The West Virginia Mountaineers are preparing to host the Cal Poly Mustangs for the NCAA Super Regionals in a potential three game set with game one scheduled for Friday at noon EST. The action will be televised on ESPN2.
West Virginia head coach Steve Sabins announced on Thursday sophomore Chansen Cole will get the start in the series opener. The right-hander collected his ninth win of the season last week to open the Morgantown Regional after he tossed six innings and recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts.
Cole returned to the mound three days later in the final against Kentucky in a pivotal moment. The Wildcats had just tied the game with back-to-back home runs. He quickly settled in and recorded the final out of the frame. He threw a hitless ninth before leaving he game in the tenth.
West Virginia left nothing on the table to return to the super regionals for a program record-setting third consecutive season. Redshirt junior Maxx Yehl started the final game of the regionals after sustaining injury in the first game against Kentucky, junior Dawson Montesa threw 122 pitches Sunday night and took the mound Monday night, and graduate Ian Korn replaced Yehl Saturday and went three and two thirds, then two days later, tossed 2.2 innings.
