UVU welcomes first women’s lacrosse team

April 9, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Thanks to the determination of students, faculty and staff, UVU can check forming a women’s lacrosse team off the to-do list. The season, which began in late October, has taught these athletes that hard work and perseverance really do pay off.   As UVU’s first women’s lacrosse team, the players have faced many challenges they […]

Mix of newcomers and veterans already outdoing last year’s production

April 9, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes On March 30, 2012 the women’s softball team matched their win total from the entire 2011 season when they finished at 20-30.   The Wolverines sat last week at 20-11-1 in this young 2012 season. The team has experienced quite the turnaround from last year as they continue to work toward their first PCSC title. […]

Sophomores Aird, Hunsaker step up production for UVU men’s basketball

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Entering the 2011-12 campaign, seniors Isiah Williams and Geddes Robinson were the headliners garnering all the attention.   Williams was the returning All-American Honorable Mention, a scorer capable of 20-plus points on any given night. Robinson brought an elite level of defense and rebounding, heightened after a rigid offseason workout regime.   With the media […]

Senior pitcher Gendlek looking to finish strong

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dreams mean nothing without work, even for a five-year-old. Competition brings out that sentiment better than anything, and it’s far too common that it comes from driven parents. Now step aside from the vision of two dads coming to blows over whose boy should be pitching, and imagine it’s the five-year-old telling his father to […]

Nationally ranked lacrosse team to sport young roster, new style

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes New men’s lacrosse coach David Williams brings his East coast style to UVU.   “It’s a complete change in philosophy,” Williams said. “More of the East coast style is playing goal to goal instead of sideline to sideline. You’re playing goal to goal, so you’re playing right down your opponents throat on offense and defense.” […]

Despite dominance, Penn State pays respect to UVU

February 20, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes It is nearly 2,000 miles from Penn State University to Utah Valley University. To reach UVU by car would take one day, eight hours; to walk would be nearly a month. One would have to cross 8 states before reaching Orem.   Yet, the Nittany Lions of Penn State decided to make the trip (by […]

Pre-Super Bowl hype proves gridiron rules

February 6, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Jonathan Boldt   As much as it pains me to admit it, baseball has gone from America’s favorite pastime to past its time. It will always have its place on the four-letter network and in the hearts of the fans in Boston and New York as well as anyone over the age of fifty. […]

Utah Valley men’s basketball tops N. Dakota in conference opener

January 22, 2012

Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley extended its winning streak to four games in a hard-fought defensive battle between the top two teams in the Great West Conference, beating North Dakota 72-64 to open Great West Conference play and improve their record on the season to 11-10.   “We anticipated it would be a very physical, back-and-forth match,” UVU […]