OREM — It didn’t take long for Jade Rauser to make it official that he was going back to the NCAA Wrestling Championships for a fourth straight time. In the third-place match, the UVU senior pinned 21st-ranked Gary Wayne Harding of Oklahoma State with 44 second left in the first period to place third at […]
There’s nothing quite like March Madness in the world of sports. Just about everyone fills out a bracket for one reason or another, no matter how much or how little one knows about the teams involved. This year there will be seemingly no advantage knowing about the sport when the brackets start getting filled out. […]
OREM — Marcel Davis scored 22 points on senior day but it wasn’t enough as Josh Braun scored 30 points to lead Grand Canyon to an 86-79 win over UVU in the regular season finale for both teams on Saturday afternoon at the UCCU Center. UVU had already locked up the 4-seed for the WAC […]
Wolverine bats make noise in final game of tourney SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The Utah Valley University baseball team finished the weekend at the Jack Gifford Memorial Tournament in Santa Clara, Calif. with a record of 1-3 after starting three games with cold bats. The bats came alive in the Wolverines’ final game against the UC Davis […]
OREM — Seattle University guard Brandon Westendorf has a knack for hitting buzzer-beating shots. He did it earlier this year against Chicago State and unfortunately for the UVU men’s basketball team, he did it twice on Saturday night in Seattle. Westendorf hit one to end the first half and cut the Redhawks deficit to four […]
OREM — The UVU baseball team collected 16 hits in an 8-4 win over the University of San Francisco in a mid-week contest on Wednesday even at Evans Diamond on the University of California at Berkeley. With the win, UVU improves to 3-2 on the season and recorded their highest hit total of the season […]
When the preseason polls came out for the Western Athletic Conference, the UVU men and women’s basketball teams were picked to finish sixth. However, on Saturday both teams will be playing for something not many expected. The women’s team hosts Seattle University and with a win will stay in the hunt for the 2-seed in […]
Family and fear motivate junior forward to do great things UVU forward Konner Frey has become known for the intense and awesome faces he makes during a game but he is more than just a photogenic basketball player. He is an athlete with a passion to win and a family man. The junior out of […]
Danny Beddes won’t throw any curveballs about the season Right-handed pitcher Danny Beddes is starting his senior season with the UVU baseball team and hopes to lead the Wolverines to a Western Athletic Conference title. Beddes has shown steady improvement over his first three seasons at UVU and is set for a big year in […]
Slow basketball is not good basketball The NBA has had a problem with intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters since Shaquille O’Neal shot 52.7 percent from the free-throw line over his career. This strategy became known as the “Hack-A-Shaq,” which eventually garnered the Hack-A-Shaq rules that were intended to prevent teams from intentionally fouling players away […]