Reading Time: 3 minutes OREM — Seattle University guard Brandon Westendorf has a knack for hitting buzzer-beating shots. He did it earlier this year against Chicago State and unfortunately for the UVU men’s basketball team, he did it twice on Saturday night in Seattle. Westendorf hit one to end the first half and cut the Redhawks deficit to four […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM — The UVU baseball team collected 16 hits in an 8-4 win over the University of San Francisco in a mid-week contest on Wednesday even at Evans Diamond on the University of California at Berkeley. With the win, UVU improves to 3-2 on the season and recorded their highest hit total of the season […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the preseason polls came out for the Western Athletic Conference, the UVU men and women’s basketball teams were picked to finish sixth. However, on Saturday both teams will be playing for something not many expected. The women’s team hosts Seattle University and with a win will stay in the hunt for the 2-seed in […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Family and fear motivate junior forward to do great things UVU forward Konner Frey has become known for the intense and awesome faces he makes during a game but he is more than just a photogenic basketball player. He is an athlete with a passion to win and a family man. The junior out of […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Danny Beddes won’t throw any curveballs about the season Right-handed pitcher Danny Beddes is starting his senior season with the UVU baseball team and hopes to lead the Wolverines to a Western Athletic Conference title. Beddes has shown steady improvement over his first three seasons at UVU and is set for a big year in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Slow basketball is not good basketball The NBA has had a problem with intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters since Shaquille O’Neal shot 52.7 percent from the free-throw line over his career. This strategy became known as the “Hack-A-Shaq,” which eventually garnered the Hack-A-Shaq rules that were intended to prevent teams from intentionally fouling players away […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Timing and perspective are keys to success As athletes grow through the various levels of sports competition, they have to differentiate the counsel of coaches and parents. Many athletes outgrow the tutelage of their parents at a relatively young age, but what happens to a parent if they’re already coaching at a higher level than […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Relationships between universities in the state of Utah are interesting and diverse when it comes to college basketball. Some, like Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University, are just starting to play each other on a regular basis. Some never meet on the hardwood. Others, like the U of U and BYU, have played each […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU wrestling team finished its regular season with a dominating performance at home against Grand Canyon University. UVU won every single match against GCU, winning the dual, 39-0. The night started with UVU’s Jarod Maynes at 141-pounds. Mayne ended up pulling off an unlikely victory with next to no time left when he escaped from his opponent, […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes OREM — When the UVU men’s basketball team found themselves trailing by 20 points at the under eight minute media timeout with 7:41 left to play in the first half of the Western Athletic Conference matchup against UMKC, the Wolverines didn’t panic. Out of the timeout, the Wolverines used a 22-8 run to finish the […]