Triton Athletics announces varsity sports tryouts for 7 teams
The Triton Athletics Department will hold tryouts for its varsity sports teams starting mid-August.
鈥淲e are so happy that we could return to the athletic fields and courts this past spring, and now in the fall, we plan on expanding the program to seven sports,鈥 said Athletics Director Doug Palmer. 鈥淗opefully we can play 10 sports in a couple of years.鈥
Students can try out for men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 soccer, men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball, baseball, women鈥檚 rugby, and women鈥檚 volleyball for the Fanuch氓nan 2022 semester. The newly revived Triton Women鈥檚 Volleyball program will feature both the full six-player indoor version and, for the first time at UOG, the two-player beach version.
Palmer said that men鈥檚 volleyball and men鈥檚 rugby will be high on the list of new sports for the 2023 academic year as well as a women鈥檚 softball team, cross country, and potentially other sports depending on the student interest.
鈥淗opefully all our sports will be up and running and playing games by October, and this will be the biggest year of UOG varsity sports since we re-started the program 2016,鈥 Palmer said.
The Triton Women鈥檚 Basketball Team is scheduled to be the first team of the academic year to play, with Sept. 7 set for their opening game. Most other sports will start after the Labor Day weekend.
Tryout dates and times are as follows:
Sport | Date | Facility | Time |
Women鈥檚 Basketball | Aug. 15-16 | Field House |
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
Men鈥檚 Basketball | Aug. 15-16 | Field House |
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
Women鈥檚 Volleyball | Sept. 6 | Field House |
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. |
Men鈥檚 Soccer | Aug. 15-16 | Soccer/Rugby Field |
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
Women鈥檚 Soccer | Aug. 16-17 | Soccer/Rugby Field |
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
Women鈥檚 Rugby | Aug. 18-19 | Soccer/Rugby Field |
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
Women鈥檚 Beach VB | Aug. 18-19 | Jimmy Dee鈥檚 Beach Courts |
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
Baseball | Aug. 25-26 | George Washington High School |
4 p.m. to 6 p.m. |
For questions and more information, contact Doug Palmer at (671) 735-2862 or email palmerd@triton.uog.edu.