Penn State-West Virginia: Not Your Average Rivalry

By Jack Dougherty, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Duke-North Carolina. Ohio State-Michigan. Auburn-Alabama.

Some matchups immediately come to mind when thinking of rivalries in college sports, but there's a new one emerging in women's soccer: Penn State-West Virginia.

But wait, these teams aren't even in the same conference. How can they even be rivals?

Fair point, but this nonconference matchup features everything a good old fashioned rivalry has and more.

But they don't even play every year, right?

Wrong. Penn State and West Virginia have faced off every season for the past eight years. They've battled each other 15 times since 2003. That's even more games than Penn…