WVU Baseball season is around the corner, leading off the campaign at Georgia Southern on February 13. The home opener against Canisius is set for February 24, the first of 25 games in Morgantown between February and May. Here are five marquee matchups slated to take place within the confines of Kendrick Family Ballpark. Read more: Top five WVU Baseball home matchups in 2026.
Some of these contests are the next chapter in long-standing rivalries, while others are intriguing on paper. There is no shortage of options on the menu, to say the least.
Related: College sports at a crossroads: a WVU perspective
You can find play-by-play coverage of WVU Baseball on 100.9 FM The Torch and its nine affiliate stations throughout the season. The Mountaineers aim to make another deep run after back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Super Regionals.
5.) Penn State: March 17
This feels like a revenge game for WVU, doesn’t it? The Mountaineers and Nittany Lions typically host a home-and-home series each year, with PSU getting the last laugh of 2025.
Morgantown weather refused to cooperate with “America’s Game,” forcing the contest to be canned. WVU fell to Penn State in University Park in a 3-2 affair on April 22, 2025. It ended WVU’s 14-game winning streak, while the Mountaineers were ranked No. 17 in the country.
The battle on March 17 serves as the final game before the Big 12 opener, too. Expect a decently large crowd if Mother Nature stays out of the way.
4.) Marshall: April 7
Speaking of last laughs, the Thundering Herd stole a win in dramatic fashion on April 30, 2025, at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston. WVU took the first two games of the series, though, blowing MU out in Morgantown and narrowly escaping Huntington with a 5-4 victory.
It’s one of the few sports that the heated in-state rivals still play each other in on an annual basis. The baseball diamond is better when the two teams duke it out regularly, especially since Marshall started its program rebuild.
This one is for bragging rights, if anything.
3.) Kansas State: May 1-3
The first of two Big 12 Conference series to make the list is the penultimate homestand of the regular season. Depending on records, it could turn out to be a pivotal trio of contests between WVU and the Wildcats.
WVU dominates the series in Morgantown, holding an 11-4 home record against KSU. The Mountaineers have swept the Wildcats twice in Morgantown (2014, 2022).
Kansas State gave WVU fits in Manhattan, Kansas, in 2025. The Wildcats scored 25 runs across the three-game series, while winning the first and third contests of the weekend.
Luckily for the Mountaineers, Seth Dardar isn’t listed on KSU’s roster this year. The former Wildcat slugger tallied five RBI in the 14-9 shootout to take the series finale.
2.) Pitt: April 21
The Backyard Brawl. Morgantown. (Hopefully) warmer weather… book it.
One of the best rivalries in college athletics continues for another season with the usual home-and-home series. The Panthers come to town on April 21, always finding a way to draw the Mountaineer faithful out of the woodworks, regardless of team records.
The 2025 home edition of the rivalry broke the WVU Baseball attendance record with a reported attendance of 4,629. Don’t be shocked if it somehow gets broken again this spring.
1.) TCU: May 14-16
The final series of the regular season takes place at Kendrick Family Ballpark. The Horned Frogs come to town for the first time since April 2023, when WVU laid a beatdown on TCU across three games.
It’ll be the first time Head Coach Steve Sabins deals with the Horned Frogs, a program that has dominated WVU over the years. The Mountaineers lost 10 straight games to TCU between 2013 and 2016.
The season finale pits the two teams that finished in first and third place in the 2025 Big 12 rankings, respectively. The story writes itself.
Wrap
Other marquee matchups on the home calendar this year include conference series against BYU and UCF. Don’t blink, it’s almost time to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” and hopefully some “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” too.
Related: Newcomers and key returners headline WVU Baseball’s upcoming season
Stay up to date with WV Sports Nation for more WVU Athletics coverage.
