Gaiter, Notre Dame eliminate Wheeling Jesuit, advance to MEC finals
By Chuck McGill The Mountain East Conference boasts three of the top five teams in the most recent Division II national rankings. None of those programs will be in Sunday's MEC tournament championship...
View ArticleConcord stuns No. 1 West Liberty in 2OT
By Derek Redd As the basketball left Rob Reed's hand with less than a second left in the second overtime Saturday between Concord and No. 1 West Liberty, the Mountain Lions senior guard said it felt...
View ArticleWheeling Jesuit tops West Liberty for MEC women's title
By Chuck McGill Jaila Bryant and Taylor Lubinsky hugged as teammates celebrated on the court around them. Chelsea Richardson left the melee, climbed over the railing behind press row and found her...
View ArticleConcord holds off Notre Dame for MEC tournament crown
By Derek Redd As the Concord University men's basketball team entered this weekend's Mountain East Conference tournament, coach Kent McBride offered his Mountain Lions some advice - to be at their...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Sans support, effort, MEC and Charleston may split
By Mitch Vingle Mountain East Conference commissioner Reid Amos put on his happy face. And God bless him. It couldn't have been easy.Concord and Notre Dame in the men's basketball finals at...
View ArticleMarshall named new WVSU women's basketball coach
By Derek Redd West Virginia State interim athletic director Nate Burton was given a luxury not every AD gets in a search for a new women's basketball coach. He got to watch his top choice coach...
View ArticleRoundup: West Liberty wins D2 hoops regional
West Liberty defeated Kutztown 85-64 Tuesday evening at Wheeling Jesuit University to claim the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Title, its fifth in the past six years. With the victory, the...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: MEC update, a look at WVU's DL and Sims
Ye olde notebook:Before the NCAA basketball tournament, we brought you coverage of the Mountain East Conference tournament. Within the package, we brought you news that the MEC event just might be...
View ArticleUC baseball takes two from Urbana
By From staff reports The University of Charleston baseball team pounded out 23 hits Monday as it swept Urbana in a doubleheader at Triana Field in Charleston. The Golden Eagles outlasted the Blue...
View ArticleWest Virginia State baseball sweeps Notre Dame College
By From Staff Reports The West Virginia State baseball team used two solid pitching performances to sweep a doubleheader against Notre Dame on Monday in Institute. The Yellow Jackets took the first...
View ArticleUC's Burdette repeats as MEC pitcher of the week
By From staff reports University of Charleston softball pitcher Alli Burdette earned hear second straight Mountain East Conference pitcher of the week award, the MEC announced Monday. A junior who...
View ArticleWest Liberty beats Stonehill to reach Division II national semis
By From staff reports The West Liberty men's basketball team made its third Division II national semifinal in the last four seasons, holding off Stonehill 75-74 Wednesday in its national quarterfinal...
View ArticleVets on the mend should fortify UC football secondary
By Derek Redd When a college football team loses the players to graduation that the University of Charleston did in corners Torie Wagner and Trei Kelly and safety John Knox, there's usually real cause...
View ArticleBig innings help Shepherd to baseball sweep of WVSU
By From staff reports The West Virginia State baseball team had its four-game winning streak snapped as the Yellowjackets dropped a doubleheader to Shepherd Thursday in Shepherdstown. State lost the...
View ArticleWest Liberty falls to Lincoln Memorial in Division II hoops semis
By From staff reports FRISCO, Texas - Even though Lincoln Memorial tried to help by missing six of eight free throws in the final 27 seconds, the West Liberty men's basketball team was unable to stun...
View ArticleUC's Olszewski takes experience, athleticism into QB race
By Derek Redd Take Mason Olszewski's word for it. Behind his usual calm demeanor, the rising redshirt sophomore quarterback is excited for his possibilities with the University of Charleston football...
View ArticleUC softball standout Burdette enjoying comforts of home
By Derek Redd Alli Burdette is finding out how nice it is to come back home. It's not just home-cooked meals and being surrounded by family, though the former South Charleston High School softball...
View ArticleUC's Burdette named co-pitcher of the week
By From staff reports Former South Charleston and current University of Charleston standout Alli Burdette was named the co-pitcher of the week in the Mountain East Conference. Burdette, along with...
View ArticleRoundup: WVSU softball sweeps Urbana
By From staff reports West Virginia State swept a doubleheader against Urbana, winning 5-1 in the first game and 5-2 in the second on Monday in Institute. In the first game, State (24-18, 9-11...
View ArticleWVSU secondary has some big holes to fill
By Derek Redd The West Virginia State secondary will lose two starters from its group for the 2016 season. And what a two they were. Stevin Gomez was a one-season pickup for the Yellow Jackets that...
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