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Show S33S33TEZST ggDAY, FEBRUARY SPORTS 20, 2008 Rebels split games against new rivals m m ihe Winters that wouldve ing going down the stretch by Sanchez gotten the Rebels up by three. However, the missThanks to those free Fridays game. es gave the Vulcans a throws DSC improved They found out early last chance to win the they had a fight on their their record to in conferhands because of the overall and game. As the Rebels defended the last shot teams third place stand- ence play. Sanchez and senior center Kasey they committed a foul ing in the conference. It with just over three secproved the Vulcans were Winters poured m 22 onds left. De Maestri hit and 23, respectively, as there to play hard. two big free throws and The Rebels fought the Rebels took care of as the Rebels attempted their way back from business at home. to move the ball down their early stumbles to However, the Rebels the floor, they threw the had nearly the exact take the lead with just ball away; that was the under 15 minutes left in opposite game with a end of the game as the worse outcome the next the first half of play Rebels lost The Rebels took a night. Sanchez said the UHH played a very diflead into the locker teams defense was not ferent style of game on room and rode that as sharp as it needed to momentum into the secSaturday and came out be against the Vulcans. ond half. firing on all cylinders. It was a role reversal, The Vulcans shot nearly Dixie State College he said. We flipped 60 percent from beyond came out with a scoring the arch, including outburst in the second roles, but our team defense did not come Vulcan sharpshooters half, increasing their lead to 16 points on a through when we needed Jay De Maestri, who t went from the stops. The game came jumper by junior for- down to one stop, and we ward Ryan Sanchez with line, and Vince 1 four minutes into the did not get it. Alvarado, who hit The Rebels drop to lead UHH took a 5 second half. The on the season with the DSC as halftime the did into however, Vulcans, 1 not go down without a shot just 37 percent from loss but remain in third the field. place in the PacWest fight as they made up Conference as they head g the 16 points to tie the Things in the second 61 with just over half looked a little better back to Hawaii to take at game Freshman Landon Clegg, a business major from Cedar Hills, drives the lane for a and on during Friday for the Rebels as they nine minutes left. UHH. However, the Rebels lost Saturday night's rematch. Hawaii Pacific University nights win against The Rebels jumped fought back by as many as 10 points with seven back out in front, but starting tonight. Saturday. by JARED BURTON untimely injury to the We are just trying to The Rebels started the minutes left in the game UHH did not go away teams play the Rebels Dixie Sun Sports Editor take it one game at a on 57 percent shooting week off with bad news still had to go out and and tied the game back time, and all three are after senior point guard play a tough game The Rebels won one up at 76 with one minute from the floor. DSC took the lead by Dan Stock suffered a left. The Vulcans kept it big games, Sanchez against the Vulcans of big game Friday night said. We need to focus, Hawaii-Hilo- . one but then missed two broken ankle in the close, but the Rebels but lost down the stretch and all our attention is at the free throws some with The came out teams Rebels away second big pulled m their practice. game on of the game by end shoot throw free Hawaii-Hileven clutch a of the the little with flat However, gates against OF and soon found them- selves down early in 7-- 1 10-1- 1 7-- 5 89-8- 42-3- 5 three-poin- 5-- 8 sense 5-- malyze d thats 's on su bout, bi ester tc lay-u- p ibouta, end kit if the; adult i o I ise prol to 3 10-1- 2 46-3- 9 so BYU-Hawa- ii BYU-Hawai- i. o rough shutting to s continues great Rebel softball. bounces start to early season back from losing streak DSC just runs ie strip, s, and st ed the Rebels the quality pitching they needed, giving the team six innings of work while allowing one earned run, three hits and struck out four. The Rebel offense scored twice in the first inning, giving Cichoski all the run support he needed. The Rebels also scored twice in the sixth inning to push the lead to Pratt once again was the hero, going one for three, batting in two runs, and scoring one of his night eddy rs" pk become sibkr: ly are ,r head night its a itest Ft n, and ain,dor learls ids own. Orgill came in to pitch in the seventh inning and shut down the Wildcats to close out the game for the Rebels and get the save, 1 e cloak his first of the season. demon I Cichoski earned the win, as a starter. prising moving to ical ene In game two sophomore ruses 1 pitcher Robert Fielding igureE i took the mound. Fielding threw four shutout Sophomore business major Phil Finley, from St. George, winds up though' Hurst innings, allowing just one Bruce at fora pitch against Central Washington University going hit while striking out two. field. The Rebels took three of four games in their home stand. oe read The Rebel offense was irnpro on humming, scoring two off firing started Rebels BY TYLER ROBERTS ether runs in both the second all cylinders, scoring 11 Dixie Sun Staff Writer on and third innings to lead runs in the first three this Senior catcher Tim starter Wildcat off The Dixie State College innings ch ablwent one for three Mott reliever and Moore baseball team ) won Jordan RBIs, and Rose two with three out of four Matt Palmer. Junior pitchgames ation went one for four with two the for Travis Stapp er esidenr Saturday and Sunday RBIs as well. Rebels lasted four innings and the against The fifth inning is where runs, Central Washington and gave up three type it while run, began to fall apart. earned one University only He's pitcher Tim Sophomore two. out Game one was on striking genen in and came McMahon Saturday, and the Rebels Entering the eighthwere allowed four runs, three Wildcats sent the senior pitcher Cody inning na is of in just Hansen to the mound. down 12-- but exploded for earned, of ft gob? work. Junior an inning the gap six runs to close mme1' Hansen responded by pitcher Skylar Southwickfor All six of the a to throwing a complete game, (he's shut down the Wildcats were three-hi- t runs Wildcat shutout agamst ifhis the next 2 23 innings. the the Wildcats. Hansen was unearned because akhan-The Wildcats were then committed defense Rebel brilliant, seen striking out four able to score in the ninth a total of four errors m canb' on his way to victory, against sophomore Rebels inning The the game. taproving his record as a t three pitcher Phil Finley to win al scoring starter answered by to be ,o Finley was the game The Rebel offense could runs in their half of the with the loss, credited the to not muster much e naV' eighth inning put pitchon the agamst moving him to cocoo' Wildcat starter Tyler Levin, game away. Junior down year. shut but Nick Orgill thanks to two errors by er y sycoThe Rebels had no answer the Wildcats in the ninth at he1 the Wildcat defense the Wildcat pitcher Michael for the win, hat"11 Rebels got one run. Senior to give the Rebels who shut them McCanna, third baseman Mark Rose Stapp was credited of orb for 6 23 innings, allowdown to went one for two and hit with the win, moving ich ing only three hits and no borne the other Rebel run aside111 on the season. runs. ' as they won The offensive stars oi he's go We are playing at a high and Pratt were wnwcr the game Shortstop Kyle Pratt, a now, Pratt said. We're right senior business major from freshman first baseman nericrj pitching well, and we're hit Tooele, Matt Rynearson. Pratt I feel praised the Rebels' batting the ball really well four, for m! went three pitching staff. ias we should win the conferlike while "The veb011 ting in four runs, one for pitching is what has ence outright this year, and ven Rynearson wentthree runs jnade the difference from our goal is to not lose a conthe'1 in last two, batting :e year to this year, Pratt ference game." twice. said. "We have and scoring prim&r quality The Rebels continue their on Sunday one still no Game in us Suys who are keeping season on Monday against Kris Ihe close saw junior pitcher games, Southern Utah University at Cichoski start for the Y Game two was a different Bruce Hurst Stadium at 4 Rebels against the story from the pitching bun p.m. duel of Wildcats. Cichoski provid game one. The gli 2-- 0 soir-- i Mt 2-- 1 5 ). , one-thir- 4 12-1- 5-- 15-1- 2-- 0 2-- F d as the Rebels nearly of Texas Womens edged them out University. The Rebels Senior first baseman the from hits six got only Christina Dixon hit a The Lady Rebels plate; two of those came homer in off the bat of senior outhuge three-rubounced back in a big to third of the the Fowler, fielder top down in Brittany after way being for Rebels the from who up had put games seven straight games by the plate. TWU hit up good. winning five out of six The Rebels moved on Schumers, who allowed games last week. to as the next round of the on hits nine runs four two The Rebels took tournament to take on DSC lost in games straight Notre Dame De Namur In the Rebels next Phoenix against throttled team University, and thanks to the Washburn University game another strong pitching WU third in their game on Wednesday and performance by Schumers and Thursday, respectagainst them in two win. the Rebels took a an DSC had days. ively. seven Schumers big from pitched In the first game junimpressive game innings with seven strikethe mound and the ior Haley Schumers outs and no runs off just plate. They scored 13 pitched a great game, hits to get the win for three near14 hits off runs by going seven innings and DSC. in the line six off everyone run one ly allowing However, the Rebels ran from up. Jones went hits and nine strikeouts. into a problems in the next the out She was helped plate, including by round and fell short of the RBIs. four and run home the Dixie State College championship game as a Junior pitcher Jessie offense that got 11 hits loss to UC result of a Dunn pitched four off WU pitchers, includSan Diego. strong innings, allowing ing her own hitting. UCSD pitcher Melissa just two hits, no runs Junior outfielder Ward threw a on two strikeouts and who Dabney McIntyre, with six strikeouts win. the way to a has been hitting as everyone in the line up tournathe Next in the well from extremely ment for the Rebels was put a goose egg up on the plate in the lead off scoreboard. Cal State University-Chico- . and position, went The Rebels will stay home DSCs combinareached home twice. this week to take on Schumers also had three tion of Whipple and Oakland University in a hits, and added two RBIs Dunn put the clamp on set on Saturday Chico, allowing just and a home run. DSC at p.m. went on to win the game three runs on five hits and prepped for their second game , against Washburn. ' r I We did pretty well a? offensively, Schumers said. We struggled in ' i t i ' W those games, but I think that we bounced back well from it. The Rebels picked up ' V'' V' right where they left off from both the plate and L;Y : V.V V the mound. Schumers hit -4. yet another home run as r 'V she recorded her only ' hit of the game. Even day though it was a for Schumers, the rest of the team picked it up as V senior outfielder Carli Jones and McIntyre both from the plate. went Freshman Brittnie Whipple threw seven innings, allowing just one run on four hits with two strikeouts as the Rebels cruised to a victory. This is not the last time DSC had to face WU before they left Phoenix. The Rebels then entered into the Schutt Sports DII Lead Off Classic. DSC ran into the tourJunior Haley Schumers, a bualneaa major from Plain City, pitches nament with a head of the Canada national team. Along with pitching Schumers steam but ran right into against team In batting average (.488) and five home runs. the leads a brick wall in the form BY JARED BURTON Dixie Sun Sports Editor 4-- n 2-- 3 4-- 8-- 1 7-- 1 5--0 3-- 3 seven-innin- g no-hitt- 13-- 0 3-- 4 two-gam- e 1 8-- 1 rrSoUTT:, - - - v I I . , , . , , ' " 4 V Kil "TV 4 4 7-- 1 - |
