Trailing 146.025-145.725 moving into the fourth rotation, WVU (1-0) overcame a slow start on beam with four scores of 9.75 or better to seal the victory over the Terrapins (0-1).
“Overall, I’m happy with today,” Mountaineer coach Jason Butts said. “We had some unexpected mistakes. I wasn’t very happy with our warmup this morning, but I think we came out of the locker room and turned in some great performances. We were very focused on the little details this preseason. Now, we need to clean up some of the big things and regroup for next weekend.
“I was happy to see a lot of fight from this team today - I liked that.