Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley women’s volleyball team split their series against the California Baptist Lancers in Riverside, California on Feb. 8 and 9, in a pair of matches that were originally scheduled to be played two weeks prior. The Lancers won the first match 3-2, while the Wolverines bounced back with a 3-1 victory in the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Vaqueros sweep match and get a bit of payback in win On Thursday November 12, the Utah Valley University volleyball team secured the No. 3 seed in the Western Athletic Conference volleyball tournament by defeating the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley 3-1. However, Bojana Mitrovic and the Vaqueros had different ideas in the WAC tournament. Mirtovic […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes UVU volleyball starts big sports weekend off right Kyle McDonald | Sports editor | @kylesportsbias Photos courtesy of Byron Harward | @blheye OREM, Utah — Lauren Bakker became the first Utah Valley University volleyball player to eclipse the 1,000 kill and 500 block mark in a 3-1 win over University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Thursday night […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverines drop 5-set heartbreaker to defending WAC tournament champions Kyle McDonald | Sports editor | @kylesportsbias Bakersfield, CA — The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners came back and stole a Western Athletic Conference volleyball match in a five set thriller, 3-2 from Utah Valley University on Saturday afternoon at the Icardo Center (27-25, 14-25, 20-25, 25-17, 19-17). […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wolverines have won eight of nine and are now three games over .500 Kyle Bruderer | Sports writer | @Brudkyle The Utah Valley University volleyball team must have filled their carry-on bags with momentum for their four-match road trip. Head coach Sam Atoa and the Wolverines won their fifth straight match and eighth of their last […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bakker, Steiner lead the way in huge victory for Wolverines Kyle Bruderer | Sports writer | @Brudkyle OREM, Utah – The Utah Valley University volleyball team improved to 10-10 overall and 6-2 in conference play with a dominating 3-1 victory over the Kangaroos of Missouri-Kansas City on Thursday night in the PE Building (25-14, 25-22, 23-25, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Service errors hurt UVU in loss Kyle McDonald | Sports writer | @kylesportsbias Las Cruces, NM — Tatyana Battle had a match-high 15 kills to help league-leading New Mexico State defeat Utah Valley 3-1 (25-19, 15-25, 25-12, 25-22) Thursday night in Western Athletic Conference volleyball action at the Pan American Center. The Aggies remain perfect in […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Duo combine for 35 kills in second WAC victory Kyle McDonald | Sports editor | @kylesportsbias OREM, Utah — Lauren Bakker had 18 kills and Kiahna Steiner recorded 17 to help UVU defeat CSU-Bakersfield 3-1 on Thursday night at the PE Building (25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-21). It is the second win in WAC play for UVU […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Atoa earns 350th win Annie Hansen | Sports writer | @anniejhansen CHICAGO, Ill. – Lauren Bakker and Lexi Thompson combined for 22 kills to help Utah Valley University sweep Chicago State three sets to none (25-20, 25-18, 25-21) Thursday evening in Chicago. The win is the 350th of UVU head coach Sam Atoa’s career. The […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes For Atoa and Bakker it is all about becoming a better person off and on the court Kyle Bruderer | Sports writer | @BrudKyle For the past three seasons, there have been two constants in the Utah Valley University volleyball program, head coach Sam Atoa and senior middle blocker Lauren Bakker. Atoa is in his 17th season […]