EPHRAIM, Utah — Snow College’s women’s volleyball team opened Scenic West Athletic Conference play over the weekend by splitting a two-match series against No. 4 Salt Lake Community College, falling in four sets Friday before answering with a four-set victory Saturday. The Badgers dropped the opener by a three-sets-to-one margin, then reversed the result by the same margin a day later.
The split moved Snow College to a conference record of one win and one loss and an overall mark of eleven wins against six defeats through the early portion of the 2025 season. It also lifted the Badgers one spot to No. 13 in the latest NJCAA Division I poll.
A weekend split against a top-five opponent
Friday’s match was Snow College’s first conference defeat of the season. Saturday’s was its first conference victory. Salt Lake Community College entered the series ranked No. 4 nationally in the NJCAA Division I poll, making the weekend the Badgers’ first conference test against one of the top teams in the country at the junior college level.
The Bruins are based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and compete alongside Snow College in the Scenic West Athletic Conference, a National Junior College Athletic Association Region 18 conference that includes junior colleges from Utah, Idaho and other western states. Snow College is a public junior college in Ephraim, Utah, and its athletic teams are known as the Badgers.
The volleyball program competes at the NJCAA Division I level, the highest tier of junior college athletics. The two-match series was the Badgers’ first Scenic West Athletic Conference action of the season, and the Saturday win evened the series after the Friday loss. The split leaves Snow College with a .500 conference record early in the SWAC schedule.
What the national ranking reflects
The NJCAA Division I poll is a weekly national ranking of junior college volleyball teams, conducted during the season and based on teams’ performance and results. Snow College’s move from its previous position to No. 13 represents a one-spot improvement, and the ranking stands as the team’s current national standing. The Badgers’ overall record of eleven wins and six losses includes all matches played prior to and including the weekend series — both non-conference and conference matches played to date.
Their conference record of one win and one loss reflects the two matches played over the weekend, both against Salt Lake Community College. Salt Lake Community College’s No. 4 ranking indicates its standing as one of the top teams in the nation at the junior college Division I level.
The Bruins’ athletic teams are known as the Bruins.
What comes next for the Badgers
Snow College’s next matches will continue Scenic West Athletic Conference play, though specific opponents and dates were not included in the source material. The team’s eleven-and-six overall record and No. 13 national ranking provide context for its position as it enters the remainder of the conference schedule. The split against a top-five opponent represents a significant early-season result for the Badgers, who responded from a Friday loss with a Saturday win.
The team’s one-and-one conference start positions it within the SWAC standings early in the conference schedule. For families across the region who follow junior college athletics, the weekend offered a clear measure of where Snow College stands as conference play gets under way.
The Badgers will look to build on the Saturday result as the SWAC schedule continues.
