The solo senior

September 17, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Erica Nish is the only senior on the UVU women’s volleyball roster. She stands as an asset to the team and she got here by playing her best game.

Nish tears ACL week before conference tournament

November 14, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Head coach Sam Atoa kept his fingers crossed the entire season, hoping his team’s health would hold. It did – until it mattered most.   Middle blocker Erica Nish tore her ACL early in Tuesday’s game against Southern Utah after making a play at the net and coming down hard. She immediately grabbed her right […]

Nish injured in 3-set victory over Southern Utah

November 8, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Early in the first set the crowd fell in silence for nearly two minutes after middle blocker Erica Nish hit the ground with a knee injury. Nish, second on the team in blocks (119), was assisted off the court and head coach Sam Atoa didn’t hesitate to bring in Katie Fritzler off the bench.   […]

Heaps doubles up, others step up in conference play

October 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes Head coach Sam Atoa didn’t want his team to take a step back against conference competition.   Instead, the Wolverines have taken a leap forward, easily winning their first two Great West Conference matches behind a rejuvenated Chelsey Heaps. The senior outside hitter combined for 22 kills and 27 digs in wins over North Dakota […]

Volleyball tops BYU-Hawaii in three sets

September 7, 2011

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 […]