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 programs in the state of West Virginia.
5-638: 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 . The 2021 edition of the Mountain State Derby set a then-record for highest-attended soccer game ever in West Virginia with 3,033 in the crowd. In the 2022 matchup, #4 Marshall defeated unranked West Virginia 1-0 before
10-539: A crowd of 2,735 in Huntington. In 2022, both schools joined the Sun Belt Conference , Marshall as a full member and West Virginia as a men's soccer member, and the rivalry became an annual conference game. The 2023 regular season edition of the Mountain State Derby set a new record for the largest crowd to ever watch a soccer game in the state of West Virginia at that time with 3,147 people in attendance. The record
15-518: The NCAA Division I Tournament, the tournament features 48 participants out of a possible field of 203 teams. Of the 48 berths, 24 are allocated to the 21 conference tournament champions and to the regular season winners of the Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. The remaining 24 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon
20-485: Was reset less than a month later in the Sun Belt Championship in Huntington with 3,151 in attendance. † = Conference Tournament game (Sun Belt since 2022) ↑ = NCAA Tournament game ¶ = 0–0 game in knockout tournament decided on penalties. The official score is Marshall 0 (5), West Virginia 0 (6). 2019 NCAA Division I Men%27s Soccer Tournament The 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
25-612: Was the 61st edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament , a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's college soccer . The first four rounds of the competition were held at the home ground of the higher seed, while the College Cup (semifinals and final ) were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina . The championship match took place December 15, 2019. As in previous editions of
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