ONLINE ONLY: Hungry lady Wolverines get long awaited victory

January 18, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last weekend marked a high point in the women’s basketball season (2-14) as they took to home court against Seattle University. After 10 consecutive losses the lady Wolverines were all smiles as they got a win, 74-64, and maybe just what they needed going into full-fledged conference contests from here on out. “We’ve been talking […]

Indoor track and field start off season big

January 18, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley Indoor Track and Field team got back on the track Jan. 7-8 at the BYU Invitational, where two new school records were set for the Wolverines. “Leaving the meet, we were pleasantly surprised how the athletes preformed,” said Coach Scott Houle. The first day of competition saw sophomore Aaron Best set a […]

Wolverine cub leading the pack

January 18, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sophomore transfer Sammie Jensen is leading the lady Wolverines in points and rebounds per game. Most sophomores in any NCAA Division I sport are fighting for any playing time they can get, much less leading their team in playing time and major stats categories. Sammie Jensen, a forward for the lady Wolverines, is doing just […]

UVU downs Redhawks

January 18, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dirt from the Coliseum would have been a more suitable surface for last Thursday night’s game than the wood floor of the UCCU Center. With two teams struggling to turn around mediocre seasons, game play turned aggressive and physical as Utah Valley beat the Seattle University Redhawks 89-73. For much of the second half, momentum […]

Sports Briefs: January 18, 2011

January 18, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute Utah Valley picked to win indoor track and field titles. NAPERVILLE, Ill – The Great West Conference track coaches have again selected Utah Valley as the favorite to capture both the men’s and the women’s 2011 GWC indoor track & field titles, the conference office announced last Thursday. The Wolverines were chosen as the preseason […]

Who are those people in the green outfits?

January 18, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you have not attended any of the men and women’s basketball games this season, you have missed the newest addition: The Green Man Group. They are the ones in the green outfits banging on the drums in the MAWL section. The Green Man Group is a drum line created by UVUSA Student Life made […]

Online Only: Wrestling makes double-header home debut

January 11, 2011

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Wolverine wrestling team made up for over a month’s worth of road matches, hosting two consecutive home meets over the weekend. UVU opened its two-day homestand Friday against conference rival Northern Colorado. The matchup featured two nationally ranked grapplers in Ben Kjar (12) and the Bears’ Justin Gaethje (13), though they competed in different […]

Wrestling returns home with fine-tuning in mind

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes After two months of matches abroad, the UVU wrestling team can finally look forward to competing at home. Coach Greg Williams is confident Wolverine fans will like it as much as his players. “We like the fact that Utah loves wrestling,” Williams said. “There’s a lot of fans. We have a good team to watch. […]

Wolverines begin 2011 with big win

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Five Wolverines finish with double-digits To start off the new year, the Utah Valley men’s basketball team took to their court against Haskell Indian Nations University Jan. 4 and came away with a 48-point win, 98-50. Senior Jordan Swarbrick started the Wolverines off with a 3-pointer to put them on the board first.  Utah Valley […]

Sports Brief: Utah Valley’s Ben Kjar named WWC Wrestler of the Week

January 10, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minute OREM, Utah — Utah Valley University 125-pounder Benjamin Kjar (Centerville, Utah/Viewmont HS) has been named the Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week by the league on Wednesday after an outstanding performance on the mat last week. Kjar wrestled his way to a third place finish and an impressive 5-1 record at the Southern Scuffle […]