Facing Grand Canyon on Saturday night, the T-birds fell in a five-set battle as the Lopes took sole possession of second place. Set one began with a 4-0 GCU lead, but SUU battled back to even the score at 6-6. The Lopes immediately answered with a 5-0 run, pushing its lead to 11-6. The T-birds…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today   IVINS – With a gentle, cooling breeze blowing softly around Black Desert Resort, Matt McCarty found an extra jolt of energy that pushed him to the front of the field at the right time through three rounds of the Black Desert Championship. McCarty, a left-handed hitter who played…

Taking on the Eastern Kentucky Colonels on Saturday, the T-birds came away with a 42-21 win to improve to 3-4 on the season. First half After SUU was forced to punt on the opening drive, EKU drove down to the 31-yard line. Facing fourth-and-six, the Colonels decided to gamble but were unsuccessful, giving the ball…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today   IVINS – Stephen Jaeger carded an 8-under par 63, and it was good enough for a 1-shot lead after two rounds of the inaugural PGA Tour Black Desert Championship being played at the Black Desert Resort. Jaeger had nine birdies to go with one bogey to take a…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Facing the WAC’s top side, the SUU soccer team fell 3-1 to Grand Canyon on Thursday afternoon. The match did not get off to a great start for the home team, as Grand Canyon took a 1-0 lead in just 39 seconds. SUU began to find their footing after allowing…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today IVINS – After he carded a course-record 60 in his opening round, Adam Svensson wasn’t making too big a deal of his approach toward the second round at the Black Desert Championship on Friday. When he walked off the 18th green, Svensson’s round was still good enough to keep…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today IVINS – As he was playing his opening round at the Black Desert Championship on Thursday, Adam Svensson didn’t have a thought about the possibility of shooting a 59. Even as the birdies kept falling, the Canadian admitted “you’ve got to get a little bit lucky here and there.”…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Taking on Cal Baptist at home, the SUU volleyball team improved to 4-1 in WAC play with a convincing victory Thursday night. The T-birds got off to a quick start in set one, jumping out to a 5-0 advantage. Cal Baptist quickly cut the deficit to three (6-3), but SUU…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today IVINS – As the sun rose on a historic day at Black Desert Resort, Kevin Streelman stood at the par-4 1st hole with more cameras in position than what he was used to seeing before. It came with good reason as his tee shot welcomed the PGA Tour back…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today With the first tee shot by Kevin Streelman, the 2024 Black Desert Championship is officially under way at the Black Desert Resort in Ivins. Streelman has birdied his first two holes on the 7,371-yard, par 71 course and has the very early lead. Live coverage is available now on…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz   Hosting first-place Utah Valley on Sunday afternoon, the T-birds could not keep pace with the back-to-back WAC champions in a 3-0 defeat.   SUU was able to keep the Wolverines off the scoreboard for just over 20 minutes in the match, hunkering down defensively to try and keep the…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Facing the No. 14-ranked Texans, the T-birds’ comeback attempt fell short in a 38-37 overtime defeat on Saturday night.   First half Tarleton State was firing on all cylinders out of the gate, needing just under two and a half minutes to score the game’s first touchdown. Kayvon Britten ran…