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Show athletics announces addition of womens swimming team in spring DSU BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN Dixie State University will be splashing on to the scene of collegiate swimming in 2016. Athletic Director Jason Boothe announce the addition of womans swimming in the spring. Set to begin competition in the fall of next year, the team will compete in the NCAA Division II Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference. Boothe said the time gap was due to the need to be able to build a quality program. The building of the program started with the search for a head coach. He was our guy from the start, Boothe said. We had a couple of other prospects, but with his background at the Division I level, as well as our community, it just made sense. The he who Boothe referred to is Benjamin Rae, who was ultimately named head coach. Rae is a DSU alumnus with an extensive background in aquatic athletics, holding coaching positions at Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University, and multiple high schools SOFTBALL COLLAPSE continued from page Softball starts fall ball W T, . 5 touchdown reception by wideout Keoni Piceno. Leading the Wolves big run was wide receiver Paul Revis, who got things rolling on a go route touchfrom down quarterback David Sowards. DSU senior linebacker Nik Wolford, a business administration major from Draper, said he didnt know where to put the blame for the defensive breakdown. Its all too easy to point fingers when you start having problems, Wolford said. But we are a team, and everyone has to contribute. I know I made mistakes that didnt put us in a good position to win. Revis continued to dismantle the Storm defense on Sark Arslanian Field as he returned two 52-yar- d 32-ya- rd competitive, and with the new Health and Wellness Center in the works, were in a great posi-- ' tion to build this program. The team, although still in its beginning stages, is already starting to come together. Student athletes have begun meeting with advisers to be sure they are eligible to compete and make their schedules work with training. A final roster is not set but is expected to be completed by late April. Women who are interested in joining the swim team are urged to contact Rae at benjamin. raedixie.edu or at different DSU punts 80 plus yards for touchdowns, although one of them was called back due to a holding penalty. Weve got to limit those big plays, Brumfield said. They have killed us all year long, and we cant continue to do that if we expect to win football games. WOU running back Joe Harris found the end zone three separate times, marking the second time this season DSU has allowed an opposing player to rush for three touchdowns. There were a few bright spots in the otherwise disappointing game for DSU, including Barneys 222 yards of total offense. Senior wide receiver Nate Stephens had 11 receptions for 124 yards, and redshirt freshman Brad Duran added seven catches for 81 yards. Freshman quarterback Tyson Blackner threw for 223 yards and played the majority of the second half, coming in for Barne after DSU failed to convert on consecutive second-hal- f drives. Brumfield said it wasnt due to Barneys perfor- mance or his banged-u- p shoulder, and said the B; quarterback battle is still very much open. We knew coming into the game that we were D going to give both guys a shot, Brumfield said. No one really stood out in practice this week, so we decided to give them eqi& reps. The Storm will attempt to regroup before it takes a r long road trip to the Great i White North, where they L will face Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. The GNAC matchup will take place Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. ... .M." Senior catcher Autumn Woodfall, a biology major from Kaysville, catches behind the mound State University's softball team hasn't lost more than 1 4 regular season games in six years BY ALEX timistic about the teams future. Not as many girls showed up as Id hoped, Rae said. But out of the ones that did, there are some that are really fast swimmers. Were starting from scratch, so the most important thing is to be patient. Rae said he is also actively recruiting about 20 high school seniors who he hopes can make an immediate impact to the program. Coming into his first year at the helm, Rae said he has high but realistic expectations. Its a lot to ask to come in our first year and win, Rae said. But, I do think we can be across the state. Following his time in Utah, Rae coached the Dynamo Swim Club in Atlanta. The Dynamo was consistently one of the top programs in the region in 2011, and it won the overall Junior National Championship. Rae was subsequently named the North Atlanta Swim Association coach of the year. He then moved back to Utah, where he heads the Washington City Community Centers aquatic program. Rae held an informational meeting last week for prospective athletes. He said he hoped for a bigger outcome but is op WHEELER AlexWheelerDSN Dixie State Universitys softball team showed its ready to play for the national championship again this year. The national runner-up- s for the 2015 National Championship took on Snow College twice in a doubleheader scrimmage on Saturday. Junior pitcher Brooklyn Beardshear, an elementary education major from Tucson, Arizona, started on the mound for the Red Storm while senior catcher Autumn Woodfall, a biology major from Kaysville, stalled behind the plate. Beardshear threw really well, obviously, because no runners scored, and she threw a lot of strikes, Woodfall said. We had really good communication within the group, and we worked well and rotated well as a team. DSU is replacing seven starters from the best softball team in school history but are still expecting to do big things. We have a lot of shoes to fill, but we need to look at our team as a different team not a team that needs to replace an old We have one, Wood-fa- ll said. Our shoes to Were working hard to get Beards- hear said the team likes to play Love is Gone by David Guetta at the bottom of the fourth inning right before the players bat and do a cheer and dance to it. Badgers loosing It being fall ball, we want to get a lot of the new girls playing time, Woodfall said. I think our team chemistry is better than its been in the past four years Ive been here. The girls are very well - A 9-- 4. a lot of fill, but Brooklyn Beardshear an elementary education major from Tucson, Arizona lot of confidence working our way back to nationals again, Beardshear said. We know we can get back to where we were last year. u 9-- 0, we need to look at our team as a different team not a team that needs to replace an old one. We definitely have a i lb there but having fun at the same time. DSU went on to win both games. The first game ended followed by the Snow a expectation is to just play with the same intensity as last year. Dixie 99 disciplined, work hard at practice, and work hard in the classroom. We have a lot of good new players. In six seasons, head coach Randy Simpkins has never lost more than 14 games in a regular season. His overall record at DSU is 250-- 7 1 . 53?' rr. c h St K. Q 'J .tix. 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