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Show DIXIESUNNEWS.COM - r PACWEST continued from page 6 junior Skyler Stone led the womens team with a five- kilometer time of 22:37.77. Her time was good enough for an individual finish of 7 Womens 21st place and another third team Fresh- man Megan Sidwell was the next Storm runner to cross the line, finishing in 36th place. Skyler didnt run her best race, Decker said. Her main goal this season was to run well at regionals, though, and she still has a chance to do that. No other Storm runner finished in the top 50 at the event, and the team finished ninth out of the 12 teams in Mitchell, a freshman studies general major from Ogden, practices running early in the morning The women's team finished ninth place Janessa overall attendance. Next up for DSU is the NCAA Division II West Regionals in Monmouth, Oregon. Both teams qualified for the event, which begins Nov. 7. Leslie Tadmey, a senior guard from Phoenix, takes a Snow College defender off the dribble The Storm trailed after the first half but showed poise to get the victory in its preseason game BASEBALL L Fall baseball starts with 2 victories BY ALEX WHEELER AlexWheelerDSN Dixie State University picked up two easy victories in scrimmages against Salt Lake Community College and College of Southern Nevada over the weekend. DSU smothered CSN 10-scoring early and often Friday. Redshirt junior outfielder Trey Kamachi scored the Red Storms first point in the second inning after hitting a single, and Kamachi was batted in by junior outfielder Trey Reineke. Kamachi struck again with a home run that 4, z Senior pitcher Chance Abrath, a senior business administration from Salt Lake City, pitches in the game Saturday against College of Southern Nevada The baseball team will play one more game to wrap up fall ball Oct 31 major scored two in the sixth inning, which tied the game at three. DSU gained the lead one batter later and never looked back. Senior first baseman Sam Hall, an integrated studies major from Ogden, said the team is more focused on the process of preparing for the games. Were three-tim- Pa- e cific West Conference champions, Hall said. We want to take that next step and go to the World Series, so were not really concerned with beating these junior colleges. DSU held CSN to only four points in the double header. DSU was challenged further Saturday against SLCC but still commanded most of the game. DSU scored one run in the first inning and then took a 1 lead off a single shot home run from redshirt junior pitcher Kayden Porter. DSUs bats got hot in the seventh inning, giving them a 3 lead. SLCC made what would look to be a comeback on paper, but the 10-- 7 loss for the Bruins was anything but close. The more we continue to play together, the better were going to get, said junior catcher Reece Lucero, a communication major from Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was a good opportu nity for us to get out there and feel what its like to play against a different opponent, Reece said. The'key for DSU to get to the World Series is to pay the price more than other teams from the way they train to the way they eat, Hall said. In the last five years, 2-- 7-- weve gone to the Pac-We- st Regional championships every time, and no other team has done that, Hall said. Weve yet to go to the World Series, so its our turn. DSU will play Brigham Young University Saturday at noon at Bruce Hurst Field to wrap up fall ball and will start its regular season Feb. 5. VOLLEYBALL Storm volleyball swats MorCal in competition BY PORTER LARSEN PLarsen 0SN 32 digs and junior setter Kailey Frei had 50 assists en route to the 2 win. The Storm moved onto another conference matchup against Holy Names University in Oakland, California. Unlike the FPU match, this one was not close. DSU dominated from start to finish against the conference bottom feeder Hawks, winning 0 in consecu2 and tive sets, 3-- Dixie State University womens volleyball continued its strong conference play this week by notching three road wins in just four days. DSU came into the with a two-gam- e week winning streak after a month-lon- g homestand. The Storm faced the Sunbirds of Fresno University. The Sunbirds fought valiantly, but the Storms towering front line proved to he too much to handle. Four DSU strikers finished the game with 10 or more kills, led by freshman outside hitler Taylor Duryeas 15. We came into this week wth a lot of confidence, said Duryea, a communication major from Logan. We believed we were the better team, and we came in and got it done. Senior libero Alex Anderson recorded a game-hig- h Pa-eif- ic 3-- 25-1- 25-1- 4, 25-2- 0. At .409, the Storm tallied their second highest hitting percentage of the season in the win. Head coach Robyn Felder said she was happy with the way her team played. We are playing as a team so well right now, Felder said. Our goal from the start of this trip was to go and this was a good start for us. DSU achieved that goal on the following night against Dominican University. This game, however, was not quite as easy as the last. Although the Storm swept the Penguins, they didnt do 3-- 0, 1 set it effortlessly. The one win was in doubt early on as Dominican led the way before DSU turned the tables. The second was more friendly to the Storm, as they led throughout and won 0 before the battle that was the deciding third set. Both teams battled throughout, but the Storm came out on top icing the Penguins rally. Duryea and junior outside hitter Delayne Daniel each led the Storm with 11 kills. With eight kills and seven blocks, junior middle blocker Lindsay Jones paced DSU defensively as it held the Penguins to 25-2- 25-2- 30-2- a 8, opponent hitting percentage of .044. With the victory, DSU extended its winning-strea- k to five games and now sits just one win out of first place in the Pacific West Conference. The Storm will round out their conference road swing next week against Azusa Pacific University Oct. 30 and Concordia University on Halloween night. season-lo- The Storm prepares for their three away game stint DSU has won five straight matches and moved to 9-- : in 3 which they recorded victories in conference play ' - j I Ai f ; in all the games I! Accredited College ACCSC, 20 Month Program! Accepting 60 students each class. w High Graduation Rate Financial Aid Sr Loans are available (for j DSU t r those who qualify) Prerequisites Accepted (Micro, Chem, Anatomy, Physiology, & Algebra) UCDH is a division of Careers Unlimited 801-426-82- 34 www.ucdh.info Ca!i for details |