Northwest Notes March 24, 2010

Vandals announce

13-game football schedule

MOSCOW - The Idaho Vandals open the 2010 football campaign at home for the first time since 1998, play rival Boise State on national television, and have their first non-Saturday games since 1960 when Robb Akey kicks off his fourth season as head coach this fall.

"One of the things I'm real excited about is getting the Friday night ESPN2 game here with Boise in the Dome," said Akey, in reference to the Nov. 12 matchup with the Broncos. "That's going to be a great four-hour commercial for the University of Idaho and it lets the entire nation see the Vandal-Boise rivalry. That's a great thing."

Akey also likes the Vandals' Thursday night home opener when they take on North Dakota at the Kibbie Dome on Sept. 2 - a date that accommodates the Labor Day weekend holiday as the 2010 Idaho team debuts.

The Vandals play their five nonconference games, then have a bye before beginning their eight-game Western Athletic Conference schedule.

2010 Idaho football schedule

Home games in CAPS

September

2 - NORTH DAKOTA. 11 - at Nebraska. 18 - UNLV. 25 - at Colorado State.

October

2 - at Western Michigan. 9 - bye. 16 - at Louisiana Tech. 23 - NEW MEXICO STATE. 30 - at Hawaii.

November

6 - NEVADA. 12 - BOISE STATE. 20 - at Utah State. 27 - at Fresno State.

December

4 - SAN JOSE STATE.

Vandal Boosters meet

Thursday at Resort

COEUR d'ALENE - The North Idaho Chapter of the Vandal Boosters will meet Thursday from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Shore Lounge at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.

A no-host lunch is available, and the public is invited.

EWU women's hoop coach

gets four-year extension

CHENEY - Eastern Washington women's basketball coach Wendy Schuller has been given a four-year contract extension, EWU athletic director Bill Chaves announced.

Schuller, in her ninth season as head coach, led the Eagles to a 19-11 record overall and a 12-4 finish in the Big Sky Conference. Under her direction, EWU won its first-ever regular season Big Sky Conference title this season, and hosted the league tournament for the first time in school history.

She was selected as the Big Sky Coach of the Year as the Eagles advanced to the Women's National Invitation Tournament. The appearance in the WNIT was the first national postseason appearance for the Eagles since the 1987 season.