Reading Time: < 1 minute Photo courtesy of Inside the lines photography OREM — Thanks to three top-10 finishes in the pentathlon on Thursday at the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho, the UVU women’s track team is in first place with 15 points after the first day of events. Gately Garnett finished in second place with […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the preseason polls came out for the Western Athletic Conference, the UVU men and women’s basketball teams were picked to finish sixth. However, on Saturday both teams will be playing for something not many expected. The women’s team hosts Seattle University and with a win will stay in the hunt for the 2-seed in […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes In his third season, associate head coach says team is only getting better As the associate head coach for UVU’s women’s basketball team, Jason Glover is involved in just about everything basketball related, including practice planning, scouting, game planning and managing player development. It is Glover’s third season here at UVU, but prior to his […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Slow basketball is not good basketball The NBA has had a problem with intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters since Shaquille O’Neal shot 52.7 percent from the free-throw line over his career. This strategy became known as the “Hack-A-Shaq,” which eventually garnered the Hack-A-Shaq rules that were intended to prevent teams from intentionally fouling players away […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes PART ONE OF TWO Every group has its stereotypes, including golfers. Since the 15th century, golf has historically been known as a “gentlemen’s game” played by men of noble birth or superior social position. It was a game where only the wealthy were allowed on the course or into the country club. If you didn’t […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley University women’s basketball team moved into a tie for second place in the Western Athletic Conference standings Saturday, sweeping their midwest road trip with their third straight win, this one 58-44 over the University of Missouri – Kansas City. It was a wire to wire victory for the Wolverines. Their stifling defense […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU sophomore Deijah Blanks scored 29 points to help the UVU women shake off a slow start Thursday to beat Chicago State 69-62. The big win puts UVU at 13-13 on the season and 6-5 in conference play. The Wolverines are now in place for the third seed in the Western Athletic Conference tournament. UVU […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes There is a lot of excitement when a new season opens. It is an opportunity to put the past behind and to start fresh. Players and coaches are optimistic about the upcoming season and the success they hope to have. That was the way UVU softball head coach Nikki Palmer and her players felt going […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley University women used some stifling defense to get to 5-5 in conference play on the season with a 72-53 win over California State University Bakersfield on Saturday afternoon in the PE Building. The Wolverines shot a scorching 73 percent from the field in the first quarter on 8-of-11 shooting but struggled controlling […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Keys to success for UVU softball in 2016 In 2015, the UVU softball team ranked second in the Western Athletic Conference in homeruns with 55. Jaylen Watson led the Wolverines with 13 followed by Brittany Vansway with 10. Considering that UVU led the WAC in strikeouts with 343, scoring by way of the long ball […]