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Show 6- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER DIXIESUNNEUVS.COM 4, 203; p.otball son the very end. DSU finally took back after a 10-- 2 the lead 54-5- 3 run and only trailed once after that. DSU only connected from downtown on 1 but made up for it on the defensive side of the ball and held ACU to just 35.5 percent from the field in the second half. The times when ACU went on its runs was when our defense was at our worst, Nielson said. Coach put emphasis on defense. As long as we can get stops well be able to score. Senior forward Mark Ogden Jr. led all scorers with 15 points and grabbed six rebounds before fouling out. Junior forward Josh Fuller and sophomore guard Trevor Hill, a business administration major from Sandy, both added 12 point-:- . Senior guard Mason Savyer also had 12. We just got to play smart, Hill said. The coaches do a great job breaking down film, giving us keys to the game and if we do that we can win a lot of games. DSU will take on Concordia University Nov. 11 in the Dixie State Classic 'D Tournament. BY ALEX WHEELER AlexWheelerDSN Dixie State University earned its first preseason win with five players scoring in double figures 2 in a victory against Arizona Christina University Thursday night in the Burns Arena. DSU started the first half on fire and scored the first pine points of the game. DSU kept the pressure on and extended its lead 40-2but ACU back and shot 53 fought three-poifrom percent land. ACU ended the half going on a 15-- 2 run, which gave it a 2 advantage at halftime. Senior guard Robbie Nielson, a business administration major from Gresham, Oregon, had nine points, five assists and led the time from the foul line shooting I think we may have gotten too complacent with where we were with our lead, Nielson said. It took a little bit in the second half to get it together and start gelling with each other, and thats when we were able to put the game away at 4-1- 82-7- 8, nt 43-4- 5-- Junior forward Josh Fuller, a business administration major from Rexburg, Idaho, and freshman forward Dub Price, a general education major from Draper, fight for a rebound Thursday night. Dixie State University will officially open the season Nov 1 1 4, when the Storm host the Dixie State Classic in the Burns Arena. 3-- SOCCER continued from page 5 end this season with six shutouts and 70 saves compared to HPU with four shutouts but only 39 saves. Not giving up goals has been incredible for us, DSU head coach Josh Pittman said. The teams came out battling in the first half, and about midway through, junior midfielder Michael Ropelato scored for DSU. HPU tried to answer back in the first half but was unable to convert. Senior midfielder Santiago Alejandro added another goal to DSUs lead early in the second half. HPU continued to chase the two goals and scored around the mark and left only six minutes to play. DSU answered back three minutes later with another goal scored by Alejandro. HPU fought resiliently to create scoring opportunities for itself but fell to te DSU 3-- 1. Fisher said the first goal by DSU hurt them. It puts us in the position to have to win on Saturday to put us in that position for that final game, Pittman said. We still have a lot of work to do. The Storm played the last ranked team in the conference Saturday hoping to seal the deal to play for a championship next week. Freshman midfielder Gabby Medina helped start DSU off strong by scoring just eight minutes into the first half. DSU maintained that lead for the rest of the game, but wouldnt score another goal. DSU held CU for a shutout. Pittman said CU was a good team to beat before facing Fresno Pacific University. Every team is good in this conference, Pittman said. Weve got a lot of momentum going and things were just a little off for us today. The opportunity to play for the conference championship is what the Storm have been working for all season, senior midfielder Alex Galvan, a finance major from Guadalajara, Mexico, said. Since the first day Pittman told us we were going to be in that championship, and here we 1- -0 are, Galvan said. Women DSU women won both games this week, hopthe season ing to win-oagainst HPU. DSU head coach Kacey Bingham said she wasnt worried about the teams confidence after its last game on the road ended in a loss. This team is pretty motivated no matter what they want to win, Birm-& ham said. The womens team ut faced off against HPU, which was on a three-gam- e winning streak. Bingman said she wasn t taking the game lightly and was relying on her seniors to set the tone for the game. The first goal for DSU was a shot by freshman forward Tori Washington but was scored with an own-gofrom an HPU defender in the first half. secure al Both teams came out more aggressive in the second half, and DSU tried to maintain the lead while HPU chased one goal. Freshman forward Darian McCloy scored for DSU with 15 minutes left on the clock. HPU attempted to create scoring opportunities but was shut out by DSU DSU got the eleventh win of the season and beat its record from last year with 10 wins. DSU woke up early Saturday morning to play its last home game against CU and send its seniors off on a good note. DSU came out firing in the first half and CU 17-DSU had a lot of looks at the goal, including a penalty kick missed by senior forward Jasmine Arollo, but was only able to score one goal in the first half by McCloy. DSU continued to take shots in the second half, followed by more saves by CU. Arollo made the next goal for DSU with 20 minutes left to play. 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