Baseball program hosts NCAA Super Regional

For the first time, the WVU baseball team hosted the NCAA Super Regional at Kendrick Family Ballpark, garnering national attention for the rise of the program and showcasing several University traditions as it reaches its first Men's College World Series.

NBC “Nightly News,” 18:45

https://www.nbc.com/nightly-news-with-tom-llamas/video/nbc-nightly-news-6426/9000456731 

USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2026/06/04/ncaa-baseball-tournament-super-regionals-schedule-preview-cws/90387735007/

SI

https://www.si.com/college/westvirginia/baseball/america-s-team-wvu-s-tradition-of-singing-take-me-home-country-roads-goes-viral

WDTV-TV

https://www.wdtv.com/video/2026/06/04/wvu-director-athletics-says-1000-pepperoni-rolls-will-be-handed-out-randys-ridge-during-ncaa-super-regionals/

MetroNews, Opinion

https://wvmetronews.com/2026/06/04/wvu-baseball-is-giving-west-virginia-something-we-need/

WTRF-TV

https://www.wtrf.com/top-stories/wvu-viral-moments-helping-put-west-virginia-in-national-spotlight/

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/editorial/gazette-mail-editorial-banging-the-drum-for-baseball-in-charleston/article_b738063b-81dc-4421-9768-5e38e1703a45.html

Blue Gold Sports

https://bluegoldsports.com/2026/06/05/watch-pat-mcafee-rich-rodriguez-take-in-wvu-baseball-hosting-super-regional/

The Charleston Gazette-Mail

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/multimedia/photo_galleries/photos-wvu-baseball-hosts-first-ncaa-baseball-super-regional/collection_5370c4ec-dfdb-4230-b39f-bc6717c1d65e.html

WOWK-TV

https://www.wowktv.com/sports/wvu-fans-rally-behind-mountaineers-in-ncaa-super-regional-at-watch-parties/

WBOY-TV

https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/plastic-chairs-and-pepperoni-rolls-wvu-fans-take-over-randys-ridge/

College World Series

WSAZ-TV

https://www.wsaz.com/2026/06/06/wvu-heading-college-world-series/

WDTV-TV

https://www.wdtv.com/2026/06/06/wvu-baseball-advances-college-world-series-time-program-history/

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/wvu/wvu-baseball-mountaineers-punch-ticket-to-omaha-smack-around-cal-poly-17-1/article_a5f0c8f8-40d1-46bb-b2ae-075d4fa1bef3.html

The Daily Athenaeum

https://www.thedaonline.com/sports/baseball/wvu-advances-to-first-college-world-series-in-program-history-after-sweeping-morgantown-super-regional/article_9c7992fb-55f8-48dc-b03f-b2da9f574c27.html

The Dominion Post

https://www.dominionpost.com/2026/06/06/oh-my-omaha-wvu-is-headed-to-college-world-series-after-17-1-win-over-cal-poly/

WV News, Blue Gold News

https://www.wvnews.com/bluegoldnews/on-to-omaha/article_7acaaecc-97ab-4c16-ae95-6a5f2824c2d0.html

WCHS-TV

https://wchstv.com/sports/top-sports/wvu-routs-cal-poly-in-super-regionals-to-advance-to-first-ever-mens-college-world-series

USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2026/06/06/west-virginia-baseball-cws-super-regional-win-take-me-home-country-roads/90438999007/

The Intelligencer.|Wheeling News-Register

https://www.theintelligencer.net/sports/top-sports/2026/06/column-wvus-journey-to-college-world-series-a-matter-of-faith/

WV News, Blue Gold News

https://www.wvnews.com/bluegoldnews/mountaineers-ride-a-wave-of-excitement-to-omaha/article_e546a68f-6b9c-49df-93ff-54c1498150f6.html

247sports.com

​​https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/article/west-virginia-baseball-mens-college-world-series-wins-morgantown-super-regional-cal-poly-sweep-287538344/

On3

https://www.on3.com/sites/wv-sports/news/omaha-west-virginia-advances-to-its-first-college-world-series/

On3

https://www.on3.com/sites/wv-sports/news/sabins-brings-west-virginia-to-a-place-itsnever-been-omaha/

WBOY-TV

https://www.wboy.com/goldandbluenation/morewvusports/mountaineers-clinch-1st-college-world-series-berth-with-17-1-win-over-cal-poly/

Hail WV

https://hailwv.com/west-virginia-baseball-punches-ticket-to-first-ever-college-world-series

MetroNews

https://wvmetronews.com/2026/06/06/follow-along-west-virginia-and-cal-poly-clash-in-game-2/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/wvu/2026/06/06/ncaa-cws-wvu-mountaineers-cal-poly-tournament-omaha/stories/202606060044

247Sports.com
https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/article/rapid-reactions-after-wvu-advances-to-the-mens-college-world-series-287526101/

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/sports/wvu/wvu-baseball-mountaineers-punch-ticket-to-omaha-smack-around-cal-poly-17-1/article_a5f0c8f8-40d1-46bb-b2ae-075d4fa1bef3.html

The (Charleston) Gazette-Mail

https://www.wvgazettemail.com/multimedia/photo_galleries/photos-wvu-baseball-advances-to-college-world-series-in-omaha/collection_f5a0f6c1-32b3-4586-9634-6cdea01c3067.html

Times West Virginian

https://www.timeswv.com/sports/wvu_mountaineers/wvu-defeats-cal-poly-17-1-to-advance-to-historic-first-ever-college-world-series/article_4713224a-5383-4ec1-8104-fbfc71f36d6b.html

The Daily Athenaeum

https://www.thedaonline.com/u92blog/from-morgantown-to-omaha-u92-the-moose-to-cover-west-virginias-historic-college-world-series/article_b8c71e46-6532-50bb-aa3f-b7f6f65c4a56.html

WV Sports Now

https://www.wvsportsnation.com/wvu-baseball-has-captured-the-heart-of-america/