RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The No. 1 West Virginia University men’s soccer team passed its toughest test of the season on Friday against California Baptist, rallying to defeat the Lancers, 3-2, at CBU Soccer Stadium. The Mountaineers improve to 4-0-0 while CBU suffers its first loss of the year to go to 1-1-2.
 
Junior Marcus Caldeira scored the game-winning goal in the 87^th minute around 1 a.m. eastern time to provide the late-night drama. Caldeira’s goal was only possible after graduate student Sergio Ors Navarro tied up the contest in the 75^th minute with his NCAA-leading seventh goal of the season.
 
Graduate student Simon Carlson continued his torrid start to the season as well with his fourth goal and is now up to 12 points on the year. Freshman Isaac Scheer picked up his first-career point with an assist.
 
Overall, West Virginia outshot the Lancers, 21-10, including a 9-5 advantage in shots on goal. The Mountaineers also had a 6-4 edge in corner kicks.
 
Carlson opened the scoring in the sixth minute as he won a free kick just outside the box. He then stepped up the ball and curled in a right-footed shot off the tips of the diving goalkeeper’s outstretched fingers.
 
The Mountaineers remained in front until the 34^th minute when Andrew Lovell headed in a goal for California Baptist to tie up the game.
 
With the contest still tied, CBU took the lead in the 62^nd minute as Blake D’Agostino went top shelf from a tough angle.
 
The Mountaineers kept fighting and with just 15 minutes to go, Scheer sent a ball to the top of the box where Ors Navarro was able to bend a shot around a couple of defenders and into the corner of the net.
 
Not satisfied with a draw, Caldeira took matters into his own hands in the 87^th minute, maneuvering his way around four defenders in the box before getting a shot past the CBU keeper.
 
West Virginia will remain in California for its next match when it takes on Loyola Marymount on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 8 p.m. ET. It is a rematch of last season’s NCAA quarterfinal, a contest in which the Mountaineers won, 3-1, at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium to advance to the College Cup for the first time in program history.
 
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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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