It wasn’t long ago that Utah Valley was the defeated team on the wrong side of a lopsided win. But things have changed since the program started three years ago. Seth Armitage led the way for the Wolverines in their crushing 25-2 win over BYU-Idaho the day after Metro State fell 10-1 to the Wolverines.
Utah Valley came out with fire last week, which led to a three-game sweep against in-state rival Utah State University.It was the first win in four attempts this season against the in-state Aggies. "I didn’t expect to come in and win three straight," Utah Valley coach Sam Atoa said.
Andrew ReevesSports ContributorUVSC has one of the only sanctioned wrestling programs in the region and the only wrestling program in the state. What does that mean for the program? Top recruiting. Never was that more apparent than at the annual green and gold wrestle off at the Shurian Family Activity Center last week to kick of the 2007-08 season.
Utah Flash Former UNLV point guard Kevin Kruger was the expansion Utah Flash’s first draft pick in the NBA Development League draft last week. Kruger averaged 13.5 points and 5.1 assists for the Rebels as a senior. The Flash drafted 10 players to join the four already drafted in the D-league expansion draft. Utah Jazz […]
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Success has this year’s basketball season nicely wrapped up waiting to be opened. And the best presents are always the ones that are better than the year before-but that can leave a lot to live up to. As is the case with the 2007-08 men’s basketball team after Chris Bailey, Peter Brown, David Heck, and Matt Peterson helped Utah Valley to the best Independent record (22-7) since Notre Dame (23-6) in 1986.
Thanks to a scheduling conflict for Utah Valley’s women’s basketball team, a window of opportunity opened up for the Wolverines. On Dec. 18, the lady Wolverines will travel to Durham, North Carolina to take on the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Having a player that emerges as a leader on the basketball court is common. What’s uncommon for Utah Valley’s men’s and women’s teams is that they both have bona fide leaders who have been leaders since their freshman seasons.Juniors Ryan Toolson and Robyn Fairbanks have starred on the court for a few seasons now, with Toolson’s LDS mission intervening between his freshman and sophomore seasons.