Women's Volleyball 4/29/2019 10:52:00 AM Taylor Whitson - SUU Athletics Strategic Communication

Thunderbird Volleyball Announces 2019 Schedule

CEDAR CITY, Utah -- The Thunderbird volleyball program and head coach Pete Hoyer have released the team's 2019 schedule, announcing 30 games including a non-conference home tournament.

"We are excited about the 2019 season" says Hoyer. "We were able to expand our home schedule and allow our amazing fan base to come out and support us in mid-September. We have some great pre-season competition lined up that we feel will prepare us well for Big Sky play."

The Thunderbirds will open the 2019 season in Logan, Utah where they will compete in the Utah State Tournament playing Xavier, Eastern Michigan and Utah State (August 30-31).

Southern Utah will then host the Thunderbird Classic which will include matchups against St. Mary's, Middle Tennessee State University and Boise State University. (September 5-7).

Following their home tournament, the Thunderbirds compete in two more non-conference tournaments, the first of which being the Florida Atlantic University Tournament. In Florida they will face FAU, Bethune Cookman and Boston College (September 13-14).
SUU will wrap up non-conference play at the University of Nevada Tournament where they will play University of Nevada, California Baptist and Gonzaga.

The Thunderbirds will open their Big Sky Conference competition at home against Idaho State on September 26, then meet conference rivals Weber State at home on September 28 (homecoming weekend).

The next week they will travel to Sacramento State on October 3 and Portland State on October 5. The Thunderbirds will then return home to play University of Montana on October 10 and Montana State University on October 12.

Heading back on the road to play two days in a row, SUU will face Eastern Washington on October 17 and University of Idaho on October 18. Coming home for one game on October 21, the Thunderbirds will play Northern Arizona University. Then SUU will head out on their longest road stint of the season playing Northern Colorado on October 26, Weber State on October 31 and Idaho State on November 2.

The next week at home the Thunderbirds will see Portland State and Sacramento State for the second time this season on November 7 and 9. The last away matchups of the season will be in Montana where SUU will face Montana State November 14 and University of Montana November 16.

Wrapping up the season at home the Thunderbirds will play their final regular season Big Sky Conference games against University of Idaho on November 21 and Eastern Washington University on November 23.

Keep tabs on the Thunderbirds by following @SUUVolleyball on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

2019 Southern Utah Volleyball Schedule

Date	Opponent	Location
August 30	Xavier	Logan, Utah
August 30	Eastern Washington	Logan, Utah
August 31	Utah State University	Logan, Utah
September 5	St Mary's	Cedar City, Utah
September 6	Middle State Tennessee	Cedar City, Utah
September 7	Boise State	Cedar City, Utah
September 13	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida
September 13	Bethune Cookman	Boca Raton, Florida
September 14	Boston College	Boca Raton, Florida
September 20	Nevada	Reno, Nevada
September 20	Cal Baptist	Reno, Nevada
September 21	Gonzaga	Reno, Nevada
September 26	Idaho State	Cedar City, Utah
September 28	Weber State	Cedar City, Utah
October 3	Sacramento State	Sacramento, California
October 5	Portland State	Portland, Oregon
October 10	University of Montana	Cedar City, Utah
October 12	Montana State	Cedar City, Utah
October 17	Eastern Washington	Cheney, Washington
October 18	University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho
October 21	Northern Arizona	Cedar City, Utah
October 26	Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado
October 31	Weber State	Ogden, Utah
November 2	Idaho State	Pocatello, Idaho
November 7	Portland State	Cedar City, Utah
November 9	Sacramento State	Cedar City, Utah
November 14	Montana State	Bozeman, Montana
November 16	University of Montana	Missoula, Montana
November 21	University of Idaho	Cedar City, Utah
November 23	Eastern Washington	Cedar City, Utah

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