In the finale of The La Quinta Invitational Saturday night, the UVU Wolverines volleyball team faced off against the Broncos from Santa Clara University. The Wolverines won 3-1 (25-20, 21-25, 25-21, 25-22). All four sets included early leads that were later surrendered for compelling finishes. In the first set UVU jumped out to a […]
Utah Valley began tournament play Friday night against the Michigan Wolverines. Mistakes were the theme early for UVU as they lost 0-3 (17-25, 17-25, 25-27). After getting out to an even UVU began to struggle with the serving ability of Michigan. “We really struggled passing the ball,” observed Coach Sam Atoa, “especially in those first […]
The Wolverine volleyball team played an exhibition game against the Slovenian National Team Wednesday night losing 3-1 (21-25, 21-25, 25-17, 19-25). The game was the return of Jaicee Kuresa. She got four kills, an assist, and four digs in her debut match. As a team the Wolverines fell behind early in the first set […]
Madison Leavitt was a freshman when she came to a UVU Jumpstart orientation three years ago. Looking around at the dozens of clubs displayed, she wasn’t sure which, if any, she would get involved with. Her step-father was, however. “You need to join the MAWL,” he said. Leavitt wasn’t sure. The […]
Michigan. Syracuse. Penn State. Santa Clara. Arkansas. What school is this again? Surely not Utah Valley, the school not good enough to get into the WAC, the school without a football team. For the programs mentioned above, however, the Wolverines apparently make the cut. Volleyball, soccer, werstling and men’s basketball all feature dates […]
This year’s team is dominated by youth, featuring seven freshmen and four sophomores. The four returning seniors and lone junior will be looked to early and often to provide leadership for this team, according to UVU head coach Sam Atoa. With the scheduling quirk of having nine home matches in a row to begin the […]
The volleyball team showed complete dominance in their first match Saturday against the CSU-Bakersfield Roadrunners. They won in three straight sets 25-13, 25-20, 25-20. Freshman McKenna Tait rattled off ten straight serves to finish the match. With the Wolverines down 15-20 she took the game over. “I consider serving one of my […]
The Wolverines lost their first match Saturday night against the northern Arizona Lumberjacks. The loss came in heart breaking fashion as the Wolverines gave up a late lead then allow the final point as their two best players ran into each other going for the ball. The error allowed the Lumberjacks to win the fourth […]
The Wolverine volleyball team found out the importance of starting fast Friday night. In their match against the Illinois State Redbirds, the team that jumped out to an early lead in each set ended up winning. The Wolverines won the match 3-2. “That was a brawl, an absolute brawl,” UVU head coach Sam […]
The Wolverines improved their shots on goal Friday night as they played under their home lights, but fell to a 2 -1 loss after the Wyoming Cowgirls blocked all eight of UVU’s shots on goal, and scored two goals in the second half. The Wolverines consistently executed plays to increase their shots on goal […]