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' - 1 1 i , 2 - , , , 0 x laAits your March i -- 1 cz ,..- f4 , it an i :141 . 1 0,.bi NI "N 9 i . t. r )1 GAMES UPCOMING 1 t ':'," 1 .,.,, ,,,..,, , i'''''.1 J - , I I:1 ,, ., rI 'I, f,r I it ti L. ) 'I I N I ; t !, , , A ' ! f I:. t i I -: 1 ,1 -- - 1l- -- i I - Women's tennis at Holy Names University March 23 at 1:30 p.m. IE SUI Softball vs .Chaminade re, University March 23 at 3 and 5 p.m. Men's Rugby vs. Weber State University March 26 at 3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. University of ,vers,, Hawaii-Hil- e 3-- ! I i i, ,, ''''Lm:1 11 i ,' , , 11- - eight-gam- road trip for Dixie State University Baseball as 'it won seven of its eight games against Academy of Art University and Holy Names University last week. After taking the first two games of the series, the Storm continued its winning ways in a doubleheader against the AAU Hawks. Offense for DSU was at a plenty as it scored 13 runs in game one. Redshirt senior infielder Sam Hall brought home the first three runs for the Storm. Hall singled in the first inning and hit a two-ru- n home run in the fourth to give his team a 0 advan- 1- i:,.:1 o March 28 at 4 and 7 p.m. tage. The DSU defense wouldn't allow its first run until the bottom of the seventh inning. The Storm's bats came alive, however, as they scored 10 runs in the final four innings of play, giving them the 13-- 2 victory. Freshman pitcher Preston Hannay got the win from the BY DAN LAU PER 0AmDanL Hawaii-Hil- o 4 March 29 at 2 and 5 p.m. Softball vs. University of Hawaii-Hil- o March 30 at 3 and 5 p.m. Baseball vs. Fresno Pacific University March 31 at 6 p.m. Baseball vs. Fresno Pacific i University April 1 at 4 and 7 p.m. mound as he pitched a scoreless six innings, allowing six hits and striking out three Hawks.. "When you have guys that can pitch like that, its a huge momentum booster, said redshirt senior infielder Tanner Morache, a integrated studies major from Vancouver, Canada. "Wining those games on a tough road trip like that is huge for us." Game two saw DSU send' 10 batters to the plate in the second inning while pushing across six runs in the process. The Storm followed that up by scoring runs in each of the third and sixth innings before finishing the series sweep with an 5 victory. "We were happy with our offensive production," head coach Chris Pfatenhauer said. "We like to score early so that we can tack on runs later in the game. We always try to win every inning." 8-- Thursday Junior pitcher Sean Hardman notched his second victory from the mound this season as he only allowed one run on one hit while striking out five Hawks for the Storm. "on a long road trip like a score of 301, resulting in a tie with California Baptist d University with a total of 22. Sophomore Dane Nelson capped off the day in a five-wa- y tie for 10th place overall after firing an opening two-roun- Baseball vs. University of ams - - - '' - - - 7,.'1,t,- - - 7- - , -- . . . - - 5. DSU won seven of its eight games this week during its that, it's important to have starters pitch like they did," Pfatenhauer said. "We told them that they needed to give us everything they could, and they did just that. It really helped keep our other guys fresh." DSU struck first blood in the game as it scored a run in both the third and fourth innings. Hardman's only allowed run was in the fifth. The Storm would add two insurance runs in the eighth and pushed one more run across in the ninth before securing the victory, DSU recorded 10 hits in the game, two of which came from Morache, including one that sailed over the right centerfield fence for his second homerun of the year. 5-- 2. Friday The Storm jumped out to an early lead in the first inning, scoring two runs. Their bats cooled off, though, as they only recorded two hits over the next four innings of play. The Hawks scored two runs in the fourth inning and three runs in the fifth inning. DSU recorded a run in the sixth but could not complete the comeback as HNU earned the victory, 5-- 3. Sophomore pitcher Dylan File took the mound in game two and had, arguably, his best outing of the season. File shut out the Hawks over seven complete innings of work. He stuck out nine, allowed just three hits, and did not walk a single batter, earning him his third win of the season. "I hit my spots really well," said File, a criminal justice major from St. George. "I tweaked a few things in my mechanics, and it worked really well. I was able to pound the bottom of the strike zone , and it sharpened my off speed." DSU cruised to a 0 victory over HNU. Redshirt junior outfielder Ryan Rodriguez went 4 with an RBI in the winning effort. "We have a really good defense," File said. "We know that if we score early, we have the defense to shut them down." 3-- 2-- , Saturday The rubber match of the series saw a four-gam- e combined eleven runs scored in the first inning of play. DSU sent 12 batters to the plate in the opening frame and scored seven runs. The season-lon- g road trip in Hawks answered with four runs in their half the first inning. "We had guys that played really well," Pfatenhauer said. "We just need to be more consistent. We've shown flashes of good hitting or pitching, but we need to work hard at doing it all the time." Redshirt freshman infielder Bryce Feist plated three runs on a home run in the fourth Liming. Feist finished going 5 with four RBIs and scored two runs, helping the Storm to the 10-- 6 victory. Morache who was recently awarded his second award of the season says the individual recognition is nice but could go without them. "It gives you a little bit of confidence," he said. "If I'm able to do what I have been doing to help our team win, then I'm OK with that just as much as the awards." DSU will return home where it will play 16 of its next 20 games. It will begin the home stand with a series against the University of Hawaii Vulcans beginning Monday, followed by a matchup against Fresno Pacific University March 31 2-- Playerof-the-- Week Men's golf secures 44,11 place at Notre Dame de Namur University invitational it, but ou - Cal Baptist University March Pacific West Conference record. March 15 , -' 4 DraysonNews It was a successful A? 8-- BY DRAYSON BALL DraysonNews and ;et us know. I I . FA, California, giving 'fl:PLLirsenDSU or : A . Junior outfielder Miles Bice swings at a pitch against doing? Tweet ,1' -r -- bracket 1,?,dness r r, ' 'i r .1 The Dixie State University men's golf team had its work cut out for it when it took on several other teams at the Notre Dame de Namur Argonaut Invitational. DSU was tied for sixth place after two rounds of play March 14 at the Poppy Ridge Golf Course. At one point, it was tied for fourth with a score of 297. However, the Storm dropped two spots with 71, followed by 76. Freshman a Compton Pikari was knotted up for 17th place after recording rounds of 73 (1) and 76 (4). While fellow freshmen Nicklaus Britt (75-7and Andrew Chu both tied for 33rd at (78-77. Sophomore Donny Hopoi round er 6) 3) (79-8- 1) stood tied for 79th at 16. Next, the team galloped three spots to take fourth place March 15. Nelson fittingly capped off his third top five ranking of the season thanks to a third-plac- e showing in both par-- 5 scoring and birdies. Monitoring his teams motivation, Nelson, a business major from Farmington, had mixed reviews about the teams work at the invitational. "We were in the tournament because we have talent on the team," he said. "Although it doesn't feel good to come in at this position, it was good that we beat PacWest teams and its still a good accomplishment." Britt 225) and Pikari 225) finished in a tie for 26th place at 9, followed by Chu 230) in 47th at 14. Hopoi 233) fought back from the tough first day with a final round 73 (1) to place 61st at 17. hind coach Brad Sutterfield felt pleased about his team's performance but has hope for the next tournament. "We were doing OK at that point," he said. "We'll put 100 (75-76-7- 4, (73-76-7- 6, (78-75-7- 7, (79-81-7- 3, percent effort into the next tournament." The Storm proceeded to a tie for ninth place Monday. Hopoi finished atop the leaderboard after he finished rounds at 72 and 73. Pikari rebounded of from an opening round 80 (8) with a 75 (3) in round two. Nelson, who was given 12 penalty strokes in round one, sits at 28. DSU was in action and Tuesday (results unavailable by press time) as it traveled to 1 Southern California for the annual UC San Diego Invitational. - |