WVU Baseball to Wear Coal Rush Jerseys in Regional Final

Taking things to another level for the biggest game of the season, WVU baseball revealed a uniform change for Monday night’s Regional Final.

The Mountaineers will dig even further into representing West Virginia by wearing their Coal Rush jerseys when they meet Kentucky in a regional decisive game under the lights.

And the moment deserves a special uniform. Due to overall No. 1 seed UCLA’s elimination, West Virginia will host a Super Regional if they advance and defeat Kentucky for the second time in as many games.

The Magic of Sunday Night

WVU trailed 9-6 entering the ninth inning against Kentucky on Sunday, May 31, the last of 18 innings they played that day — and potentially the last inning of their 2026 season. The Mountaineers weren’t ready to call it quits, however, storming ahead with a five-run rally that kept their season alive for another day.

Playing in front of a pulsing home crowd that gained another decibel for every ball taken, every run scratched across, Mountaineers head coach Steve Sabins said he felt a moment of clarity.

“In those moments of high stress or high anxiety or high noise, I’m usually clearer, is the truth. Usually things slow down for me. And so in those moments, I usually get to appreciate the crowd and that kind of stuff, just because you’re thinking through the game,” Sabins said.

“I remember just looking up and you’re seeing the sky, a beautiful sky. You have people on the hill. There’s guys with their shirts off, waving them, and it’s a little bit quieter for me… The game and the fans, that stuff’s super special because it is built. Like, it doesn’t happen, the kids build that by how they perform… So for me, it’s just like looking out over the sky, being like, ‘look what’s been built at West Virginia.’ So, pretty magical.”

Sabins also took stock of the players who made that moment possible. Four straight NCAA Tournament appearances and the greatest stretch in the program’s modern history culminating in a chance to host an NCAA Regional in front of their home crowd, a chance to make their third straight Super Regional with a win on Monday.

WVU will take on Kentucky at 6 p.m. with home field advantage in the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament on the line.

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