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Show "V WEDNESDAY, AUGUST DIXIESUNLINK.COM -- 4- r I T N i W Look us up a '1 3 v' online at dixiesunlinlc. com ONt INF CUNTLNT 1 1 and check out the Emily Fox slide show V Recovery brings Fox back to field fT' Vs had hurt my knee I got off the phone with my high school coach, and she called me right then, Fox said. She said, Its OK. Your scholarship is still there. You have plenty of time to rehab. You can come back from this. The vote of confidence from Huddleston is what really assured Fox she made the right decision to commit to DSC. She thinks I can come back, Fox said. Shes not going to give up on me. Fox said she feels like her knee is doing well, but it does get sore when she plays. She receives treatment from the team trainers frequently to make sure her leg recovers well. - $ Wt. r L aT I.A " r ,& VV If t V if-- L r cr!v 7Tv? 'rx A ? ? v 'V A-'- 'A .rtf - t x t ' V ..4 n E1 i A , r' J, L v. V f w vvm. uuMataHu 5 therapy in order to get back to health in time to attend DSC and join the womens soccer team. She was really upset, Huddleston said. In her mind shes coming to play college soccer, and now its jeopardized. be. Fox said Huddleston gave her hope during the Once I could start running and sprinting I would go out and work out try and get as much as I can H. J u,o A Emily Fox, a freshman general education major from Lehi, plays soccer at DSC despite an ACL and MCL injury. Fox is bouncing back from her injury to play defender on the team. taped to her leg and joined her teammates. This bag contained ice to help soothe an injury Fox suffered nine months ago. She tore her ACL and MCL while playing in a tournament at Brigham Young Editor-in-Chi- ef The ladies of the team huddled inside the Frank Habibian Wrestling and Athletic Center outside the office of womens soccer coach Linda Huddleston, and from the hallway walked freshman defender Emily Fox. Fox walked with a bag University. I had been offered my scholarship about three weeks before I did it, said Fox, a general education major from Lehi. got hit, and it just collapsed. Fox is playing on the Dixie State College womens soccer team for her first year, and the knee injury she suffered created obstacles that most incoming freshmen dont have to face when preparing for college. She endured one month in crutches and then four months of physical 1 recovery period. About a half hour after Pratt ready for tourney BYKERIC SEEGMILLER Sports Editor Staff Writer versity. The team has a new head coach this year, Darice Pratt, and she isnt sure what to expect out of these teams in the tournament. Im not sure what were up against, but well see, Pratt said. For this tournament Im going to focus on my team more than who we are up against. And that might be just what the Red Storm volleyball team needs. The team has been working hard, and it has goals its ready to accomplish. Pratt said: Hopefully well finish top in the conference. I have pretty high expectations as a whole. If we put it together and are mentally tough I think we have a chance. So far the team has been turning out the way Pratt was hoping for. It has had some good practices and some bad practices, but they're working out the . The Dixie State i j zrt S J "3- Col- lege men's soccer team looks to regroup and get healthy before hitting the road for the regular season opener on Friday. After a hard week of y practices capped by two games in as many days, the Red Storm fell victim to the dreaded injury bug. While none of the injuries are of a serious nature, it still creates challenges for a team already dealing with roster issues. Head coach Danny Ortiz said that one of the biggest challenges the team has A ' two-a-da- z w 4 9 . The Red Storm volleyball team practices setting up their offense. They are getting ready for the tournament this Friday in California. tweeks. Pratt said it has been great so far, and everyone is so enthusiastic. She has also had a great time with the girls. Middle blocker Ashton Gray, a junior integrated studies major from Alpine, said she has had a good time playing for Pratt. I like her a lot, Gray said. She pushes us to be our best, and she's really good at coaching. Outside hitter Kristin Heywood, a sophomore general education major from Portland Ore., said Pratt is tough, but she knows what she's talking about. She said she also provides the discipline the team needs. We've been working really hard, and it's only going to get better from here, Heywood said. The Red Storm do not think twice about starting the season away. I think it'll be fine, I thing. Especially now when Im back playing and doing contact things, you really have to say toy0Ur. self, The knees going to hold, and youre going to - get back.The strong relationship between Fox, Huddleston and the rest of the womens soccer team started during Foxs visit to DSC a year ago. Fox said she loved the camaraderie of the players and coaches she saw after a game against Grand Canyon fresh Schul team 1VK1 University. All the girls were so nice and so welcoming when I met them, Fox said. Coach Huddleston was so informative. She showed us around. She knew a lot about the cam- Stuc 3ixie jcRi mage. pus. Fox loved the small class sizes, and the closeness of the DSC campus as a whole intrigued her. Fox wears a necklace with No. 15 on it. This was her jersey number in high school. At DSC she is sporting No. 14. Come her protect DSCs back-fiel- on Sept. 23 MEI oacl see d for the t :e. n first official home game of the womens soccer team. Bring ice. Long break heals players BY SHELBY MISRASI Volleyball preseason is about to begin, and the Dixie State College Volleyball team has been preparing to do its best. The team plays its first game in a tournament in Pomona, Calif, on Friday. It has two games on Friday, playing Simon Fraser University and California State Polytechnic University. Dixie also has two games on Saturday against San Francisco State University and Anderson Uni- Hud- dleston said. Shes a really good athlete, so thats helped her a lot. And shes worked hard during rehab. Shes not quite herself because shes an amazing player, so shes not quite there. But Im impressed with her progress. Following the surgery and physical therapy, Fox said her conditioning was not where she wanted it to L BY RICHARD BRIGGS Im impressed, because I was really oW of shape, she said. Mentally, that was the hardest Pratt said. I'm just anxious to play; I just want to play. I'm anxious to play an opponent, not ourselves. Gray said she thinks the team will do really well in the upcoming tournament. She said the team has been practicing hard, and they just need to apply what they've learned in their practices into their games. DSC has been working hard in practice and getting ready for the season. The team works on skill as a whole and also individual talent. Pratt said it's good to know how everyone plays because in a game all of the pieces are there with individual skill. Pratt is expecting greatness from her team, and the members have been working hard. I'm excited and anxious to get started, Pratt said. I look forward to having a great year. faced is keeping enough healthy players who are committed to the team. "We had a few more people that didn't show up than we thought were going to and a few others dropped out relatively early," he said. "That's challenged us number-wis- We e. thought we were going to be carrying a larger roster than we are right now." Fortunately for DSC the end of its last match k brought a break from competition. Not only does the break allow injured players time to heal, but it also provides opportunity for the team to build chemistry and make im two-wee- J 1 provements before the regular season begins. "The break gave us another week to where we could really work on some fitness things and make sure we're good that way," Ortiz said. "Then next week again we start dialing in to get ready for the games coming next weekend.1' The Red Storm travel to Phoenix to begin the regular season with matches against Cal Poly Pomona on Friday and Colorado State University-Puebl- on o Sunday. Both opponents are new to DSC, something that makes compreparation more plex. However, Ortiz see Mens Soccer page u 'A, U' , a tow 3 V d i,i lemntc . , .y iC m ua a c .ca 1 16 two-wee- k a general education major from West Haven, from going into the goal at Wednesdays practice. break and is ready to go back to competition. at-TI- ip |