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Show rvimm WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015 DIXIESDNNEWS.COM New faces headline DSU media day BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN With the 2015 fall athletics season rapidly approaching, Dixie State University administration, coaches, and athletes opened up and introduced some new faces to a panel of media members and live television viewers at the annual DSU media day. Athletic Director Jason Boothe opened the presentation by discuss- the successes of last years teams. With four conference titles, several and a cumulative grade point average of 3.1 , Boothe said last years student athletes performed at an extremely high level. We have kids performing on and off the field at a level we havent seen before, Boothe said. We want to keep growing and keep doing better things. Boothe touched on the advancement of the university as a whole, addressing the facility improvements and construction plans that are in the works. With the additions on the Bums Arena and the new student Human Performance Building, this place will have a completely different look and feel in the next five years, Boothe said. Its really an exciting time for the university. The additions to the Bums Arena e will give coaches, many of which have been working from home, an office to run their operations in, while the future Human Performance Building will likely be home to a new weight lifting gym, pool, and many more amenities for not only athletes but all students. The changes in the athletic department dont stop with the facilities, though. The football team gained four new coaches, along with numerous transfers and incoming freshmen something head coach Scott Brumfield ing part-tim- said will lead to a big turnaround after coming away with just one victory last year. Brumfield was accompanied at the podium by defensive coordinator Shay McClure, incoming offensive coordinator Blaine Monkres, and several key players. I knew who I wanted, Brumfield said. I knew who could help us get better and we went out and got them. Monkres said he has often received questions about his offense, and the panel was curious as to what he would be implementing. Obviously, we will adjust the offense to the players and the talent we have, Monkres said. But, for the most part, well be running the same offense as I ran at Dixie High. The offense Monkres is referring to is a spread offense that won him three state titles as a head coach at DHS Also, an offense that junior quarterback Hayden Gavett, from Corona, California is familiar with. Coming off the first season since 2010, the DSU womens soccer team was eager to answer questions and kick-of- f the season. Head coach Kacey Bingham, whose record has improved each year with the team, said she was adamant that her work here isnt done. Weve done some great things, but the gilds arent satisfied, Bingham said. Weve had improvement every year, and that gets the girls excited to step to that next level. Losing their leading goal scorer from the past two seasons, they will have to find another threat to put the ball in the back of the net. Bingham said they have found that in their young players. They will begin the season on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. at Hansen Stadium. Mens soccer, under the direction of head coach Josh Pitwill be tman, trying to turn over a new pro-styl- e, . 10-w- in newly-introduc- ed leaf after just four wins in the last two years. The teams past struggles have put it in a tough position at the bottom of the preseason polls. Something that sophomore defender Bryan Baugh, from Henderson, Nevada, said he is unfazed by. We have a completely different team from last year, Baugh said. So that ranking doesnt reflect what we have. The DSU volleyball team was the next team to take the stage. The team is coming off of an exciting postseason where it upset the No. 1 team m the country and advanced to the Sweet 16 before falling to Sonoma State in the NCAA tournament. Head coach Robyn Felder said she was impressed with the performance last season but is still not satisfied. Were going further, Felder said. We arent satisfied with the Sweet 16; we want to go to the Elite Eight. We were one win away from the PacWest title last year and that is our ultimate goal. Felder said she is losing several key contributors from last years mn, but she doesnt shy away from the competition. We are reloaded with some great talent, Felder said. Its season begins Sept. 2 at 5 p.m. against Colorado Mesa University. DSUs cross country team finished off the kst leg of the broadcast, where head coach Justin Decker spoke of his teams positive performance last season and how it wasnt enough. We had great individual performances last year, Decker said. Now we need to find out how to string it together and have higher finishes as a team. Cross Country begins its season Saturday, Sept. 5 in Flagstaff, Arizona. The full DSU media day broadcast can be viewed at SouthemUtahLive. com. Air VXiEUS SOCCER Tori Washington, a freshman general education major from South Jordan, puts up a fight against Heat 99 FC on Friday night The Storm won 2-- in 1 the scrimmage Storm optimistic after first contest the lead was cut to one goal after DSUs sophomore goal keeper Danica Nusink missed a save that resulted in a Heat 99 FC goal. Heat 99 FC had a break away late in the game and got off a shot that had Nusink beat, but the shot went inches wide, thus preserving DSUs victory. No excuses, defender Montana Tanner, a sophomore accounting major from Bountiful, said. We have all the pieces, we just have to piece it all together. Theres no reason why we shouldnt be a great team. Our first goal is conference champions, and our second goal is to make post play. Freshman forward Lizzie Newman, a general education major, echoed Tanners mantra, Our team goal is no ex- cuses, Newman said. Everything we do, we dont have any excuses for. We want to work hard on the field as well as in the classroom. BY BRAYDEN DOBSON Braydawg9 Dixie State University wom- ens soccer team beat Heat 99 Football Club, a Las Vegas based high school prospects team, 1 Friday night. Both teams remained scoreless for much of the first half until Aubri Detmer, a junior from Austin, Texas, broke the 2-- scoreless tie when she put a ball into the mesh behind the goal keeper in the 36th minute. DSU took a lead over Heat 99 FC into halftime. In the 63rd minute, DSU went up by a pair when sophomore forward Darian McCloy blasted a shot past two Heat 99 FC defenders that trickled past the goalkeeper and into the net. 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