Baseball | 2/6/2015 1:43:00 PM
MONTGOMERY, West Virginia - WVU Tech baseball starts their 2015 campaign this weekend by traveling to Laurinburg, North Carolina for a three-game series versus Lenoir-Rhyne University while men's basketball will face host Shawnee State University, women's basketball will head to Bluefield College (Virginia) and wrestling faces Brewton-Parker College in Mount Vernon, Georgia.
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WRESTLING
vs. Brewton-Parker College, Mount Vernon, Georgia
Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
TEAMS COMPETING- WVU Tech Golden Bears
- Brewton-Parker Barons
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LAST COMPETITION - Tech dropped a match to St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina Thursday evening, 31-17
- The Golden Bears are now 9-5 in duals this season.
- The Gold and Blue had four wrestlers that were victorious Thursday, freshmen TJ Bean (125) and Curtis Cox (133), junior Conrad Lacey (157) and sophomore Terry Nance (197).
- Bean defeated his opponent by fall, claiming six team points in the matter of 51 seconds for the first match-up of the night.
- Cox immediately followed, winning by decision (6-2) over his opponent, Tyran Taylor.
- Lacey and Nance won by major decision, 12-3 and 13-4 respectively.
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BASEBALLvs. Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, North Carolina
February 7-8, Saturday, 1:00 p.m. (DH) and Sunday, 1:00 p.m.
RECORDS
- WVU Tech Golden Bears
- Lenoir-Rhyne Bears (3-0)
LAST SEASON
- Tech ended season 18-29.
- Enjoyed four-game win streak to being March (wins vs. Penn State Allegheny and Alfred State College (3x).
- The team is returning 16 and added 14 new Golden Bears.
- The Golden Bears haven't faced Lenoir-Rhyne since at least before 2009.
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
vs. Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
Saturday, 4:00 p.m.
RECORDS- WVU Tech Golden Bears (16-7)
- Shawnee State Bears (9-12)
QUICK STATS and NOTES- Tech looks to snap a two-game losing streak in Portsmouth Saturday.
- The team is 3-3 on the road and 5-2 at neutral locations this season.
- The Gold and Blue average 82.4 points per game compared to their opponent's 72.5 ppg.
- Going 666-for-1470 from the field, the team's field goal percentage is 45.3 percent.
- Senior Sharife Sergeant leads the team with 14.5 points per game (333 points this season) and earned Golden Bear Star Performer this week.
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
RECORDS - WVU Tech Golden Bears (11-13)
- Bluefield Rams (10-14)
QUICK STATS and NOTES Â
- The Golden Bears are on a five-game win streak, the longest since 2013.
- The team is shooting 40.9 percent from the field so far this season.
- Tech is pulling down 44.5 boards per game as a team.
- Senior Nia Nolan is averaging 17.5 points per game with 421 this season.
- Junior Cheyanne Lusk follows Nia with 17 points per game (68 for 2014-15).
- Senior Noelani Woodson earned Golden Bear Star Performer of the Week for her efforts.
