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Nrap University's volleyball team has won its first four conference games to begin the t season. i The Trailblazers entered the week having just swept I .. Concordia University. It ( , hosted fLNIU Saturday, who I has only managed one win so t't I ifar on the season. "We can't look past anyone," head coach Robyn Felder said. "We are the defending PacWest Champions and every night we have UPCOMiN G GAMES to defend our title. We can't take a night off." The first set began relatively even between the two - 12-2- 5. ir.,. N,, it i, - , i i? ',, ..'A 1 '4,--- ,- .' ift,g,"' dpfo.,0 1 ,.. 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BY DIANA FOSS ETT Dame DianaFossettDSN de Namur University Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. Volleyball vs. Azusa Pacific University Oct. 8 at noon ; , t Chamihade Pacific University Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. - i . s, ' , Women's soccer vs. Fresno , , , fir:4 -- Dixie State University's y team faced a competitive field Saturday. The women's team cross-countr- placed fourth out of eight teams, over a race. Noe Ile He le, a sophomore biology major from Apple Valley, California, led the Trailblazer women to the finish line with her sixteenth place finish and time of five-kilomet- er Hunter Chamberlain, a sophomore Spanish major from St. George, led the men's race for the first half of their race, but ultimately, Chamberlain finished in fourth place with a time of 26:32.73. "It was a bit scary being out in front," Chamberlain said. "But I felt like the guys were trying to control the pace and keep it slow, and I wanted to push the eight-kilomet- 1 ,- , Men's soccer vs. ,Fresno Pacific University Oct. 1 at 5:30 p.m. University Oct. 1 at 6 p.m. : ,,...,,,r 2 " . ,---- Volleyball vs. Notre ce to. , at Westminster t : . i , Volleyball vs. 5. 4-- 7-- .'r-- 't.,,Z ' t, ;,k, 44 . ri r,'.. ''' ! r) . e--- Volleyball 22-2- Taylor Duryea, a communication major from Logan. "I think we did a lot of good things, but we just need to get better at staying consistent." Tied at one set a piece, DSU began the third set with a lead. UHH cut into the lead and brought the score to 1 before DSU closed out 5. 8. 7-- 5. Dawood netted the first goal of the game for DSU in the 21st minute. Dawood received a pass from freshman forward Moises Medina and scored from 15 yards giving DSU the early advantage, The Trailblazers struck again in the 50th minute. Sophomore midfielder Gabby Medina outran a defender and passed the ball to freshman forv rd Christian Hall, who found the back of the net. The goal would proved to be all DSU needed to secure the win. APU scored its first goal it the 54th minute, bringing thc score at 1 with DSU in the 2-- lead. "We started out strong and played our style of soccer," said sophomore defender Dominic Damato, a criminl justice major from Las Vegas. "APU was a good team and coming away with a win at their field was definitely huge for our season." After the win against MU,- the Trailblazers felt energetic and confident, Damato said, which he said lead them to another win against PLNU Saturday. "We were going strong and had momentum and confidence in our play," Medina said. "We got the results we wanted on the see SOCCER page 1 ( Ili 7 Cross country finishes in middle of pack 0,1"............Th'''',,,.:, , '''',, -- . ,,,- 20-2- 21-1- 25-2- 1. 7-- . - back-and-for- 13-1- ,.. i, . 18-2- 12-2- 5. - , 22-2- 5. 3. decisively The third set saw DSU leading most of the way. It led 9 before the Hawks went on a 1 run to tie the set at 20. The Trailblazers quickly responded, however, and scored five in a row to take the set, and the match, "We need to come into every single game ready to play," said redshirt junior Brette Anderson, a business administration major from Prescott, Arizona. "We came in thinking we would win, but we need to know that everyone is trying to beat "1. the third set, winning The fourth set was close all the way through. It was tied at 12 and then again at 17 before the Vulcans took the DSU then went lead on a 1 run to take the final set and won the match "We finished well," Felder said. "We have to play at a high level no matter who we play. We escaped with a win tonight but have to play better against the top level teams." The Trailblazers have now won five straight games and are an unblemished 0 in the PacWest Conference. They are tied atop the conference standings with California Baptist University. DSU will game play a Westminster College against in Salt Lake City Wednesday before returning to conference play Saturday against Charninade University at 6 p.m. in the Students Activity Center. Following the victory, DSU squared off against UHH in a battle of the unbeaten teams in the PacWest Conference. The Trailblazers came out firing and took an early lead, They maintained a similar lead throughout the first set and eventually came out on top, winning The second set was a battle and was tied at 12 midway through. The Vulcans would eventually take the advantage and win the set, "Our performance overall wasn't what we wanted it to be," said redshirt sophomore 7-- home , us." teams as the score came to for DSU. After that, the Trailblazers won 15 of the next 20 points and won the set The second set was similar to the first. DSU jumped out to the early lead, but the Hawks battled back to tie the set at 11. The Trailblazers rallied off 14 of the next 15 points, winning the second set Dixie State University started play in the Pacific West Conference with two wins against Azusa Pacific University and Point Loma Nazarene University. Junior forward Ather 0. ' v,..,- - .10,.....'...."''':.'"' , i, ,--- !,, - - , 1 , - ti 0... Ti k - '; i '4,11 ,,,, t.,,I !, ,,--- - , .,-- - I- 1,., ; e. ..,,,,,,f, '' l' j iI t L;----1- - I , ,,, , 4 , .: t '13 C '8 , ,. , Z , t-,- T- ,i 4 ' , '''',. v , ... ...... i , skir , - x ' ,. , '' t ,,- ,, ; ' , 8 X :,!,,.,,, I It - , I , t -, - A -- 1 ChelseaPoncel 2 . , . . ,.' , Ti. e I , I !,. ..,- -- . d ; 1 ', N ., ; '' ''- -' ,. I: , !, tr A BY CHELSEA PONCE UNIVERSITY 'IESTA Men's soccer locks down 2 wins from APU, MAU 19:36.44. "1 was surprised I was the first out of the DSU women to finish," He le said. "I'm usually second or even third during practice, so this was really exciting." As for the Men's team, -, er top runners." With only 25.9 seconds separating Chamberlain's finish time from the first place runner's finish time, he said while it may not have been the smartest decision, he was glad he found out how he ranked against more of the men in his conference bracket. Overall, the men's team finished fifth out of the 10 teams that took to the field. Head coach Justin Decker said he was pleased with the results, even with the teams placing lower in this meet. "San Bernardino's meet was a much tougher field, and the men and women did really well," Decker said. "With a batch of young runners, performances aren't as consistent, but I think they are al, improving." He le said she attributed the teams improvement to their tough practices. "We've all gotten closer after working so hard together," He le said. "It's great to be a part of a supportive team that real) sticks together." In the wake of DSU's announcement that all athletics will be moving it the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Decker said he had mixe feeling in regards to the change. He said the RMA was ranked No.1 for NCAA "We'll do our best, but will be tough," Decker said. "But we want to race against the top teams to challenge ourselves and improve." cross-countr- The y. teams next meet will be in Cedar City, Oct. 8, at Southern Utah University's Color cross-countr- y Country Invitational. a s, A al A g; th n( Ti at fc Sc ot er ti( rn Sc C( wi fi) ha |