When the recovery road takes a wrong turn

November 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hayes Garrity might miss season once again When an athlete tears their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), the road to a full recovery is long and has its share of ups and downs.  For Utah Valley University men’s basketball player Hayes Garrity, who missed the entire 2014-15 season with a torn ACL, that recovery took a […]

UTRGV ends UVU volleyball season in WAC Tournament opener

November 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Vaqueros sweep match and get a bit of payback in win On Thursday November 12, the Utah Valley University volleyball team secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Athletic Conference volleyball tournament by defeating the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley 3-1. However, Bojana Mitrovic and the Vaqueros had different ideas in the WAC tournament. Mirtovic […]

The investment in UVU student athletes is paying off

November 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Part 3 of 3 in a series regarding the finances for UVU athletics There are many people who might say that money should go to other places first before it goes into the athletic department. They might complain that the teams aren’t winning enough or that there are more important things that money could go […]

UVU men’s basketball drops home contest to UC Davis

November 29, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Orem — Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for the good things in life.  For the Utah Valley University men’s basketball team, it might be known as a week that they don’t ever want to look back on.   The Wolverines were looking to bounce back from an embarrassing loss to Utah State on […]

UVU wrestling fares well in Oregon

November 22, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Upsets 18th-ranked Oregon State, lose to 15th-ranked Rutgers Corvallis, OR — When Utah Valley University heavyweight wrestler Dustin Dennison stepped onto the mat in the final match of a dual meet with 18th-ranked Oregon State, all he had to do was win or not lose via pin or technical fall. 5th-ranked Amarveer Dhesi did all […]

UVU women’s basketball wins fourth straight

November 22, 2015

Reading Time: 3 minutes Second half run propels Wolverines to win over in-state foe OREM, Utah — When the Utah Valley University women’s basketball team lost their exhibition match by 14 points to Division II Colorado State University-Pueblo that it was going to be a long season.  They followed that up with a 16-point loss to BYU to start […]

It could be another huge weekend for UVU sports

November 18, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the short time since becoming an NCAA Division I university, Utah Valley has had its share of ups and downs.  There have been conference championships while competing in the Great West Conference and as an Independent in basketball. The men’s cross country  team has won three straight Western Athletic Conference championships.  UVU softball won […]

UVU men’s soccer receives at-large bid to NCAA Tournament

November 16, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kyle McDonald | Sports editor | @kylesportsbias In a season that saw them earn the schools first top-25 national ranking and come within three minutes of winning their first Western Athletic Conference championship, the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team accomplished another goal in only their second year.  They received an at-large bid to the NCAA […]

UVU men’s soccer comes up short in bid for WAC Championship

November 16, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Late penalty call in regulation costs Wolverines an automatic NCAA bid Kyle McDonald | Sports Editor | @kylesportsbias After playing to a 1-1 tie in regulation and two overtime periods for the Western Athletic Conference men’s soccer championship, it all came down to penalty kicks. Seattle University won the penalty kick shootout 5-4 over Utah Valley University […]