Recruiting 101: Building a Successful Baseball Team

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April 22, 2015

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A look at UVU baseball’s formula to success Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx, Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos In 2012, the UVU baseball team tied the NCAA Division I record for most consecutive wins in a season with 32 en route to a 47-12 record. Last year, UVU’s first-ever year in the […]

The Cougars fall for the first time

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April 3, 2015

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Moore’s No-hitter Leads UVU Softball to Win Versus BYU Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos UVU softball’s Haley Kofler hit a grand slam and Bailey Moore pitched a no-hit shutout on the road as they led UVU to a 13-0 blow-out Saturday afternoon in UVU’s first-ever victory against […]

Student athlete 4.0: How student athletes compare to other UVU students in the classroom

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April 2, 2015

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Part one of a two part series: Comparing student athletes’ grades with the overall student population at UVU Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx Photo Credit: Brooke Morrill, Photo Director, @brookemorrill Info Graphic Credit: Kenzie Jones, Sports Editor, @KenzieScribbler Each semester, students are tasked with the responsibility to figure out how to best manage […]

Bracketology 2015: Power Conference Bracket Busters

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April 1, 2015

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Find out which teams from power conferences can advance furthest Tim Castaneda || Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx Photo Credit: Valerie Cheatham, Photo Editor, @valeriecheatham All through the year it’s been the year of the Wildcats for NCAA men’s division I basketball.  Kentucky cruised through the 2014-15 season to a 31-0 record, its first regular-season clean sheet […]

BYU’s Pope Introduced as UVU Men’s Basketball Head Coach

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March 31, 2015

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 Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos UVU athletics announced the hiring of former BYU basketball assistant coach Mark Pope as the replacement to take the reign of its basketball program in a press conference held this afternoon at Utah Valley University. In attendance to announce the deal they reached with […]

UVU Men’s Basketball Completes Second Year in WAC

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March 31, 2015

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A look back on the 2014-15 men’s basketball season Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell, Photo Editor, @gabicampbellphotos It started with UVU men’s basketball hoping to defend its regular season conference championship, and ended with a loss to Bakersfield in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament. Not to […]

Double-header versus Oklahoma State ends in back-to-back losses

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March 22, 2015

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Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx After allowing Oklahoma State University to open the game with a huge lead, UVU softball lost its second game of a double-header 9-1 in six innings of play Thursday evening at Wolverine field. Although UVU avoided the shutout on Brittney Vansway’s  fifth inning single to center field to bring home […]

UVU blown out by Oklahoma State

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March 22, 2015

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Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU softball dropped its third-straight home game 10-2 at the front end of a double-header against Oklahoma State University on Thursday afternoon at Wolverine Field. Despite being even in the hitting battle with both teams notching seven hits, the Wolverines defense could not contain the Cowgirls’ baserunners, as a majority […]

UVU Softball Gives Up Game One to Weber St

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March 22, 2015

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Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU’s Tiani Hensley hit a grand-slam in second inning, but it was visiting Weber State University that came out victorious 6-5 in game one of a double-header to spoil UVU’s home opener at Wolverine Field. Hensley’s grand slam came when she had teammates Taleigh Williams, Erin Romero and Kori Barrios […]