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Personally, we struggle with lefties so it takes us a little while to get adjusted to that." CSU-- P started the scoring in the top of the fourth with homer over the a three-m- n center field fence. DSU managed to put up one run in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI from sophomore catcher Jessica Gonzalez. Freshman first baseman Riley Tyteca reached on a single, which snuck past the third baseman scoring two runs. Moments later, Gonzalez put the ball over the left field KyleaCusterDSU The DSU Eight home runs and five games later, Dixie State University softball is rolling on with a record of DSU blazed through its competition at the Dixie State Easton Classic and game one against Colorado Mesa University, but fell short in game two. team sv,,fim 8-- 1. broke some records its final meet of in Read the the on 1 X! (, ? S Li n n s Ai - - , -- -, , ,i l'i ). -- 7174, 1., '4"4 ' ';,' i ",":, DSU found redemption mid game against Colorado I State University-Puebl- o ,,l- Thursday in the Dixie State 1 Easton Classic tournament. Both teams, who had the 1I same cleats, team colors and ,, ' ',,,:-.e I catchers, failed to score in the first three in,I "I'. ''t nings of the game. "Honestly, I think it was ),.., - -- - , ',- -, t, Easton Classic day one 1 CO M . . 4- - , , look-a-lik- --r , I f in'1',, ,, , said senior first baseman Mallory Paulson, a business administration major from Fuita, Colorado. "Even if girls are struggling, there is someone that can fill their fence scoring herself and Tyteca. DSU held CSU-- P for the remainder of the game leaving the final score just a good pitchers duel," 5-- 3. role." Easton Classic day two SEU remained scoreless throughout the entirety of the game and the Trailblazers claimed the victory, DSU started the game against the UCCS Mountain Lions with six runs in the first three innings with a few singles, errors and one home run from sophomore third baseman Dani Bartholf. No one scored again until the seventh inning when DSU put up two more runs and UCCS hit a home run, over the center field fence, leaving the final score DSU charged over St. Edwards University and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Friday in 8-- 0. games. The Trailblazers put up three runs early in the game, one at the bottom of the first against SEU with a three-ru- n homer from Gonzalez. DSU continued aggressively into the bottom of the fifth scoring on a double from junior outfielder Kenzie Sawyer, a walk with loaded bases, and on a wild pitch from SEU. "There is not a bad hitter in our linetip and there's not a bad hitter on our bench," back-to-bac- k 8-- 1. Sunday doubleheader The Trailblazers' win baseball comes up short against No. 8 CMU Mavericks GAMES ---, ..3,. .',07-,T,10- ' ' 1 cm," ,, , Aka, T-",- ( -, ' ,, - ,.., .1 i F,- ',,-- , . , ; ?30 t u .. ' .. . 1. . ' ' i ' i , - i '' I 4 t ! 1 1 I ,,,, ' ' 5,,,,,, ' - ' - , four-gam- Dixie State University baseball suffered some heartbreaking losses over the weekend. The No. 9 ranked Trailblazers hosted the No. 8 ranked Colorado Mesa University e Mavericks for a series. DSU managed one win but lost the other three, two of which in the final inning. "We want to be able to split the series or even win it against these guys, and we DraysonNews - Baseball vs. Saint Martin's four-gam- didn't," head coach Chris Pfatenhauer said. "We're not where we want to be and are going to spend this next week getting better." Friday doubleheader Senior outfielder Miles Bice carried the load for DSU's offense going 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Five other Trailblazers recorded at least two hits in a game that saw DSU record 17 total hits. Junior pitcher Dylan File took the hill for DSU and threw five and 13 innings, allowing seven runs on eight 4-- hits. The Trailblazers' defense committed two errors during the game as well. It was a game throughout. DSU tied the game at seven in the bottom of the eighth which sent the game into extra innings. Each team scored one run in their halves of the llth inning before CMU plated two in the 12th, giving it the victory, back-and-for- ft al 13 II 6-- one-hitter- tt J( a ." e' tl a5 6-- 5. B cc R m re K bl eo th h( lc bit." With an 1 record on season, DSU will face IA 8-- bock Christian University Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona. fo teof scored the Trailblazers throughout the quarter to take a 5 halftime lead After cutting the lead to 12 points thanks to a coup of buckets from redshirt 21 th 10-- 8. The second game was DSU's lone.win and the lowest scoring game of the series. see BASEBALL page The Dixie State University women's basketball team had its only winning streak of the season end Saturday by the sixth ranked team in the nation, California Baptist University. After hitting its best stride all season, DSU fought valiantly until the final buzzer but were no match for the undefeated Lancers, losing The Trailblazers were not able to notch a third consecutive home victory, but the coaches said they were pleased withthe fight they saw in the team. "The girls could have given up," assistant coach Nicole Yazzie said. "We competed hard, we them, and we felt good about how the team finished." DSU was down 12-- 4 within the first couple of minutes. The Trailblazers locked up on defense and rode a 10-- 2 run to tie the 4 late in the first game quarter. The Pacific West Conference leading-Lancecountered with a 0 run early in the second quarter. Junior guard Matti Vending hit a triple to momentarily stop the bleeding, but CBU out 85-6- '''k Redshirt sophomore shortstop Bryce Feist, a business administration major from Emmett, Idaho, leads off from second while a Maverick defender lurks behind. Dixie State University managed just one win against the Mavericks in a e series. Baseball vs. Concordia A&M University Feb. 18 at 11:30 am. ,...g, .:.,.. , k, , BY DRAYSON BALL Softball at West Texas f , '''' i A, s Softball at Fort Lewis College Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. Softball at University of Mary Feb. 18 at 9:30 a.m. 1 A i ''c' ,f" , r ' , w Softball at Lubbock Christian University Feb. 17 at 9:30 a.m. . - , r',,,f1 K.' 2 m 1 r:-.4-,,- i 21' (14 .,$,,, Women's basketball at Men's basketball at University of Hawaii-Hil- o Feb. 16 at 11:30 p.m. , 1, , University of Hawaii-Hil- o Feb. 16 at 8 p.m. JOE NELSON , , fc i 40-2- . -- 1. ,, I University Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. BY ., i University (OR) Feb. 17 at 3:30 p.m. I''' von, I ,6,...,...ii lc DSU fell behind early it game two, giving up sir to CMU. "We made some mistalci in the first pitching-wis- e that put us down inning 0 before we were out of the top of the first inning,' head coach Randy Sim160, said. "We were behind in the count too much but the first inning Madi Dove threw a The defense was able to hold the Mavericks at six runs for the remainder of game, and the offense attempted a comeback butw shy two runs. CMU beat Trailblazers "It was a tough 1ss, but think we handled it better than we possibly could have," said Gonzalez, a business administration major from Kingsburg, Ca fomia, and PacWest playe of the week as of Monday. "After that first inning, no teams typically shut down and just give up. Our team, did a good job of pumping each other up and trying to get those runs across., we just came up short akxkt women's basketball DSU joenelsonDSU i , ,. . te 4. Winning streak short lived DSU UPCOMING a afi, , BY KYLEA CUSTER ... g ''' ty. ..i,,, , ' - m , 1 ,''' ''''' '1.,,,1141", !.. ' '' l'..,'- L- ,,, ,c.: , 1 p, -'''-'- ..,,, ':t 1)','I l'e, - .1 fling streak ended Sunday in game two of the doubit header against CMU. Game one against Clvit brought a similar vibe felt in the Trailblazers previ. ous games. The players were aggressive at the pia sending three balls overtii fence with one home run from Gonzalez and two Paulson. DSU won the fr, ;,,., ,: i ' , '" ;','-- 1 4 l' ""."1.. 5,- I - S.., 4 fo, 6 ',,, , ri o- 0 - 1 , ' , , ' ,, , f , , ( '. ,,r ' ; 4 1 csDji ,.., ,- . ' .,, , , ..Stfolit( ii aids D5U softhdill bIIIIL .. ,..,,,,., ' 111:11 ..., - DIXIESUNNEWS.COM 5 8. ed 14-1- rs 9-- sophomore guard TrarniN Jordan, the remainder of third quarter was brutal fr; the Trailblazers. The clef(' ballooned to 25 headingit the final quarter. Unwilling to surrender,' Trailblazers outscored thc 8 Lancers in the four dr including a 17-- 6 run to the game. I I r 1 1 26-1- 1 t "CBU1s pressure ma& i struggle a bit, especially the third quarter," said fr man guard Ali Franks, P: exercise science major "Vi L Redding, California. and hung in there though fiI outplayed them in the all fil I quarter." Four Trailblazers were double figures, led by Jo' with 18. Junior forward' tear VanCampen had the with lone double-doubl- e points and 12 rebounds. "We really came togelll at the end of the game,' said VanCampen, a biology major from Morgall. "We fought together and some good things. Hope fully next year we can CB Ll ." DSU will play Univel' of Hawaii-Hil- o 8 p.m. Mountain 1 I I I t. Thursdlll time. "-- - |