MWC Tournament starts with Banquet

The Utah Soccer Team poses for a team photo after the MWC Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday evening.













After some travel issues, we arrived in Las Vegas in time to go straight to the hotel and get changed for the MWC Awards Banquet. On the menu was chicken and steak, potatoes, green beans, salad and bread. Strawberry crepes for dessert....good stuff!

When the awards were announced, four Utes were honored....

Sophomore Lauren Hair and freshman Lauren Porter were selected to the 2nd all-MWC team.
And senior Katy Reineke and junior Kelly Isleib were chosen on the 1st team. Congratulations.

Tomorrow will be lunch and then head to the field to watch a bit of the TCU-San Diego State game...then a training session in preparation of Thursday's match...Stay tuned for more...


Sophomore Morgan Skeen and sophomore Alyssa Toomey "lower themselves" to allow freshman Lauren Porter into the picture with them at the Mountain West Conference Awards Banquet.


















Addie Hair, Lauren Hair and Hannah Turpen prepare for dinner at the MWC Banquet.













Sports Information Director Mike DeVine, Head Coach Rich Manning and Assistant Coach Ryan Robinson were disappointed not to have ice cream for dessert but were able to put on happy faces for the camera.

Mountain West Conference Tournament is Here!

The Utes had the final practice at Ute Field today for this week...as we will travel tomorrow to Las Vegas to take part in the MWC tournament....6 teams...1 trophy and the winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament...Exciting!

You may already know about our 2-1 win over the Air Force Academy last Friday. With the victory, we clinched the 2nd seed in the tournament. Check out the story by clicking here!

Tuesday is a busy day. Because we traveled to Colorado last week. The players had to do some catching up on school. We will be missing classes the rest of the week. So some students are busy taking some tests and getting some projects in. We will fly to Las Vegas (about a 1 hour flight) at 1 PM Mountain time. We will go straight to UNLV for a short practice...then get to the hotel to quickly change and get ready for the big banquet with the other teams.

On Wednesday, we will watch the TCU - San Diego State game at 12 Noon...as we play the winner. Then we will train at 3 PM to get ready! Our first game will be on Thursday at 12 Noon. The game will be aired live on TV on the mtn. channel. There will also be live stats and other information available at the Mountain West Conference tournament web site...click here!

Here is the basic schedule (Pacific times):

Wednesday
12 PM TCU vs. SDSU
3:00 PM UNLV vs. New Mexico

Thursday
12 PM Utah vs. TCU/SDSU winner
3:00 PM BYU vs. UNLV/New Mexico winner

Saturday
12 PM Final


We will be updating here as well. Looking forward to a great week! Go Utes!