Reading Time: 2 minutes Eugene, Ore.–Nic Taylor became an All-American on Wednesday after participating in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship, finishing in 15th place in the country. Taylor understands that even though this is not a team sport, it has been a collaborative effort from a lot of people to get him to this point. Having ran […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Photo by Darryl Webb OREM, Utah—Utah Valley University starting pitcher Danny Beddes was drafted by the Pittsburg Pirates in the 15th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft Saturday. “It’s a great feeling,” Beddes said. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity to be drafted and be able to continue my career at the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes BATON ROUGE, La.—Spencer Gothberg homered in the bottom of the fourth inning, but it was not enough and the UVU baseball team’s historic postseason run came to an end Sunday afternoon in a loss to the Southeastern Louisiana Lions in the Baton Rouge Regional by a final of 3-2. Despite the loss, starter Jackson Cofer […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After a 6.5 hour weather delay, UVU finally took the field for their first NCAA Regional contest in program history Friday night, a 7-1 loss to No. 8 national seed LSU. While the Wolverines struggled to get any offense going the Tigers scored early and often. Danny Beddes got the start for UVU, but struggled […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by David Roura OREM, Utah—After claiming the WAC championship Saturday night, the UVU baseball team punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament where they will face the LSU Tigers in the Baton Rouge Regional at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. UVU is making their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in program […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of Spencer Allen LAWRENCE, Kan.—Utah Valley University sprinter Nicholas Taylor qualified for the NCAA Track and Field Finals in Eugene, Ore. in both the 100m and 200m dash Saturday. Taylor is the first sprinter from UVU to qualify for the finals in Eugene, and the first track athlete in school history to qualify […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes MESA, Ariz.— The UVU baseball team shut out the Seattle U Redhawks 4-0 to claim their first-ever WAC Baseball Championship behind seven-plus innings of work from starter Kaden Schmitt. Greyson Bogden led UVU from the plate going 4-for-4 on the night with an RBI in the top of the fifth that drove in Zac Willis […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes MESA, Ariz.—Jake Mayer pitched lights out for 5.2 innings and UVU baseball used a six-run seventh inning to drop the Seattle U Redhawks 13-8 and advance to the WAC Baseball Tournament championship game. Mayer came on in relief for starter Patrick Wolfe with two outs in the top of the third inning and kept SU […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics MESA, Ariz.—The UVU baseball team advanced to the WAC Baseball Tournament semifinal game with a 3-2 win over the New Mexico State Aggies Thursday afternoon. Starter Jackson Cofer worked 7.1 strong innings and escaped multiple jams where he allowed just one run on eight hits, one walk and eight strikeouts. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by David Roura MESA, Ariz.—The UVU baseball team took down the defending WAC Tournament champion CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners in the opening round by a final score of 6-4 behind 7.2 innings of strong work from starter Danny Beddes. The Wolverines jumped all over the ‘Runners’ pitching with 10 total hits on the day, including […]