Utah Valley men’s soccer saw their 2019 season extended by at least one more match on Friday, Nov. 15, against Air Force Academy because of penalty kicks. But had their season come to a close on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 17, against Seattle University due to penalty kicks. The Redhawks then earned the WAC title and an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.
In penalty kicks, it came down to who was going to miss first after five shots each. Jensen came up with another huge save to give UVU a chance to win the match with just one more goal. The goal-scoring hero ended up being sophomore forward Zahir Vazquez.
Riding a three-game winning streak and touting the number two seed in the WAC tournament, Utah Valley men’s soccer took on seventh seeded University of Missouri-Kansas City. The game took place Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. UVU used the momentum of a first half goal to propel them to […]
The controversy here though was just before scoring, the refs had blown their whistle to signal that Wood had been offsides, and that his goal didn’t count. Upon further review the referees declared that their call was faulty and that SJSU’s goal would stand, now leading 1-0.
Photo by Cody Glassett When the WAC men’s soccer tournament kicked off Nov. 8, there was a notable name missing from the bracket. The team that had spent time ranked in the national top 25 and beaten No. 4 Akron on opening night, had failed to make the postseason. In retrospect, the 2017 season for […]
Photo by Jesse Sanchez OREM, Utah—Something wasn’t quite right for the No. 21 Utah Valley University men’s soccer team in Friday night’s Western Athletic Conference semifinal match. UVU was eliminated from the tournament with a 1-0 loss to UNLV as the Wolverines were handed their first defeat since Sept. 30 at Seattle University. Normally UVU […]
Photo by Julie Ostler OREM, Utah—The No. 14 Utah Valley University men’s soccer team extended its win streak to lucky number seven with a 3-1 victory over Grand Canyon Thursday at Clyde Field. Joe Barakat gave the Wolverines their third goal in the 66th minute as he slotted a deflection off GCU goalkeeper Kendyl Day […]
Photo by Lonna King SAN JOSE, Calif.—The shutout streak ended, but the winning streak pushed to six games as the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team downed San Jose State 2-1 on the road Sunday. Skyler Milne gave UVU (13-3-0, 6-1-0 WAC) an early lead as Aaron Meyer served a free kick into the six-yard […]
Photo by Lonna King Just before the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team took to the pitch to face Cal State Bakersfield Oct. 6, goalkeeper and 10-game starter Elliott Rubio suffered a last-minute injury. The circumstance forced backup Mitch Jensen to make his first start of the season. Situations like Jensen’s are a dime a […]
Photo courtesy UVU Athletics USAFA, Colo.—Alex Neff and Skyler Milne returned to the lineup Friday, but it was Paul Hoffmeister who lifted the Utah Valley University men’s soccer team over the Air Force Academy. Hoffmeister scored his third brace of the season as UVU knocked off Air Force 2-0. Hoffmeister put pressure on Air Force […]