#12 West Virginia welcomes Texas Tech this weekend in the final regular season home series of the season. We sat down with Friday starter Ben Hampton and chatted about this historic season with John Antonik.

The De Pere, Wisconsin native is 5-1 and out of the 12 games he’s pitched in this season, WVU has won 10 of them. He’ll describe where he grew up, West Virginia’s hot streak, and of course, the pretzel necklace.

Win totals, milestones for the skipper, a potential Golden Spikes winner… John Antonik helps stack this season against others, and what makes this one unique. In decades past, West virginia has been overlooked. But with this squad, that’s not the case.

Friday's opener is scheduled for 4:00 PM from Wagener Field at Monongalia County Ballpark.

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