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Show WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, DIXIESUNLINK.COM -- 4- 2Qif DSC soccer teams face i Thursday BYU-Hawa- ii r j See the scores at d ixi esunli n k. com - L Football team lands victory in Canada ticed harder, and we practiced longer than we had before just so we could start the game off right." Along with the fast start the key to DSC winning BY ROBERT LOVELL Staff Writer Dixie State College started the second half of its season with its first win of 2010 on Saturday, beating Simon Fraser Uni1 in versity (0-(1-- 5) 4) i: G' ji. 28-2- Burnaby, British Columbia. After slow starts in their first four games DSC struck early against the Clan of SFU. The Red Storm scored on their first drive as freshman quarterback Cody Stevenson hit senior wide receiver Kyser Christensen for an touchdown pass to take a 7-- i have a balanced attack. : Junior running back Jesse Ence, a business major from St. George, said the first drive was the key to the offenses success throughout the game. Going out and scoring on the first drive gave us the confidence to be able to score the points that we needed, Ence said. That e score is what showed us we could do first-driv- it. j a i i, if With distraught looks the mens soccer team walked solemnly toward the locker room after blowing the lead in the final 10 minutes to lose to Hawaii Pacific University 2-- 1. Dixie State College ended the first half with a goal from junior defender Clayton Alexander, but after controlling the entire second half the Red Storm fell apart. HPUs junior forward Richard Guffens dismantled the DSC hopes with a header in the 84th minute. didnt take long for the 1 r 5, Junior running back Jesse Ence, a business major from St. George fights his way through a tackle. Ence had his biggest game of the year Saturday to lead DSC to a win against Simon Fraser University. end Alex Nelsen for an fecta of strong starts. Junthe goal line on SFUs Jordan, said Hulses interfirst drive. The interception prevented the Clan e from getting a touchdown of their own. Junior linebacker Christian Case, an integrated studies major from West ception was the key to the defense's start. That was a huge play by Wes, Case said. It really lifted our defense. The Red Storm special teams rounded out a tri- - ior cornerback Ryan Laws recovered a muffed punt at the SFU line early in the second quarter. The recovery led to Dixies second score when Stevenson hit senior tight rd Mens soccer loses in final minutes BY RICHARD BRIGGS Sports Editor DSC got the running game going with a good mix of senior running back Adam Wells and Ence. As a team the Red Storm had 193 rushing yards on 43 carries. Well finished the game with rushes for 50 yards. Ence had his biggest game of the year, rushing for 150 yards on 25 carries, including an touchdown run in the thm quarter, putting DSC on top Ence said they were ablt to establish the run because of the offensive 21-1- W first-driv- The Red Storm defense got started early too. Junior defensive back Wes Flulse intercepted a pass at offensive 11 lead. 0 It this game was the ability to establish the run early which allowed them to Red Storm self-destructi- to be completed as HPUs hero from Thursday, junior forward Chance Bukoski, put in g the goal and raced with his shirt off. The ending to the game was such a contrast to the attitude DSC displayed in the first half. When Alexander scored his goal in the 34th minute his Red Storm teammates lifted him off the ground and carried him for five yards. When the lightning and rain started the fans took cover in the tunnel by the Red Storm locker room. As the players exited the locker room to start the game-winnin- ds second half they were greeted with loud cheers by the fans in the tunnel. Everything seemed to be going DSCs way. As the clock struck zero on the scoreboard the players and coaches spoke to no one. They retreated to the locker room in utter disappointment. Alexander, a business major from Seattle, said he was excited to score a goal, and the goal topped off a good week for him personally. However, he said he was disappointed with the way the game ended because of how much effort the team put said he accepted responsibility for the teams loss, and this experience will help them learn how to keep the lead once they jump ahead of a team. He said the only thing he and the players can do is move into the game. mens soccer team bounced back with a win against the Seasiders go to www.dixiesunlink.com. The Seasiders last played in St. George on Head coach Danny Ortiz on. The two losses to HPU dropped DSCs conference and caused record to the Red Storm to fall to sixth place in the conference standings pending the result of Tuesdays game against Brigham -1 Young University-Hawai- i. The game against BYU-did not end by newspaper deadline. To see if the H Sept. 25, 2008. DSC and played to a draw on that day. I expect it to be an emotional game, Ortiz said. Theyre going to bring it. They play a lot of kids from Utah, so you can expect theyll have a lot of support at the game. BYU-- 7 y 1- -1 H Alexander said hes excited to get another shot at a Hawaii team. Im excited for our team to have another chance to improve and progress, he said. We are going to prove to the rest of the teams in our conference that we are a g strong, squad that the other coaches are going to stress about when their teams play us. hard-woikin- Junior defender Clayton Alexander, a business major from Seattle, takes the ball in Thursdays game. Alexander scored the one goal for the Red Storm Saturday. i touchdown pass. 18-ya- rd Ence said the team started fast on Saturday because of the way it practiced last week. We showed more en- ergy," he said. "We prac 4. line. Our offensive line just tore it apart up there, Ence said. They were manhandling that defensive line and taking on everything they had to and were doing it with perfection. see FOOTBALL pagt dt Tennis begins at Calif, tournament BY SHELBY MISRASI Staff Writer The Red Storm women's tennis team had its first tournament, the WilsonIntercol-legiat- e Tennis Association Regionals, in Los Angeles to open the season as two girls excelled in the tournament. It was a regional tournament that was an individual draw for singles and doubles. A lot of the teams at this tournament are top in the nation. DSC had players competing on Thursday and Friday, but no one on the team had the chance to play in the final matches on Saturday. Pelton said this tournament was an introduction to the college level of tennis for the new freshmen. Freshman Sarah Hughes did well in a couple of matches and sophomore Karlie Hancock made it to the round of 16. Hancock was defeated by Katie Eng of California State University-Stanislau- s in two sets, Hughes and Hancock went the farthest in the tournament representing DSC as the tandem made it to the quarterfinals of the doubles competition. They were defeated by Vanesa Reibstein and Eng of CSUS, 6-- 1, 6-- 1. 8-- 1. It was a great opportunity to get out and get in some matches, head coach Eric Pelton said. "It gives us a chance to see where we're at." It was fun just being there all day watching tennis, said Hughes, a psychology major from Bountiful. Hughes also said this tour nament was an eye opener for all of the girls. It was also a good way to know what to expect for the rest the season. The team is traveling to Colorado next weekend, Hughes said she thinks the) will do well being able to play against some good teams. Karli Hancock, a sophomore nursing major from George, has not had the chance to play in about nine months, and last weekend was the first time she was able to play in a match. said her favorite part of the tournament was hanging and traveling with the team She said the team bonded tt, ally well, and they're startu to get used to the college level of tennis again. Allison Long, a sophomdj general education major fit" West Jordan, said the strengths of this fountain were the girls supporting each other as a team and g' ing it their all. My favorite part was being able to finally start competing and seeing wher we are as a team, Long cl and Si She on said. She also said they will dc well this upcoming season and the girls learned a lot from this tournament. The girls play in Grand Junction, Colo, on Friday against Mesa State College The team then goes again Colorado State University--, Pueblo and Colorado ChF tian University on Saturd1' |