Wolverines come up short in GWC final vs. N. Dakota

March 11, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Two qualities defined the UVU women’s basketball team all season: inconsistency and doing the unexpected. Unfortunately for them, they didn’t show up when the Wolverines needed them most.   The second-seeded Wolverines fell 69-56 to No. 1 North Dakota in the Great West Conference Tournament championship, Saturday night, following a win (Friday’s semifinal victory) with […]

Women’s hoops beats NJIT, advances to GWC finals

March 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes   For the first time all season, the UVU women’s basketball team was inconsistent in a good way.   The reserves jumpstarted the Wolverines in the first half before giving way to the starters in the second, combining to give UVU a 63-52 win over NJIT in the Great West Tournament semifinals. Newly minted conference […]

No. 1 ranked Wolverines fall in GWC semis to NJIT

March 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes   It’s hard to quantify how far the UVU men’s basketball team fell in their semifinal loss to NJIT, but here’s an attempt:   • They went from winning 13 games in a row to dropping two straight   • They failed to win a game in the Great West Conference Tournament as the No. […]

Highlanders conscious of UVU women’s “winning tradition”

March 8, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Come Friday’s semifinal game against NJIT, the Utah Valley women’s basketball team try to do what they’ve managed just once in conference play.   Beat a team for the second time.   That team was Houston Baptist, an injury-riddled tragedy that ended at the hands of NJIT on Thursday. The Huskies ended the season 1-27 […]

Utah Valley men’s basketball to face NJIT in Great West semifinals

March 8, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Friday night’s semifinal matchup sounds like something from a Broadway billboard. Isiah Williams vs. Isaiah Wilkerson. Chicago native vs. Staten Island product. 2011 Great West Player of the Year vs. 2012 Great West Player of the Year. Williams’ 15.8 points per game to Wilkerson’s 16.0ppg.   UVU forward Geddes Robinson knows which one he’d rather […]

Heaps doubles up, others step up in conference play

October 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Head coach Sam Atoa didn’t want his team to take a step back against conference competition.   Instead, the Wolverines have taken a leap forward, easily winning their first two Great West Conference matches behind a rejuvenated Chelsey Heaps. The senior outside hitter combined for 22 kills and 27 digs in wins over North Dakota […]

Soccer claims Great West Conference Championship

November 16, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute UVU used a second-half goal by Katey Turner to claim the first ever GWCC with a win over Houston Baptist last week. The goal came as Brianne Larsen passed the ball to Turner who dribbled to the top of the box, and banged it home to secure the win. “I told her halftime that I […]