Reading Time: 2 minutes Jenna Johnson knows full well Utah Valley women’s basketball hasn’t met its own expectations this season. She knows they lost games they should have won, meshed later than they should have, and underachieved in their own eyes if not those of the coaches’ preseason poll. In short, this year’s Wolverines team looks a lot […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Utah Valley’s women’s basketball spent the past three weeks playing local rivals like Utah State University and The University of Utah. However, the schedule helped bring the team down to a four-game losing streak, which concluded on Tuesday night when the Wolverines (7-9) defeated Longwood University at home. Forward Sammie Jensen helped crush UVU’s disappointing […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes After the Lady Wolverine’s defeat of Longwood University Tuesday night, UVU Review sports writer Colin McGrath got a chance to catch up with freshman guard and three-point specialist Taylor Huber. A true freshman, Huber scored 17 points against Boise State and logged her first start against San Jose State. Q) What are the strengths […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sammie Jensen may need to remind herself every now and again she hasn’t changed teams. Seeing nine different teammates in the starting lineup will do that. The roster shuffling has been necessary, as the Wolverines have seen one player perform well one night only to disappear the next. True freshman Taylor Huber started her […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Lady Wolverines have lost five of their last six games played since just before Thanksgiving break, putting them at 3-6 for the season. UVU took its first road trip beginning Nov. 18 and traveled East to face No. 25 Mississippi State as well as Longwood in Farmville, Virginia. Both competitions ended in a loss […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The lady Wolverines played three games from Nov. 13-16 to begin their 2009-10 regular season. UVU began the season on the road in Provo against BYU. During the first half, the Wolverines only shot 40 percent from the field and went into the second half trailing by 19 points. In the second half UVU contained […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes UVU’s women’s basketball team uses a retreat to help build unity and camaraderie in their young team. Athletic teams participate in different activities to come together as a group. Some have team building games to build trust; others have workshops that help each teammate get to know each other. The UVU women’s basketball team is […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Coming off her best season yet, Julie (McMurray) Smith looks to have a great senior season. “I have to realize that these are my last competitive games that I’m going to be playing, so I have to make the most of every single one of them because I probably won’t have too many more,” said […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The women’s basketball team consisting of six returning players and six freshmen battled Montana Tech in their Exhibition game winning 69-54. Senior Julie Smith led the Wolverines with 23 points, scoring 18 in the second half. “I think we all know Julie is capable of that if we can get her the ball in situations […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes With last years winning season behind them, UVU women’s basketball is ready to tackle a new season. “We’re just really excited. We feel like we definitely have the program going in the right direction and hope to build off of the momentum that we’ve had in the past,” said head coach Cathy Nixon. Nixon comes […]