Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx After getting out to an early three-run lead against Weber State on Wednesday, the UVU softball team dropped the second game of a double-header against the Wildcats by a score of 10-5 to start their home schedule winless. Two early homers in the top of the first inning gave the […]
Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx 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 BYU at Gail Miller Field. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Moore only needed to retire […]
Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx Despite Zach Nelson scoring in double digits for the third-straight game versus CSU-Bakersfield and Donte Williams adding 15, UVU men’s basketball fell 55-40 to the Roadrunners in the first round of the 2015 WAC men’s basketball tournament on Thursday. Nelson finished with 12 points and eight rebounds for the […]
Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx It’s been a rough up-and-down ride for the Utah Valley men’s basketball team this 2014-2015 season. For a team one year removed from losing key players to graduation, a Western Athletic Conference regular-season title and UVU’s first-ever appearance in the NIT men’s basketball tournament, a No. 4 WAC finish would […]
Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx Photo Credit: Gabi Campbell | @gabicampbellphotos In a statement shared with family, friends and media after Utah Valley University men’s basketball team’s final game of the regular season, head coach Dick Hunsaker announced his plans to resign his current position in the offseason “With family present, much like when I […]
Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, @xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU men’s basketball honored seniors Mitch Bruneel, Chad Ross and Brenden Evans, but it was sophomore Zach Nelson who led them to a 74-69 win over CSU-Bakersfield behind a career-high 29 points Saturday on senior night. Bruneel, Ross, and Evans leave the UCCU Center as Wolverines players in winning fashion, […]
UVU softball’s Kori Barrios adjusts her game to the Division I level Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx Many JUCO athletes who take their game to the next level in NCAA Division I athletics face a lot of questions. The hard work it takes to get there may seem unimportant upon moving up to […]
Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, Twitter: @xTIMBOxSLICEx Marcel Davis tied a career-high with 20 points as UVU men’s basketball defeated University of Texas-Pan American 72-49 to end the team’s seven-game losing streak in conference play on Saturday. Davis led four Wolverines double-digit scorers on the night behind 9-for-15 shooting, 2-for-6 from 3-point range while also adding […]
Tim Castaneda, Sports Writer, Twitter:@xTIMBOxSLICEx UVU men’s basketball dropped its seventh-straight game Thursday night by a score of 51-38 in another Western Athletic Conference match against first-place New Mexico State behind a double-double performance by the Aggies’ freshman forward Pascal Siakam. Siakam scored 14 points on 4-for-6 shooting while adding 10 rebounds and 1 block […]
Students at UVU share insights on rooting for their school. Tim Castaneda | Sports Writer | @xTIMBOxSLICEx With many major universities involved in NCAA Division I athletics having strong fan bases such as BYU, Utah, and Utah State, the competition for fans remains an on-going battle for UVU. In spite of the school’s recent success […]