WVSU baseball shrugging off loss in last season's MEC title game
By Michael Carvelli One of the most important things to have in baseball is a short memory. Whether something good or bad happened the last pitch, you move on - knowing there's another coming right...
View ArticleUniversity of Charleston softball wants to build off last year's...
By Michael Carvelli This season marks the beginning of a new era of University of Charleston softball. Coming off a trip to the NCAA Division II Women's College World Series, the Golden Eagles enter...
View ArticleSecond-half drought dooms West Virginia State in loss to UVa-Wise
By Michael Carvelli After catching fire in the first half, a long second-half scoring drought spelled doom for the West Virginia State men's basketball team as the Yellow Jackets fell to UVa.-Wise...
View ArticleShae Hines a crucial part of WVSU women's basketball's offensive improvement
By Michael Carvelli When the West Virginia State women's basketball team has needed a big shot or someone to step up in a key situation, it knows it has been able to turn to Shae Hines. That was the...
View ArticleDerek Redd: Dream came quickly for West Virginia State athletic director Nate...
By Derek Redd Fulfilling a dream before reaching the age of 30 doesn't happen for everyone. Nate Burton understands how lucky he is. West Virginia State tabbed him last January to become, at age 28,...
View ArticleWest Virginia State routs Charleston to close out season on high note
By Michael Carvelli West Virginia State was able to end its season on a high note by snapping a five-game losing streak to Charleston, defeating its biggest Mountain East Conference rival 78-62...
View ArticleMountain East Conference basketball tournament pairings set
By From staff reports The seedings and pairings for the men's and women's Mountain East Conference basketball tournaments have been finalized, with Fairmont State's men and Glenville State's women...
View Article2 from WVSU, 1 from Charleston earn all-MEC honors
By Staff report A trio of local Mountain East Conference women's basketball players - two from West Virginia State and one from the University of Charleston - were selected among the conference's best...
View ArticleDerek Redd: 'Basketball Month in Charleston' heats up this week
By Derek Redd To celebrate the three straight weeks of tournament basketball coming to the Civic Center starting this week, the city of Charleston has unveiled a new slogan: Basketball Month in...
View ArticleExpect the unexpected at the Mountain East Conference basketball tournament
By Michael Carvelli March Madness officially hits Charleston on Wednesday with the opening day of the Mountain East Conference tournament. Once again, the MEC comes into this year's postseason with...
View ArticleFairmont State's Bingaya named MEC men's basketball Player of the Year
By Staff report A pair of University of Charleston senior men's basketball players earned second-team recognition on the All-Mountain East Conference team, released Tuesday afternoon. Guard Elliott...
View ArticleMEC basketball tournament update: Shepherd opens with win over W.Va. Wesleyan
By Derek Redd Michael CarvelliMichael Carvelli Morgan Arden scored a team-high 19 points and Cara Mason scored 16 to lead the Shepherd women's basketball team to a 68-65 win over West Virginia...
View ArticleCharleston women advance at MEC basketball tournament
By Michael Carvelli The University of Charleston women's basketball team was able to pull away in the second half to advance to the Mountain East Conference tournament quarterfinals with an 82-55...
View ArticleMEC tournament: Brett Morris leads Glenville State men to quarterfinals
By Michael Carvelli Brett Morris scored 28 points and Glenville State advanced to the Mountain East Conference men's basketball quarterfinals with an 84-66 victory over UVa.-Wise on Wednesday night at...
View ArticleMEC tournament: Shepherd women advance past West Virginia Wesleyan
By Derek Redd As the Mountain East Conference added an extra day to its basketball tournaments at the Charleston Civic Center, Shepherd women's basketball coach Jenna Eckleberry didn't want that day...
View ArticleCharleston shrugs off cold streak to beat Urbana in MEC men's tournament
By Derek Redd University of Charleston men's basketball coach Dwaine Osborne has seen stretches of games where his Golden Eagles can't find the bottom of the net. He saw one of those Wednesday night,...
View ArticleMEC tournament: Defending women's champ Wheeling Jesuit coasts past Shepherd
By Staff reports Quarterfinal No. 1: Wheeling Jesuit 78, Shepherd 49 The defending champion Wheeling Jesuit University women's basketball team kept hopes of a repeat alive Thursday afternoon,...
View ArticleW.Va. State rally falls short as women's basketball falls to UVa-Wise in MEC...
By Michael Carvelli A fierce rally in the closing minutes fell short for the West Virginia State women's basketball team on Thursday afternoon as the Yellow Jackets lost 72-70 to UVa-Wise in the...
View ArticleWheeling Jesuit heads to MEC women's semis with win over Shepherd
By By Jim Workman For the Gazette-Mail An injured ankle hampered Wheeling Jesuit sophomore Chenelle Moore most of the season, but she was able to shake off the nagging pain to tally 19 points and nine...
View ArticleCharleston trips top seed Glenville State in MEC women's tournament
By Tom Bragg The University of Charleston women's basketball team is living life these days by that old March cliche: survive and advance. It was rarely pretty, but the Golden Eagles pulled off the...
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