West Virginia's offense entered Thursday slumping in a big way. They hope, after their 10-3 win over Cincinnati, they have started to find themselves again.
Last weekend against Kansas, West Virginia totaled five runs on 19 hits, as they were shutout twice. They also struck out 29 times while walking only six times over the three losses to the Jayhawks.
"We just hadn't had quality at-bats for the last two weeks," West Virginia head coach Steve Sabins said.
The Mountaineers entered Thursday losers in eight of their last 11 games. Sabins said part of that was his team starting to press, knowing a title was on the line, a title they ended up clinching, but did so not in the way they wanted to.