CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Thunderbird volleyball team has released their schedule for the upcoming 2016 campaign.
The Thunderbirds will play in four tournaments before heading into Big Sky Conference play, as they will travel to events hosted by California Berkeley, Utah Valley, Nevada and Air Force.
The T-Birds will play their first match at home on September 24 when rival Northern Arizona will take a trip to Cedar City.
“I hope we win a bunch,” SUU head coach Craig Choate said about the upcoming season. “I think it's a little tougher of a preseason schedule than it was last year. Denver is a team that went to the NCAA Tournament and won 20 plus games, they're quite good. Cal didn't do good in the Pac-12, but they're Pac-12 athletes so that's going to be huge. Were playing Gonzaga and UC Davis again and we lost to both of them last year. So overall, I think it's pretty good without being a monster. It's the kind of schedule we want to get us ready for the season.”
The Thunderbirds are coming off a very successful season, where they counted several school records including highest hitting percentage for an entire season and blocks in a season.
2016 Fall Schedule
California Berkeley Tournament
August 26 vs Holy Cross
August 27 vs UC Riverside
vs California
Utah Valley Tournament
September 2 vs San Jose State
September 3 vs Utah State
vs North Texas
Nevada Tournament
September 9 vs UC DAvis
September 10 vs Nevada
vs Gonzaga
Air Force Tournament
September 16 vs Denver
September 17 vs Georgetown
vs Air Force
Big Sky Regular Season
September 22 @ North Dakota
September 24 Northern Arizona
September 29 Weber State
October 1 Idaho State
October 6 @ Idaho
October 8 @ Eastern Washington
October 13 Sacramento State
October 15 Portland State
October 20 Montana
October 22 Montana State
October 27 @ Portland State
October 29 @ Sacramento State
November 3 @ Idaho State
November 5 @ Weber State
November 10 Northern Colorado
November 12 @ Northern Arizona
