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Show WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Ill 2017 15, DIXIESUNNEVIS.COM 5 .ttazers falter to liancerS, relincluis:- PaciVest lea 1 - I 4 YENCHIK BY BEAUX BeauxYenchik Austin Montgomery, DSU went into halftime trailing by two, CBU put down the gas pedal as it began the second half with a quick 0 run. The Lancers' offense was sharp as they hit on 55.2 percent of their shots while also hitting their free throws down the stretch. "I try to tell all our guys, 'if you play good defense, your offense will come," Judkins said. "Sometimes we got guys that all they care about is the offensive end, and that hurts you at the defensive end." The Trailblazers had no answer as they failed to take the lead or tie the game in the second half. The only hot hand for the Trailblazers was junior forward Kyler Nielson, shootfrom the field with ing 19 points in the game. "In a game like this, our coaches just mention as well that we got to have everyone firing on all cylinders and everyone has got to play their best game to win a game against a team like this," said Nielson, a criminal justice major from Cedar City. "That just didn't happen tonight, but we will figure it out." DSU simply had no answers to the Lancers' game plan. The Trailblazers finished the game shooting 30.3 percent on 6 from the floor. "Defensively, they did a great job on us," said Montgomery, a double major in biology and software development from Gainesville, Georgia. "They had us force up a lot of shots that we usually don't take." 9 loss to With the CBU, the Trailblazers' highest hope is to finish the regular season in second d bye place and a in the conference tournament. DSU will now travel to the state of Hawaii as it hopes to rebound from the loss to CBU in a match-u- p with the University of Hawaii-Hil- o Thursday at 10:30 p.m. Mountain time. tom of the ninth. Three walks loaded the bases for the Trailblazers with zero outs, but DSU was unable to capitalize. Two strikeouts and a fly out to the catcher nixed the Trailblazers' chances of splitting the series. 11 of DSU's 15 hits in the game came from the first five batters in the lineup led by redshirt sophomore shortstop Bryce Feist, who went 3 with an RBI. "This one hurts," said Feist, a business administration major from Emmett, Idaho. "A lot of things lead up to having a one-m- n game at the end. There were a lot of mistakes we made early that we could have avoided." At 3 on the season, DSU will play host to Concordia University of Oregon Friday at 3:30 p.m. followed by a matchup with Saint Martin's University the same day at 7 p.m. inside Bruce Hurst Field. 28-2- e, The Burns Arena hosted between two top battle a the Pacific West in teams J men's Conference - he 'rom Zile in runs Is A race , - .t , i ' , t . , 1 I i 1 . 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Yet, with defensive intensity being shown by CBU on every possession, the Trailblazers did take care of the ball with only one turnover. After a near buzzer beater from sophomore center with the third game of the DSU series, winning 13-scored runs in the fifth and n the eighth, but a sixth CMU for inning proved too much for the Trailblazers. Redshirt senior designated hitter Ryan Rodriguez went 4 in the losing effort for DSU. Senior pitcher Mason Hilty suffered his first loss of the season after allowing seven runs and 10 hits in five and Sunday The final game of the series Tied at was a true four through five innings, CMU took the advantage in the sixth with a run. DSU countered with two runs in the eighth to take a 5 lead. A single and an error in the top of the ninth put runners on first and second for the Mavericks with two outs. A double brought home both runs and CMU retook the lead 6 heading into the hot nail-bite- r. six-ru- 6-- 3-- Saturday 13 innings pitched. 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