Sports Briefs – June 7, 2010

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s Austin Haws Honored by The Second Chance Foundation of Utah On May 31, the Second Chance Foundation of Utah honored UVU walk-on baseball player Austin Haws as he continues his comeback after being struck by a drunk driver last year. He has was awarded the Dave Palfreyman Scholarship for the 2010-11 school year prior […]

Lacrosse makes national final, comes up short to St. Thomas

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU lacrosse team ended its spring season and playing year with the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association national finals held in Denver May 11-15. The team played four games throughout the finals and stood out nationally as the number two team within Division II. The Wolverines began their finals with a game against Briarcliffe College, […]

Indoor track and field team makes first D-1 regional appearance

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute The indoor track and field team made its first-ever NCAA Division I appearance on May 27-29 in Austin, Texas, with six qualifiers. After being back-to-back Great West Conference champions, the team had six members qualify for regionals. Although the team’s effort was not enough to advance to the NCAA championships in Eugene, Oregon, the team […]

Softball ends sooner than hoped

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes After finishing the year with 28 wins, the softball team concluded its season with the Great West Conference tournament in Dallas, Texas, from May 16-17. The Wolverines returned home with only one win. The Wolverines went into the GWC tournament as the number one seed, but were upset in their first game 4-2 by the […]

UVU softball freshman paralyzed

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: < 1 minute Softball freshman Jordahn Denny was involved in an automobile accident on May 4, leaving her paralyzed and in intensive care. Denny was traveling south near Downey, Idaho when she lost control of her vehicle, striking a semi tractor-trailer, which was also traveling south. This sent her vehicle into a roll in the median and ejected […]

Volleyball plays, pitches in during trip overseas

June 10, 2010

Reading Time: 3 minutes The volleyball team arrived home on May 18 from their 16-day humanitarian trip to New Zealand and Samoa, returning successful not only in four international matches, but more importantly in service. The team’s members spent nearly a week and a half in New Zealand playing three matches and enjoying the country and a week in […]

Wolverines fall to Utes

April 19, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley Wolverines looked to keep their bats hot on a chilly evening when the Utah Utes came to town last Tuesday. UVU, the nation’s fourth-best hitting team, ran into a buzz as the Utes used a fast start and stellar pitching to escape with a 5-3 victory over the Wolverines. UVU entered the […]

Former UVU wrestler still undefeated after “Showdown”

April 19, 2010

Reading Time: 2 minutes Accompanied to the cage by the power chords of Metallica, Ramsey Nijem prepares to do battle with his opponent Erik Uresk from New York. Nijem, a student at UVU, is an artist whose objective is to be as precise as possible in spattering his foes’ blood onto his canvas. Whether it’s his wrestling background or […]