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Show r 20i FEBRUARY 29, 2012 gpNESDAY, SPORTS DIXIE SUN Go online to , :,t P j r v- i i iJ - is?' 4 V&Uo ! j f dixiesunlink.com to see a slideshow of the mens basketball team earning the PacWest Championship title a week ago. i n !id igjms yp court, on senior niqht Tew ur In, BY KERIC SEEGMILLER Staff Writer lade id the The Dixie State College womens basketball team 'OU kie sent its seniors out in style with a 78-5- 1 victory on rson if Saturday over Chaminade University. The Red Storm (18-13-overwhelmed the Silverswords with a 12-- 0 run to start the game and never looked back as senior guards Shanae Vaifanua, Sheila Adams, Gabri-ell- a Rodriguez, and senior une iave same j 7, 4) jf peH I ,o the He very ly the exaci jt "V, ild nsects xual ere AMU 3! tl1 luctioi ild be eno ieno The Antelopes won the last meeting between the two teams, but this time the Red Storm will have extra motivation. If the Red Storm are unable to secure a victory at GCU, their season will be over, but a win over the nati- double-doubl- Kris-tense- n Dixie State liar The Editor tennis am went toe to toe the Southern Utah Diversity team, which coming off its most ttessful season in 'tool history. The Red Storm lost Ho the Thunderbirds up north on a windy, Saturday ternoon. The record Editor s Edit Editor htor 'dim ditor a Edit ager Col-wome- ns ith sun-'-b- ut will have a loss down for them, not all aspects of the resulted in defeat. Its a tough one if you k at the score, and it esnt look like it was 1jtked Jt !y er close, but Cohere and J1 JN if you watching were competing eyery point and every nus "ce, head coach Eric !Iton said. The team they Jsm it, but unfor-Tatel- y we came up Uce Thunderbirds won batches against the Storm, but forfeited due to unfilled i(I each ,pnn2 DA'e ation ollcEe gnuti igc )ixic tonal , and Sun ni.n the entity elton said Krissy freshman unication major Elwood, had the 4 competitive match be day. Nichols was 4 in the first set 4 then struggled and 4 three straight games lehols, a i)I1' )dr0D the set 7-- 5. random strangers exiting the Burns Arena after a high school basketball was really pumped and started over hitting, and then she came back at a good time, Nichols said. I got a little too excited and needed to adjust a bit and pull it back. I felt like I stayed mentally strong by keeping my composure, which was difficult to I game. Gregory Stearman, a sophomore business administration major from La Quinta, Calif., headed straight from woik to watch his friend hopes alive. Im proud of this team, Kristensen said. Theyve won games, but we got one important game left, and weve got to go out and get it. The Red Storm will be playing with their backs to the wall and wont have the commodity of simply looking forward to the next game. The motto is simple for NCAA basketball teams in March win or go home. gling, but they kept fighting. The team plays against Academy of Art at home play. The matches were like the weather, Stearman said. It was hot when I got here with the matches pretty heated, but as the day went on it got a little more stormy and windy. It got quiet as the girls were strug- - on Friday at 3:30 p.m. The team will try to put this match in the past and work on getting ready for the upcoming opponents. another match coming up next week, so for the next couple days we are just going to try and get a little more consistency, stay in the point a little longer, and try to be a n little more steady, We have Pel-to- said. r- do.! Nichols eventually lost but the match was positive about the 5-- 7, e. Vaifanua said she used senior night as motivation to play well. I think (it was) just a little bit of senior night and Antelopes will keep their postseason onally-ranked deliver loss to tennis team 1 Fhunderbirds GREGORY LAYTON Staff Writer Junior guard Erica Hayes also finished in double- Grand Canyon University. said. Tonight was a perfect example. She had a Y focus on. Adams and Grayer finished with 10 points each while Rodriguez led the Red Storm with a team-hig- h of seven assists. head coach Angela CM thing that I really wanted to the win. le 78-5- what Ive done and what Dixie State is about. Just taking the opportunities that I had open was some- forward Marcilina Grayer each played in their final DSC home game. And right on cue each senior found a way to contribute significantly to ar Vaifanua, a senior communication major from Hurricane, takes the ball down the court during todays 1 win over Chaminade. The women still have a chance to make the playoffs if they win eir last game. ported me, Vaifanua said. (I wanted) to show them figures with 13 points off the bench. With the win the Red Storm establish a new winning streak and can now focus all their attention on the final game of the season. The Red Storm travel to Phoenix for the regular season finale on Saturday against conference leader But there was no denying who the night belonged to. Vaifanua, a communication major from Hurricane and a four-yemember of the Red Storm, stole the show by scoring a season-hig- h 20 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to record her second double-doubof the season. Ive never coached a kid that works as hard as her, ianae representing all the people who have cared and sup- 3-- 6, 0 match. I moved her around pretty well; she was getsaid. ting tired, Nichols a She was really good player and won a lot of I points on my errors. conon woik my need to and up polish sistency the serve a little bit. Ill get her next time. The Thunderbirds were picked to finish second in the Summit A y 7 ll v',SV .V 'Yu. . ' vi- J ) 4 ,- & conLeague by a recent ference coaches poll, but this didnt intimidate the Red Storm. Theyre a very good We team, Pelton said. knew coming in they were going to be tough, but I also knew we would be competitive with them. I knew we would have opportunities; its just a matter of and being able to finish close it out. The Red Storm match attracted family members, students and even C 4 hits a backhand during her general education major from West Jordan, and now has a record Allison of 5 for Utah Umversity match on Saturday. Dixie State College lost to Southern the season. 5-- |
