By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Playing the first match of a Texas road trip, SUU soccer picked up a valuable point in a 1-1 draw with Abilene Christian on Thursday night. The T-birds controlled much of the opening half of the game, and it showed. In the 29th minute, Rylan Tebbs found a streaking Steph…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Hitting the road on Thursday night, SUU dropped its second straight match, losing to Seattle U 3-0. The first set was close throughout, with the two teams knotted at 10 a piece through 20 points. Southern Utah appeared to gain the upper hand using a 4-0 run, but the Redhawks…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz   Playing in their final road match of the season, the T-birds dropped a 1-0 contest to Tarleton State on Sunday afternoon. The match was a tight one, as both teams needed favorable results as they tried to secure a spot in the upcoming conference tournament. Tarleton State would deliver…

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…

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 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 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 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…