The game marks the 88th meeting between the two schools. WVU is 33-53-1 all-time in the series, but West Virginia has claimed two of the last three and seven of the last 11.
Ranked No. 25 by Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) this week, the Mountaineers (23-15, 9-6 Big 12) are coming off a 1-2 weekend at Kansas State, which snapped a string of five consecutive weekend series wins. West Virginia became the final Big 12 team to lose a conference series this season. WVU won the opener, 9-7, before an 8-4 loss on Saturday and an 11-4 defeat in the finale.