WVU Baseball Plummets in National Rankings After Tough Week

Last week, the WVU baseball program was sitting comfortably and appeared poised to host an NCAA Regional. However, after several collapses late in games multiple and enduring a 1-3 record overall, West Virginia has fallen in the national rankings.

D1Baseball now has the Mountaineers at No. 16, which is four spots backwards from one week ago. For an even bigger drop, WVU plummeted from No. 9 to No. 19 on Baseball America.

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The Coaches Poll has West Virginia at No. 17. Perfect Game awarded WVU their best placement of No. 7 last week, but now has the Mountaineers ranked 14th.

WVU’s rough week started by squandering a 9-5 lead in the ninth inning of the Backyard Brawl in Pittsburgh, as Pitt managed to accomplish a season series split with their rival.

Most recently, WVU dropped their road series with Kansas State on Sunday, May 11, falling 14-9 as the Wildcats blew up their bullpen for seven runs in the eighth inning.

Although the Mountaineers (40-10, 19-6 Big 12) took an early 3-0 lead, Kansas State tagged starting pitcher Jack Kartsonas for two runs a piece in the third and fourth innings, ending his day early and putting the onus on an already strained West Virginia bullpen.

Up next, WVU Baseball will begin their final home series of the regular season, hosting Kansas for a three game set that kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 15.