MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Camden Wicker tied a career high with 7.0 dominant innings of work en route to leading No. 23 UCF to a 5-1 victory over No. 11 West Virginia on Sunday afternoon to claim the pivotal Big 12 series at Kendrick Family Ballpark.
Wicker allowed just one run on three hits while striking out a season-high six batters over seven-plus innings. Senior captains Kris Sosnowski and Kevin Schoneboom then each tossed a scoreless frame over the final two innings to seal the victory.
“Cam (Camden Wicker) was outstanding. The mix of the four pitches, the competitiveness. When we needed every out that he could give us, he delivered and was unbelievable,” head UCF coach Rich Wallace said.
The Knights (20-9) remain alone atop the Big 12 standings at 10-2 after taking two of three from the 11th-ranked Mountaineers (21-7, 8-4 Big 12). The series victory marks UCF’s fourth straight in Big 12 play and matches the Black and Gold’s best start to a conference season since 2014 when they too started with a 10-2 clip. With Sunday’s victory, UCF has also won five of its last six games.
“To handle the stuff that happened on Friday night and find a way to win that one. Then to lose the way that we did on Saturday, and to respond like we did here on Sunday. I don't know anything but confidence that we can take from this moving forward,” Wallace added.
The Knights didn’t waste any time getting things going, as Andrew Williamson belted out a solo home run to deep right-center in the top of the first. The home run marked Williamson’s third of the weekend, his team-leading ninth of the season, and traveled 421 feet.
Willy belts out his 3rd Home Run of the weekend to give us an early lead 🙌 pic.twitter.com/JsqBYCxVFe
— UCF Baseball (@UCF_Baseball) April 5, 2026
The contest turned into a pitchers’ duel from there, as UCF’s Camden Wicker and WVU’s Chansen Cole put up zeros on the scoreboard over the next few innings.
With the Black and Gold still holding to the 1-0 advantage in the top of the sixth, the Knights loaded the bases and took advantage of a pair of WVU errors with two away to put a four-spot on the scoreboard and extend their lead to 5-0. Cayden Gaskin scored the first run of the inning, as he came in to score on a fielding error on the right side of the infield off the bat of Zak Skinner. Landon Moran then worked a bases-loaded walk to bring in another run, and James Hankerson Jr. came off the bench and delivered a clutch two-run pinch-hit single to right field to bring in two more runs.
Hankerson delivers a 2-run pinch-hit single to right to make it 5-0 Knights ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/kn5S0lc4j2
— UCF Baseball (@UCF_Baseball) April 5, 2026
The junior right-hander Wicker continued his strong pitching by retiring the Mountaineers in order in both the sixth and seventh innings to keep it a 5-0 game.
Another 1️⃣-2️⃣-3️⃣ inning for Wicker! pic.twitter.com/QEij0mnIv5
— UCF Baseball (@UCF_Baseball) April 5, 2026
WVU then loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the eighth. The senior Sosnowski entered in relief did a nice job of limiting the damage in the inning. He held the Mountaineers to just a sacrifice fly, as he also had a strikeout and an inning-ending groundout to strand a pair of runners and make it a 5-1 score.
Schoneboom then came out of the bullpen for the Knights for the third straight day in the last of the ninth and pitched around a one-out triple to seal the win.
Wicker earned the win after going 7.0 innings for the second straight week to move to 3-1 on the year. He faced the minimum in four of his seven-plus innings and allowed just six baserunners on the day. WVU’s starter Cole was tagged with his first loss of the season to drop to 4-1.
Williamson paced the offense by going 2-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored. Moran also drove in a run for the Knights, as did Hankerson Jr. with a two-run single off the bench. Matthew Robaugh led the Mountaineers with two of their four hits on the afternoon.
UCF is now four-for-four in Big 12 series with home sweeps over Oklahoma State and the defending Big 12 tournament champion Arizona Wildcats, as well as road series wins over the preseason favorite TCU Horned Frogs and the defending Big 12 regular season champion Mountaineers.
The 10-2 start to conference play marks UCF’s best start in conference competition since 2014 when it too started 10-2 through 12 games.
The series marked UCF’s first ranked vs. ranked series win May 18-20, 2017, when No. 29 UCF took two of three from No. 23 South Florida in American Conference action. It also marked UCF’s first series victory over a ranked foe since April 17-19, 2025, when it took two of three from No. 15 TCU at John Euliano Park.
On Deck
The Black and Gold will return home for a midweek contest against neighboring foe Stetson on Tuesday, April 7. The contest will mark 407 Knight and will begin at 6 p.m. Following Tuesday’s action, the Knights will return to the road for a three-game series at second-place Kansas next weekend.
KNIGHTS TAKE THE SERIES 👏
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) April 5, 2026
No. 23 @UCF_Baseball wins game three, 5-1, and earn the series winner over No. 13 WVU!#NCAABaseball pic.twitter.com/6BOF1mPoog