Mountain State Derby
![]() 2021 Mountain State Derby at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex. | |
Sport | Soccer |
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First meeting | October 26, 1983 WVU 2 - Marshall 0 |
Latest meeting | September 17, 2021 #4 WVU 2 - #6 Marshall 2 |
Next meeting | 2022 |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 24 |
All-time series | WVU leads, 16–6–2 (.708) |
Largest victory | WVU, 5–0 (1987) |
Longest win streak | WVU, 7 (1986–1992) |
Current win streak | N/A |
Current unbeaten streak | WVU, 1-0-1 (2020-present) |
The Mountain State Derby is the name given to the men's soccer games between the Marshall Thundering Herd and the West Virginia Mountaineers, the only NCAA Division I soccer programs in the state of West Virginia.[1] In 2019, the teams met in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament as 11th seed Marshall defeated WVU, 2-1, in front of a then-record crowd of 2,126 fans at the Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex.[2] In the 2021 matchup, #6 Marshall and #4 West Virginia played to a 2-2 draw before a record crowd of 3,033.[3]
West Virginia will join Marshall in Conference USA in 2022, and the rivalry would have become an annual conference game,[4] but will instead be a conference game for just the 2022 season as Marshall is leaving Conference USA for the Sun Belt Conference in 2023.[5]
Game results[]
Marshall victories | West Virginia victories | Tie games |
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References[]
- ^ "West Virginia pulls off massive upset over No. 8 Marshall in the first Mountain State Derby of the Dan Stratford era". 29 Mar 2021.
- ^ "Marshall knocks off West Virginia in NCAA men's soccer tournament". 24 Nov 2019.
- ^ "Mountain State Derby Ends in 2-2 Draw". 17 Sep 2021.
- ^ "WVU soccer: Mountaineers joining Conference USA in men's soccer in 2022 - Marshall University - wvgazette.com". 14 Jun 2021.
- ^ "Marshall now third from C-USA to join Sun Belt". ESPN.com. 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
- ^ "Men's Soccer Recordbook 2019 (PDF) - Marshall University Athletics" (PDF). 29 Mar 2021.
- College soccer rivalries in the United States
- Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer
- West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer