Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Jesse Sanchez BAKERSFIELD, Calif.–Following three straight impressive victories, the Utah Valley University volleyball team overcame an early deficit to come back and defeat the Cal State University, Bakersfield Roadrunners in five sets (9-25, 26-24, 24-26, 25-23, 15-7) Thursday night. The victory pushed the Wolverines’ win streak to four and also marked the team’s first […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Jesse Sanchez The schedule of a student athlete is very demanding. Between practices, workouts, games and scholastic endeavors, at times it seems that there is not much time left over. However, this past June Kiahna Vernon of the UVU women’s volleyball team added something else to her plate, marriage. “Before I met my […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Jesse Sanchez PLEASANT GROVE, Utah–The Utah Valley University volleyball team fought its way to a 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20) victory Saturday against the Seattle University Redhawks at Pleasant Grove High School. With the win, the Wolverines have won three matches in a row and are tied for second in the Western Athletic Conference standings […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes OREM– After an unsuccessful road trip during which they lost their first two conference games of the season, the Utah Valley University volleyball team returned home Thursday night to take on Chicago State University, which was picked to finish last in the pre-season conference poll. The Wolverines entered the contest on a five match losing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Lesley Robles, photographer at The Rider EDINBERG, Texas–The Utah Valley University volleyball team dropped its conference opener 3-1 on the road against the Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (24-26, 18-25, 25-17, 23-25). Thursday’s game marked the first time UVU has lost a conference opener since joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2013. With the win UTRGV […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Jesse Sanchez OREM, Utah—In its final tune-up game before entering conference play, the Utah Valley University volleyball team hosted the Cal State Northridge Matadors. After getting in an early hole at two sets to none, the Wolverines fell to the Matadors after a decisive fifth set (25-21, 25-21, 22-25, 19-25, 17-15). UVU has […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy UVU Athletics OREM, Utah—After a weekend in Hawaii where it recorded a 1-2 record, the Utah Valley University volleyball team returned home Tuesday night to face Utah State at the UCCU Center. UVU (4-7) was unable to capitalize on home court advantage as it fell to USU (5-5) in four sets (24-26, 25-6, […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the Utah Valley University volleyball team begins to hit their stride this season, Madison Dennison is in the middle of it all. The junior middle blocker from Pleasant Grove, Utah was named to the Preseason All-Western Athletic Conference Team, and has proved herself worthy of the honor with her play on the court. “She […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo courtesy UVU Athletics HONOLULU, Hawaii—In their final game of the Hawaii Outrigger Challenge, the Utah Valley University volleyball team pulled off the win over Northern Illinois University Saturday night. “The girls truly earned this one and I’m happy that we we’re able to pull it out,” UVU head coach Sam Atoa said in a […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Utah Valley University volleyball team faced their second nationally ranked opponent in as many days as they took the court Friday night in Honolulu against No. 6 University of Washington. UW (6-0) came into the game with an unblemished record and looked like a team on a mission as they handled UVU (3-6) in […]