Utah Valley Women’s basketball hasn’t met its own expectations this season

March 8, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Jenna Johnson knows full well Utah Valley women’s basketball hasn’t met its own expectations this season. She knows they lost games they should have won, meshed later than they should have, and underachieved in their own eyes if not those of the coaches’ preseason poll.   In short, this year’s Wolverines team looks a lot […]

Unfinished business

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Wolverines nailed down multiple milestones in last week’s 74-64 win over Texas Pan-American. Among them:   20 wins, just the second time the program has won 20-plus 13 consecutive victories, the longest run in team history and the fourth-longest NCAA win streak heading into Saturday’s game at North Dakota Back-to-back regular season Great West […]

Local celebs impress in Showdown Fights

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Knockouts, submissions and bloody faces. The Showdown fights on Feb. 24 in the UCCU Center proved to be monumental for Mixed Martial Arts.   The fist-fest started with undefeated local fighter Jason South against undefeated Louisiana native Tim Ruberg.   “I won’t tap out,” was the promise from Ruberg before the fight.   With his […]

Women’s hoops hangs hat on defense heading into GWC tourney

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU women’s basketball team will head into the Great West conference tournament riding the good momentum train after a big win against conference cellar-dweller Houston Baptist.   The main theme for the Wolverine’s good play is defense.  The team has played strong defense all season long and that has been the driving force behind […]

Dodge this: Winning second to fun

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes At UVU’s recent Intramural Dodgeball Tournament, winning the match almost appeared to be a secondary motive for the team dubbed the Hood Rats. These brobdingnagian, burly men were intent on inflicting rubber induced injuries in addition to merely prevailing over their foe.   They were dressed head to toe in trendy fashions circa 1984, goofy […]

In The Zone: Win streak impressive regardless of competition

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes First one fan came. Then another. Then five more. Then 10.   Their presence wasn’t a surprise in and of itself at UVU men’s basketball’s last home game. It was when they showed up. Before tip-off. Way before.   In the end, 6,602 people came to watch the Wolverines do what they’ve done without fail […]

Track & Field wins first GWC indoor title

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes As dominant as the track and field team has been outdoors, the indoor conference title had proven to be the one prize they couldn’t win.   Until last week.   The Wolverines dominated en route to their first-ever GWC Indoor Championship, with the men’s and women’s teams both winning by over 100 team points. After […]

SUU visit marks near-return to home

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home! Sort of.   Utah Valley University will be coming back to Utah after an out-of-state road trip, and although they won’t be playing in their own Brent Brown Ballpark, they will be closer to home than they have been since […]

Road woes continue for baseball team

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Living on the road is unforgiving for anyone, including the Wolverine baseball team. The usual complaints include not sleeping in one’s own bed, eating differently and jet lag. No matter the excuses, tough competition has been the thorn in their side during this first road trip of the year.   The Wolverines had a 15-2 […]

Softball sees positive signs during trying non-conference slate

March 5, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the first time this season the UVU women’s softball team saw two weekly recognitions from the Great West Conference. After the series in North Caroline last weekend, junior Tiffany Mills was deemed GWC Pitcher of the Week as she limited her opponents to a .177 hitting clip in last weekend’s tournament. The second honor, […]