No. 17-ranked WVU will travel down to Central Florida for a weekend Big 12 series with UCF, let’s see how these teams match up.
WVU is 34-5 on the season and was riding a 14-game winning streak before their midweek game against Penn State, where they lost 3-2, snapping their winning streak. Meanwhile, UCF is 23-17 and is currently on a three-game winning streak with wins over Florida Atlantic and TCU.
The Mountaineers still lead the Big 12 with a 13-3 conference record while UCF ranks near the bottom with a 6-12 record in conference play.
UCF leads the Big 12 in team batting average with a .319 average, and WVU comes in at second in that category with a .314 team average. On the pitching side, WVU is first in team ERA at 3.66, with UCF coming in at three with a 4.12 ERA. Despite the record, these teams match up well on paper, and it should make for an exciting weekend series.
As the season begins to wind down, West Virginia is one of the projected regional sites, which means that to host a regional, they need to continue to pick up wins to still control their own destiny and play the regional on their home turf.
