MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Beneath crackling fireworks and the familiar guitar twangs of “Country Roads,” baseball players from West Virginia swayed arm-in-arm along the first-base line. Their 2-0 win over Pitt was being appreciated by some 2,800 fans who came out for a Tuesday night game, and players reciprocated appreciation for the folks in the grandstand who unwittingly had set a record themselves.
The 40,616 total fans at Monongalia County Ballpark this season surpassed 2016’s benchmark, a feel-good perk for the home finale in what has been a feel-great year for WVU ticket-sales across the board.
With “Press Virginia” soaring inside the renovated Coliseum, men’s basketball attendance established a single-season record of 204,742.