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Show J gallery of the soccer nte nt teams on our website, www.dixiesunlink. com Mendenhall blasts 3 homers in series wR game of their 1 0 loss Game one was highly by three consecutive DSC home runs in tire third inm; Cue started off the 1 BY MARK SCHURR Staff Writer The Dixie State softball team moved in a tie for first place in the Pacific West Conference after winning three of 5-- iiF1 - ft game, including a two-ru- t blast in tire last inning topi tire Red Stonn within oner. Whipple-Mille- Mi first game on Sunday. Both the Knights runs were unearned in their 5 loss. Folta fielded her way out of about three innings, head coach Randy Simkins said. It helps tire team a lot when your pitcher makes the third out of an inning. Folta scattered eight hits in 2-- (i t;c 1 Hawaii Pacific University 9, Red Storm Red Stonn 7, Hawaii Pacific University 3 5 Red Storm 12, Dominican University 1 Red Storm 9, Dominican University 1 Thursday Games: Baseball (Doubleheader) Hawaii Pacific University 4, Red Storm 2 Hawaii Pacific University 3, Red Storm 0 Softball (Doubleheader) Red Stonn 1 1 , Dominican University 3 Red Storm 1 7, Dominican University 0 . iji; Wii Ut4 fH n,i A t k V-..' -l lfi) ' sN I! U t i 1 i O t iV The lights of Hansen Stadium burn bright in the n hours, well before the sun makes its first appearance in the east. Under the lights, the Dixie State College mens soccer team works out during its spring-tim- e practices. Always in the middle of the field with a keen eye on the constant developments is head coach Danny Ortiz. Spring practice is a perfect time for him and his staff to evaluate the team. It gives us a chance to see players that did not see a lot of playing time in the season work with the vet' erans, Ortiz said. We want to see what they have taken from the fall trainings and put it into a game 1 i ! I 1 ! I ners on first and second in the third, they were again denied by Folta and tire fielding of DSC. I allow the hitters to make contact, Folta said. Let tire defense make plays any kind of out works. Junior third baseman Kelsey Mendenhall belted her third added for this years spring practice regimen is a strength and condition- mg program. Ortiz said: I cant give enough praise to Eldon Brough and the staff. We are quicker and stronger than we have ever been. You could easily see that in our spring game with Weber State. Last spring, a bigger and tougher Wildcat squad manhandled Dixie State in a spring exhibition. With the benefit of additional strength training, the Red Storm fought off Weber State and fired past them with a significant scrimmage victory this spring. Brough, DSCs strength and conditioning coach, noticed the change in the athletes performance after the first exhibition. They made overall and a gains strength-wislot of the guys were quicker, Brough said. I remember after the first exhibition game, a lot of the guys came up and thanked me for helping them. You could tell they noticed the difference in e, The team had its best performance in the Pacific West Conference last year despite finishing the year with a losing record overall. Ortiz said some lessons were learned over the last season. We are not the biggest team on there, so we need to move the ball quicker, he said. Out-of-seas- sS lean goo dell Los offl ton r. Senior short stop Aside) McFarlands three RBIs at nals one home run highlighted Bry game two in Saturdays DSC win. Egge had twoRI and Mendenhall had tire of Folta pitched her first oft be P31 s the third inning to give her tire team lead. Cue had two RBIs in tire game. The other two runs came off the bats of sophomore outfielder Jaelle Judkins and junior outfielder Kourtnie Sclrlacter. Cold weather on Saturday did not hinder the hot bats of the Red Stomr in the first practices give DSC a chance to work on its speed of play and adapt to changing lineups. A critical component then work various game situthrough ations and end with a scrimmage. For Hales and his teammates, spring workouts lead toward one goal. To win conference, Hales said. We come out here every day looking to improve. Next years team will have five seniors by far the largest veteran class under Ortiz since the coach took the reins of the program three years ago. Parker Kennah is a said. We few complete games on Saturd yielding one earned run K was named the PacWest pitcher of the week mu fen T, for Apr. con 0. Lai DSC plays a doubleheaff today in Cedar City against Southern Utah Universiti ill p.nr. For complete stab game details, log on to fare end the and bun Bry www.dixieathletics.comoi den www.pacificwestsports Several veterans return to mens situation. Tennis ij innings. They had two hits in tire first inning and got runners at tire comers but failed to score. The Urban Knights missed another opportunity to score in tire second inning when they failed to produce a run with the bases pre-daw- Softball (Doubleheader) Southern Utah University 5, Red Stonn Knights had their best chances to score big in the first three BY JOHN POTTER For the Dixie Sun Baseball (Doubleheader) . TT bite 1 April 6 Games: 1 0 Urban Knights sophonxs pitcher Kimberly Dauerw. tire game winner and fresh man Katie Brooks got the save. Freshman pitcher M Snow took the lone DSCL over tire weekend in relief third baseman Kelsey Mendenhall, a business major from Tooele, went yard three times against Academy of Art University. Dixie softball is currently in a tie for first place in the Pacific West Conference. home run of tire weekend in seven innings. The Urban juiced. With one out, and runplete game masterpiece in tire fesriml . 'dout o0 12-ru- ' niak 'colic baserunners you are not eran to win games, Simkinssajiun. Mendenhall led the Red layo Stonn with two home n poss and five RBIs in the first Wei Breanna Egge, and sophomore outfielder Anna Cue highr scoring fest lighted the n with two RBIs each. Egge also s i had a home run in the game. Senior pitcher Brittnie C an accounting Whipple-Mille- r, i major from Moab, had five strikeouts in a complete game Junior it upor R o. 9-- Th - The last game of Sundays doubleheader, a 12-- 2 victory, tie in put DSC in a first-plathe PacWest with the UniverSeven sity of Hawaii-Hilthe for players had an RBI Red Stonn. Sophomore outfielder Jolinna Brown, senior catcher er Clmf fielder Cassi Merrill. The dere Storm's 1 7 hits were not uy enough to win the first off plul: games over the weekend, fins When you allow 20 joita 2. gem. I allowed too many baserunners in Saturdays said. game, Whipple-Mille- r It was the defense that kept them off the bases today. Whipple-Millupped her record to 2 on the season. Junior pitcher Lauren Folta, an accounting major from Erda, stranded 13 Urban Knights baserunners in a com- - cxcit park blasts and was follow, by Brown and senior out- nail-bitin- 6-- 4, 1 out-of- -t four games against Academy of Art University on Saturday and Sunday. Game one of Saturday's doubleheader resulted in an Dixie State g 0 College loss. DSC then stormed back to win the next and 12-2 three games, 11-1- -- ore W team F calming presence in th middle of the field whi Hales and Arnaldo Ana will attack from the on' side wings. Junior strik Jordan Roylance will turn after earning secor team conference honor Those guys know is expected, Ortiz said Our captains, both N) (Ortiz) and Zac (Hales' do a really good job of building the team unit; D re roa h aoo sell thir mis ID anil will need. exp Spring practices end soon and a summer pm r gram awaits. r A i J ft f A conditioning after playing a full game. Zac Hales, a junior psychology major from St. George, broke down a typg ical practice. We get a good warm up, then start with passing to get the legs moving, he early-mornin- Timothy Shue, a freshman general education majr pr from Las Vegas, takes part in the new once The soccer mens team lifts weights gram. during the spring semester to prepare for the seas0 off-seas- ,Ji A |