with just over 16 minutes to go to edge Westminster 2-1 on Monday afternoon in Salt Lake City in the Wolverines' lone exhibition contest of the 2011 season.
UVU opens the regular season on Friday at home against Portland State at 7 p.m.
"Today was good opportunity to get out and get a look at everybody and see how they worked together," said head coach Brent Anderson . "I thought we played hard but we do have a young team and it's going to take some time."
Clifford's goal came on an assist from Haley Curtis in the 64th minute and came just over five minutes after the Griffins had tied the game.
Jaime Lyons ' first-half goal accounted for the only goal in the period. Lyons, a 2009 All-Conference performer who missed the 2010 season due to injury, scored on an assist from new Wolverine Shalayne Janis on a corner kick in the 17th minute.
MISSOULA, Mont. -- The Orem Owlz gave up four runs in the first two innings and then Missoula came back with a three-run fourth, and that was more than enough to take the Owlz down, 8-4, in Pioneer League action on Monday.
The Owlz scored all of their runs in the fifth inning, but committed four errors in the field, resulting in three unearned runs for the Osprey.
Jonathan Griffin 's two-run homer in the first and Fidel Pena 's two-run single in the second got Missoula off to a 4-0 lead. Eric Groff had a two-run shot in the fourth helped fuel the three-run outburst for the Osprey.
Ryan Jones tripled in two runs in the top of the sixth for the Owlz. Frazier Hall followed with a sacrifice fly and Kaleb Cowart belted a solo homer to account for Orem's four runs.
Kansas State announced plans Monday for a high-definition digital network that will broadcast live sports, replays of classic games, news conferences and other events. The network, called K-StateHD.TV, will feature games that aren't picked up by the Big 12 Network Television Package. That will include one football game per year, a handful of women's basketball games and most home volleyball and baseball games. There probably won't be any men's basketball games available.
Kansas State sports information director Kenny Lannou said the network is an extension of more limited service already offered through the school's athletics website provider, CBS College Network.
Subscribers will pay the same amount -- $9.95 per month or $79.95 per year -- to get the upgraded service. But the games and other events will be shot with higher-quality equipment and using more cameras. Some content, such as campus lectures and performances, will be available for free.
"Before it was typically one camera per sporting event," Lannou said. "Now the games will be produced with multiple cameras and full high-definition."
Currently, about 1,800 subscribers pay for the more limited service. But the school hopes the number of subscribers grows when the upgraded service debuts Aug. 30 with the Wildcats' volleyball home opener against Creighton. The network also will feature the Wildcats' football season opener against Eastern Kentucky.
"We want to ensure that K-Staters anywhere in the world can watch the Wildcats, and the fact that all of our new programming will be produced in high definition will also put us in a strategic position as we continue to explore future avenues for distribution," athletics director John Currie said in a news release.
About $400,000 has been invested in equipment for the high-definition network. Lannou said the schools journalism and mass communications department plans to take advantage of the equipment as it trains students.
"We are adding value to the university in that students are going to get experience here that they wouldn't get anywhere else and it is going to put them right at the forefront of finding a job," Lannou said.
• Fighting Sioux nickname to be gone by year's end : At Bismarck, N.D., North Dakota's Board of Higher Education decided Monday to retire the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname by year's end in a move that anticipates lawmakers will soon repeal a law requiring the school to keep the nickname.
The board, which has eight voting members, agreed unanimously to restart the process of dumping the nickname and a logo depicting an American Indian warrior, symbols that the NCAA contends are offensive.
The decision, taken during a telephone conference call meeting, followed a session that was closed to the public, during which board members discussed their legal options with Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and the university system's attorneys, Pat Seaworth and Cynthia Goulet .
The Legislature earlier this year approved a law that requires the board and UND to keep the nickname and logo, but Gov. Jack Dalrymple and legislative leaders have said they will ask that the measure be repealed during a legislative special session in November.
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins have no plans on rushing star Sidney Crosby back to the ice. General manager Ray Shero said Monday it's too early to tell if Crosby will be ready when training camp begins next month. The former MVP hasn't played since being diagnosed with a concussion in January. He missed Pittsburgh's final 48 games, including a loss to Tampa Bay in the playoffs.
Crosby has spent the summer working out in Canada and Shero said the 24-year-old is "progressing well." Shero acknowledged Crosby continues to deal with symptoms related to the concussion, but added the issues have not forced him to stop training.
Shero expects Crosby to return to Pittsburgh a week before camp opens and said Crosby won't play until he is "100 percent."
• Winnipeg Jets C Rypien found dead in home : At Coleman, Alberta, Winnipeg Jets center Rick Rypien was found dead in his home Monday, nine months after he took a leave of absence to deal with an undisclosed personal matter. An official with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police called Rypien's death sudden, but not suspicious. Rypien, a cousin of Super Bowl MVP quarterback Mark Rypien , was 27.
"We would like to express our sincere sympathies to the Rypien family as well as Rick's friends," the Jets said in a release. "We also appreciate all of the support that has come pouring in from Rick's fans. Rick was a talented player with an extremely bright future."
His hunger for the game made him a valued team member both on and off the ice. This loss has impacted us as more than just a hockey team."
Rypien is the second active NHL player found dead this offseason. Former New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died in May due to an accidental mix of alcohol and the painkiller oxycodone.
The 5-foot-11, 190-pound Rypien signed a $700,000, one-year deal with Winnipeg last month after spending parts of six seasons with Vancouver. He had nine goals, seven assists and 226 penalty minutes in 119 career NHL games, often dropping the gloves against much larger opponents.
"Rick has been a beloved member of the Canucks family for the past six years," the team said in a statement. "Rick was a great teammate and friend to our players, coaches and staff. We send our deepest condolences to the Rypien family at this most difficult time."
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Daunte Culpepper threw passes to tight end Nate Lawrie once again, on a little bigger stage this time than during their stint together last year with the United Football League's Sacramento Mountain Lions.
Culpepper worked out for some 30 minutes Monday in front of the San Francisco 49ers brass -- and Lawrie called it a crisp, impressive session. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman liked what he saw and heard from the veteran quarterback, but was noncommittal about whether San Francisco would sign him.
It will come down to whether the Niners want to carry two or three quarterbacks, Roman said.
"I was catching balls for him during the workout, and he was throwing it around pretty good. He's spinning it well," said Lawrie, who signed a one-year deal with San Francisco on Sunday. "Daunte's got a ton of experience. He's got a lot of success in this league. And the guy can play, he can throw the ball. That's what it all boils down to."
The Niners apparently believe Culpepper can still bring it despite a year in the minors, so they gave him a hard look.
They were at least considering adding Culpepper to their QB mix after coach Jim Harbaugh said Saturday there could be a need for a veteran backup behind projected starter Alex Smith and rookie Colin Kaepernick. Harbaugh's offense was ineffective in a 24-3 exhibition loss at New Orleans on Friday night -- and he is determined to be better come Saturday's home preseason game with the Oakland Raiders at Candlestick Park.
Harbaugh wasn't available after Monday's practice, a scheduled day off from his media duties.
Tight end Delanie Walker made it sound as if Culpepper had already joined the team. The 49ers had not made any kind of announcement other than Harbaugh acknowledging Sunday that Culpepper would get the tryout.
"I'm just happy that we got him. He can help the team out with his expertise and give the quarterbacks some pointers on what he's seen, and help Alex and Colin out," Walker said before Monday afternoon's practice. "I think it's going to be a good look for us and I'm glad to have him out here."
The 34-year-old Culpepper, who was still at team headquarters for lunch, last played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions in 2009. He started five games and played in eight total.
Several e-mails to Culpepper went unreturned. He acts as his own agent.
MILWAUKEE -- Former Milwaukee Bucks star Sidney Moncrief has joined the team as an assistant coach.
The 53-year-old Moncrief was an NBA assistant in Dallas (2000-03) and with Golden State (2007-09) along with a stint as head coach of the Fort Worth Flyers in the D-League in 2006-07.
The five-time NBA All-Star played for 10 years in Milwaukee after becoming the fifth overall pick in the 1979 draft. He won the league's first two Defensive Player of the Year awards (1983-84) and is among the Bucks' leaders in points (11,594, third), games (695, second), free throws (3,505, first), rebounds (3,447, seventh), assists (2,689, second) and steals (874, third).
The Little Rock, Ark., native replaces Kelvin Sampson, who took a coaching position with the Houston Rockets.
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