The West Virginia College baseball program maintains its rise within the rankings after going 3-1 final week.
The Mountaineers made their largest leap in Baseball America School Baseball High 25 rankings, leaping six spots to No. 8 and 5 locations in Excellent Recreation high 25 to fourth, whereas transferring one notch to No. 16 in D1Baseball to sixteenth and No. 13 within the USA TODAY Sports activities Coaches Ballot, and stayed put at No. 10 within the Nationwide Collegiate Baseball Writers Affiliation (NCBWA).
West Virginia misplaced its first midweek recreation of the season after touring to Penn State and falling 3-2, however stored its Huge 12 Convention profitable streak alive, extending it to 14, following a three-game sweep of UCF.
West Virginia ranks tenth within the nation with a crew ERA of three.66, whereas the crew batting common has dipped in the previous few weeks, however nonetheless reside within the high 30 at No. 29 at .308, rating third within the Huge 12.
Junior Skylar King leads the crew with a .361 batting common, senior Jace Rinehart is hitting .351 with a team-leading 43 RBI and a team-high 15 doubles, whereas tied with the crew lead in residence runs with junior Logan Sauve with seven.
Senior reliever Reese Bassinger holds a team-best 2.98 ERA with 5 wins and, together with junior Carson Estridge, leads the crew with 5 saves.
West Virginia within the Nationwide Rankings
D1Baseball: 16
USA TODAY Sports activities: 13
NCBWA: 10
Baseball America: 8
Excellent Recreation: 4
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