FROM STAFF REPORTS
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University baseball team clinched a spot in the Big 12 baseball championship next week with an 8-2 series-winning victory over Texas Tech on Friday evening at Monongalia County Ballpark.
Meanwhile, the Red Raiders are now fighting for their NCAA lives with the back-to-back losses to West Virginia.
Tech finished as the fourth seed in the Big 12 and will face the No. 5 seed on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the first game of the conference tournament.
The Mountaineers (27-24, 9-12 Big 12) scored eight runs on 11 hits and the Red Raiders (29-22, 12-11 Big 12) plated two runs on six hits.