Utah
SWIMMING/DIVING: The Utes split against UNLV on Saturday at Ute Natatorium. The women beat the Rebels 148-95, while the men lost 130-111. The women improve to 3-1 on the season, 2-0 in the MWC, and the men fall to 2-1 overall, 1-1 MWC.
The women won 11 of 13 events, with Alison McInturff, Rachael Curci and Kelsey Patterson winning two individual events apiece. McInturff won the 100 free, finishing in 52.87 seconds. In the 200 free, McInturff posted a time of 1 minute, 56.02 seconds, beating out fellow Utes Curci (1:56.76) and Shannon McQueen (1:56.94), who finished second and third respectively.
The men's meet came down to the last event, the 400 free relay. Utah entered the event trailing the Rebels 107-117, needing to place first and third in the relay to claim victory. Utah's David Johnson, Cole, Clark and Larsen finished second for Utah after Larsen's final push at the end wasn't enough, as the Utes lost by .22 tenths of a second with a time of 3 minutes, 06.43 seconds to UNLV's time of 3 minutes, 06.21 seconds.
Up next, the Utes travel to South Bend, Ind., to compete in the Notre Dame Invitational Dec. 1-3.
Utah Valley State
BASKETBALL: The Utah Valley State men's basketball team gets a taste of Big 10 country on today and Tuesday when they play at the University of Iowa in the Guardians Classic. The Wolverines open with Colgate at 4 p.m. the first day. On Tuesday, the Wolverines will play Iowa or Maryland Eastern Shore. Both games will broadcast on 960 KOVO.
"Players love to play in tournaments," Utah Valley State coach Dick Hunsaker said. "This is an exciting way to open the season. It is a good opportunity to get exposure on the ticker early."
Iowa is one of four teams hosting regional rounds in the Guardians Classic. Kentucky, Texas and West Virginia are also region rounds.
The top team from each site will play in Kansas City next week.
Utah Valley State split its first two exhibition games. They beat Westminster 81-72 and lost to Mesa State 59-57. Sylvester Allison led the Wolverines in scoring in both games by scoring 18 and 12 points.
Colgate finished 12-16 last year and is picked to finish fourth in the Patriot League. They return three starters from last years team, led by senior guard Alvin Reed's 12.8 points a game.
"Colgate is a very experienced team and well-coached," Hunsaker said. "They will be a daunting task to open the season."
Following the two games at Iowa, the Wolverines return home to play Texas State at 7 p.m.
Junior college
VOLLEYBALL: Salt Lake Community College will represent Region 18 in the NJCAA championship tournament.
The Bruins defeated Arizona Western 30-25, 30-27, 30-25 Saturday to secure the tournament, Nov. 21-23 in West Plains, Mo.
Two other Utah schools lost first-round matches in the Region 18 tournament: College of Eastern Utah, to North Idaho College 30-21,30-15,30-24; and Snow, to Southern Idaho, 30-15,30-17,30-26 — both on Friday.