News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Season tickets for staff and faculty are now available for 50% off. Men’s soccer is coming off a WCC Championship and has the 7th ranked recruiting class in the nation according to Top Drawer Soccer. Former Portland Trailblazer Terry Porter and the men’s basketball team continue to bring in top recruits (12th ranked recruiting class in the nation) that will immediately help our Pilots compete in the WCC.
For more information contact our ticket manager David Taylor at x8619 or taylord@up.edu.
It’ s an exciting time in the athletics department with new head coaches taking the reins for the Pilot men’s basketball and men’s soccer programs, and they want the University community to be a part of this new era. Tickets for the 2016-2017 seasons are now available for all faculty and staff at a discount of 50 percent off.
For more information contact the Pilots box office at x7525, or e-mail Dave Taylor at taylord@up.edu.
Are you iterested in coming out to more soccer or basketball games? Well, now you can! For the 2016-2017 soccer and basketball seasons the athletics office offers season tickets to all faculty and staff for 50 percent off. For more information contact the Pilots Box Office at 7525, or e-mail Dave Taylor at taylord@up.edu.
The University of Portland men’s basketball team will host the Sacramento State Hornets in the opening round of the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) at the Chiles Center on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. This is the first postseason men’s basketball game hosted on the Portland campus in program history.
Tickets start at $5 for kids/students and $10 for adults and will be general admission open seating. They will go on sale Monday at 11 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.TicketMaster.com, or in-person at the Pilot Box Office. Doors will open one hour prior to tip-off and Pregame Pasta Dinner will be available, as well as all regular Pilot Club activities.
The first 500 student tickets will be purchased by the University of Portland Athletic Department and be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students can swing by the Cove on Monday from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. to pick up the tickets. Any remaining tickets will be available at the Pilot Box Office in the Chiles Center.
Wednesday’s game will be a rematch from earlier this season when the Pilots pulled out an 80-75 win at Sacramento State on Dec. 14. The Pilots secured a postseason bid after making a run to the West Coast Conference Championship semifinals with a 69-52 upset of Saint Mary’s. Portland was eliminated from the tournament with a loss to second-seeded BYU.
In its seventh year of existence, the CIT consists of a 32-team field made up of non-BCS programs that were not selected to the NCAA Tournament or the NIT (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac 12 and SEC teams are not considered). All 31 games during the tournament are played on campus sites, with future round opponents determined by results of the previous round.
The UP women’s and men’s soccer teams will welcome the Portland Thorns FC and Portland Timbers 2 (T2) to Merlo Field for a pair of exhibition games this weekend. The two matches are presented by Providence Health & Services and $2 of every ticket purchased supports Providences’ sports screening and health education programs for youth . The Portland women will first host the Thorns on Saturday, March 21. The UP men will follow a day later against T2 on Sunday, March 22, and kickoff for both matches is set for 7 p.m. Tickets for both matches are on sale at TicketMaster.com and through the Pilots Box Office (7525). Prices are $10 for stadium chairs, $8 for bench backs, and $5 for bleachers.
For tickets, contact Dave Taylor, athletics, at taylord@up.edu.
Make plans to wear black and attend the Pilot women’s soccer game versus Pepperdine on Friday, October 24, at 7 p.m., as the athletics office tries to “blackout” Merlo Field for the launch of the Portland Pilots new secondary logo. This is a huge event for the athletics department and the campus as a whole. The launch will include giveaways for the first 500 fans at the gate featuring the new logo. Gates open at 6 p.m., so make plans to be at the game early. Every occupied seat counts as the Pilot women hope to maintain their reign as highest in the nation in average attendance for a tenth straight year. All staff and faculty can receive 50 percent off general admission tickets; please contact Dave Taylor at the Pilots box office at 7525.
Faculty and staff are reminded that they receive 50 percent off the regular price on Pilots soccer season tickets. Employee season tickets prices are $124.50 for stadium chairs, $89.50 for bench backs, and $63 for general admission. Season tickets include all men’s and women’s home games. For more information or to purchase your season tickets, call Dave Taylor at 8619 or e-mail taylord@up.edu.