By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday CORVALLIS, Ore. – Traveling to face future Pac-12 Conference rival Oregon State, the SUU gymnastics team set a new season-high score in a 196.825-196.300 victory Saturday afternoon. Southern Utah set new season high score totals on floor (49.450), bars (49.225), and vault (49.075) while topping their overall highest score of…

By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday LOGAN – Traveling to Logan for the second time this season, the SUU gymnastics team secured a second-place finish at the Utah State quad meet on Monday night. The Flippin’ Birds compiled a score of 195.525, besting fellow MPSF members Sacramento State (191.075) and Alaska Anchorage (188.200) while falling to…

By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday CEDAR CITY – Hosting in-state foe BYU on Friday night, the Southern Utah gymnastics team recorded a season-high score of 196.000, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a strong performance by the Cougars (196.975). Niya Randolph once again secured the all-around title with a score of 39.300, while Kayla Pardue…

By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday Both Southern Utah basketball programs are in the thick of Western Athletic Conference action, each playing two games this week. T-bird women’s basketball secured a pair of wins at home, taking down UT Arlington, 77-68, on Thursday before winning 71-68 vs. Abilene Christian on Saturday. On the other side,…

By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday SAN JOSE, Calif. – Traveling to the Bay Area for a Sunday afternoon tri-meet, the Southern Utah gymnastics team recorded a 195.525 score to secure a second-place finish. Mia Hampton stood out for the Flippin’ Birds on bars, scoring a 9.900. Rylee Miller also dazzled with a 9.875 on beam,…

By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday Each playing two conference games over the weekend, the SUU men’s and women’s basketball teams yielded very different results. Entering the week on a seven-game skid, the men’s basketball team recorded home wins over Tarleton State (106-105) on Thursday and Abilene Christian (74-52) on Saturday. On the other side,…

By Spencer Rodak, Southern Utah Gameday LOGAN, Utah – Wrapping up a three-meet in eight-day stretch to open the season, the SUU gymnastics teams dropped a tight contest at Utah State Saturday afternoon, 195.700-195.550. Niya Randolph was a top performer in the meet for Southern Utah, totaling a first-place all-around score of 39.275. “Warm-ups were…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Thunderbird volleyball opened the season over the weekend, dropping three matches at the San Diego Invitational. Here is a recap of SUU volleyball’s matches from Friday and Saturday as the season got underway. Friday vs. Northern Arizona NAU jumped ahead in the first set, taking a 20-8 lead. While the…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Facing a former Big Sky Conference foe at home, the T-birds found a late goal to earn a draw against Eastern Washington on Thursday afternoon. Both teams battled in the opening minutes, with each team tallying multiple shot attempts as they worked their way into the match. It was the…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Facing Nebraska-Omaha on Thursday, the T-birds scored first before a pair of late Omaha goals dropped the home side to 0-3 on the season. SUU started the match strong, taking the lead in the seventh minute. With the T-birds having much of the ball early, Whitney Gardner unloaded a shot…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Completing a season-opening two-match Nevada road trip, the SUU soccer team was dealt a 2-1 defeat by the Nevada Wolfpack on Sunday afternoon. The T-birds fell behind early, as Nevada took a mere 28 seconds to find the back of the net. Despite finding themselves in an early deficit, SUU…

By Spencer Rodak, Stadium Sportzz Traveling to Las Vegas for the season opener, the SUU soccer team fell to UNLV on Thursday night. Battling in the triple-digit heat, the T-birds were unable to convert scoring chances in the final third, leading to a 3-1 away defeat. The Rebels notched the first goal early in the…