Thanksgiving break wasn’t a joyous time for the women’s basketball team as it dropped a pair of home games to Sacramento State and Northern Arizona. The Hornets of Sacramento State came into the game averaging nearly 91 points per game and their offensive output did not disappoint in an 87-84 victory over UVU. The Hornets […]
A couple years ago, I sat inside the gymnasium at Pleasant Grove High School while I took in my first ever women’s basketball game. The bleachers on both sides of the court were mostly empty. I often found myself glancing up at the championship banners that hung from the rafters because reading them was more […]
The allure of the Western Athletic conference is already paying dividends for the UVU women’s basketball program, and it hasn’t even started fall practice yet. Recently, head coach Cathy Nixon announced the hiring of associate head coach Jason Glover. Fans may not recognize his name, but Glover has 27 years of coaching experience on every […]
Summer is what some would consider a win-lose situation. The weather is great, but the sports aren’t. Thankfully that time of the year has come and gone. Football takes center stage now, and we’ve finally got our first look at the three major in-state football teams. Let’s take a look at what we learned about […]
The chase for a championship requires two things; wins over marquee programs en route to a conference title and star players who ball out. The Wolverines are setting themselves up nicely in these two categories. UVU softball is currently in second place in the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, right behind BYU. This is the Cougars […]
The Great West Conference is in the rearview mirror. Next stop: the Western Athletic Conference. “We talked to the girls and told them that the bar is being raised,” said UVU women’s basketball Head Coach Cathy Nixon. “It’s being raised for all of us and our job as coaches is to prepare ourselves for that […]
The Wolverines season came crashing down in the Great West Conference tournament when they couldn’t generate enough offense to beat NJIT. UVU lost a hard-fought battle 52-42. “We played pretty well defensively,” said Head Coach Cathy Nixon. “We held them to 52 points and we got good shots, but they just didn’t fall and we […]
The champs are here. The Wolverines won their final home game of the season against Houston Baptist, 59-46. That win clinched the regular season championship and the first seed in the upcoming Great West Conference tournament. “Ninety-nine percent of what we do every day, we do without people there,” said Head Coach Cathy Nixon. “It’s […]
There comes a moment in every team’s run to a championship when they must accomplish something that had previously been difficult for them to attain. The Wolverines were able to overcome one of their obstacles while winning at least a share of the conference championship. UVU won its last road game of the season at […]
Wolverines go 5-0 in Great West Conference play and credit strong performances in early losses to BYU and Loyola Marymount as games that gave them confidence heading into conference play.