West Virginia
West Virginia Defeats North Dakota State in Reverse Sweep – West Virginia University Athletics
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University volleyball team (3-1, 0-0 Big 12) took down North Dakota State, 3-2 with a reverse sweep on Friday night in Fargo, North Dakota. The Mountaineers claimed the victory with score of 24-26, 11-25, 25-20, 25-23 and 15-9.
Junior outside hitter Quincey Coyle capped the match with her sixteenth kill of the night, marking a career high. Additionally, Coyle notched a second career high with 11 digs, collecting her first double-double of the season.
Sophomore middle blocker Maddy McGath also had a career outing against the Bisons, tallying fifteen kills on a .737 clip along with four total blocks.
Graduate student libero Sydney Reed collected 15 of WVU’s 56 digs, while redshirt junior outside hitter Cassidy Tanton added a career best with 12.
The Mountaineers held North Dakota State to just a .180 hitting percentage, while outscoring the Bison with 63 kills, 59 assists, 56 digs and nine blocks. Sophomore setter Alexis Finnvold accounted for 47 of West Virginia’s 59 assists.
North Dakota State started the match with an early 4-2 lead, followed by five unanswered points from West Virginia. As points were traded across both sides of the net, a 3-0 Bison run tied the set at 18. Graduate student setter Lauren DeLo gave West Virginia a spark with a pair of kills, as WVU led late, 24-23. North Dakota State closed out the first set with another 3-0 run, taking the 26-24 set one victory.
The Bisons took control of the second set, with a 10-3 lead. West Virginia only counted six kills during the set, as North Dakota State ran away with a 25-11 set victory.
West Virginia once again trailed early in set three, 5-3 before a 7-2 scoring run ignited the Mountaineer offense. An error from North Dakota State paired with a kill from junior middle blocker Laila Ibrahim gave WVU a comfortable 19-15 lead. Tanton slammed the door on set three with back-to-back kills, 25-20.
The Mountaineers wasted no time in the fourth set, taking a 10-6 advantage after a pair of Bison errors and kills from Coyle and Tanton. West Virginia held the lead throughout the rest of the set, as a 3-0 Mountaineer run made the score, 16-11. A late effort from North Dakota State didn’t slow WVU, as McGath closed out the fourth with a kill, 25-23.
A kill from Tanton kicked off the fifth and final set for West Virginia. The Mountaineers once again held the high ground throughout the set, as they led 8-6 at the halfway point. WVU went on to close out the match with a 7-3 run, taking the fifth set 15-9.
Next, the Mountaineers will face off against Northern Iowa on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, inside of the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center in Grand Forks, N.D.
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Delegate Larry Kump of Berkeley County has died, state officials announced. Kump was 78 years old.
Kump, a Republican, served in the House from 2010 to 2014, again from 2018 to 2020 and finally 2022 to the present. He had announced plans to run again in the coming electoral cycle.
“As a battle-tested and liberty minded Christian and Constitutional Conservative, my consecrated action principles of good governance remains solid and steadfast,” he wrote to supporters in January.
He had been serving in the ongoing legislative session, but had been absent in recent weeks.
The daily prayer in the House of Delegates this past Wednesday included an expression of concern for Kump: “A special prayer for Delegate Larry Kump. Lord, you know where he is in the hospital now, and I pray right now that you would send your angels there to touch him, to be with him.”
Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Kump’s death on social media, calling Kump “a devoted public servant who dedicated many years of his life to improving West Virginia.
“Delegate Kump served with a deep commitment to the principles he believed would strengthen our communities and protect our freedoms.
“On behalf of the First Lady and myself, we extend our condolences to Larry’s family, friends, former colleagues, and all those who had the privilege of knowing and serving alongside him. His legacy of service and his love for our state will never be forgotten.”
Secretary of State Kris Warner also posted condolences to Kump’s family. “Larry was a conservative Christian and a true Mountaineer! He will be sadly missed by his friends and colleagues,” Warner posted.
The West Virginia Democratic Party also put out a statement to offer condolences, saying Kump’s work reflected a lifelong commitment to accountability, public policy, and the effective administration of government.
“Delegate Larry Kump devoted his life to his family, his community, and to his state. He brought experience, independence and thoughtfulness to his role, and he never lost sight of the people he served,” said Mike Pushkin, the Democratic Party chairman who is also a delegate from Kanawha County.
Kump was known for his turns of phrase, for example kicking off his comments on the House floor with “Great googly moogly” for emphasis. He often described his adoration for his “beloved and bodacious wife Cheryl.”
He regularly concluded interactions and written communications this way: “Meanwhile, and for sure and for certain, may God bless you all real good!”
West Virginia
Vape Safety Act of 2026 passes W.Va. House, tightening oversight and licensing for shops
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The Vape Safety Act of 2026 passed in the West Virginia House of Delegates on Friday, aiming to crack down on what lead sponsor of the bill Del. David McCormick, R-Monongalia, said are the bad actors in the vape shop world.
“They’re very lightly regulated,” McCormick said. “Here’s something that is becoming a blight on our landscape out here in our neighborhoods and towns. They’re all over the state and they need some oversight.”
McCormick said the bill will also strengthen licensing as to who can run the shops.
A key part of the legislation that passed the House by a vote of 88-5 is an FDA registry, requiring all the products sold in the shops to be approved at the federal level.
“Make sure that something doesn’t have 30 times the nicotine in it that it’s supposed to, which has happened, and get a 12-year-old kid addicted to nicotine,” McCormick. “That’s buying something that looks like Pokémon.”
Cracking down on the marketing strategies vape shops use is also included in the bill. It has gained support from both sides of the aisle.
“You walk into them and they have you know it looks fun and all the flavors and all the things,” Del. Hollis Lewis, D-Kanawha said. “So when teens go in there, it’s geared towards teens. So I think some regulation is important.”
Other provisions include vape shops not being allowed within 300 feet of schools, libraries or churches.
“I would deem these things almost attractive nuisance for kids and teenagers,” Lewis said. “What we want to do in this piece of legislation, we want to ultimately, above anything else, is protect our children and to get rid of bad actors to make sure that we know what’s being sold in the shop and we know who’s selling it.”
The No. 23 BYU Cougars (20-8, 8-7 Big 12) visit the West Virginia Mountaineers (16-12, 7-8) Saturday for a 5:30 p.m. ET (FOX) tip from WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NCAA basketball odds around the BYU vs. West Virginia odds and make our expert college basketball picks and predictions for the best bets.
BYU has dropped 2 of its last 3 games after falling 97-84 against UCF on Tuesday, failing to cover as a 13.5-point home favorite with the Over (162.5) hitting. F AJ Dybantsa led all scorers with 29 points and G Robert Wright III added 20 as only 3 Cougars players scored in double figures in the upset loss.
West Virginia has dropped 3 games in a row after falling 91-84 in overtime against Oklahoma State on Tuesday, failing to cover as a 1.5-point road underdog with the Over (143.5) hitting. G Honor Huff scored a game-high 20 points on 6-of-12 shooting from 3, while the Mountaineers overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to force OT before running out of gas.
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BYU at West Virginia odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated 10:20 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): BYU -135 (bet $135 to win $100) | West Virginia +110 (bet $100 to win $110)
- Against the spread (ATS): BYU -1.5 (-115) | West Virginia +1.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 142.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
BYU at West Virginia picks and predictions
Prediction
BYU 81, West Virginia 74
PASS.
There is better value on the Cougars to cover the spread.
BET BYU -1.5 (-115).
A win all but guarantees a cover for the Cougars in this matchup with such a slim spread. They have covered in 2 of their last 3 and 3 of their last 5, including back-to-back road games.
Neither side has played particularly well recently, with both teams being 4-6 straight up (SU) and 3-7 ATS over their last 10 games. This matchup will give Dybantsa, the nation’s leading scorer (25.1 points per game) who earned USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week honors last week, an opportunity to take over the game.
BET OVER 142.5 (-110).
The Mountaineers have scored at least 74 points in 2 of their last 4 games while allowing 67 or more in 3 of their last 5.
The Cougars have hit the Over in 7 of their last 10 games. They have scored 79 or more points in 4 of their last 5, including 90 or more twice in that span. They have scored 82 or more points in 7 of their last 10 and have allowed at least 86 in 6 of their last 9.
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