UVSC soccer breaks even

OREM — Last week, the Utah Valley State women's soccer team found itself on both ends of a game that ended with a 2-1 final score. Friday in Logan, the Wolverines defeated Utah State 2-1 before losing Saturday to visiting North Dakota State by the very same score they had imposed on the Aggies just the day before.

Senior midfielder Courtney Robbins scored all three of Utah Valley's goals in the two games, earning her United Soccer Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors.

"Definitely I think that (Robbins) has taken on some responsibility to step up and score," Wolverine coach Brent Anderson said. "Courtney can continue to score and I expect that she will continue to score, but we need to spread that around a little bit, too, to take some of that pressure off of her."

With the weekend split, the Wolverines stand at 5-8-1 for the season. UVSC now has almost two weeks off before returning to the field Oct. 20 against South Dakota State, time Anderson says he'll use to finalize which players will travel to the United Soccer Conference tournament in Washington, D.C., which begins Nov. 2.

"One thing we're trying to do is solidify the roster that we can take with us back to (Washington) D.C.," Anderson said. "We're going to be looking very hard over the next couple of weeks who those players can be. We're taking 18 players with us, so we're trying to make sure we're taking the best 18."

After the home date with the Jackrabbits, the Wolverines finish the regular season with away games at Southern Utah (Oct. 21) and No. 21 Loyola Marymount (Oct. 26).

The week that was

MEN'S BASKETBALL: Andy Hipsher was announced Monday as a new assistant coach on head man Dick Hunsaker's staff. Hipsher was the video coordinator for UNLV last year, and before that he apprenticed for two years at Texas Tech. In a collegiate career which ended in 2003, Hipsher played for his father at the University of Akron.

The Wolverines also announced Monday that Ryan Toolson and Brett Ravenburg have returned to the team following their two-year LDS missions.

WRESTLING: New UVSC wrestling coach Greg Williams announced his team's 2006-07 schedule and roster Monday. The Wolverines will hold their intra-squad wrestle-off Nov. 1 before beginning the season Nov. 11 at the Cowboy Open in Laramie, Wyo. The roster includes six returning lettermen and 14 freshmen. During the upcoming season, Utah Valley State will compete in the newly formed Western Wrestling Conference.

On tap

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL: at South Dakota State, 6 p.m. Friday; at North Dakota State, 4 p.m. Saturday.

CROSS COUNTRY: at the Southern Utah University Invitational in Cedar City, all day Saturday.

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S GOLF: vs. Idaho State at Talons Cove Golf Club, all day Monday.