PREVIEW: Houston-West Virginia Set for First Meeting

HOUSTON – The Houston Cougars are set to host the West Virginia Mountaineers in baseball for the first-ever meeting between the two programs at Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park in a Big 12 Conference series Friday-Sunday.

HOUSTON (19-14, 5-7 Big 12) vs West Virginia (27-4, 7-3 Big 12)
Date \| Time	Friday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13 at 11:30 a.m.
Opponent	West Virginia (27-4, 7-3 Big 12)
Location	Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park \| Houston, Texas
Watch	ESPN+ \| Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Lonnie King
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| West Virginia
Media Center	Notes, media guide/record book, rosters, box scores, photos

PROMOTIONS
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THE MATCHUP

This is the first all-time meeting between the Cougars and Mountaineers.

QUICK HITTERS

Senior Antoine Jean struck out 13 in 5.0 innings across two games of relief work against Baylor allowing just three base runners. The left-handed pitcher ranks second nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (15.85) and eighth nationally in hits allowed per nine (4.95) and 16th in total strikeouts (64).
Junior Chris Scinta leads the team in wins with four and is tied for the team lead in appearances (12) and leads all Cougar pitchers with a 2.95 ERA in 18.1 innings pitched.
West Virginia is the second-consecutive top-35 RPI opponent Houston has faced.
Houston has won two Big 12 Conference series in 2025, all on the road and has won every road series this season.
Sophomore Xavier Perez recorded his second four-hit game of the season, both in midweek games, driving in three on two doubles and a home run against A&M Corpus Christi. Perez drove in the most RBI in a game since Bobby Hollas' nine RBI in 1979 when he drove in eight Cougars at Rice on March 5.
Jean pitched to a Big 12 best 2.21 ERA in the month of March with 34 strikeouts across 20.1 innings over six appearances. The southpaw pitcher held opponents to a .182 average against while striking out 15.05 per nine innings.
Sophomore Tre Broussard's wheels are turning, successfully stealing 21 bases in a row this season. The Houston native is tied for second all-time in school history for consecutive stolen bases and has stolen the second-most bags consecutively in school history. Broussard ranks 16th nationally with 21 stolen bases and is one of three in the country with 21+ stolen bases without being caught.
Houston scored 10+ runs in five consecutive games scoring 10+ for the first time since 1999 scoring 10+ in games at Rice (3/5), vs Grambling (3/7-9) and at Sam Houston (3/12).
Houston did not lose back-to-back games in the first 15 games of the season – the first time since 2013 when Houston did not lose back-to-back games until its 30th game of the year. During that span Houston scored 10+ runs six times and in four consecutive games for the first time since 2002.
Houston won its first four series to open the season marking the first time since 2019 the Cougars have opened the season with three series wins against non-conference teams. Houston has won the first three series of the season in back-to-back seasons after opening 2024 with series wins against Binghamton, St. John's and Baylor.

LAST TIME OUT

Houston tied the game in the ninth inning against McNeese but two wild pitches in the 10th inning gave the Cowboys the lead for good.
Sophomore Tre Broussard has logged back-to-back 3+ hit games after a career-high four hits against Rice and three hits against McNeese.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs West Virginia              --
Last meeting                        First meeting
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