MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Interstat) — Camden Wicker delivered a masterful performance on the mound, and the UCF Knights capitalized on a critical West Virginia error to secure a series-clinching 5-1 victory in Big 12 Conference baseball action Sunday evening.

The Knights, who evened the three-game set with a dramatic 11-10 loss on Saturday, improved to 20-9 overall. The Mountaineers, who took the series opener 5-0 on Friday, fell to 21-7.

The story of the game was Wicker. The UCF starter was dominant, firing seven innings of no-hit baseball before exiting. He allowed one earned run, walked two and struck out six. His only blemish came after he left the game, as a runner he walked eventually scored in the eighth inning. This outing followed a strong seven-inning effort in a win over Arizona the previous Sunday.

Offensively, the Knights were stymied for much of the day by West Virginia starter Chansen Cole, who matched Wicker through five innings. Cole allowed just one run on three hits while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings.

That lone run came on the game’s second pitch. UCF leadoff hitter Andrew Williamson launched Cole’s offering deep over the right-field fence for his ninth home run of the season, providing an immediate 1-0 lead that would hold until the sixth inning.

The most important sequence of the game unfolded in the top of the sixth, turning a pitchers’ duel into a comfortable UCF lead. With Cole still on the mound, the Knights loaded the bases with two outs on a single and two walks. Mountaineers reliever David Perez entered and induced a ground ball from Matt Skinner, but first baseman Tony Guzman misplayed it, allowing an unearned run to score.

The floodgates opened. Braden Moran drew a bases-loaded walk to force in another run, and pinch-hitter James Hankerson followed with a two-run single to right field off new pitcher Reese Bassinger. All four runs in the inning were unearned, transforming a 1-0 nail-biter into a 5-0 UCF advantage.

West Virginia finally broke through in the eighth inning against the UCF bullpen. After Wicker departed, the Mountaineers loaded the bases with no outs against reliever Kris Sosnowski. Sosnowski limited the damage, however, allowing only a sacrifice fly by Brodie Kelly before ending the threat. Sosnowski pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout.

The Mountaineers threatened again in the ninth against UCF closer Kevin Schoneboom, putting a runner on third with one out after a triple by Matthew Ineich, but could not bring him home.

Williamson finished 2 for 3 with the solo home run, a walk and two runs scored for UCF, which managed seven hits. West Virginia was held to just four hits, with Ineich going 1 for 3 with a triple and Matthew Robaugh adding two singles.

Bassinger was effective in relief for West Virginia, tossing 3 1/3 scoreless innings and allowing three hits while striking out four.

The Knights’ victory defied pregame projections from Interstat, whose game simulator had predicted a high-scoring 8-7 UCF win, while its ELO system gave West Virginia a 59.8% probability of victory.

UCF returns home to face Stetson on Tuesday before a conference road series at Kansas. West Virginia hosts Marshall on Tuesday before traveling to face Texas Tech.