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Show ao lltMUlWalidliwliri jififitir MlcggHu, TimjifecEGteliSj eegdsgiim GEQlljy !; tj iJ -- 4 ; t i J i. ' . , ' r EMssinnBaij, s j v ) t l WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2q7 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM 6- lTcC BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN Even two rain delays n and the Azusa Pa- 9-- 27-wi- cific University Cougars were not enough to slow the surging Storm down. e DSU came into the series with APU ranked No. 4 in the nation and carrying a 39-- 7 overall record. Game one would be a battle as Dixie State had to fight back from a 1 deficit in the bottom of the fourth. Senior catcher Marla Reiter fueled the comeback by driving in four RBIs on 3 from the plate. After a single that scored two runs, Reiter came up with the biggest play of the game with the game tied in the sixth. With two runners on, Reiter blasted one over the left field wall to give four-gam- hard-foug- second inning thanks in part to a flurry of runs. An . Autumn Woodfall double scored two runners to stretch the DSU lead to 3 before another kind ' of storm unwound in the northern sky. As the sky opened up with rain, lightning struck too close to the field and resulted in a game delay that would last until Saturday morning. When play resumed, DSU immediately extended its lead to put the game out of reach, beating the Cougars 13-The originally scheduled double-headensued. The second half of the series would not be reminiscent as the first, as Dixie State controlled from start to finish. Another lightning delay paused game three with a 0 Storm lead. Senior Michelle Duncan continued to dominate from the circle when they returned. Duncan allowed just two hits on the day and picked up her 23rd win of the year. We are taking it one game at a time, Duncan said. We cant look at our record or look ahead. We have to stay focused on where we are now. As a senior and one of the teams vocal leaders, Duncan knows just what it ht 4-- 2-- -- DSU the 4 win. With the win, DSU clinched its 7-- third consecutive Pacific West Conference championship. The second game started similarly to the first when APU jumped out to an early 0 lead. That lead too would not last. The Storm exploded in the 3-- 4. er 2-- play. Soccer, football, and volleyball are all getting ready to fire back up after summer break. cnoss-count- Mens soccer iy is starting 'rTy '4 1 tf7 V 2-- 3. two-again- I definitely see good things for the team, Pittman said. I am very optimistic that we will be successful. The boys have been training hard and grasping a lot of the concepts that I am asking of them. Womens soccer has also been practicing to be ready for fall. Thirteen new recruits see FALL page 7 BY KARLI KUHN karlikuhn The Dixie State golf teams finished the season with success at the end of a three-da- y tournament April 22. The mens team came in first place, while the team came in second overall. Senior Haley Dunn birdied a - ' i i r looks for8 an openingTpasrtieTllf? playing in ft. Great Northwest Athletic l I b V f Fort J 1 cl . ov d 4 . The'f 'nTllV Califo.rnU' second PacWest Conference Championship title. The Red Storm womens team put together a combined 934, edging Academy of Arts 935 for second place. The mens golf team ended this season in first place after a close final round with Dominican Univer- It was crazy womens one-ho- f 1 F re t! tl tl P IV le w Men's golf claims championship; Dunn takes women's individual title - t Si st tions from the different areas on the field and the ability to finish and score goals. w .r a b V especially defensively, working on all the different attacking op- 'Wjiiit 4 3-- 4, GGG,tj'DnO the fall season with former professional soccer player Josh Pittman as its new head coach. The team has also brought on several new recruits. Pittman said he is excited about the new recruits he has coming in. The players we have coming in will create a lot of competition for us, Pittman said. Spring training has already started for the men. Pittman said he is working on creating a foundation for the team, w i n ,n Now that summer is almost here, the Dixie State University athletic teams are preparing for the fall season and are ready to j (fell Sp2Pt? tePDiiD BY KARL I KUHN kai lijcuhn r takes to get back to where the team was last year. We have to push each other at practice and remind the team that it takes everyone to get where we were last season, she said. Assistant coach Doug Rogers backed up her sentiments. The girls have been there before and know -what it takes, Rogers n said. Michelle is a great f leader, and the younger girls follow her in staying focused. DSU came out swinging again in the final game of the series, as Reiter once t" .satethe Storm. again propelled - s i. i t She went while'senior infielder Nicole Chavez and junior outfielder Kristie Johnson followed suit U1 by both going Aryn Feickert picked up the win as the Storm completed the series sweep of APU, improving to 42-- 7 (29-- 1 in PacWest). DSU will finish off the regular season at home with a Holy Names Uniat noon Saturday. versity After the series with the Hawks, the Storm will await their seeding for the NCAA tournament, Michelle Duncan, a senior business major from Gilbert, Arizona, pitches to Azra which begins the followPacific University on Saturday. The softball team played through the rain overlie weekend and triumphed over APU. ing weekend. coming down to the last couple of le playoff to win the individual Pacific West holes. Womens senior integrated studies major from West Havep mens golf has won the Pacific West Conference Mens Golf Cody Wass a Golf Champi- onship. Dunn will represent the Red " Storm at the NCAA West Regionals with Dixie State looking to earn an bid to the tournament. We couldnt of asked for a more dramatic final round for Haley with the individual title, head coach Rachel Harmon said. She forced a playoff on her last hole and then dominated the sudden death hole to claim her f sity. This is the first time Dixie DSU went back and forth with Dominican all day at the k Golf Course, and the Red Storm came into the 18th hole tied, despite some confusion on the scorecards. It was crazy coming down to the last couple holes, said Cody Wass, a senior integrated studies major from West Haven. There was an issue with the online scoring that showed Do Sun-broo- minican being ahead of us by one shot, so we thought al Tl fii E Kenny pared the last get us tied and going into playoff. Head coach Brad said he is very proud his team. Dixie State totalft 878 for its three rounds Junior Kenny You finished with a 75 in the final round, his highest total of the tournament but ended finishing tied for second Wass finished with the teams best score of the in a 73 to tie for overall. s Being a senior, Wass made winning this title everything a little more hole n; te tc a Sutter-fiel- o exciting. Freshman Donny Hopo took fifth overall with a d of 75, while freshman Dane Nelson tif for 11th with a 77. Junior Connor Van Guilder a 79 to tie for 23rd tournament. Last year we took secofl this place, so we wanted TnUU51 bad, Wass said. tean1 really proud of my it glad we could pull cr was the first mens golf to ference title in history it was good representing school like that as veil DSU will play in the NCAA West Regional final-roun- 'de to the pn the no I om atte bef NC me Ad cor have recer-e- o Intei this M cour runn throi & ing up in May. fort! 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