wrestling crew has been WVU Scholar-Athletes of the Week, introduced by College Flats.
Ranked No. 4 at 165 kilos, Corridor went 5-0 on the annual showcase on this method to capturing the title and turning into the primary Mountaineer to take house the crown since three-time nationwide champion Greg Jones took house the title at 174 kilos in 2002, in addition to the primary to achieve the finals since fifth-year senior Dustin Rogers completed runner-up at heavyweight in 2007.
Corridor improved to 13-0 and 4-0 towards ranked opponents after taking down No. 33 Mac Church of Virginia Tech within the second spherical, No. 12 Nicco Ruiz of Arizona State within the quarterfinals, No. 6 Hunter Garvin of Stanford within the semifinals and No. 9 Cameron Amine of Huge 12 foe Oklahoma State within the finals to safe the championship.
West Virginia returns house for its first Huge 12 matchup of the season, the place WVU will battle Cal Baptist in a particular off-campus twin at Oak Glen Excessive.
This Week in Girls’s Basketball: The Mountaineers are set to shut out nonconference motion this week as they play of their first true highway contest of the season towards Temple … the sport is ready to be performed on the Liacouras Middle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Dec. 15 … tipoff is ready for two p.m. ET.
Final Week in Girls’s Basketball: The Mountaineers moved to 9-1 on the season with their last house nonconference win of the season … WVU defeated East Tennessee State, 85-40, on schooling day on the WVU Coliseum … Junior guard Sydney Shaw completed with 15 factors and added a game-high six steals… Junior guard Jordan Harrison scored her 1,000th profession level, with a team-leading 17 factors and added 5 assists and 5 rebounds … Fifth-year ahead Kylee Blacksten and senior guard Kyah Watson every managed 11 factors … Watson added a team-leading eight boards and added 4 steals. It’s the eighth time this season that the Fast Metropolis, S.D. native has led the Mountaineers’ rebounding effort.
Notes: WVU returns eight student-athletes to the ground this season, together with 4 of 5 starters from an NCAA Event crew a season in the past … All-Huge 12 First Workforce and Defensive Workforce choice JJ Quinerly highlights the returners … She was additionally named to the Preseason All-Huge 12 crew 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 Wood 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.
This Week in Wrestling: No. 18 West Virginia returns house for its first Huge 12 matchup of the season, the place WVU will battle Cal Baptist in a particular off-campus twin at Oak Glen Excessive Faculty on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. ET.
Final Week in Wrestling: For the primary time since 2017, the West Virginia College wrestling crew despatched 9 Mountaineers to compete on the forty third annual Cliff Eager Las Vegas Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada … the Mountaineers closed out the occasion in eleventh place with 40. 5 crew factors, which marked the best end for this system because the 2007 squad wrapped up its efficiency in twelfth … top-seeded Peyton Corridor received the 165-pound championship after recording a 12-7 choice over No. 4-seed Hunter Garvin within the semifinals after which a 4-1 sudden victory over No. 6-seed Cameron Amine of Oklahoma State within the finals … at 184 kilos, redshirt senior Dennis Robin added a seventh-place end on the midseason event, following a 4-2 choice over No. 6-seed Jaden Bullock of Michigan.
Notes: Coming off the championship run on the Cliff Eager Invitational, Corridor grew to become the primary Mountaineer to win their bracket on the CKLV since three-time nationwide champion Greg Jones took house the title at 174 kilos in 2002, in addition to the primary to achieve the finals since fifth-year senior Dustin Rogers completed runner-up at heavyweight in 2007 … WVU enters its first Huge 12 matchup towards California Baptist with a 3-0 document … they’ve jumped out to a 3-0 begin in three consecutive seasons post-World Struggle II for simply the second time program historical past and since 1962-1964 … this twin additionally marks the primary assembly between the 2 applications in historical past.
This Week in Observe and Discipline: West Virginia is off from competitors till Jan. 17, when they may compete on the YSU Collegiate Invitational in Youngstown, Ohio on the Watson and Tressel Coaching Website.
Final Week in Observe and Discipline: The Mountaineers despatched break up squads to the YSU Icebreaker on Dec. 6 in Youngstown, Ohio and the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Open on Dec. 7 in Boston, Massachusetts to open the 2024-25 indoor season … Saturday’s meet in Boston was highlighted by graduate pupil Ceili McCabe who earned a private and program document time of 8:45.67 within the girls’s 3,000 meters … with the time, McCabe earned a 3rd place end … moreover, graduate pupil Sarah Tait positioned herself at third on the three,000 meters all-time checklist, crossing the end line in 9:03.78.
