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Show WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM r Oj i ! j 2s BY TAYLOR smial iV DECKER Sports Network announced the broadcast of the first Pacific West Conference game to be nationally televised. CBS gave Dixie State University the news back in the summer of 20 1 3 that the womens basketball game Saturday will be televised. CBS chose this game because of the level of competition and skill between the two teams, Athletic Director Jason CBS Boothe said. The Storm will face California Baptist University for the second time. The game will start at 10 a.m. It will be free to all who attend the game. We are very excited to showcase our facilities, our community and Dixie State, Boothe said. It is a tremendous opportunity, and I am not sure of any other PacWest team that has had the opportunity to do this. Guard Taylor Maynes, a junior business major from Salome, Ariz., said Former DSU football player Joe Don Duncan did 35 repetitions on the bench press at the NFL combine, which was more than any other tight end. n Staff Writer be able to its DSU BY JORDAN ABEL 3- Did you know? j k. -- not every day Dixie gets a game nationally televised. We feel honored and excited about it, but we will be approaching it like any other game, Maynes said. But with this opportunity, the athletic department is trying to make sure it has the arena full for this game. Boothe said the department is making an effort to put some activities together so it will be enticing for the students to come but nothing is confirmed yet. The department hopes to announce activities that Boothe is planning so it can start promoting the who attend the game will be given a breakfast bur-rito. He said it is tough getting people to come to the game because it is held in the morning. He said the department needs as much help as possible to spread the word. The womens team deserves the attention, Boothe said. They deserve a big crowd. This game will also be senior guard Haley Holm-stead- s last collegiate home before the confergame ence tournament. We are going to go out there and put it all out on the court for her, Maynes game. We just want to get as said. many people here as possible, Boothe said. The department also has letters going out to every person in the nearby school district as well as passing out fliers to help the community become aware of the game. We are also looking at trying to give away some breakfast because the game is in the morning, Boothe said. Boothe said all students Boothe also mentioned winning this game could help the women finish the season strong. He said if the women beat Cal Baptist, they could finish as high as No. 2 in conference. After the season finale March 1, the Storm will play in the PacWest tournament and will have a chance to make the NCAA tournament with a tournament championship. Guard Kaylah Miller, a junior communication major from San Diego, takes the ball line against Holy Names University Feb. 8. Dixie State will finish past the the regular season Saturday against California Baptist University. softball shows depth Baseball wins 4 3 Sports Editor tration hanging overnight in Sundays games. Dixie scored 10 runs on eight hits r. The sun shone on a beautiful Sunday afternoon when the catcher stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded. During the game against Hawaii Pacific University Sunday, DSU junior catcher Marla Reiter stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded in the bottom of the second inning and hit the ball for a grand slam. The Red Storm played a doubleheader against Azusa Pacific University Saturday and split the games with the Cougars. The Storm also played a doubleheader against Hawaii Pacific Sunday and put up 10 runs in each of the early, which led to the win. HPU started the second home game with a two-ru- n it like looked it run, and might have been another long game for Dixie. The Red Storm tied the game in the first inning, though, and continued the runs for 10 points unanswered. The game ended after only five innings with a 10-- 2 final. Junior first baseman Sheila Gelter led the team with three RBIs in the game. She also recorded a home run down the left field line that gave Dixie the 2 lead. To win both games against Hawaii Pacific, who in the first game and won 10-Reiter hit her grand slam in the second and finished the game with five RBIs. Feickert got another win with five strikeouts and is now 1 on the season. 6. 3-- ' - A x. - 3-- 1 two games. Dixie State won its first game of the weekend against Azusa Pacific with a 2 score. The Storm scored all five runs in the first two innings of the game. The Red Storm then lost 0 in the next game. DSU had only six hits in the game. Game one, we came out strong and put numbers on the board early, said pitcher Michelle Duncan, a junior business major from Gilbert, Ariz. Junior pitcher Aryn Feickert received the win After our loss to Azusa, we knew we really needed to win these two games, Duncan said. We scored erage), so for us to hit like that was disappointing. Dixie took out any frus- against APU and only allowed three hits. Senior pitcher Mattie Snow took her first loss of the season in game two of the double-headeAPU had nine hits in the game. Saturday, we scored five runs in two innings and then didnt score the next 11 innings, head coach Randy Simkins said. We came into the weekend hitting (a) .409 (batting av A - is a really scrappy team, was really good, Simkins . 5-- 4 : 1 - 4-- said. Snow received the win and allowed only five hits, while Dixie had 10 hits. Simkins said Reiter, Gelter, and freshman shortstop Josey Hartman played well over the weekend. He said he was very impressed with Hartmans play defensively. The Red Storm will play at APU Friday and at Cali- fornia Baptist University - . - - -- A Second baseman Nicole Chavez, a junior integrated studies major from Chino Hills, Calif.; rounds third base against Hawaii Pacific University Feb. 23. The Red Storm were batting .409 going into the weekend. Saturday. The Red Storm will then return home for two games against Cal Baptist March 8. of games against MSUB what the final results have been, said right fielder BY TAYLOR DECKER Staff Writer The Dixie State University baseball team won its e series on first its home field 1 after losing seven straight games. DSU battled against Kris Kaplan, a senior biology major from Las Vegas. Dixie previously played 10-- 0 Cal Poly University, which is ranked nationally four-gam- . in the 3-- Montana State University-Billing- s last weekend, ' where it had a momentous first win for the home crowd. Coming off seven straight losses, the team was determined to use the home field to an advantage, head coach Chris Pfatenhauer said. Montana only had four games under its belt prior to playing Dixie State, but it had six returning pitchers and six returning position players from last year. Pfatenhauer State-Billin- gs said the Yellowjackets put up a good fight in the 2013 season, but Dixie swept them anyway. He said this series looked a little more promising for DSU. Though the Storm had a rough start to the season, their record doesnt reflect how well the team has been playing. The past games have been a little tough, but they have been better than Writers Poll for its first series, followed by Colorado Mesa University, which is now 0 and ranked No. 8. I think we played very well and did what was expected of us, but we just couldnt get over that little hump that required the team to win, Kaplan 4-- said. Six of Dixies losses have come within a margin of two points. Pfatenhauer said the team played good defense, but the team didnt run the bases well. We are kind of known for being a pretty good g team, Pfatenhauer said. We just havent hit well enough base-runnin- yet. Pfatenhauer said the team hasnt been offensive enough. He said although the teams ERA isnt that great, it has been pitching pretty well. Its been literally three innings that have hurt our see BASEBALL page 4 |
