WOLVERINES HEAD TO COLORADO FOR FINAL BIG 12 DUALS OF SEASON
Utah Valley University travels to Colorado this week for a pair of duals to wrap up the Big 12 regular season. The Wolverines will first face Air Force, on Friday night, before traveling to Greeley to take on Northern Colorado on Sunday afternoon.

UVU at Air Force will begin at 7 p.m. MST with Sunday's contest at 1 p.m. MST. Both duals will air on FloWrestling with live stats available on TrackWrestling.

LAST TIME OUT
Utah Valley celebrated 10 seniors prior to last Friday's Big 12 home finale against North Dakota State, with four seniors earning victories in the dual. NDSU won six matches on its way to a 19-15 dual win. Bridger Ricks, Haiden Drury, David Evans, and Jack Forbes all won for the Wolverines, with Drury and Evans both picking up bonus-point wins. Ricks defeated No. 19 Ezekiel Witt by a 4-2 decision while Drury scored a major decision in his win and Evans won by tech fall. RANKINGS UPDATE

Ricks moved up to No. 25 in the FloWrestling poll after his upset win while Evans remained in the Top 20 of all the major polls and moved up to No. 7 in the College Wrestling Report poll. Forbes climbed to No. 27 in Flo's 285-pound poll, while Kael Bennie remained in both the Flo (28) and College Wrestling Report (29) polls at 197.

ABOUT THE OPPOSITION
Air Force is 4-6 overall and 0-5 in Big 12 duals so far this season.  After Friday's contest, the Falcons will host CBU on Sunday and Northern Colorado on Feb. 15 in the final dual of the season. The Falcons have ranked wrestlers in No. 33 Logan Fowler (165) and No. 30 Karson Tompkins (197). Air Force and UVU have met 19 times in prior dual with Falcons holding an 11-8 series lead. The Wolverines won 24-15 in 2025 to end what was a stretch of five straight Air Force wins. UVU is 1-7 on the road at Air Force.

Northern Colorado hosts No. 24 Wyoming on Friday night before the Wolverines come to town on Sunday. The Bears are 2-8 overall and 1-4 in the Big 12. Utah Valley and UNC have met in 25 duals all-time with the Bears owning a 15-10 series record including winners of the last two. 133-pound Dominick Serrano is ranked No. 11 by both FloWrestling and Intermat. Former Wolverine Mahonri Rushton is listed as the Bears starter at 184 pounds. Rushton spent four seasons at Utah Valley (2021-25).

UP NEXT
The Wolverines will close out the dual season next Saturday, Feb. 21 when No. 5 Nebraska comes to the UCCU Center for a 7 p.m. MST dual.