Overview
- West Virginia routed Cal Poly 12-2 in Game 1 on Friday, using a four-run fourth inning to break the game open and pull ahead decisively.
- Right-hander Chansen Cole dominated on the mound, throwing seven innings, allowing two runs and recording a career-high 11 strikeouts.
- Tyrus Hall supplied the key blow with a fourth-inning grand slam that produced five RBIs and energized the Morgantown crowd.
- Cal Poly, making its first NCAA Super Regional appearance, struggled to recover after starter Griffin Naess gave up eight earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.
- The win gives WVU a 1-0 series lead in the best-of-three; Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday in a sold-out stadium and a Cal Poly win would force a deciding Game 3.