WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM ark Trail blazers Pail bDy Despite 18 points and a 31 performance from the line by redshirt sophomore guard Tramina Jordan and13 points from Franks, the Trail. blazers were never able to within striking distance. DSU shot 52 percent in tht second half, but in the end suffered a 6 loss to the Sharks. "We just started really fiat against Hal and you conic tell they had all the momen, turn early," said Franks, an exercise science major from Redding, California. "By mc time we got the momentum back, it was too late." With one game left to go what has been the definition of an up and down season HAWAII continued from page 5 lead heading into the second Seasiders in the previous quarter. lead BYU-built a matchup between the teams Feb. 2, a game where Bradley late in the first half, but a scored a season high of 23 triple by junior guard Gabrielle Cabanero tied the game points. DSU never trailed in the at the half. 7 start a hot used and 0 Seasider run in An game into lead a take to the third quarter helped build halftime. The Seasiders fired an insurmountable lead for BYU-11..back, however, and cut the Vending home run lead to three with 30 seconds trimmed the deficit to 4 the blow left. DSU withstood but every time DSU made and finished on top, a move, the Seasiders were "It was a good win, we're there to counter. The Trailblazers were never happy with it," JudIdns said. "We're done playing BY11- able to recover the lead and and it's sad to see the ultimately fell it's always rivalry go because guard All Franks "It has been an interesting a fun game in Laie and at 19 points and a career-hig- h Franks said. "We 13 our place, but it's nice to win season," own her scored of Vending them." a have time the last very young team, so to pace the Trailblazers. playing some of our shortcomings With the win, Judkins The final game if the trip should be attributed to that. notched his 200th career was at HPU. Much like the We want to finish strong next National Collegiate Athletic UHH game, the Trailblazers week and attack next season Association win. faced a massive deficit in the with more effort and energy,' Nielson, junior guard first half. At 5 in PacWest play, Brandon Simister, and junior After shooting 17 percent forward Zac Hunter each put DSU finishes its season at over the course of the first in 12 points. Junior guard home against Holy Names 4 into a stared DSU half, Trevor Hill was a rebound debacle. University at 5 p.m. double-doublfinshy of a , ,,,,,,. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,w,,,,,,,,r 77; ,,,,I,7,,,,. ,,,, r.,,,,,,...., ishing with 11 points and nine rebounds. I '' Sitting at a 15-- 3 record, the Trailblazers squared off against HPU with the chance , 0, .t, t the conference at taking down ,,,e, , leader and pulling into a tie 2, - 1' ( )..for second place. The Sharks 44 I maintained their place atop 1,the conference standings, 1 1 , t however, with a 6 win. 1 , 4 e . 1 , first It was a " 46 Sel N. half with DSU reaching a I 'IL.,.. , i', t ' , ' lead of five points on several ' -' , , i, occasions. A late run gave 40,... E .ow HPU the advantage going x 0 I into halftime, o ,7 The Trailblazers opened up w .0,0104,,,,,, with a 0 run to begin the .4 z. second half to take a 47- Redshirt senior outfielder Trey Kamachi, an integrated studies 42 lead. This would be the major from Kapolei, Hawaii, hits a ball down the first base line last lead DSU would have against Saint Martin's University Saturday. The Trailblazers wor throughout the game. this game along with two others during the weekend. The Sharks used an 1 over the weekend," Pfaten-- ; BASEBALL lead later in the half to said. "Regardless of hauer take an lead. DSU continued from page 5 outcomes, we wanted to would cut the lead down to make sure we were doing four with six minutes to go, different things to move but could not complete the on second and third and score guys. We runners base, comeback and took its fourth want to make sure that that conference loss of the season, redshirt junior first baseman is something we are worldni Logan Porter laid down a bunt as stole on, and I'm proud of the N. McLaughlin Sitting in third place in the home. our guys executed." 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The Trailblazers hopes at a tie for second place in the Pacific West Conference were nixed after a loss to Hawaii Pacific University. three-point- er back-and-for- th '44. 'N't 7 , , s - ., .; , , , BY DRA?SON BALL DraysonNews Hopes of finishing with a Pacific West Conference finish for the Dixie State University were dashed during its road trip to second-plac- e Hawaii last weekend. Going into the road trip, the Trailblazers needed to win all three contests to have a chance at a second-plac- e tie. DSU handled the University of Hawaii-Hil- o and Brigham Young University-Hawai- tonight." Six Trailblazers finished scoring in double figures led by junior forward Kyler Nielson, who didn't miss a single shot throughout the game. He shot a perfect 6 from the field including 4 from behind the arc and 2 from the line. Nielson finished with 18 points and two assists. DSU maintained a double-dig- it lead for most of the first half before entering intermission with a lead. The Trailblazers wasted no time in the second half as they came out firing, extending their lead to 21 in the first four and a half minutes. DSU led by as many as 35 before 6-- 4-- 2-- free-thro- w i, but were defeated by the conference-leading Sharks from Hawaii Pacific University. Coming into the weekend, DSU sat one game behind second place California Baptist University. The Trailblazers squared off against UHE Thursday and managed a convincing win over the Vulcans, 98-6- 4 "It's tough to play here, especially on Hilo's senior night," head coach Jon Judkins said. "I thought they had a lot of energy early, but we matched it and I was really happy with our effort 5. DSU 'continued from page 5 10-poi- nt tournament for the Trailblazers happened to be a rematch against the Buffs. DSU took a 1 lead midway through the second inning thanks to a couple of RBI singles. The Buffs responded with two homers in the second for a 2 lead. Freshman outfielder Brenna Hinck hit a g double, scoring Bartholf and Gaffin to cut the lead to Senior outfielder Shelby Yung tied the game with a single to right that brought Hinck home. DSU took the lead for good in the fifth when Paulson reached home after being hit by a pitch. Another run in the sixth was just enough cushion for the Trailblazers, as they beat WTAMU in consecutive games. "Our bats came alive this weekend," said Hartman, 2-- Trailblazers. A triple drove in two runs and WTAMU looked to be on its way early. An RBI single in the second by sophomore third baseman Dani Bartholf and a sacrifice fly by Honey in the third tied the game After the Buffs regained the lead junior outfielder Kenzie Sawyer cranked a solo home run to tie the game Sawyer was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth inning and Bartholf singled right after to help DSU build a 4 lead. A Gaffin single in the sixth sealed an 4 upset victory over WTAMU. The final game of the 2-- 2. , 3-- 2, 3-- 3. 5-- 8-- 5-- bases-clearin- 5-- finishing two points shy of the century mark in the win, 98-6- 5. Sophomore forward Quincy Mathews finished with a of 13 points and 10 rebounds. Redshirt-senio- r forward Marcus Bradley finished with 16 points and three blocks in the win. "This was a good win," Judkins said. "We challenged our players coming in that e this is a tournament, we won the first one and now we move on to the second round at BITU-11.- " Following the win, DSU entered Cannon Activities Center to take on BYU-- for the final time. Three years ago, BYU-- announced that this would be the school's final year participating in any NCAA athletics programs. Bradley led all scorers with 19 points while also adding four rebounds and three assists. Bradley torched the double-doubl- e three-gam- H H 44-4- 5-- 8-- 77-6- 4, 8-- ,, , - , ' , ' ' .' , I ( A V V ,, ,' , , q ' '( r I ' I,- - ., i -- ,. L ' r,,, ', , , , , ! ! ' ,, 3 ', -, , car- ried us through this tournament," said Paulson, a business administration major from Fruita, Colorado. "We never got down, we continued to battle. We had a couple players out this weekend, but we all did a great job of stepping up doing our job." At 12-DSU returns home to play No. 7 Ade lphi University at Karl Brooks Field at 3 p.m. 2, - 6. an integrated studies major from Mapleton. "We really came together as a team in the dugout and I think that helped us be consistent." DSU had never beaten WTAMU in school history. Already ranked and now with major wins on its resume, positive momentum has Simkins feeling "optimistic" about the potential this team has. "Our energy really 2. , n g e Pe t.,, ., , t.., 1 . 0 The Orange Peer in St. George is Hiring! Monday-Saturda- y self-starte- (Sundays OFF) Must be 8 years or older to apply Looking for employees that are positive, outgoing; willing to work hard and learn about nutrition. Interested? 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