A season to remember

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March 25, 2013

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All season, the UVU wrestling team had been working towards more wrestlers making it to the national stage and prove that this wrestling program is the real deal. On March 9, Jade Rauser (125 lbs), Josh Wilson (149) and Adam Fager (285) got one step closer to that reality as they qualified for the 2013 […]

Opening Statement

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March 11, 2013

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It is officially baseball season in Utah Valley. For the first time this year, UVU played in front of its home crowd and showed why the comforts of home are so singular. The Wolverines hammered out twenty hits in a 17-6 win in game one against the Nevada Wolf Pack, putting on a show for […]

Wolverines clinch their way towards GWC title

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March 11, 2013

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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 […]

Basketball’s Great West grand finale

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March 11, 2013

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The UVU’s Men’s basketball team has reached the end of a great chapter as they closed out their era in the Great West Conference with a 76-69 win over conference foe Chicago State on March 2. “It was a hard-fought, tough game,” said Head Coach Dick Hunsaker. “We kept fighting and kept competing. I was […]

There’s no place like home

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March 11, 2013

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Dropping two of three to Sacramento State was not the way the Wolverines wanted their visit to the Golden State end. The Wolverines were coming off a two-game split in Tucson, Ariz. against defending national champion Arizona when they began their series against the Hornets of Sacramento State. The future conference foe won a pitching […]

How ‘bout a round of applause

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March 11, 2013

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The time has come, but the time has not passed. The men’s basketball team walked off the court with a 76-69 victory against Chicago State as they closed out the season with their last-ever Great West Conference game win. With only one non-conference game left, Utah Valley plans to use the Chicago State win as […]

WAC – Wolverines Are Coming

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March 11, 2013

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When UVU announced the acceptance into the Western Athletic Conference last October, the fans inside the UCCU center went nuts. It has been five months since, and it is now time to go nuts again because in just four months, UVU will start playing in the WAC. Playing in the WAC can truly be a […]

Kickin’ it new school

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March 11, 2013

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A new collegiate sport isn’t often introduced to a four-year university. In fact, for UVU, it hasn’t happened in 10 years. But Utah Valley announced, on the same day that it announced its entry into the Western Athletic Conference, that a men’s soccer program will be created.  Feb. 27, UVU took a giant leap forward, […]

No track? No problem

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March 4, 2013

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Akwasi Frimpong is headed to Lake Placid, New York this week, but he won’t be sprinting around a track in shorts. He’ll be in a full bodysuit, helmet, gloves and special spikes for ice running for the American Cup bobsled races March 8-10. Yes, the rumors are true. Frimpong is trying his own version of […]

Resilient Wolverines inch closer to title

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March 4, 2013

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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 […]