Baseball: UVU falls in lopsided fashion to Arizona

March 23, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes TUCSON, Ariz.—The Utah Valley University baseball team dropped a midweek game to the Arizona Wildcats by a lopsided score of 14-0 at Hi Corbett Field Tuesday night. The Wildcats jumped all over Wolverine pitching to the tune of 13 hits, including five for extra bases. The Wolverines managed just five hits, struck out 10 times, […]

Season ends in heartbreaking loss at WAC tournament

March 21, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes Wolverines finish 12-18 in Mark Pope’s first season as Head Coach. The UVU men’s basketball team’s season ended Thursday with a loss to the Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. With nine seconds left in the game, the ball deflected out […]

Baseball: Wolverines win big to take series over Golden Gophers

March 20, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM, Utah—The Utah Valley University bats came to life on Sunday in a 15-6 series finale win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Brent Brown Ballpark. The Wolverines pounded out 16 hits on the day in the 2-1 series win over the Golden Gophers. Ryne Edmondson led the way for UVU by going 2-for-4 with […]

Baseball: UVU evens series with UM behind Beddes

March 19, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM, Utah—The Utah Valley University baseball team evened the series against the Minnesota Golden Gophers with a 3-2 win Saturday at Brent Brown Ballpark. Starting pitcher Danny Beddes threw 8.2 innings and allowed two runs on eight hits with six strikeouts, no walks, and one hit batter. Shortstop Greyson Bogden extended his hitting streak to […]

Baseball: Wolverines drop series opener to Golden Gophers

March 18, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM, Utah—The Utah Valley University baseball team dropped the series opener to the Minnesota Golden Gophers 13-5 at Brent Brown Ballpark Friday night. The Wolverines managed 10 hits on the night, but got no production from the bottom of the order as the six through nine hitters finished 1-for-12. Starting pitcher Patrick Wolfe threw 4.0 […]

Men’s Basketball: UVU falls in WAC Tournament opener to UMKC

March 10, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes LAS VEGAS—The Utah Valley University men’s basketball fell to the Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos by a final of 80-78 in the first round of the WAC Tournament. The Wolverines had an opportunity to take the lead with a 3-pointer by Konner Frey with nine seconds to play, but the shot was off the mark and the […]

NCAA tournament berth on the line at WAC Championships in Las Vegas

March 9, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes New Mexico State looking to defend its title, UVU comes in at No. 4 seed The men’s basketball season ended Saturday and the Western Athletic Conference Tournament begins Thursday, March 10, at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The defending conference champion New Mexico State Aggies have won the regular season WAC crown and earned […]

The power of modern athletes

March 7, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do they have too much? From college football players to LeBron James, we have seen athletes play their cards to influence those around them at extreme levels. With the amount of money that major collegiate and professional sports bring in, the overseers feel the need to acquiesce the athletes’ every request. This season in the […]

Senior pitcher toes the rubber one more season

February 23, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Danny Beddes won’t throw any curveballs about the season Right-handed pitcher Danny Beddes is starting his senior season with the UVU baseball team and hopes to lead the Wolverines to a Western Athletic Conference title. Beddes has shown steady improvement over his first three seasons at UVU and is set for a big year in […]

Hacking has to go

February 23, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Slow basketball is not good basketball The NBA has had a problem with intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters since Shaquille O’Neal shot 52.7 percent from the free-throw line over his career. This strategy became known as the “Hack-A-Shaq,” which eventually garnered the Hack-A-Shaq rules that were intended to prevent teams from intentionally fouling players away […]