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Show WEDNESDAY, JANUARY DSU 11, 2011 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM - 5 to offer more support for female sports STREAK in the lost to AAU. Schweikart said that as the team has begun to play as a team rather than individuals, it has helped continued from page 4 - Freshman guard Jaden Gonzales then drained a clutch 3 lead to take a with under 20 seconds left. NDNU could not retake the lead, and DSU pulled off the 3 win following a couple of free throws. "We did a great job of battling out there as a team," Sehweikart said. "Winning road games is tough, but we found a way to get it done." DSU averaged 15 assists per game as a team during the two wins, but only had 10 ' spark this awakening for the Trailblazers. "We did not do anything much different these past few , games," Schweikart said. "We just played together and did a great job of sharing the ball which made it more fun for the girls ." At overall and 6 in PacWest conference play, DSU returns home to play against Dominican University of California Wednesday at 5 p.m inside Bums Arena. 64-6- 1 66-6- - .. I - r- hCr , - c , co r co "'" r, , . ,z ,. From left, freshman quarterback Josh Thompson, a general studies major from Ontario, California drops back for a pass. The women's swim team dive into the pool to begin a race against Colorado Mesa University Saturday. DSU is working on increasing attendance to women's sporting events while also being compliant with Title IX. HANNA POLLOCK BY hannapollockDSN Dixie State University's athletics are compliant with Title IX, but DSU women athletes often have smaller crowds at most of their events. For the sixth-straigyear, DSU men's basketball was ranked in the top six nationally for game attendance. DSU men's basketht averaged 2,190 home game in the 2015-1season, while DSU women's basketball was unranked in attendance. DSU had a total of 142 ball games fans per ed 6 I, d female d student-athlet- es for eight sports and 220 male student-athlete- s (107 athletes for football) for six sports. Although DSU's athlete ratio is not male-tofema- -- le in compliance with Title IX, athletic director Jason eA 2-- z z )f 2-- Boothe said DSU has continual progress toward adding more sports, which makes DSU compliant through . but she would like to see more promotion for every sport. She doesn't believe the problem is a matter of promoting women's sports more than men's sports. Felder said trying to raise awareness for every sport, no matter how big or small, takes a lot of man power, and DSU doesn't have the funding like bigger schools. "I've been around athletics long enough to know there are primary sports and secondary sports that make up an athletic program," Felder said. "While all sports are important, the football and basketball programs tend to generate the most income for the school and help financially support the athletic gives students points for attending games, and they can later use these points to earn Trailblazer swag. DSU recently made all of the women's games worth 25 points more than the men's to try and gain more support for our women athletes. Janessa Bassett, a junior biology major from Stansbury Park, said she notices students attending more men's sporting events than women's, even with the Trailblazer app point increase. "The softball team gets a lot less student support than baseball," Bassett said. "We mainly have parents, family and boosters that come and support at our games. I feel like baseball has all of those things along with more of the student body." Volleyball head coach Robyn Felder said the DCrew did a wonderful job of bringing students to games, participation. Swimming was added to DSU women's sports this year, and Boothe said DSU's move to the RMAC will allow women's track, women's sand volleyball, and women's lacrosse to be added to the Trailblazer roster. DSU advertises all of it sporting events on social media, on posters around campus, or through email announcements. "I feel like there is some room for improvement with advertising," said hydra Thurber, a sophomore biology major from Temecula, California. "Last season, games were advertised on social media and in the newsletter. Keeping the student body in the loop got us great support for games." The new Trailblazer app EGG DONORS NEEDED NOW . I , , , -- , t 4 - -- T - -- , , -- -, ''. .), ,,...... .. ,, , ; '. i '',, ,..,, ,, t , ,. A 0 Assist an infertile couple... major medical fertility center in SLC is seeking healthy young women, ages 7 years to assist our many patients in need of donor eggs. Must be drug, alcohol and tobacco free. 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