Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Gabi Campbell The season hasn’t even begun yet and the Utah Valley University women’s soccer team is off to a great start as it has been selected as co-favorites, alongside Seattle U, to win the 2016 Western Athletic Conference title by vote of the eight head coaches. With a record of 14-7-1, last […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Byron Harward School is back in session and the women’s volleyball team is hungry to get back out on the court. Following last season’s opening-round loss in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament, the team is looking to turn things around in 2016. Head coach Sam Atoa is optimistic that the Wolverines will do just […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Keely Damara FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—The Utah Valley University women’s soccer team dominated the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks as they claimed their first opening-day victory since 2011. The Wolverines scored three second-half goals and their way to a 4-1 win. UVU’s last win on opening day came at Clyde Field in a 4-2 triumph over the Portland […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of Sporting News Last week, the sporting world lost a giant when longtime University of Tennessee women’s basketball head coach Pat Summitt died from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 64. Summitt’s accomplishments in the college game are well documented. Her 1,098 career wins over 38 years are the most in NCAA […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Nate Barrett Utah Valley University wrapped up its 2016 track and field season on a high note as senior sprinter Nic Taylor earned All-American honors in what can only be described as a landmark season for the Wolverines. Junior Rusty Jones described the season as unique, and though he didn’t get to compete […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy of UVU Athletics OREM, Utah—The Utah Valley University athletic department broke ground on the NUVI Basketball Center on the south side of the UCCU Center on UVU’s Orem campus Wednesday morning. The ceremony marked the beginning of construction on a $3.5 million, privately funded training facility, which will house the UVU men and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes As the winter sports season at UVU came to and end, 2015-16 turned out to be an exciting time for fans of the Wolverines. With an All-American finish, amazing upsets, and heartbreaking losses, the UVU men and women’s basketball teams, as well as the UVU wrestling team, gave fans a bit of everything. Mark Pope […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UVU softball team was unable to prevail in a pair of close afternoon games Tuesday in Ogden, dropping their record on the season to 5-25. Three pitchers combined to pitch the first game, a 5-3 loss. Weber State scored one run in each of the first two innings after loading the bases. In the first, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Golfer Kim Nyhus is in the midst of her junior season at UVU. Her scoring average of 79.6 is third on the team and she had a top-10 finish at the Hobble Creek Fall Classic in Springville earlier this season, carding a 7-over-par 149 over two rounds. In the first round of the event, she […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes After taking the first game of a weekend series against Cal State Bakersfield Friday, UVU ended the series 1-2, losing both ends of a doubleheader Saturday. The Wolverines lost the first game 7-1 and the second 4-2 to drop their conference record to 1-2 and their overall record to 5-24. The Roadrunners struck first in […]