Mountain State derby

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.[1]

Mountain State derby
2023 Mountain State derby at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium.
Marshall Thundering Herd
West Virginia Mountaineers
SportSoccer
First meetingOctober 26, 1983
WVU 2 - Marshall 0
Latest meetingOctober 18, 2023
No. 5 WVU 5 - No. 1 Marshall 2
Next meetingTBA
Statistics
Meetings total26
All-time seriesWVU leads, 17–7–2 (.692)
Largest victoryWVU, 5–0 (1987)
Longest win streakWVU, 7 (1986–1992)
Current win streakWVU, 1 (2023–present)
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Locations of Marshall and West Virginia

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] 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 a crowd of 2,735 in Huntington.[3]

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.[4]

The 2023 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 with 3,147 people in attendance to watch #5 WVU defeat #1 Marshall 5-2 in Morgantown.

Game results
Marshall victoriesWest Virginia victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 October 26, 1983 Morgantown West Virginia 2–0
2 October 24, 1984 Huntington Marshall 1–0
3 October 30, 1985 Morgantown Tie0–0
4 October 27, 1986 Huntington West Virginia 1–0
5 October 27, 1987 Morgantown West Virginia 5–0
6 October 24, 1988 Huntington West Virginia 3–0
7 October 11, 1989 Morgantown West Virginia 1–0
8 September 12, 1990 Huntington West Virginia 2–0
9 September 11, 1991 Morgantown West Virginia 2–1
10 October 14, 1992 Huntington West Virginia 1–0
11 September 8, 1993 Morgantown Marshall 2–1
12 October 12, 1994 Huntington West Virginia 3–2
13 September 26, 1995 Morgantown West Virginia 5–2
14 September 25, 1996 Huntington Marshall 2–1
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
15 October 29, 1997 Morgantown Marshall 2–1
16 October 13, 1998 Huntington West Virginia 2–0
17 September 11, 1999 Morgantown West Virginia 2–1
18 October 17, 2000 Huntington Marshall 2–1
19 October 17, 2001 Morgantown West Virginia 3–0
20 November 2, 2003 Charleston West Virginia 1–0
21 September 15, 2004 Morgantown West Virginia 2–1
22 November 24, 2019 Huntington No. 11 Marshall 2–1
23 March 29, 2021 Morgantown West Virginia 1–0
24 September 17, 2021 Huntington Tie2–2
25 September 24, 2022 Huntington No. 4 Marshall 1–0
26 October 18, 2023 Morgantown No. 5 West Virginia 5–2
Series: West Virginia leads 17–7–2

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See also

References
  1. "West Virginia pulls off massive upset over No. 8 Marshall in the first Mountain State Derby of the Dan Stratford era". 29 Mar 2021.
  2. "Marshall knocks off West Virginia in NCAA men's soccer tournament". 24 Nov 2019.
  3. "Late Goal Sinks WVU in Mountain State Derby". 17 Sep 2021.
  4. "West Virginia men's soccer joins Sun Belt; Marshall also part of nine-team league". 6 April 2022.
  5. "Men's Soccer Recordbook 2019 (PDF) - Marshall University Athletics" (PDF). 29 Mar 2021.
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