Men's Basketball | 11/7/2016 3:56:00 PM
Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, November 7, 2016 — Featuring Wrestling, Men's Soccer, Volleyball, Men's and Women's Basketball and Men's and Women's Swimming. Head over to
goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
Men's Basketball
Live Coverage
Monday, 7 p.m., at Glenville State College (EXHIBITION)
Glenville, West Virginia
Saturday, 2 p.m., vs. Point University (HOMECOMING)
Montgomery, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 1-1 |
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| Glenville State Pioneers |
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| Point Skyhawks | 1-2 |
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LAST GAME
- Saw five Golden Bears hit double-digits and the team took their first victory of the season with a 118-77 score over Wright State Lake.
- Junior Ryan Atkins led the game with a 6-for-8 effort from three-point range towards his 29 points.
- Atkins also marked five assists and four rebounds.
- Also hitting double-digits for the Gold and Blue included senior Ra'Shaud Kincaid (21), juniors Michael Scott (14) and Enson Garcia (11) and sophomore Brent Daniels (11).
- Scott finished with a double-double by pulling down a game-high ten rebounds to go with his 14 points and five assists.
- Junior Kievonn Banks was also big on the boards, pulling down seven rebounds in the win.
- As a team, Tech shot 52.6 percent (41-for-78) from the field while holding the advantage in rebounds, 50-28.
- The Golden Bears forced 21 Lakers' miscues and recorded 12 steals.
Wrestling
Live Coverage
Tuesday, 7 p.m., at Ohio Valley University
Vienna, West Virginia
Friday, 6 p.m., vs. Penn State Du Bois (HOMECOMING)
Montgomery, West Virginia
Saturday, 10 a.m., at Casperson Classic
Buena Vista, Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 0-1 |
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| Ohio Valley Fighting Scots | 1-0 |
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| Penn State Du Bois |
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LAST COMPETITION
- Competed at the Patriot Open hosted by University of the Cumberlands Saturday and where 12 Golden Bears grappled towards a championship in their respective classes.
- Freshman Louis Bernard earned 4.5 points and scored a fall at 157 during round four at 0:57.
- Senior Bryan Overton also earned a fall (6:05) at 165 in his first bout of the day.
Women's Basketball
Live Coverage
Wednesday, 6 p.m., vs. University of Pikeville
Montgomery, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 2-3 |
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| Pikeville Bears | 2-0 |
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LAST GAME
- Six Golden Bears scored in double-digits and WVU Tech women's basketball earned their second consecutive win after a 99-62 victory over Penn State Fayette.
- Senior Cheyanna Lusk led with 16 points, dished a game-high six assists, pulled down six rebounds and grabbed four steals.
- Senior Keymonisha Dudley and junior Zjhane West finished with 14 points each while sophomores Savannah Shamblin (13) and Alexandra Combs (11) and senior Brooke Gee (11) also marked double-digits for the Golden Bears.
- Gee had a double-double effort by grabbing a game-high 14 rebounds to go with two assists, two steals and a block.
- Towards Tech's 45 rebounds, Shamblin had six while West and freshman Laura Requena had five each.
- As a team, Tech shot a season-high 53.2 percent (41-for-77) from the field while holding their opponent to just 32.3 percent (21-for-65).
- The Gold and Blue also held the advantage in rebounds (45-28), steals (16-15) and forced miscues (19-29).
Men's Soccer
Live Coverage
River States Conference Tournament
Bracket
Semifinal
Wednesday, 7 p.m., vs. No. 3 Midway University
Beckley, West Virginia
Final
Saturday, 7 p.m., vs. No. 1 University of Rio Grande
Rio Grande, Ohio |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 15-1-2, 7-0-1 (RSC) |
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| Midway Eagles | 10-7-1, 6-2 (RSC) |
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| Rio Grande RedStorm | 17-1-1, 7-0-1 (RSC) |
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LAST GAME
- Finished the regular season undefeated in the River States Conference after a 9-2 victory at Cincinnati Christian University.
- The Golden Bears, ranked No. 12 in the NAIA Top 25, had the same record as Rio Grande but were edged out for the top seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs because of the second tiebreaker of goals allowed in conference games.
- Goal contributors in the win included seniors Saul Montealegre, who finished with a hat trick, and Daniel Ramirez, junior Francisco Neto (2), freshman Ignacio Tellechea and sophomores Murray Kinnaird and William Adarkwah.
- The assists were credited to sophomores Alvaro Adan (2) and Matias Pazos (2) and freshmen Alvaro Tina, Sergio Sanchez and Tellechea.
- Senior goalkeeper Hunter Moles (15-1-2) was awarded the win after 45 minutes in goal while freshman Jorge Martinez defended the net for the final 45 minutes of play.
Volleyball
Live Coverage
River States Conference Tournament
Bracket
Friday, 12:30 p.m. vs. No. 1 Indiana University Kokomo
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 22-18, 6-10 (RSC) |
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| IU Kokomo Cougars | 23-7, 13-3 (RSC) |
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LAST MATCH
- Captured a 3-1 victory at Bluefield College to finish their regular season Thursday evening.
- The Golden Bears have had a historical season, garnering a 22-18 record so far which marks the most victories for the program since at least 2007.
- Senior libero Michala Dean had a match-high 16 digs which brought her career total to 1,000.
- Dean earned 648 of those digs this season for the Golden Bears.
- Sophomore Ana Monteiro led the team with 16 kills while picking up 15 digs and marking two block assists.
- Monteiro now has 411 digs and 183 kills in 2016.
- Senior Keyonna Morrow and junior Bailey Lotozo both posted 14 kills in the win while they marked five and nine digs respectively.
- Sophomore Carolina Bologna finished with 11 kills to round out Tech's top offensive contributors.
- Freshman Konstantina Pateli handled the ball for Tech, dishing out a match-high 51 assists towards her 1,307 total.
Men's and Women's Swimming
Saturday, 6 p.m., vs. Alderson Broaddus University
Charleston, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears (Men's) |
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| WVU Tech Golden Bears (Women's) |
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| Alderson Broaddus Battlers (Men's) |
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| Alderson Broaddus Battlers (Women's) |
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LAST MEET
- Women's swimming team are 0-2 in duals this season after falling to Fairmont State University 106-104.
- The top finishes for the Golden Bears included:
- Men's swimming is undefeated, 2-0, in duals so far in 2016 after earning a 188-66 victory over Fairmont State University.
- The top performances for the Golden Bears included:
- Sophomore Arthur Bertrand, freshman Paulo Dias, junior Geoffroy Gauneau and sophomore Kohen Kerr | 200 Medley Relay | First Place | 1:36.38
- Freshman Felipe Ruiz | 1650 Freestyle | First Place | 17:09.58
- Freshman Manuel Laguna Gomez | 200 Freestyle | First Place | 1:47.98
- Bertrand | 100 Backstroke | First Place | 53.60
- Dias | 100 Breaststroke | First Place | 58.25
- Gauneau | 200 Butterfly | First Place | 1:57.75
- Kerr | 50 Freestyle | First Place | 21.78
- Kerr | 100 Freestyle | First Place | 47.92
- Bertrand | 200 Backstroke | First Place | 1:56.16
- Dias | 200 Breaststroke | First Place | 2:09.02
- Gomez | 500 Freestyle | First Place | 4:48.34
- Gauneau | 100 Butterfly | First Place | 52.59
- Bertrand | 200 IM | First Place | 2:01.74
- Dias, Gomez, Ballesteros, Kerr | 400 Freestyle Relay | First Place | 3:14.34
