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Show cific University Cougars beat Dixie State University 1 Thursday, and the Point Loma Sea Lions beat DSU 0 Saturday morn- t 4-- . Il Util f a I Ml 3-- V ing. Azusa Pacific scored three times in the second half, and DSU could not catch up, losing its Pacific West Conference opener. APU scored first in the 32nd minute on a free kick from 25 yards out. Forward Jasmine Arollo, a senior integrated studies major from Glendale, Ari- zona, scored the equalizer late in the first half. It was Jasmine Arollos fourth goal of the season after scoring a hat trick in the previous game. Jasmine Arollos goal ended APUs 408 minute and 52 second defensive shutout streak, which spanned over five matches. The tie did not last long as APU would go on to score in the 58th minute and add an insurance goal in the 68th minute. The match was put out of reach for DSU when APU scored in the 84th minute to increase itsTead to 4-- 1. y Defender Breanna Parkinson, a sophomore biology major from Tucson, Arizona, attempts to join the Dixie State University attack in hopes of a goal was balanced during the first half, but scoring was opened early in the second half by PLU, and the Storm couldn't find an answer We didnt come out confident, said defender Montana Tanner, a sophomore accounting major from Bountiful. We didnt play like we know how to play. We will bounce back. We will keep working. DSU played the Point Loma Sea Lions at home in its second conference goal of the game, beating senior goalkeeper Stacie Gubler. PLU did not have a shot on goal until the 26th minute of play but scored on its fourth shot of the game. In the 69th minute, PLU added a second goal, beating Gubler again to increase the lead to In the 81st minute, match of the season. Junior midfielder Aubri Detmer had a chance to score early on in the 14th minute, beating PLU goalkeeper Ariel Arollo, but the ball rolled inches left of the net. The game remained scoreless until the 45th minute of play. With 14 seconds left until halftime, PLU scored the first 2-- 0. PLU scored its third and final goal of the match to The increase its lead score would remain and be its final score. One of our team goals is to be a family, said forward Courtney Fryer, a sophomore general education major from Spanish Fork. Despite our losses, and the way we have been 3-- 0. in the 3-- 0 loss The game playing in these last few games, I think we can pul( it together and connect. We are a good team; we just had a few setbacks. With those two losses, DSUs record fell to 4 on the season and 2 in PacWest play: DSUs next game will be against Dominican University in S Rafael, California, Oct. f C 2-- 0-- VOLLEYBALL starts conference season strong Volleyball BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN was a huge confidence when they faced PacWest booster for the team. newcomers, the ConcorWe havent done very dia University Eagles. well against NDNU for The 8 Eagles came out a long time, hot, jumping out to an said. We were sick early lead in the first set. of losing, so this was big DSU fought back and tied for us. the game at 15 before The Storm kept things pulling away to win the rolling Saturday against opener. PacWest bottom feeder The Storm outlasted CU in a tightly Holy Names contested 66 second set University. Dixie State was that We showed just downed the ended by a V how we can good Hawks in Duryea ace. be this dominating week. Now After the fashion by we need to do that Eagles dominated winning in all the time. This the third, consecutive sets, team is .so fun to DSU re2 and sponded in play with. the fourth set DSU to avoid a finished decisive Taylor Duryea with a fifth. Dixie freshman hitting State recordcommunication major ed a season-hig- h percentage from Logan of .299 91 kills while in the holding victory, led 99 HNU to just by 6-- "i Bird-Mur-ph- i : k-1- ! b i iftS i '.-.- j ntr 1 " ' i' ! fj oliday !rn Exprei t. George, UT (435) & 986-131- Suifcs 3 H Dixie State University volleyball began its month long home-stan- d with three conference matches last week. DSU opened up Pacific West Conference play with an exciting matchup against Notre Dame de Namur University Wednesday. The Storm dominated the first two sets, beating 7 the Argonauts and NDNU flipped the script in the next two sets, 2 9 and winning and forcing a decisive fifth set. The Argonauts came out hot, jumping out to an early 5 lead and looking poised to complete the comeback. The Red Storm had other plans. After a timeout, DSU went on a 10-- 1 run to fight off NDNUs late push. DSU freshman outside hitter Taylor Duryea had 21 kills and seven digs in her home debut, junior Delayne Daniel posted another double-doubl- e with 19 kills and 18 digs, and senior middle blocker Makenzi finished with 12 kills, seven digs and a team-hig- h five blocks. 25-1- 25-1- 4. 25-2- 25-1- 8-- y t. 2 I'!. 4 i 5 ' I mA Libero Alex Anderson, a senior biology major from Prescott, Arizona, serves the ball while libero Sidney randon, a freshman criminal justice major from Bountiful, prepares for the return The team is on a three game home winning streak Bird-Murph- Bird-Murphe- y, a com- munication major from St. George, said that the win 25-1- ey 6, 25-2- 25-1- 6. .114. Duryea had another strong showing, posting a match-hig- h 10 kills and a h career-highitting percentage of .600. Junior middle blocker Lindsay Jones added nine kills and four blocks in the victory. The Storm improved to .500 in conference play at 2 while dropping the Hawks to DSU won its third straight match on Monday 2-- Duryeas 11. We showed just how good we can be this week, said Duryea, a communication major from Logan. Now, we need to do that all the time. This team is so fun to play with. We are going to do awesome things together. DSU will attempt to extend its three game home winning-strea- k on Saturday at noon against Azusa Pacific University. |