Timing and perspective are keys to success As athletes grow through the various levels of sports competition, they have to differentiate the counsel of coaches and parents. Many athletes outgrow the tutelage of their parents at a relatively young age, but what happens to a parent if they’re already coaching at a higher level than […]
Relationships between universities in the state of Utah are interesting and diverse when it comes to college basketball. Some, like Utah Valley University and Brigham Young University, are just starting to play each other on a regular basis. Some never meet on the hardwood. Others, like the U of U and BYU, have played each […]
The UVU wrestling team finished its regular season with a dominating performance at home against Grand Canyon University. UVU won every single match against GCU, winning the dual, 39-0. The night started with UVU’s Jarod Maynes at 141-pounds. Mayne ended up pulling off an unlikely victory with next to no time left when he escaped from his opponent, […]
OREM — When the UVU men’s basketball team found themselves trailing by 20 points at the under eight minute media timeout with 7:41 left to play in the first half of the Western Athletic Conference matchup against UMKC, the Wolverines didn’t panic. Out of the timeout, the Wolverines used a 22-8 run to finish the […]
OREM, Utah—Marcel Davis hit the game-winning shot with 0.9 seconds remaining on the clock to give the Utah Valley University men’s basketball team a 74-72 win over the Chicago State Cougars Thursday night. Davis pulled down a defensive rebound with 30 seconds to play then brought the ball down court, dribbled the clock down, and […]
OREM — There is often a saying in sports that says if you want to beat the best you have to play your best. On Saturday night in front of 1,765 fans in the Icardo Center in Bakersfield, the UVU men’s basketball team didn’t play their best. UVU committed 13 turnovers and shot just 36 […]
Photos courtesy of Julie Ostler and UVU Athletics A trip to Colorado and Wyoming over the weekend for three Big 12 dual meets didn’t go quite as the UVU wrestling team would have liked. They dropped a 20-13 contest to Air Force on Thursday night and then a closely contested meet against Northern Colorado, 19-18 […]
Offense an area of emphasis for the Wolverines The 2015 UVU baseball team finished the season 19-35, so head coach Eric Madsen is aware of where the team can improve this year. The telling statistic for the Wolverines last season is the average of five runs scored per game, compared to giving up 7.2 runs […]
Wolverines return a full lineup of starters With spring on the way, baseball season is just around the corner. This past season, the UVU baseball team finished with a record of 14-13 in the Western Athletic Conference. This year, the Wolverines are looking to lean on veteran pitching to get through the WAC tournament and […]
UVU men’s soccer head coach Greg Maas is establishing himself and his program as one of the best in the country. On Feb. 3, all Maas did was sign the 12th-best recruiting class in the nation. Maas added four “richly talented” players to a roster that returns all but one player from a team that […]