Court Reservations & Fields
University of Portland students, faculty and staff can reserve courts during the academic year for tennis, pickleball, badminton and volleyball. Several reservation times are available each week, and students must make reservations to use the courts at those times. Reservations may be made 48 hours in advance at recservices.up.edu Users should use their UP username & password to log in.
Students may also use Prusynski Pitch, Shipstad Field, and Franz Field on the River Campus, for Intramural Sports leagues and Sport Club practices and games.
University of Portland Sport Clubs, reserve fields through the Director of Recreational Services. The Director initiates the process each semester for recurring reservations. Clubs needing individual dates should contact the Director by email with all the pertinent details. Questions: 503.943.7177.
Court Reservations and Fields
UP students, faculty, and staff can reserve a pickleball, badminton, or volleyball court in the Beauchamp Rec Center or a tennis court at the LP Tennis Center. Visit: recservices.up.edu to make a reservation using UP username & password.
Check in at the front desk in the Rec Center or Tennis Center at the time of your reservation. If you do not have a reservation and space is available, you can make one on-site.
Staff can help with net set-up, if needed. Paddles, racquets, balls & birdies are available where the nets are stored. There are also pickleball paddles available for checkout at the front desk.
Fall 2025 Reservation Schedule
Tennis
Monday & Wednesday - 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday - 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Pickleball/Badminton (West Court)
Monday - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday - 5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Wednesday - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Thursday - 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Friday - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Saturday - 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sunday - 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Volleyball (East Court)
Monday - 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday - 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday - 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday - 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday - 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sunday - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The LP Tennis Center is home to Pilot NCAA Women's and Men's Division I Tennis at the University of Portland. The Tennis Center has 3 indoor courts and one outdoor court. Use of the Tennis Center by UP students, faculty & staff is scheduled at times when the intercollegiate teams are not using the facility.
Prusynski Pitch (Pru Pitch) is an artificial turf practice field within the Clive Charles Soccer Complex at the University of Portland. The field is named for Father. Chester Prusynski, C.S.C., who was a big supporter of Pilot Athletics. Father. Pru was a gentle man with a superb sense of humor and love of sports. He attended most Pilot soccer, volleyball, basketball and baseball games. Father Pru passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Holy Cross House in Notre Dame, Indiana at the age of 91.
Pru Pitch is managed by Athletics and Recreation and is available to University of Portland athletes and intramural and sport club participants on a reservation basis. The field is not available for rental.
Franz Fields at River Campus
There are two fields at the UP River campus. One is a grass practice field for Pilot Soccer. The second field is artificial turf and is used for Intramural Sports and the Sports Club program. The fields are not available for rent.
More on Father Pru:
Father Chester Prusynski, CSC, was born May 16, 1920, in Rapids, Wis. After graduating from Lincoln High School, he entered the United States Army. He graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee in 1950. He later received a master’s degree in business education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., in 1953. In 1956, he joined the Congregation of Holy Cross when he entered Sacred Heart Novitiate in Jordan, Minn., and made his First Vows there a year later. After a year at Moreau Seminary, Notre Dame, Ind., and four years of studying theology at Holy Cross College in Washington, D.C., he was ordained to the priesthood on May 26, 1962 in The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee. Following a year in the pastoral apprenticeship program at the University of Notre Dame, a year of teaching and prefecting in a student residence hall, Fr. Prusynski was assigned to the University of Portland, in 1964. During his long service, he taught accounting, served on the Board of Regents and became a steward of the local Holy Cross Community. He also assisted in various parishes in the Portland area.
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