2023-10-23 16:08:03
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Sophomore Marcus Caldeira of the West Virginia University men’s soccer team has been named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week presented by University Apartments.
Caldeira had a historic performance once morest No. 1 Marshall on Oct. 18, registering WVU’s first hat trick since 2014. He scored two goals in 26 seconds in the first half to give the Mountaineers the lead in the Mountain State Derby before putting away his third of the match in the second half.
Caldeira has 12 goals this season which leads the Sun Belt and is fourth in the country. His four game-winning goals is also sixth in the nation.
The Ontario native will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 27, with the rest of the Mountaineers at Kentucky for the penultimate game of the regular season. Kickoff from Lexington is set for 7 p.m. ET.
This Week in Women’s Soccer: The Mountaineers return to play Monday night when they welcome Cincinnati to Morgantown for the regular-season finale at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium … it’s Senior Night, and kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.
Last Week in Women’s Soccer: WVU was off last week
Notes: Sophomore forward Taylor White leads the team with nine goals this season, following she scored in the fourth straight game and notched her third straight game-winning goal at Kansas State on Oct. 12 … fifth-year senior goalkeeper Kayza Massey and the Mountaineer defense have nine clean sheets on the year, while Massey’s eight shutouts rank No. 2 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 23 nationally … White ranks No. 5 in the league and No. 45 in the NCAA in total goals (9) … West Virginia’s four-game winning streak is its longest since the end of the 2022 campaign when it won six in a row.
This Week in Men’s Soccer: The Mountaineers hit the road for a Sun Belt matchup with Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 27 … kickoff from the Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex is set for 7 p.m. ET.
Last Week in Men’s Soccer: West Virginia defeated No. 1 Marshall, 5-2, on Oct. 18, in front of 3,147 fans … sophomore Marcus Caldeira scored a hat trick to lead the way … senior Sergio Ors Navarro and freshman Constantinos Christou also found the back of the net … senior Luke McCormick, junior Otto Ollikainen, senior Yutaro Tsukada, and senior goalkeeper Jackson Lee collected assists in the victory … the Mountaineers followed the historic win with a 2-0 road victory at Coastal Carolina on Oct. 22 … Tsukada and McCormick each scored for WVU … Lee picked up his seventh shutout.
Notes: The Mountaineers are the new No. 1 team in the nation in the TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News poll with the United Soccer Coaches poll being released on Tuesday, Oct. 24 … it is the first time in program history that West Virginia has been the top-ranked team in the land … the win over Marshall was the third in program history over a No. 1 team with previous wins coming once morest UConn in both 2007 and 2011 … head coach Dan Stratford was part of all three of those wins as he was a player in 2007 and an assistant coach in 2011 … Caldeira’s hat trick was the first for a Mountaineer since Andy Bevin accomplished the feat in 2014 once morest Buffalo … Caldeira is now fourth in the country with 12 goals this season … the Ontario native was named the NCAA Player of the Week following his performance … Luke McCormick tallied his 20th career assist once morest the Herd becoming just the fourth player in program history to reach that mark … a new Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium attendance record was set once morest Marshall with 3,147 fans showing up, surpassing the previous mark of 3,000 set when the WVU women’s team faced USC in the 2007 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
This Week in Volleyball: West Virginia (9-13, 2-7 Big 12) travels to Lawrence, Kansas, on Thursday, Oct. 26, and Friday, Oct. 27, to face the Kansas Jayhawks … both matches will be held at the Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, first serve will be at 7:30 p.m. ET … Thursday’s match will mark the 25th meeting between the Mountaineers and Jayhawks, with Kansas taking the last match, 3-0, on Nov. 12, 2022.
Last Week in Volleyball: The Mountaineers hosted Cincinnati for two matches on Oct. 19-20, at the WVU Coliseum … West Virginia took the first match over the Bearcats, 3-2, for its second conference win of the season … Cincinnati took the second match of the series, 3-2.
Notes: West Virginia has two conference wins for the first time since 2021 … junior outside hitter Hailey Green collected 21 kills and hit .514 on 37 attempts on Oct. 19 … sophomore outside hitter Bailey Miller tallied a double-double on Oct. 20 with 16 kills and 12 digs.
This Week in Cross Country: The Mountaineers return to competition on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship in Ames, Iowa … the race will take place at the Iowa State University Cross Country Course … the women’s 6k is slated to begin at noon ET … awards will follow at 1 p.m.
Last Week in Cross Country: The Mountaineers did not compete.
Notes: West Virginia ranks seventh in the Mid-Atlantic Region poll announced by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association last week.
This Week in Tennis: West Virginia is off until competing in the Big 12 Individual Championships on Nov. 10-13, in Waco, Texas, to wrap up the fall season.
Last Week in Tennis: Three Mountaineers represented the West Virginia University tennis team at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic Regional in Lynchburg, Virginia on Oct. 19-22 … senior Momoko Nagato, junior Michaela Kucharova and redshirt sophomore Maja Dodik represented WVU in the tournament … the doubles pairing of Kucharova and Nagato advanced to the quarterfinals before falling on Oct. 22.
Notes: West Virginia has one fall tournament remaining with the Big 12 Individual Championships … the best performance this season by the Mountaineers came at the Martha Thorn Invitational in Morgantown, on Oct. 6-8 … West Virginia collected 12 wins during the three-day invitational, including two doubles victories and 10 singles wins.
This Week in Golf: The Mountaineers will close out their fall season at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational in Loxley, Alabama, on Oct. 28-29.
Last Week in Golf: Senior Oli Ménard earned a runner-up finish at the Xavier Invitational in Cincinnati … Ménard shot 3-under-par with rounds of 70-68-69=207 at the par 70, 6,992-yard Maketewah Country Club … he tied with Western Kentucky’s Connery Meyer and was one shot off Xavier’s AJ Adams who won the individual title … only three golfers in the field shot under par … the finish marked Ménard’s best since a third-place finish at the Minnesota Golf Classic in 2021 … senior Will Stakel shot 76-75-74=225 (+15), junior Pierce Grieve recorded rounds of 72-81-73=226 (+16) and sophomore Westy McCabe shot 76-80-74=230 (+20).
This Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia will face Cincinnati on Friday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Keating Aquatic Center in Cincinnati.
Last Week in Swimming and Diving: West Virginia did not compete last week.
Notes: Senior Danny Berlitz was named the Big 12 Men’s Co-Swimmer of the week on Oct. 18, following he won three events once morest Penn State on Oct. 6 … once morest the Nittany Lions, Berlitz won the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.17), the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.37) and the 400-yard individual medley (3:57.75) … this was the first weekly conference honor for Berlitz since he transferred to WVU … in two meets this season, Berlitz has won seven individual events.
This Week in Rowing: West Virginia will compete in the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia on Saturday, Oct. 28.
Last Week in Rowing: The Mountaineers did not compete.
This Week in Rifle: West Virginia hits the road for the second time this season when it travels to Fort Worth, Texas, for two matches … WVU (3-0) opens the trip at 9 a.m. ET once morest TCU on Saturday, Oct. 28, before taking on Nebraska at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29, … both matches will take place at the TCU Rifle Range … fifth-year senior Mary Tucker and junior Gavin Barnick continue individual competition at the Pan American Games competing in mixed team on Monday, Oct. 23, and smallbore Wednesday, Oct. 25, and Friday, Oct. 27.
Last Week in Rifle: The Mountaineers did not compete as a team … Mary Tucker and Gavin Barnick began competition at the Pan American Games where they are representing Team USA … the pair both made the air rifle finals with Tucker finishing in third place and Barnick taking fifth.
Notes: Tucker holds the third-best aggregate average in the nation while scoring the highest mark in smallbore … Sanchez (590) and Lake (595) set career highs in smallbore as Perrin (598) set a career high in air rifle once morest Ole Miss … Sanchez matched his mark in smallbore once morest Memphis the following day … Tucker, McGhin, Perrin, junior Gavin Barnick and fifth-year senior Malori Brown hit season highs.
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