Huggins says Mountaineers tried to play physical with Smart

Parkersburg native led WVU's gymnastics program for 37 years.

While West Virginia's season came to a sudden and disappointing ending with losses in seven of its last eight games, there were plenty of positives throughout a campaign in which manager Randy Mazey felt his team overachieved.

Austin Strickland threw six scoreless innings and West Virginia fell behind early again, suffering its seven defeat over the 2023 season's last eight games.

Aidan Major pitched five scoreless innings in relief, retiring all but one batter he faced to spark the Mountaineers in a win that extends their season at least one more game.