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Show SEPTEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY, 116 DSU 2016 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM volleyball takes 2 of 3 in Crystal Inn Tourney JOE NELSON joenelsonDSU BY r , ' The Dixie State University volleyball team officially opened its 2016 season by i winning two of its first three matches at the Crystal Inn Volleyball Invitational tournament hosted by DSU. The first match of 2016 went well for the Trailblazers as I they swept Black Hills State 1 r, . ..: 1 , , , , ,, . ,.. r -- r , ,:,. , - ,.,.,,,,,,,..,,,,.,,, ,.;, , .., , ..., . , , ,,, , ,,, , , , , , , 1. . . ' , - i - ' ',, , , , , , , University. The opening set saw the Trailblazers take the lead early and never relinquish it as DSU went on to win The second set followed suit as DSU opened up with a advantage. It continued to build momentum from there and convincingly won the second set The third set proved to be the closest of the match. Both teams were tied 3 midway through the set, but after a back and forth battle DSU was able to hold on for a hard fought 2 win and a , 1 .s , '' I , k ,, , . 25-1- - i ; , , , .,, . 4, , , . - , , t '' ' t ; ' ; ,t ' -'. ,4,,-- ., ,...,s - 't 5,...... ' .., . , ,,,, . ,,,1 '"...4.4 I l'' ::41 U 7 ,kt ' If , 25-1- w, , , 1, , , ,., '.4 t' , ' " ' 0, i' ' t ,' ,!, 1,,,,- - ) ' ',.. i t t k , , t , r-- , 11 ''1 4 1 ' , . 25-2- ., 1 a- , $ ,,,,,, c subsequent sweep of the Yellow Jackets of BHSU. "We had a pretty solid first , , - ., , -- ,. , , , ' , ., ''''''''''''' game," head coach Robyn Felder said. "There were big highs and big lows, but I felt like we served and passed really well." In the second match of the tournament, the DSU volleyball team lost a five game heartbreaker to Northwest Nazarene University. The NNU Crusaders started the match with a 8 win over DSU. The Trailblazers I r ....., , k 'ft , ...'' ... Y , , rn , o zo m o ...di ., r - ---- 5Z - -- 1,1,1,,,,,0'... i, ----- --- r71 ....................,,......e'''' u) c ic,c) .""..'"''...,..,.. .,N.,,.............. ed Redshirt sophomore outside hitter Taylor Duryea attempts to spike the ball against Black Hills State University Friday. The Trailblazers beat BHSU in a three-gam- e sweep on route to winning two of their three games to start the season. - FOOTBALL continued from page 6 1,51 rushing yards on eight carries, his longest of which went for a game-hig- h 27 ay 26-2- , , i - ,' - , , 0 ' ,t, ' ,,' 1 , t, 'Lt."' ''''''..- - .,,,,a- - , 0 ' ''' ..S . ; , , ,,,' '. 1 . ., ' , . 0 ? ,t ,' : ' , , , It.,.---e-''' . ,. , , , p , ,, ', i ,,,... ,,C"-,- 1 rd ,0' 0- , -- IC- ih A, -- p 1. 0 ' E r ., 1 7 7,, '7, , ik, " 17) ',, , , .. NIfi ,, i . ,, :s ' '''' ''''' 7 ',,t The Cowboys put themselves in position on the line to tie or win the game. On fourth and 11 with 42 seconds left, DSU's defense held strong and forced a turnover on downs to earn its first victory of the .6 chelseaponcel 2 rd ced season. an IS she "This team is different because we do things right," Brown said. "Coach Mc- ,e Clure Jie wants to change this Program, and hopefully the community can get behind Us and from there on, we call just win games." The win is DSU's first in ce US "I hat to the Rocky Mountain Athletic d he Stand arid 3ge BY CHELSEA PONCE 1 at Conference. They 1- -0 and will host South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Saturday at 6 p.m. at Legend Solar Stadium. Dixie State University women's soccer team is prepared for the 2016 season despite its first losses of the season against Concordia University and Seattle Pacific University last week. CU started scoring in the 21st minute, shooting a low RUNS continued from page 6 said the 21 new runners recruited this season ran well. "The whole top six women are finishers from freshmen," Decker said. "They ran a very strong race, and it's a good sign for us going Pall shot into the left side of the goal. The Cavaliers scored the second goal in the 86th minute as they worked a pass to set up a quick shot that sneeked into the middle of the goal finishing the 0-- ' i , two-gam- ;ion, 12-15- 25-1- 25-1- ;- 8. 25-2- right-hitt- er Darian McCoy and four by senior midfielder Alexis Torres. The Falcons did all they needed to the win in the seventh minute, scoring the first and only goal of the game The Trailblazers ended the game against CU with a total of 12 shots, with three on goal. Four shots were placed by senior forward "We want to improve what we did and make sure we keep the same or higher intensity," said senior midfielder Megan Spencer, forward into the season." As for the men's team, Hunter Chamberlain, a sophomore Spanish major from St. George, took second place in the men's open division with a time of 25:01.2. "I wish we had practiced more over the summer," Chamberlain said. "It's against National Collegiate Athletic Association regulations to practice with our coach over the summer, but I think I would have been more ready if I'd gotten more practice time in over the summer." Chamberlain said he's looking to get a personal best in the 8 kilometer race the 2. game.. good position-wise.- " The team has gotten a big group of new players this semester. "We've got a big team," said Hadley. "In some aspects, it can be hard, but we want to come together and be able to get to know each other more," "There is definitely room for improvement," head coach Kacey Bingham said. "We have new attacking players. We are trying to work on our dynamic attacking team, and we really want to have a better defensive showing than last year." ' '''ii, rs 11-1- accounting major from Bountiful. "We played really --40 I' up tonight." DSU had a chance to ,,, t , , increase its lead midway i i, i '' et ' through the fourth quarter, i ," ",,, t i but lost a fumble on the t i. t ' '(4 I line, the second time . ,;::''''''' in the game the Trailblazers t .,... were unable to put points on t the bout when in the red zone. t "I felt like we could have .., ' put the game away early," o , McClure said. "We let them 't '' '' and that's stuff around, hang 7''' , k , do. can't When you've 0Z, you ,, got a chance to put someone ,,,,......., 4 w away, you need to do it." l' 0.,,, (I' ZJ Following the fumble, Z ' NMHU took the ball down e road trip during practic e last week. The Dixie State University women's soccer team prepares for it's the field, taking over six Concordia Pacific and Seattle both of its matches losing, to University University. minutes of the game clock. ge 8. Women's soccer falls in first 2 games of new season yards. "I knew when my name was called, I had to step up for my team," Lauago said. "The offensive line stepped the 70 5. 13-1- 1 A ......5 t 't, , ...,, . , t - ' . - , . I 4 ,,,,- -- 1 7. 7.-- f ,,,1 25-1- 14-2- . ... . rallied, winning the next two sets in a row 2 and NNU took the fourth set decisively 5 to force a pivotal fifth and final set. Down most of the final frame, DSU rallied to tie it at 1 before finally falling 1 think we played hard, but we just didn't execute very well," Felder said. "We just need to reset and get back to doing what we do well." After regrouping from following the tough loss to NNU, the Trailblazers came out strong in its final game of the tournament. DSU took the first two sets rather convinc4 and The ingly, third set proved to be a close battle, but DSU pulled it out 3 in the end. "I think we did a lot of good things, but we also did a lot of bad things," said junior Brette Anderson, a business major from Prescott, Arizona. "We worked really hard and hustled, but we weren't able to execute like we wanted to." After winning the Pacific West Conference title for the first time in school history last season, execution and consistency will be key for a repeat. "We have a lot of room to improve," said junior libero Jaclyn Condie, an exercise science major from Cottonwood Heights. "We're going to take what we learned this weekend and build on it." The Trailblazers next game is Thursday against Western Washington University at 3 p.m. in California. 25-2- , , - 1 It came up short in an exercise science major from Springville. "The players have been trying to improve mostly on shut outs, defense, high intensity when going forward up to the goal and execution," Spencer said. "It's been'exciting to see the new players come off the bench and perform really well." said junior defender Montana Hadley, an Bingham said the team has been putting a lot of effort into this new season and doing their best at practices. "We are more defensively focus, but we want to score and execute in offense." Hadley said. "We can always bring the level of play up, but I think that every day we are getting better and better." DSU's next two games first on will be at home Wednesday against Humboldt State University at 7:30 p.m. and then Friday against Sonoma State University at 12:30 p.m. at Legend Solar Stadium. Leading up to the next race, Decker and the team will be a hosting an informal event "future squad race" as he put it. It will be held on Wednes- "It's open to anyone who wants to come watch, just a friendly scrimmage with racers broken up into three teams," Decker said. The next official race for the cross-countTrailblazers is their meet at California State day Sept. 7 at.Legend Solar Stadium at 8 a.m. University, San Bernardino, Sept. 24. men's team will be running in their next meet, a goal time of 25:30. ry |