Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo by Julie Ostler It doesn’t take long to discover that Taylor Christensen, a fourth-year senior for the UVU women’s basketball team, is a very motivated individual. Last season was a great year for Christensen, finishing sixth in points scored overall and first in steals. The Wolverines finished off their season losing by just one […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes After a victory over UMKC in the opening round of the WAC Tournament last time out, the No. 3 seeded UVU volleyball team faced off against second seeded UTRGV in second-round action Friday in Edinburg, Texas. Despite a tooth and nail battle the entire way, the Wolverines came up just short in this one, falling […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Sammie Jo Raymond After wrapping up regular season play last weekend, the UVU volleyball team faced off against UMKC in the opening round of the WAC tournament Thursday night in Edinburg, Tex. Despite a first set loss, the third seeded Wolverines rallied to beat the sixth seeded Kangaroos in four sets (24-26, 25-22, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Maricel Evangelista The 2017 regular season came to a close Saturday afternoon for the UVU volleyball team, which closed out its final home stand of the year with a pair of wins over conference foes UMKC and Chicago State. With the victories, the Wolverines finished the year with a 14-15 overall record, including […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Mykah Heaton The Stanford Cardinal scored six first-half goals and defeated UVU by the score of 9-1. The loss means UVU is knocked out of the NCAA tournament and its season comes to an end. Madison Haley led the Cardinal with two goals. Libby Weber scored the only goal for the Wolverines. UVU […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Photo by Maricel Evangelista In its final game of the 2017 regular season, the UVU volleyball team took down Chicago State 3-1 (25-27, 25-19, 25-22, 25-19) Saturday. The Wolverines (14-15, 9-5) closed out the season and a two-game home stand, overpowering the Cougars (10-21, 1-13) in a final tune up before the WAC tournament next […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Maricel Evangelista Following a pair of losses during its road trip last week, the volleyball team returned home Thursday night to host the Kangaroos of UMKC in conference action. The Wolverines overmatched the ‘Roos in this one, as UVU (13-15, 8-5) defeated UMKC (9-17, 5-8) in 3 sets (25-20, 25-23, 25-20) on senior […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ottawa University Arizona participated in their first collegiate women’s basketball game against UVU – and the Spirit put up a fight. OUAZ kept it close in the first quarter, scoring 12 of their 16 points off of three pointers. “I expect every team we play to show up and work hard. There’s not one team […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Kaleb Searle Following their thrilling win over Seattle in the WAC championship game Sunday, the Wolverines’ place in the NCAA tournament is set. UVU will travel to Stanford, Calif. to take on the No. 1 overall seed Cardinal Saturday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. MST. The Wolverines’ 10-11-1 record entering the tournament put […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Sarah Sanchez “If you look at last season from the outside and don’t really know the story, it’s really hard to understand what really went on last year,” said Cathy Nixon, head coach of UVU’s women’s basketball team. The 2016-17 season was filled with both good and bad surprises for the Wolverines. Last […]