By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz GEORGE – Two rivals battled on the pitch at Greater Zion Stadium with a lot on the line Sunday night. The Trailblazers were celebrating the final home game for seven seniors. Southern Utah needed a win to clinch the final WAC Tournament place. When the final whistle blew, Utah Tech celebrated…

By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz Southern Utah volleyball played two matches over the weekend, traveling to face Utah Valley and Utah Tech. The T-birds dropped a 3-0 contest to the Wolverines on Thursday before falling by the same scoreline on Saturday to the Trailblazers. Here are recaps of both of the weekend’s games, beginning with…

By Spencer Rodak , Stadium Sportzz CEDAR CITY – Facing a ranked opponent for the sixth time this season, the Southern Utah football team handled No. 22/24 Austin Peay 33-17 on Saturday night. The Thunderbirds would take the lead early, marching 75 yards in eight plays to take a 7-0 lead just under four minutes into the…

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 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 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…