TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (August 23, 2023) – The Salt Lake Community College athletic department is awash with energy heading into the second weekend of the fall season.

No. 4 SLCC Men's Soccer will host both Yavapai College and Laramie County Community College, while No. 2 SLCC Women's Soccer will travel to Wyoming for preseason matches with Laramie County and Colorado State – Pueblo. No. 5 SLCC Volleyball will play in a tournament hosted by Arizona Western. 

For more information and upcoming schedules, visit slccbruins.com.

Men's Soccer: The No. 4 Bruins picked up a pair of resounding wins last week in their season openers, setting up another weekend of non-conference play at home this weekend.

Salt Lake will host Yavapai College on Thursday, then will play Laramie County Community College on Sunday. SLCC will open Scenic West Athletic Conference play on September 2 against Snow College.

Volleyball: A mixed performance last weekend left the No. 5 SLCC Volleyball team sitting at 2-2 heading into the season's second week.

The Bruins will play a strong schedule in an Arizona preseason tournament, opening on Friday with Eastern Arizona and Chandler-Gilbert. SLCC will then play Eastern Florida State and Arizona Western on Saturday.

Salt Lake coach Shay Goulding-Meurer said her team's focus is on improving after a weekend of tough competition.

"We are going to head into this weekend taking care of things on our side of the net," she said. "I was really impressed with our composure this past weekend in some stressful matches against some of the country's toughest teams. I saw our team learning and applying things in the first week of competition, which makes me very excited for our season ahead."

After a spirited preseason camp, Goulding-Meurer also noted her team's focus is at the appropriate level at this point in the season.

"I feel like our focus was exactly where it needed to be during preseason camp," she said. "I watched our team work to control the things we could control. Our team's ability to process what they needed to get better at was impressive. We are in a good place for continual improvement this season. Going forward, we still want to make our serve and serve-receive our strengths. As we do, our ability to stay in an attack mode will shine and outlast many opponents."

Women's Soccer: After an impressive 7-0 win over Central Wyoming to open the season, Salt Lake will take to the road this weekend for its final non-conference games.

SLCC will face off against Laramie County Community College and Colorado State University – Pueblo this weekend, playing both matches in Cheyenne, Wyo. The Bruins are still ranked No. 2 in the NJCAA polls.