Reading Time: 2 minutes By Jonathan Boldt Assistant Sports Editor While the Utah Valley University ladies soccer team is talented, the numbers don’t lie. After winning the exhibition opener against Westminster and the home opener against Portland State, the Wolverines have been outscored 10-1 and have not won a game. The Wolverines have compiled a 1-4 preseason […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matt Petersen Sports Editor Wolverines volleyball was good without Jaicee Kuresa. With her, they could be great. The senior outside hitter didn’t start the season on the roster due to personal reasons, leaving a roster already decimated by turnover even more vulnerable. After three games, she made her return and promptly won Great West […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Jonathan Boldt Assistant Sports Editor Fall signifies many things, the end of summer, the transition to winter, and baseball. It’s a time where the boys of summer make the final push towards the fall classic and their ultimate goal of winning a championship. Reggie Jackson is remembered as Mr. October for leading […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Jonathan Boldt Assistant Sports Editor The attacks on September 11th, 2001 mean a lot of things to everyone, many of them in a very personal way. For Owlz catchers Ricky Pacione and Kyle Mahoney, simply remembering where they were when the towers fell is only scratching the surface. Pacione’s sixth grade class […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Through the first nine games of the season the UVU women’s volleyball team has tried to learn how to finish offensive positions. Eleven times Tuesday night, they didn’t have to. The Wolverines flustered BYU-Hawaii in Orem with 11 serving aces en route to a three-set victory (25-19, 25-21, 25-20) one day after surviving […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tuesday night Orem fell to the Casper Ghosts 9-6 after a 30-minute rain delay. Prior to the delay, Casper was dominant, taking a commanding 8-0 lead. Just as Orem did in the sand storm earlier in the year, they came flying back to compete and challenge for the lead. The delay occurred in the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes On top of school work the UVU men’s club soccer team, along with Coach Kemal Makasci, is concluding tryouts with hopes of creating a solid team that will lead them to a successful season through leadership and commitment. As one of the club teams on campus, the men’s soccer program receives no funding […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes There was a time just going to the game, being in a packed arena, feeling the atmosphere, was enough. No more. My needs are greater, the standard higher. I need to be courtside, on the field, as close as I can get to the action. I have to hear post-game comments, unfiltered, straight from the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes For junior Erica Nish, this year presents a chance for redemption after an injury-riddled 2010-11 campaign. The junior middle blocker is already taking advantage. After garnering 17 kills in three games at the Wolverine Invitational, Nish went for a team-high 15 in Wednesday’s game alone against the Slovenian national team. The Wolverines went on to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU volleyball has now played in four matches this year. Through them they have learned a few things. One is that Chelsey Heaps is ready to step up in her senior campaign. She leads the team in kills, kill ratio, and is tied for second-most digs. She has stepped into her leadership role seemingly […]