Real Salt Lake, perennial bottom dwellers of the MLS, felt the winds of change blowing in their direction, but the momentum boost they had hoped for ended in a disappointing scoreless draw with the Kansas City Wizards. Sitting in the fifth spot in the west division with 11 points, Real was looking to jump right back into the thick of the conference race with five of their next seven games at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Earlier this season Utah was 0-9 and had every reason to schedule its vacation plans early. After making the playoffs in each of its first two years, the Blaze were in danger of missing the post season for the first time in team history.
It took one stretch of unfathomably perfect play for the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl this year. Time and time again in sports, a team gets hot at the right moment and coasts to achieve greatness. While Utah Valley has struggled through most of the season with a 17-35-1 record, the Wolverines have been on a tear lately to finish the season with wins over teams with national precedence.
If anyone is worthy of having his or her own statue on the campus of UVSC, it’s baseball coach Steve Gardner. After 18 seasons as the Wolverines skipper coach Gardner has decided to call it quits and ride off into the sunset of retirement.
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Every team in every sport hopes for its season to culminate in a storybook ending with streamers falling and champagne bottles overflowing while We are the Champions blares over the loud speakers. The Utah Valley softball team was not that lucky, but is pleased as it won nine of its last 14 games to put a lid on a tough season.
The Utah Valley men’s and women’s track and field teams finished an impressive 2008 season as each were crowned the National Athletic Conference 2008 Outdoor Track and Field Champions. Combined, the two teams won 22 of the 46 total events held at the five-team NAC Championships and set eight new school records on the year.
The magical run by the Utah Valley rugby team came to an end last month in the Division II national Championship game.
A spring snowstorm forced the baseball team to play in a doubleheader versus Southern Utah last Tuesday, and both teams walked out of the ballpark with a win.
True leaders possess many vital characteristics: the ability to motivate, put the team first, and lead by example. Jace Brinkerhoff is only a sophomore, but the Utah Valley baseball team looks to him for leadership.
Former Utah Valley standout Ronnie Price has gone a long way. What once was the McKay Center and New Jersey Tech are now Energy Solutions Arena and the World- Champion San Antonio Spurs.
Even Utah Jazz guard Ronnie Price admits he sometimes looks back at his years playing here. He said it is sometimes hard to believe he is where he is at now.
Athletics 5K run A successful community service project was culminated at the Wolverine Awards earlier this week when the Utah Valley Student Athlete Advisory Committee presented a check for over…
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