Saddle siblings

April 2, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU students and brothers Luke and Olin Pulham were born in American Fork, Utah.  The brothers are different in every way from personality to stature, with Luke standing at 6-foot-5 and his younger brother at 6-foot-2.   “Oh, we’re completely opposite,” Luke said.   They can sometime argue and disagree like most brothers, but their […]

Bats bust out during Wolverines’ hot streak

April 2, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Utah Valley Wolverines are streaking! In a good way, at least.   The Wolverines had won three in a row and four of their last five games after Thursday’s win over Southern Utah. In the last three games, they have batted in 40 runs, averaging just over 13 runs a game. In the past […]

Football gets back to winning ways

April 2, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes It only took a few plays for the defense of the UVU football team to shake off the rust of a week-long break and a stinging loss, doing what it does best in their 13-0 win over the PG Spartans.   The defense has been a strong asset of this team from the beginning. In the […]

UVU women’s lacrosse edges Utah State

March 31, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Whether it was the warm sun and the hint of spring in the air, or the fact that this was their first home game, the UVU women’s cacrosse team definitely brought their A-game as they defeated Utah State 14-12 on Saturday.   Within the first few minutes of the game, both teams had scored and […]

Wolverines complete series sweep of Southern Utah

March 31, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley University baseball team completed it’s second three-game series sweep against Southern Utah University this year on Saturday afternoon. This will be the last time that UVU baseball hosts SUU, as the Thunderbirds are shutting down their program after the season.   “It’s good to be able to win all of the games […]

Manning gave Elway the out he needed

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Peyton Manning just bailed John Elway out in a humongous way.   Having lived everywhere from Boston to San Francisco, I have seen the contrast between the big market sports cities as well as the blip-on-the-radar organizations. You don’t see a player the magnitude of Peyton Manning choose to play up in the mountains when […]

Jenna Johnson ends career with defining adjustment

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Head coach Cathy Nixon was desperate. The team was in a tailspin and she needed to find a source of offense before the season got out of hand.   Jenna Johnson was one of only two seniors on the team and the only one to play in Nixon’s rotation. She should have been the steadying […]

UVU Notebook

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Men’s rodeo takes first at Rocky Mt. Regional UVU scored a round 800 points to beat out Southern Idaho, Utah State and Idaho State at the second Rocky Mountain Regional of the season.   Senior rider Brock Winn earned another regular season first-place finish in the saddle bronc. Last year Winn finished second at nationals […]

Wilson goes 2-2 at NCAA wrestling championships

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes ST. LOUIS – Utah Valley University 149-pounder Josh Wilson ended his first NCAA tournament run on day two after falling in overtime to Illinois’ Eric Terrazas in the third session of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Friday. Wilson finished with a 2-2 overall record at the […]

Mixed results

March 26, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes The last two weeks have been a lot kinder to the Utah Valley baseball program than the previous two. After a disappointing 2-8 start to the season, the Wolverines have gone 5-3 against tough competition.   Following a three-game sweep of Southern Utah, the Wolverines spent their spring break in Arizona, splitting a two game […]