By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Traveling to face Cal Baptist in the regular season’s penultimate match, the SUU soccer team fell 3-0 on Sunday night. Early in the match – just the fifth minute to be exact – the Thunderbirds found themselves down 1-0 thanks to an Ava Westlund CBU goal. Not long after,…

By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz CEDAR CITY – Playing host to Abilene Christian on Saturday afternoon, SUU volleyball fell 3-1 to Abilene Christian. The Thunderbirds took an early lead in set one, jumping out to a 5-1 lead. ACU would claw its way back, tying things up at 11. SUU would answer with three straight points…

By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday ST. GEORGE – In a rivalry matchup that has featured multiple close games over the last few years, many expected another tight contest in the Battle for the Ax on Saturday night. Instead, SUU made sure everyone knew which team was the better this season in a dominant 28-7 win…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today IVINS – Competing in his first PGA Tour event as a pro, Michael Brennan ran into the ultimate brick wall in his third round at the Bank of Utah Championship. A double bogey at the par-4 2nd hole knocked him out of a share of the lead. It would…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today IVINS – Jackson Suber and Michael Brennan are tied for the lead with the second round of the PGA Tour Bank of Utah Championship under way at Black Desert Resort on Friday afternoon. Suber carded a 4-under 67, started at the 10th hole and closed his round with birdies…

By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz OREM – Playing its first of three road matches to close the regular season, the SUU soccer team fell 8-0 at Utah Valley on Thursday night. With UVU on top of the WAC standings and nearing the clinching of a fourth straight regular season league title, the T-birds were no match…

By Tom Zulewski, Iron County Today Four players shared the lead after the opening round of the PGA Tour Bank of Utah Championship on Thursday at 6-under 65. Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark and Jesper Svensson of Sweden and Las Vegas resident David Lipsky finished their rounds, but Austin Cook was still on the course, having…

By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz CEDAR CITY – Hosting Tarleton State in the season’s final home match, the SUU soccer team secured a valuable point in a 1-1 draw Sunday afternoon. Both teams began the match without many chances at goal, as they felt each other out and tried to settle into the match. The Thunderbirds…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz CEDAR CITY – Hosting in-state foe Utah Valley, the SUU volleyball team fell in straight sets on Saturday afternoon. The first set was close early, as the two teams split the first 20 points (10-10). UVU would then tally seven of the next nine points, taking a five-point lead, 17-12. Moments later,…

By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz CEDAR CITY – Hosting No. 13/17 Abilene Christian on Saturday night, the SUU football team needed a win in the worst way. Coming off a bye week, the Thunderbirds entered the game on a five-game skid. Waiting for them? Another ranked opponent, their fifth time playing a Top 25 team in…

CEDAR CITY, UTAH — Southern Utah University sophomore defender Karolina Jasaityte has earned an invitation to join the Lithuanian Women’s National Team for an upcoming training camp and the Baltic Cup Tournament. The Kaunas, Lithuania native will represent her home country as the squad prepares to compete in one of the premier regional tournaments in Northern Europe,…

By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz CEDAR CITY – Hosting Abilene Christian in a critical WAC matchup on Thursday, the SUU soccer team secured a 1-0 victory to move into a conference tournament position. The Thunderbirds started the game off on the front foot, creating early chances. Through 18 minutes, they tallied six shots. A few minutes…