Men's Soccer | 9/24/2018 3:56:00 PM

Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, September 24-30, 2018 — Featuring women's and men's soccer, women's and men's cross country and volleyball. Head over to goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
 

---

 

Volleyball Live Coverage Tuesday, 5 p.m., vs. Salem University Tuesday, 7 p.m., vs. Washington Adventist University Van Meter Gym | Beckley, West Virginia Friday, 7 p.m., at Indiana University East Richmond, Indiana Saturday, 12 p.m., at Ohio Christian University Circleville, Ohio
WVU Tech Golden Bears (16-4, 2-1 RSC)	Roster	Stats
Salem Tigers (4-18)	Roster	Stats
Washington Adventist Shock (1-6)	Roster	Stats
IU East Red Wolves (12-4, 2-0 RSC)	Roster	Stats
Ohio Christian Trailblazers (1-7, 0-1 RSC)	Roster	Stats

  LAST TIME ON THE COURT

• Fell in a hard fought River States Conference (RSC) match-up at Indiana University Kokomo, 3-2.
• The Golden Bears now hold a record of 15-4, 1-1 (RSC) while the Cougars move to 12-4, 3-0 (RSC).
• Tech took the first two sets 25-17 each before falling 19-25, 16-25 and 14-16.
• Junior Katelyn Byrd led the attack with 17 kills while senior Ana Monteiro tallied 12 kills.
• Junior Konstantina Pateli handled the ball again, recording 43 assists to go with nine digs and two service aces.
• Sophomore libero Sawyer Hawgood had a match-high 18 digs while Monteiro marked ten digs.

 

---

 

Women's Soccer Live Coverage Thursday, 6 p.m., at Carlow University Saturday, 6 p.m., at Point Park University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WVU Tech Golden Bears (4-2, 1-0 RSC)	Roster	Stats
Carlow Celtics (2-4, 2-0 RSC)	Roster	Stats
Point Park Pioneers (4-4, 2-0 RSC)	Roster	Stats

LAST GAME

• Blanked Indiana University East 1-0 to begin River States Conference (RSC) play in Beckley Saturday evening.
• The Golden Bears boost their record to 4-2, 1-0 (RSC) while the Red Wolves move to 4-3-2, 0-2 (RSC).
• The only goal of the contest came from sophomore Meghan Rugel who struck in the first half (17') to sail a ball past IU East's keeper Amanda Nicholson.
• Rugel's score was a season-first for the Mesa, Arizona native and came from the assist of fellow classmate Domenica Moncayo.
• The Gold and Blue posted seven shots on goal while holding the Red Wolves' to six shots on frame.
• Tech was led by freshman Brittany Dye who posted three shots on goal while Rugel had two.
• Freshman Jenna Miller (3-2) protected the goal for 90 minutes and made six saves towards the win.
• Nicholson made six Golden Bear stops while allowing one goal in the complete game.

 

---

 

Men's Soccer Live Coverage Thursday, 8:30 p.m., at Carlow University Saturday, 8:30 p.m., at Point Park University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
WVU Tech Golden Bears (7-0-3, 1-0 RSC)	Roster	Stats
Carlow Celtics (3-3, 0-2 RSC)	Roster	Stats
Point Park Pioneers (5-3, 1-1 RSC)	Roster	Stats

LAST GAME

• Earned a 3-1 River States Conference (RSC) victory over Indiana University East Saturday afternoon in Beckley.
• The Golden Bears are still undefeated in 2018 with a record of 7-0-3, 1-0 (RSC) while the Red Wolves move to 3-6, 0-2 (RSC).
• Tech was on the board first when junior Rolando Sanchez found the back of the net off the perfect pass from fellow junior Alvaro Tina in the 23^rd  minute.
• IU East's Barou Yoplo tallied the Red Wolves lone goal in minute 43.
• Junior Jesus Naves posted the winning goal when he put the ball past IU East's keeper, Gianluca Marchetti, with two minutes to play.
• Naves' score was followed by fellow classmate Manuel Garcia off the assist from freshman Ben Mawby in minute 89.
• As a team, Tech marked 19 shots on goal while holding the Red Wolves to just five.
• The Gold and Blue were led by Sanchez and junior Eduardo Gutierrez with four shots on frame each.
• In goal, junior Jose Domingo Xam-mar started for Tech, marking one save in 45 minutes of play.
• Fellow junior Jorge Martinez (1-0) was awarded the win after one save, zero goals allowed and 45 minutes protecting the net.

 

---

 

Men's and Women's Cross Country Greater Louisville Classic Saturday, 10:45 a.m. Louisville, Kentucky
WVU Tech Golden Bears (Men's)	Roster
WVU Tech Golden Bears (Women's)	Roster

LAST MEET

• Competed at the Friendship Invitational hosted by Cedarville University.
• The men's team finished eighth out of 16 teams while the women combined for tenth place out of 16 squads.
• Junior Dan Nehnevaj led the men, finishing 22^nd out of 206 runners with a time of 26:54.1 in the 8k.
• Sophomore Michael Ecker-Randolph was the next Golden Bear to cross the line, finishing at 28:17.3 (54^th).
• Freshmen Zachary Longwell (28:35.6, 63^rd), Nathan Morton (28:42.1, 65^th) and Seth Bierbrauer (29:17.9, 75^th) rounded out Tech's top five.
• The women's team was led by sophomore Jaelynn Parks who finished the 5k with a time of 21:02.2 and 42^nd place out of 133 competitors.
• Crossing second for Tech was freshman Kara Sandusky with a time of 21:11.2 (46^th).
• The next three finishes for the Gold and Blue included freshmen Annmarie Gruttadauro (22:49.9, 65^th) and Alisa Kuchmak (22:53.3, 67^th) and sophomore Hannah Pride (23:00.4, 68^th).

 

---