Reading Time: 2 minutes Any university in its first fully accredited year in NCAA Division I would be thrilled having the success UVU’s wrestling team experienced last year. Any university except UVU, that is. Despite upsetting a nationally ranked Top-10 team, surpassing the 10-win mark and sending three members to NCAA Division I Championships, the Wolverines had bigger plans […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes If Wolverines fans are hoping to feel a little more confident about this season, they should take a look around. Head Coach Dick Hunsaker is probably in the same boat. Wolverine basketball returns after an injury-riddled season in which not a single player started every game he played. Hunsaker openly expressed his frustration over the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Soccer began Great West Conference play last Friday when they hosted Houston Baptist. The Wolverine offense has kept knocking with the door cracking open for one goal in each of the last three non-conference games. Going into last Friday’s Great West Conference opener against Houston Baptist, UVU hoped to bust it wide open. Signs of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes “I have the mentality that I don’t want to have someone else do my job. If I’m tired, I push through it, because I don’t want to be watching other people do it.” That was the outlook Lauren Bluth had both on and off the field – until a battle with ulcerative colitis proved too […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes What started as off-season optimism soon gave way to a sobering slide in the Wolverines’ record. An early three-game losing streak, which featured just one goal by the team in green, was marred by what Coach Brent Andersen labeled “individual play.” UVU employed less passing and more dribbling than a game of pickup basketball, and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes From roster cut to rotation player? It’s a transition made by few, and it normally takes at least a year – if not more – to see it happen. For soccer’s Kendra Buchanan, it took a week. “I definitely didn’t anticipate it being this great,” Buchanan said. The improbable swing took place […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes An 11-day break between games might be just the cure for the ailing Wolverines, who have lost five of their last six games after a 4-1 loss to Northern Colorado on Sept. 12. The match against the Bears was the first home game since an Aug. 13 exhibition win over Westminster. The overdue return home, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For her final season Eldredge’s Wolverine athlete husband helps her to be the very best Versatility, the ability to do multiple things and play multiple positions, has been the new sports wave of the last decade. Coaches drool over players who bring a multi-faceted skill set, or can at least develop one. For the Wolverines, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Daniel James, a 16-year-old Utah County Academy of Sciences (UCAS) student, was struck by a woman driving a Dodge truck Monday, Sept. 13 between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. The truck proceeded to roll over James’ legs before stopping, according to witnesses. Mr. Howard, Assistant Principal at UCAS, said, “Last year or the year before, there […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Injuries force players to rest, sit and watch. Normally, this creates frustration and impatience. For UVU soccer player Andi Bagdan, it served as the ultimate learning experience. Now, the once injury-riddled defender is back on the field, bringing with her a more cerebral game. “Everyone has a point where they’re injured,” Bagdan said. “You have […]