Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton The 2017 Big 12 Wrestling Championships will take place on March 4 and 5 at the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The UVU wrestling team will have had three weeks from the end of the regular season to prepare for the conference tournament. Judging by the level of competition […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Kyle McDonald Editor at large There is an alarming trend happening with the UVU men’s basketball team. It was on full display when the Wolverines lost to Grand Canyon University in the UCCU Events Center on Feb. 18. The fact is that, late in the game, UVU is lacking leadership and execution. The Wolverines are […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics DAVIS, Calif. — The UVU baseball team lost two of three over the weekend to the University of California Davis in the second series of the season. The losses were due to a late-inning surge from the Aggies in consecutive games. Friday Jackson Cofer pitched 6 2/3 innings Friday afternoon and gave […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton The UVU track and field team got off to a good start to this indoor season, with many of its athletes getting their names added to the record books. Freshman Andre Jones posted a time of 7.81 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles, placing him fourth in the UVU indoor record book […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics With the 2016 season months in the rearview mirror for the men’s and women’s UVU soccer teams, the offseason is in full swing. As is always the case, the offseason brings change, the biggest of this year’s being a head coaching switch. Brent Anderson stepped down as head coach of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton After graduating a handful of starters from last year, the wrestling program entered the season with only one senior on the roster and question marks across the board. However, despite lacking the experience of past teams, the wrestlers on this year’s squad had lofty expectations for themselves. At the conclusion of […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Photo by David Roura WICHITA, Kan. — The UVU baseball team was swept in its first series of the season against Wichita State University with two close games and one blowout. Junior Jackson Cofer went five frames and allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks in the season opener Friday. In the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold “We can’t guard a high ball screen and we can’t execute a high ball screen,” said UVU head coach Mark Pope. “And everybody knows it.” In a game that Pope said was “eerily similar” to many games throughout this season, UVU (11-15, 3-8) was unable to hold onto a lead late […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton The UVU men’s basketball team fell to WAC-leading Cal State Bakersfield Thursday night 80-71. Here are some key numbers that contributed to the result and how they could affect the team moving forward: 16- Scoring differential in the paint “Their penetration really hurt us. They leave bigs in a dunker spot and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Photos by Mykah Heaton OREM — UVU was unable to slow down first place California State University Bakersfield in the UCCU Events Center Thursday night, dropping the game 80-71. Matt Smith, the CSUB (18-7, 9-1) forward, scored 18 points for a game high in the Runners’ seventh straight victory. In the second half, Smith threw […]