Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Mountaineer Nation! What a year 2020 has been for everyone. As the holiday season is fully upon us, a few of your Blue Gold Sports writers have put together a little look back on the year 2020 for the West Virginia Mountaineers that encompasses the
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Mountaineers Place 13 on Academic All-Big 12 First Team
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Dec. 3, 2020) – A program-record 13 student-athletes from the No. 4-ranked West Virginia University women’s soccer team were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Soccer First Team, the conference announced on Thursday. The 13 first-team honors topped the previous mark of 12, which was set in 2018. In all,
Izzo-Brown Adds 11 Signees
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 12, 2020) – West Virginia University women’s soccer coach Nikki Izzo-Brown has announced the addition of 11 student-athletes for the 2021 calendar year. Joining the Mountaineers are Aria Bilal (Bowie, Maryland), Brooke Brown (Liberty Township, Ohio), Ruby Darling (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Emma Dotson (Lewisburg, West Virginia), Dilary Heredia-Beltran (Wichita, Kansas),
Mountaineers Hold at No. 4
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 10, 2020) – The West Virginia University women’s soccer team remained at No. 4 in this week’s United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's National Poll, which was released on Tuesday. The Mountaineers have now been ranked in the top 10 in all eight editions of the poll this
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium To Open with Limited Capacity
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Oct. 27, 2020) – West Virginia University and its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will welcome fans back to Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium for the first time this fall on Friday, Oct. 30, when the Mountaineer women’s soccer team plays host to Kansas. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET. The
Stahl Named Student-Athlete of the Week
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (October 26, 2020) – Following her game-winning goal on Oct. 23, at Oklahoma, junior forward Alina Stahl of the West Virginia University women’s soccer team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments. Stahl helped the Mountaineers to a 1-0 win over the Sooners when
No. 6 Mountaineers Ready for OU
Dowie Named Student-Athlete of the Week
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (October 19, 2020) – After leading the Mountaineers to a first-place finish at the Youthtowne cross country course, redshirt sophomore Katherine Dowie of the West Virginia University cross country team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week, presented by University Apartments. Notching her first career victory, Dowie finished
WVU Up to No. 7 in Rankings
Ferrer-vanGinkel Honored by Big 12
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Oct. 13, 2020) – Senior midfielder Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel of the No. 9-ranked West Virginia University women’s soccer team has been named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday. Ferrer-vanGinkel scored the game-winning goal in the Mountaineers’ 2-1 win at Texas Tech on Oct. 9,