Not only does the men's lacrosse team get to travel to No. 4 Brigham Young, they also face No. 8 Colorado and rising Utah in a series of road games so big, they will even have a game televised.

This weekend, the No. 5 Laxcats (5-1, 3-0) embark on their first road trip of the season, facing unranked Utah tonight before going to Provo to battle No. 4 BYU on Saturday. UA then takes on No. 8 Colorado on Sunday, at BYU as well.

Head coach Adam Hopkins feels that this is not only the toughest road trip Arizona has embarked on during his time here, one year as an assistant and a second as head coach, but it is his most difficult road trip ever.

"Well, we're playing the No. 4 team in the country and the No. 8 team on TV and in front of a lot of fans, so it's big," Hopkins said. "It will also be pretty hard staying up after the emotional high of playing the No. 4 team."

Utah is coming off a 23-8 win at Boise State. BYU is coming off a sweep over Tennessee, No. 7 Texas A&M and the No. 10 Longhorns, all in Texas. Colorado enters play after defeating No. 25 Illinois.

All three Laxcat opponents are Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Lacrosse League teams, against which UA is 1-1 this season. Previously, Arizona lost to then No. 2 Colorado State, 6-5, and beat Fort Lewis, 15-0.

Hopkins feels that BYU is better than CSU, which the UA had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but ended up falling to while playing with injured midfielder Bryan Moore and without attackman Josh Morrison.

BYU plays Colorado on Friday.

On top of the big match-ups Arizona is playing in, No. 1 Sonoma State hosts No. 2 UC Santa Barbara, which UA will play next weekend.

The cold Utah weather should not be a factor, goalie Sean Koffel said.

"If you're a better team then you're a better team," Koffel said. "We are just excited to go on a big road trip, to be on TV, and to let the people watch us come and beat their team."

For the injury-laden Laxcats, attackmen Tom Ghaney and Moore will play, but Morrison and midfielder Scott Black won't.

The BYU game, which is one of only five Cougar games on television, is on at 7 p.m. on Saturday and at 11 p.m. on the local Provo PBS affiliate, channel 11, KBYU-TV.

BYUTV is available on the internet at byutv.org/streaming.

The game is also available on select cable, Dish Network and DirectTV packages. For more information go to byutv.org/getbyutv.

This will be the first time the Laxcats have been on television during the career of senior attackman Tom Ghaney, whose parent's are making special arrangements for the game.

"Oh yeah, they're pretty excited," Ghaney said.