CEDAR CITY, Utah - With just four games left in the season, the Southern Utah volleyball team will be looking to end their season on a high note. This week, they will be going up against Bengals of Idaho State and the Wildcats of Weber State. This will be a chance for redemption against these teams as the Thunderbirds fell against both of them previously in the season.

Last Time Out

In their last two outings, the Thunderbirds went up against Portland State and Sacramento State. Southern Utah took one of the sets in the match against Portland State but ultimately fell in four sets.

MaCail Evans led the Thunderbirds in this matchup crushing 16 kills with a .342 hitting percentage.

Evans is also still nationally ranked for her blocking efforts. She is 16th in the country with 122 total blocks for the year.

The Thunderbirds came out strong against Sacramento State. They played some of the their best volleyball of the season to claim the first set. However, the Hornets then came surging back to win it in four sets.

Janet Kalaniuvalu and Macky Fifita put up impressive performances offensively and defensively. They each put up double-doubles with Fifita accumulating 12 kills and 13 digs and Kalaniuvalu recording 13 kills and 11 digs.

Opponent Preview: Idaho State University

After a slow 3-13 start to the season, The Idaho State volleyball team turned their season around. Ever since then they have won eight out of their last nine matches.

Junior outside hitter, Abby Garrity has been an offensive pillar for the Bengals all season. She leads the team with 320 kills and a .208 hitting percentage.

Haylie Keck has led Idaho State on the defensive end averaging 4.74 digs per set on the season.

Opponent Preview: Weber State University

After a difficult 2-12 start to the year, the Wildcats have had more fortune later on in their season. They've struggled in non-Big Sky matches winning only two of them all season. However, they've seen slightly fortune in conference matches. They are 4-8 in Big Sky matches and have won four of their last ten.

Senior outside hitter, Amanda Varley, has headed up the offensive attack for the Wildcats. She has hit 308 total kills on the year and averages 3.42 kills per set.

Another senior, Thamires Cavalcanti, has been stifling attackers all season. She leads Weber State with 378 total digs for the season and 4.2 digs per set.

Scheduling

The first match of the week will take place Thursday evening at 7 p.m. MT versus Idaho State. The match against Weber State will be held Saturday at 12 p.m. MT. Both matches will be held at home in the America First Event Center.

Live Stats/Live Stream

A live stream of both matches will be on PlutoTV. The PlutoTV app can be downloaded to access PlutoTV programming, or visit pluto.tv/watch. All Thunderbird home programming will be available on channel 236.

Live stats will be available on suutbirds.com prior to the start of the match.

Follow Us

Stay updated during this week's events by following @SUUVolleyball on Twitter and Instagram along with liking the Southern Utah Volleyball page on Facebook.

Tickets

Fans can purchase tickets for all SUU home matches, by visiting tbirdtickets.com or the America First Event Center Ticket Office.