Fairmont State edged No. 3 West Virginia Wesleyan 4-3 in the MEC Women’s Tournament semifinals, clinching the doubles point and surviving a 2-2 comeback. The match came down to No. 6 singles, where Emilie Bergmann rallied in three sets to send the Falcons to the title match.
The Mountain East Conference unveiled its 2026 Women’s Tennis honors, with Charleston’s Sara Martinez repeating as Player of the Year and Alec Foote again named Coach of the Year after a 6-0 league run and No. 1 seed.
MEC coaches announced the 2026 men’s tennis honors, naming Fairmont State’s Kusunoki Haruto Player of the Year after 14-2 singles and doubles seasons.
MEC tennis postseason brackets are set, with Charleston earning the No. 1 seed on both the men’s and women’s sides after unbeaten league runs. West Virginia Wesleyan, seeded No. 3, faces No. 2 Fairmont State in Saturday semifinals, with championships Sunday, May 3.
Mountain East Conference unveiled its 2026 football slate: an eight-game league schedule across nine NCAA dates, with each team playing four home and four away games plus up to three non-conference contests. League play begins Sept.
UCRC’s Summer Basketball League tips off its seventh—and biggest—season June 29 at WV Wesleyan’s Rockefeller Center, backed by new sponsors St. Joseph’s Hospital and Camp Mahonegon Event Center.
West Virginia Wesleyan swept the Mountain East Conference tennis honors as Felipe Mioch and Dominique Jansen van Vuuren were named Men’s and Women’s Players of the Week. Both went undefeated at No.
West Virginia Wesleyan will suspend women’s lacrosse competition for the rest of the 2026 season due to insufficient participation. The six remaining MEC games will be recorded as forfeits, with no impact on the 2026 tournament field or the league’s NCAA AQ status.
Frostburg State’s Trey Simmons was voted MEC Player of the Year after leading the league at 23.9 points per game, while Concord’s Boubacar Djigo earned Defensive Player of the Year.
Concord’s Abbie Smith earned MEC Player of the Year, while Wheeling’s Kenzie Dalton repeated as Defensive Player of the Year and West Virginia Wesleyan’s Kilah Dandridge took Freshman of the Year.
