OREM, Utah — The Utah Valley University women's basketball team hosts Fort Lewis in an exhibition contest on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT in Lockhart Arena. It will be the lone exhibition open to the public prior to the start of the season on Nov. 7. Season tickets for the 2022-23 season are now available by visiting this LINK.
 
The Wolverines are led by fourth-year head coach Dan Nielson and are coming off consecutive winning seasons. Nielson will have two new assistants by his side and roster that turned over nearly the entire starting five.
 
UVU does return preseason All-WAC selection Shay Fano, who averaged 6.6 points and 6.7 rebounds in 2021-22, but was limited to just 12 games due to injury. The Wolverines also return senior Kayla Anderson, who started 23 games a season ago. Newcomer and Wyoming transfer
 
Jaeden Brown will also make her debut in green after returning from an LDS mission. She was on the Mountain West Conference All-Freshman Team after averaging 7.2 points and 4.1 rebounds in 2019-20.
 
The 2022-23 season opener will be Monday, Nov. 7 when Utah Valley hosts Park University in the UCCU Center before the team will play at Utah on Friday, Nov. 11 to begin a four-game road stretch.