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Show WEDNESDAY, MUER 26, 2016 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM - 7 INIMPIElin.MIIMEIMOtlE.J 1c1 V rillii ,1 T ,77 3 (1 iAPA I N tr-- ,i (.77-- )t1 : .1,L t1 tl ,440e 111 i ! ,, ri ; ,i-,- ,,, ,,A '41(.", 4 1-- ,4 ri4a ...'",,, t, c...Aj, '..Q0,.....:d El ...'i.. o T, VOLLEYBALL P t 4 k 4 , 24woi-i- or-- .; cr-T- Lz) naE:C continued from page after a 12-- 3 Lancer run midway through the set. The Trailblazers were unable to gain momentum in the fifth set. They dropped the set 15-- 8 to lose their first home conference game of the season. "We fought really hard, but it came down to execution," said freshman libero Rebekah Farris, a nursing major from Kuna, Idaho. "We need to make sure we play as a team and not as individuals." The Trailblazers were leading the conference until CBU took over first place in the PacWest following DSLI's two losses in Hawaii. "It was a tough loss because we had so much energy in the gym and couldn't come up with the win," said junior libero Jaclyn Condie, an exercise science major from Cottonwood Heights. "We kind of fell apart in the fourth set and that didn't give us any momentum going in the fifth." DSU then played CUT Sunday in hopes of getting back to its winning ways. The first two sets were highly competitive and extremely close, but DSU dropped them both 3 and The Trailblazers were swept after losing the third and final game of the set 25-1- ;S z ,7 ,, , . ... .. , , I i ' m Z , . m -0 , ? , - ')1,, A z , i TA,"-- . I Kilee Lamb, a 2-- 0 freshman defender from Smithfield, lines up a in conference play, making them 3rd 2 long-ran- victory and moved 7-- JOE NELSON joenelsonDSU. BY with a dominant performance on both ends of the field. "We are pleased with our performance," head coach Kacey Bingham said. "I do think we can improve on certain things heading into next week when we have a really tough last four games." The offense got it done in the first half, scoring two goals on eight shots. The defense allowed only two total The Dixie State University women's soccer team performed like a work of art Saturday against the Academy of Art University in a shut-o0 victory. The Trailblazers won their sixth consecutive match and continued to push their way birth towards a 2-- ut post-seas- --- HOMECOMING ge in . , 1 Z . ,,I shot against the Academy of Art University Saturday. The Trailblazers managed to capture a the Pacific West Conference. shots by the Urban Knights, both in the first half. "We are finally getting into our groove," said junior forward Darian Mc Cloy, a nursing major from Herriman. "We have a lot of girls on the attack, and we are happy to walk away with the win." Freshman forward Kamie Hunter opened the scoring in the 22nd minute with her first goal of the season. After a missed shot off the post by DSU, Hunter was able to get the rebound and fire it into the net for a the lead. Mc Cloy pushed the lead to 0 with her PacWest Conference-leading llth goal of the season. The goal came when junior defender Shelby Christensen secured another missed shot and hit Mc Cloy with a pass to the left side where she finished it. DSU outshot AAU 13-- 0 in the second half but neither team scored. DSU secured its fifth shutout victory of the season. "It was a good win for us," Hunter said, a nursing major from Hooper. "We are just another step closer accomplishing our goal of making n it into play." At 5 overall, and 2 in PacWest play, DSU plays Saturday against Dominican University at Dixie High School at 7 p.m. 1- -0 2-- 25-1- 7. 25-2- away. "In both games, we put ourselves in position to win, but we just couldn't finish it," head coach Robyn Felder said. "We've had a good season, we're just in a slump right now and the only way we're going to get out of it is by continuing to battle and scrap." At 12-- 8 overall and 4 in PacWest play, DSU travels to Notre Dame de Namur , 4-- 4-- ,, SHOES .0 continued from page 6 out-hustli- opponent." Although the majority of the sets were back and forth and close in score, DSU just could not find a way to score or put away the opponent. Several times the Trailblazers held a lead late in the set but could never get over the hump. For instance, in the second set of the match against CUL DSU was up 4 but could not put it - and 1 9. out-worki- , 62-2- 5. out-talkin- g, minutes of the game. CSM scored 20 unanswered points handed DSU its worst of the season, "We played against a really great team," said freshman defensive back Mike Jones, a health science major from San Diego. "There are a lot of positives we can take from the game. We gained a lot of experience, and we stayed together as a team." DSU falls to 4 overall for the season and 3 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference after the loss. The Trailblazers sit tied in fourth place in the confer ence. They wil) race off against Adams Suite Univer- sity Saturday in Alamosa, Colorado. 27-2- "We've got to let the losses go and reset our mindset ," Farris said. "We need to go back to and the 7-- continued from page 6 loss 6 25-2- post-seaso- 9-- 6 (7 ) . , 8-- , Clifford Simms, a redshirt freshman running back from Compton, California, breaks free from a tackle against a Colorado School of Mines defender Saturday. The Trailblazers winning streak was snapped against Colorado Mines by a final score of 62-27. started to look to his future of 25:29.7 over the course y and colafter race. of their "The women's team lege are over. d shoes "I'm looking to get into our tied and after seeing what happened University of Nevada, Las to Hunter," Haring said. "It Vegas and get my masters in communication," Netboth was a tough course, tingham said. muddy and rocky." Nettingham said the Overall, it was PacWest Conference déjà vu, with sports podcast he created his senior capstone was for both the men's and the women's teams placing the part of his career hopes to work as a sports broad-- . same position as last year: caster. the men's team in sixth He said he attributes place and the women's much of his success and team took ninth for the work ethic to his years he conference bracket. y "This hasn't discouraged spent on DSU's never would team, and the teams," Decker said. has setback 'give up running even after "The only made them motivated to graduation. "I'll always look to show how good they really squeezing in street races," are, with no accidents to Nettingham said. "I want hold them back." to be one of those old guys With only their regional and be running in my fifrace, and possibly the NCAA Division II National ties, sixties and beyond." y teams' n The Championships, be will meet next regionNettingham, a senior mass als, in Billings, Montana, communication major from Nov. 5. Las Vegas, said he has University Friday. d' or cross-countr- f, t , re-tie- -- J I Hunter had a normal race, we would have been 15 more points up and taken third, which was our goal going in," Decker said. Despite his gear difficulties, Chamberlain said he was only six minutes off personal best time for the race, with his shoeless race time coming in at 31:41.1. For the men's team overall, Rodney Warr, a senior mass communication major from St. George, finished first and took eighteenth place with a time of 28:37.6. 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