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Show pNE I ) if DSC women start road trip with win Daniels said. It doesnt really matter, time, BYDEVELON ISOM Dixie Sun Staff Writer The Dixie State College womens basketball team beat the Vulcans of Hawaii-Hil- o 4 in the first of four games it will play this week on the Hawaiian Islands. The victory lifted the Red Storm conference record to 2 and closed the gap between DSC and PacWest leader Hawaii Pacific (10-1The goal on this road trip is to inch closer to Hawaii Pacific and make d the upcoming meetings between the two teams all about conference supremacy. Freshman forward Deanna Daniels led the Red Storm to victory by matching her career high in points with 23. on Daniels went at the field goals, free throw line, secured seven rebounds and dished out three assists to her teammates. Daniels, an undecided major from North Las Vegas, Nev., continues to play at a level that will earn her votes' for PacWest conference freshman of the year. Red Storm teammate Johnna Brown may be were both on the same team, and were just out here trying to win games. Junior guard Amber Scruggs, an undecided major from Los Angeles, said both Brown and Daniels are young players who have poise and are always ready to 73-6- 7-- head-to-hea- 4-- 8-- to win. Freshman guard Chanel Maxey, a general education major from Anaheim, Calif., drives in toward the hoop against Grand Canyon University. The team won the first of its four game road trip against the University of Hawaii-Hilboth her and Brown is the only player in the school team in Las and both were PacWest who will prewinning and vying for Vegas winconsidered for many of the PacWest title. vent Daniels from the same awards in basJohnna usually wins ning unanimously. Daniels and Brown ketball. She said the those battles; maybe it will be my turn one most important thing to played on the same high o, 73-6- 4. Honestly we played very ugly game but we pulled it out, a Scruggs said. It isnt being in Hawaii thats the challenge; its the humidity that is so dif-ferent than in St. George. The Storm had to stop IheR a late Vulcan rally. nien Sophomore forward Shanae Vaifanua went ,at2-for nine points, two iz,t incl and two steals z Senior center Megan erNo Tidwell had four jnyon usual freshman teammates with a nice stat line: nine points on 9 shooting, two steals, five assists and five rebounds. Playing in Hawaii is different and players have to adjust. Scruggs said she could feel the heavy humidity, but the team did enough 7-- DiMe re- bounds and one steal. i addition, senior forward Tanya Clark played her play. Scruggs said: Theyre both very good players. They are both confident. There has never been a night when they have come out nervous. Scruggs supported her ). byd all-o- ut style osethi mall, led t by crashing for seven boards, swiping three ,eken steals and scoring H points. Head coach Angela Kristensen said Clarks defensive hustle and relentless play was crucial in beating the Vulcans Tanya is just all over the place when she umam plays, Kristensen said She is going to be irr- iisidei jralh 4 wm iunterj ubles astre locker room leading The Dixie State College Red Storm mens basketball team defeated the University of Hawaii-Hil- o 6 in a battle for positioning atop the Pacific West Conference standings. Junior forward Tom Whitehead tied his career high 24 points as he scored the final 13 points for DSC (14-The Red Storm trailed the Vulcans (13-8 with 2:28 remaining, and Whitehead took over. He hit three to 1 DSC a lead give with 36 seconds left, and the team held on for the win. Freshman center Zach Robbins, a business major from Upland, Calif., said it was to let the Vulcans back in to the game, but he said the team kept its cool under pressure. "The same thing happened last year," Judkins said. "We won our first game, but then went out and lost three straight. Our guys seem pretty focused right now so we should be fine." Senior center Nick Howard added 12 points, and Robbins had 10 points to complement Whitehead. UHH was led by junior forward Justin Smith, who had 28 points. The Red Storm could only tie the game in the first half as UHH held the lead. Junior forward Everton Araujo hit two free throws to tie the game at 16 with 11:46 remaining until halftime. The Vulcans gained a lead, but DSC stormed back with a 10-- 0 run at the 4:34 mark. UHH went into the 79-7- 4, 8, ). 7-- 4) 69-6- 77-7- nerve-wracki- 35-3- 2. DSC finally took the lead in the second half with a 2 advantage, but UHH responded with a 6 run. That is when Whitehead took 52-4- 27-1- over. Its nice to have someone like White-hea- d to take good shots, Robbins said. Hes always there to bail us out. The Red Storm then faced Chaminade University on Tuesday, but the game took place too late to include in the story. To find out if DSC added another victory toward winning the PacWest championship go to dixieathletics.com or pacificwestsports.org. The team continues the Hawaii road trip on Thursday in Laie against Brigham Young The Seasiders of BYU-have won seven of their last eight games since losing to the Red Storm in St. George on Jan. 7. They have positioned themselves in third place in the PacWest right behind DSC. The Seasiders game against Grand Canyon University tas also too late on Tuesday to record the result. The Red Storm will finish the road trip on Saturday in Kaneohe against the conferenceleading Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific University. The winner between DSC and HPU will be in the drivers seat to win the conference championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament. Univer-sity-Hawa- ii. BY TYLER ROBERTS Dixie Sun Sports Editor H The Dixie State College baseball team lost two games against Point Loma Nazarene University despite solid defense and a strong pitching performance in its second game. The Red Storm (2-traveled to San Diego to take on the Sea Lions who are ranked No. 2 in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Top 25 preseason 2) (7-0-- poll. During the first game of the doubleheader, DSC sent senior pitcher Preston Grimes out to shut down PLNU. Grimes gave up five earned runs in four innings of work, walking one and striking out four batters. DSC had the lead 2 in the fourth inning and in the bottom half of the inning PLNU broke the game wide open with three runs, taking a 3 lead they wouldnt relinquish the rest of the game. Infielder Ammon a sophomore accounting major from Pleasant Grove, said the loss showed some things 3-- 5-- v Zit-tin- g, te The tch t( awaii ,ach E tour ;e (Die gc :om ter multiple remaining three games plays this week. Its a new experience over here for the firsttime players and last night was an son id n ent as This llywl elton s ntely g ei BYU-Hawa- ese te the In single Thursday ii ha inn for them, Kristensen said. The Red Storm play Jn Tan night and complete its island trip against Hawaii Pacific Saturday .shraa f arm Red Storm men win 1st Dixie drops 2 games to game in Hawaii in 3 years Point Loma Nazarene BY RICHARD BRIGGS Dixie Sun Staff Writer i offles inwi eplaceable for us. Even though the Red Storm got the win, Kris tensen said the team must get focused for the eye-open- . ag ied the team needs to work on to keep improving. We didnt play as well as we did in the first series, Zitting said. It did expose some of the things we need to work on to continue getting better. Things like making each a and getting quality hits with runners on base. Sea Lion starter Chad Blauer threw six strong innings against the Red Storm giving up three earned runs, and allowing five hits while striking out three. PLNU added one at-b- at at-b- at run in the fifth, one in the sixth and four in. the seventh to put the game safely out of reach at 1 The loss dropped Grimes to 1 as a starter. Colton Yack, a freshman infielder and sports medicine major from South Jordan, said the teams 3. 0-- pitchers struggled throwing strikes. One of the things we talked about was their pitchers pounded the strike zone and got ahead of us in the count, Yack said. They got ahead of us in the count and our pitchers fell behind early and they took advantage of that. 2 j l Da ;ne si a 6 :ok :aside liked i In the second game of the doubleheader, junior Jeen, ujor fr pitcher Justin Prodan lean threw a gem of a game, seas but came up short of a win. Prodan pitched all itch 6 da six innings, giving up fee seven hits, but only allowtal lie ing three earned runs, but bawhile striking out five betti tters. The Sea Lion starter ifeen also threw a complete Lafee game, giving up two runs to DSC in the final inning aside ige th Yack said Prodan did gc what the pitchers in the first game failed to do, which was get ahead in the count early and pound the strike zone. The Red BY Storm was not able to take advantage and fell 3 to the Sea Lions. It's a b The team will travel to ate cap Phoenix to play Grand fs m Canyon University for xas four games starting Friday leldinp Zitting said the teams ehan goal is to win at least three nanual of the four games and to Word come out of the gate hicagc strong and never letting demo :e I :e Te 2-- a C up. The team will then return to St. George on Feb set 28 for a e State Montana against four-gam- University-Billing- s tferei "esm to ac ie !lted at m livers Hurst Field. ad of d Det hicagc v (Veah i sS p vi y NFL sr ' , v "'d hies tl """I :x hcagc 'tern 0rk w, Let's s St, uuVe due, i Mh nsin a Ves, tp 'finite1 nt Freshman Zach Robbins, a business major from land, Calif., catches a high pass during practice. Robbins had three blocks and 10 points in the teams victory over the University of Hawaii-Hilo. dre. Up- Lane Kirby, a freshman English major from Las Vegas, pitches to Mesa State College m last weeks victory over MSC. Dixie State lost both games over t weekend against No. 2 Point Loma Nazarene University. ' ddc fiusl jhest 'low j |