Reading Time: 3 minutes Illustration by Tyler Carpenter Through the scheduling of the past couple of years, UVU is becoming no stranger to big-name competition. The wrestling team has joined the Big 12, the men’s soccer and volleyball teams are making a habit of meeting up with top-25 teams and the men’s basketball team has played Louisville and Gonzaga […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes The end of the one-and-done era of college basketball might be on the horizon, albeit the relatively distant horizon. The current NBA age limit rule, adopted in 2005, requires that a player be at least 19 years old and one year removed from high school prior to participation in the league. Although this rule doesn’t […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Photo by Julie Ostler Softball’s Vansway, Frailey earn All-WAC honors For the third year in a row, senior third baseman Brittney Vansway was named to the All-WAC first team following the 2017 season. Joining her in the postseason conference honors was junior pitcher Lauren Frailey, who was named the WAC pitcher of the year. The […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold The UVU men’s basketball team will open the 2017-18 season with road games at Kentucky and Duke in what is being called the “toughest 24 hours in college basketball history,” the university announced June 8. The Wolverines will travel to Lexington, Ky. to face the Wildcats Nov. 10 in Rupp Arena […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold When the sun is out and the temperature is high, theme parks overflow with families from all parts of the world looking to make memories that will last a lifetime. This, however, is not the case for UVU’s student athletes. Their respective seasons may be over, but the hard work continues […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Sarah Sanchez When the field of 68 teams in the 2017 NCAA March Madness tournament was whittled down to the Final Four, basketball fans looking to get a glimpse at future high-end NBA talent were left with little to be excited about. With all the projected NBA draft lottery talent in the college […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo by Brigham Berthold The story of the 2016-17 UVU basketball season can be largely defined as historical moments of achievement with stretches of adversity in between. The first high point was the 27-point comeback victory over Denver University on Nov. 23. The win marked the biggest deficit overcome in Wolverine basketball history; it was […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Sarah Sanchez Who would have ever thought that a team that finished its season with a 17-17 record would give its fan base such a great deal of hope for the coming season? For the UVU faithful, that is exactly what the UVU men’s basketball team did in its final eight games of […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo courtesy of the WAC LAS VEGAS — In a marathon quadruple overtime game, California State University – Bakersfield beat UVU 81-80 in Orleans Arena Friday night. UVU (15-16, 6-8) lost a heartbreaker in what was the first game in WAC Tournament history to advance to four overtime periods. Between the two teams, five players […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics LAS VEGAS, Nevada– The No. 4 seeded UVU men’s basketball team cruised over No. 5 seeded Seattle University 65-53 to advance to the semifinals in the WAC Tournament. This win marks a couple landmarks for the team. This is the first conference tournament win for head coach Mark Pope, and […]