The No. 18 West Virginia Mountaineers (28-12, 13-8) welcome the Kansas State Wildcats (26-19, 9-12) for a three-game Big 12 Conference series with game one set for Friday night at 6:30 p.m. EST. Game two is slated for Saturday at 4:00 p.m. EST and the series finale is scheduled for Sunday at 1:00 p.m. EST. All the action will stream on ESPN+. West Virginia held a 20-5 overall record, including a 7-2 Big 12 record, and sat 13th in the D1 Baseball top 25 heading into April. However, the Mountaineers went 8-7 last month and have slipped in both the conference standings and the national rankings. The first weekend of April had West Virginia pinned against UCF for a three-game home stand for the top spot in the league. The Mountaineers dropped two of three to the Knights, but bounced back and took the series at Texas Tech, then followed with a home series win against last place Houston, although fell in the opener.…