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Show II n wU basMi r n nil M 13 1 season ends m laearilbrsaiidmig iiose Ho 0HJ ti technical foul call after being thrown to the ground by an opposing player midway through the half. That was really unfortunate, said Ogden Jr., a business administration major from Spring Valley, California. I was disappointed in myself and felt like I let my team down in the last 12 minutes of the game. It doesn't take away from the great things we did this season, though. Junior forward Josh Fuller also fouled out shortly after, and head coach Jon Judkins received a technical while talking to his team. CBU stole the momentum of the ball game as it completely took over after the sequence of events. The Lancers ended the game on a 1 run to pull away from the Red Storm and advance to the PacWest champion- .v'l,-fS7V- ii (i v. v , v W. V Storm drop 3 of 4 to CBU Lancers, bounce back against AAU BY DRAYSON BALL DraysonNews Dixie State University baseball is heading back in the right direction as it has won three of its last four games. The Storm currently sit at an overall record of 15-- but due to three losses to Pacific West Conference-leadin- g California 5, Baptist University, they are just 3 in conference play. Two of those wins came against Academy of Art 3-- University Monday. The Storm are led by redshirt senior infielder Tanner Morache, whose .422 batting average is good for second place in the PacWest Conference. Redshirt junior ship game. outfielder Trey Kamachi also Sophomores Trevor Hill sits inside the top 10 with an and Zac Hunter led the way average of .394, good for for the Storm, scoring 15 sixth on the list. points apiece. Junior forward Two Storm players have Josh Fuller added 10 and senior guard Robbie Nielson been named conference players of the week so far this notched 10 points and five season. Morache was given rebounds in his final collethe honor Feb. 8 after going giate game. Ogden Jr. in the weekend sweep corralled 10 rebounds to Cal State San Beragainst move his season total to 276, He was followed by nardino. the most in school history. redshirt junior infielder Drew We left it all on the Mclaughlin the following court, said Nielson, a week, going against business administration State Montana Billings. major from Gresham, DSU has played in eight a was This tough Oregon. games over the past two way to end it, but it was weeks, beginning March 3 awesome to win in front of against conference-leadin- g that crowd on senior night, CBU. and I think we accomplished March 3 a lot before the tournament. Redshirt sophomore The Storm won their final Cam Gust gave the infielder nine regular season games, 1 a lead with a Storm but finished the season with to homerun right field in the an 1 9 overall record and sixth inning. came up short of the DSU trailed 3 going into plateau for the first time in final inning. It managed to the six seasons. Another streak came to an end as well push across a run on a throwing error to force extra as the Storm were not invited to the NCAA Tournament for the first time see BASEBALL page 6 since the 2009-1- 0 season. 28-1- r v - 2 8-- -J 9-- -- v Sophomore guard Brandon Simister prepares in an offensive drill during practice Feb 29 in 4 The preparation for the Pacific West Conference semifinals against Cal Baptist University March Storm's season came to an end With an 9 overall record as it was not invited to the NCAA 1 BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN 8-- regular season, the Storm put themselves in the d drivers seat with a conference in the bye tournament but were derailed by California Baptist University and Michael Smith, the PacWest Player of the Year. Smith scored 33 points on 4 from the field and 3 from the chanty stripe. The junior guard also first-roun- UPCOMING GAMES r? Dixie State University basketballs season ended in dramatic fashion at the Pacific West Conference tournament semifinal March 4. After reeling off nine straight wins to close out the 10-112-1- added seven rebounds and five assists en route to the 3 Lancers win. Senior Gclaun Wheelwright, guard the other half of CBUs dynamic backcourt duo, added 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Both teams were in the double-bonu- s with over 14 minutes left in the game, and senior forward Mark Ogden Jr. was disqualified on a 90-7- 3-- 8-- 20-w- in 4-- six-ye- ar lidandt agelaf softball completes sweep of HPU Sharks DSU usually I keep lose bat and wiJ BY PORTER LARSEN Softball at Nc , 'e Dame de Namur Un, 3rsity March 1 6 at 2 and 4 p mi oneia es. happ01 Softball at Notre Dame de many Namur University March 17 at 2 and 4pm ake,y011 irself "i! When1 e scree edalnT Baseball at Holy Names University March 17 at 2 pm. (PT) ret it fixf lgrnyP1 Women's tennis at turned'' Mills College ted1 ind derrtgf i andtef xg rtiisu I and a Baseball at Holy Names University March 18 at 11 am and 2 p m (PT) n fix No. 19 Nationally-ranke- d Dixie State University softball continued its swing in the right direction with a e sweep of conference foe Hawaii Pacific University over the weekend. The Storm came out hot, piling six first inning runs on the Sharks m Saturday's first game. Sophomore outfielder Janessa Bassett led the way for DSU as she went 3 from the plate. Junior outfielder Shelby Yung and junior infielder Brooklyn Beardshear both went 2 and combined for four RBIs four-gam- 3-- 2-- mes aliY e samed ch-Pt- iodel,N nent "d 3ast$lO ,yo an)' eap ad this n ;onoinC'J iney- March 18 PLarsenDSN Baseball at Holy Names University March 19 at 11 am Softball at Dominican University of California March 19 at 1 and 3 pm. and March 20 at 1 pm in the victory. The second game didn't come quite as easily as DSU needed extia innings to down the Sharks. HPU took a 2 lead into the bottom of the seventh before Bassett found a hole in left field to score freshman 13-- 1 3-- Freshman infielder Dam Bartholf fields a ground ball during a game against Hawaii Pacific University The Storm swept e series and is scheduled to play Notre Dame de Namur University Wednesday- in Belmont, California HPU in a four-gam- infielder Bailey Gaffin and send the game to extras where freshman catcher Jessica Gonzalez played hero. With a tied ball game and two runners on in the bottom of the tenth, Gonzalez smacked the first pitch of her wall d at bat over the to give the Storm a 4 walk-of- f win. Thats hands down one of the best feelings you can left-fiel- 7-- have in the sport, said Gonzalez, a business major from Kingsburg, California. Coming around third and seeing your teammates cheering for you before you touch home is what the games all about. Bassett continued her hot streak, going 5 at the plate and adding two RBIs. Senior 4-- see SOFTBALL page 6 |