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Show Men's basketball starts season with win f DSU alumni publish adventure books self-hel- p, , ) . .. c"v t s s - 5 sports page v features page 8 V L.. . ''' I C- - I & I m iMS'Jmwr.'i. StA; rs ww-.,V ,,- . -" L. Dixie State University's women's volleyball team celebrates after defeating California Baptist University Nov. 4 The Storm beat the University of Hawan-Hil- o over the weekend. DSU will play Westminster College today and Fresno Pacific University Saturday at home for its final regular - season games. g The Pac Storm came into the road trip bolstering h a winning streak and e lead on second place a West-leadin- PORTER LARSEN PLarsenDSN MEMBER 18. 2015 VOLUME XLV NO. two-gam- Brigham Young 12 Dixie State University volleyball continued its run through the Pacific West Conference by going 1 over the weekend and winning the first conference championship in school histoiy. Its truly awesome seeing these girls accomplish something theyve worked so hard for, head coach Robyn Felder said. We established that winning the conference was a goal of ours coming into the season and to make it happen is just surreal. Were not done yet, though. 2-- ffVOICEOFDIXIE DIXIESUNNEWS.COM WHAT'S IOE News Opinion 4 Sports 5 Features 8 andrewjpinckney CONTACT DixieSunDixie.edu Jennings room 134 225 S. 700 East St. George, UT 84770 435-652-78- ADVERTISING DixieSunAdsDixie.edu 435-414-00- 96 fax: 435-656-40- 19 Coincidentally, the Seasiders were the first team the Storm met on the trip, and it was not pretty. BYU-dominated from the get-gjumping out to a 3 lead. DSU never found an answer to the Seasiders balanced attack and lost in consecutive sets, ending the Storm winning streak. We knew coming into the trip that it would be tough, said H 9-- o, 25-1- 25-1- 25-1- 7, 6, 1, senior middle blocker Mackenzi Bird-Murphe- y, a communica- tion major from St. George. The short-hande- Silver-sword- 25-2- 25-2- 3, 25-1- 6, 3. The Storm used 12 aces to down the Silverswords and move back into a 1.5 game lead in the Pac West. Junior setter Kailey Frei led the way with four aces and 29 assists in the win. DSU ended the road swing with a contest on the Big Island against University of Hawaii-Hil- o. Hilo came out hot, down5 the Storm in the first ing set before DSU was forced to respond once again. The Storm did just that, dominating the next three sets, 5 en route to the 1 27-2- 25-1- 25-1- 25-1- 7, 2, 3-- victory Saturday night. Junior outside hitter Delayne Daniel led the Storm with team-hig- h Bird-Murph- ey 13 kills and a 16 digs on the night. recorded 10 block assists, moving into first on DSUs career list with 232. The Storm will return home for their final two regular season games next week, first against Westminster College today and then Fresno Pacific University all-ti- Saturday. provost hired to academics supervise ANDREW PINCKNEY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR University-Hawai- i. three sets Mew 1 NEWS TIPS AND nine-matc- climate and time difference are never easy to adjust to, but we were able to turn it around after losing to BYU-H- . The Storm caught a break on the second game of the trip as Chaminade University lost nearly half of its roster due to a suspension before the game. DSU d s attacked the to flip the script and win in consecutive sets, in Dixie State University continues to build toward its goals of developing new initiatives with the recent hiring of a new piovost and vice president of academic affairs. Michael Lacourse has been selected to succeed Carole Grady, who served as interim provost since William Christensen stepped down from the position last May. Lacourse will officially assume his duties Feb. 1. His appointment comes after a nationwide search that began with over 60 candidates. Frank Lojko, vice president of student services, chaired the selection committee that consisted of DSU stakeholders, including the DSU Student Association, alumni and faculty. The final four candidates were invited to campus for introductions and interviews, and then committee members were given a chance to voice their recommendations. Lacourse said the selection process was thorough and professional. He said it enabled him to gather a great deal of information about where the see PROVOST page 3 Michael Lacourse has been hired as Dixie State University's new provost and vice president of academic affairs. Lacourse's first day on the job will be Feb. 1. |
