The UOG athletic department hosted the university\u2019s first-ever Triton Night since the resurgence of Triton Athletics on October 18 at the Calvo Field House. The night\u2019s main event was a game that pitted UOG men\u2019s basketball team against the MVP.<\/p>\n

There were numerous activities that kept fans busy, which included a free t-shirt giveaway to the first 300 fans who showed up, free food, music by the Triton Pep Band, a halftime contest hosted by Fusion Dance Company, and a raffle prize drawing for an Apple Watch.<\/p>\n

The door\u2019s opened at 5 p.m. and fans immediately began to flood in to the Field House.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had nearly 700 people at the Calvo Field House for Triton Night. Like I said, athletics really brings people together,\u201d said UOG Director of Integrated Marketing and event organizer Jonas Macapinlac.<\/p>\n

The event aimed was to increase support for Triton athletic program as well as increase student involvement around campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were many aims to the event, but mainly to market and promote the athletic department to the campus and the\u00a0Island of Guam. It was really nice to have so many student groups involved but we also wanted the general public involved as well,\u201d UOG Athletic Director Doug Palmer said.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s soccer and women\u2019s volleyball teams were also introduced prior to the game in hopes of garnering support for their future and off-campus games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were hoping to have more folks come to games after the event, plus make folks aware of\u00a0men’s and women’s soccer who are playing off campus and are doing really well so far. Also we have volleyball, which does not play until January,\u201d said Palmer.<\/p>\n

With the success of this event, more Triton nights are already in planning for the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think with the success of the event, more can be expected\u00a0in the future. \u00a0I would like to have a Triton Night for each of our sports once per semester,\u201d Palmer said.<\/p>\n

These future events, however, are not yet set in stone.<\/p>\n

Macapinlac urged students to, \u201cPay attention to UOG social media and the UOG website for announcements of upcoming events.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UOG athletic department hosted the university\u2019s first-ever Triton Night since the resurgence of Triton Athletics on October 18 at the Calvo Field House. The night\u2019s main event was a game that pitted UOG men\u2019s basketball team against the MVP. There were numerous activities that kept fans busy, which included a free t-shirt giveaway to … <\/p>\n

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