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…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Hosting Utah Tech in a rivalry match on Saturday afternoon, the T-birds emerged as 3-1 victors to continue their strong start to conference play. The first set started well for SUU, as they ran out to a 5-0 start. Utah Tech then began to find its footing in the match,…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Facing the Mavericks on the road, the T-birds dropped their first conference match of the season on Thursday night. UT Arlington jumped out to an early 9-5 advantage in set one before a 6-0 run put them ahead 15-5. Southern Utah was unable to get out of the early hole,…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Battling one of the WAC’s top programs, the SUU soccer team secured an important scoreless draw against Seattle on Thursday. The game was a defensive battle throughout in a rematch of last season’s WAC Tournament first round. SUU sat back and defended against the Redhawks, keeping one of the league’s…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Facing Cal Baptist in its Western Athletic Conference opener, the SUU soccer team dropped a 5-1 match on the road late Saturday night. The match was even early, as both teams registered four shots each in the opening 18 minutes but couldn’t find the back of the net. Cal Baptist…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz The SUU volleyball team ended the week with a Saturday afternoon match and recorded a second consecutive straight-sets victory to improve to 2-0 in WAC play. Opening the set, Abilene Christian notched four of the first five points and continued to hold a slim lead until the first media timeout,…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Traveling to Tennessee to battle the defending conference champions, the T-birds came out on top to snap a two-game skid on Saturday afternoon. The opening quarter was tight throughout, with neither team able to get any points on the scoreboard. The highlight of the period came on defense for SUU.…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Opening Western Athletic Conference action at home on Thursday night, the T-birds snapped a three-match losing streak with a victory over Tarleton State. The opening set was back and forth early, but a 4-0 run by the Texans put the visitors ahead 10-7. SUU responded by notching four of the…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sports, for the Iron County Today    Traveling to Tucson, Arizona for two matches, the SUU volleyball team suffered defeats to North Dakota State and Arizona over the weekend. Friday vs. North Dakota State Trailing 9-4 early in the opening set, SUU responded by taking 15 of the following 22 points…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz   In its final non-conference game, the SUU football team fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 38-28 loss to the Idaho State Bengals. The Bengals notched the game’s first touchdown, scoring on their first drive to take a 7-0 lead after forcing an SUU punt. SUU marched to the…