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Show 11 . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 0 1, 2017 DIXIESUNNEWS.COM - 5 illioita 77e rs ,1 C 141 ground Hawks ready tor Ta'acW ':f2tsl.Confrélrence tourney. BY DRAYSON BALL DraysonNews 1 , fv c i ,t Dixie State University hosted Holy Names University in the final game of the regular season Saturday. The Trailblazers nearly led and took down the Hawks, 1 ' wire-to-wi- , t 1. . I , ,'''' t, , 1 ' I i 4i, -- - , tit, ' A 0. r r , , - el , L ' ' A . i,,,A -- - , , , 1 , I A k, i l'' , I 1, . 11 4, t - ' third-plac- 4 - 4 conference standings. The Trailblazers enter .,e' 1 , k l' - ,- 11,,11,- - - , ' 1 1 4-- ,- A ,,, , , ,i' , , iv ' T - ' ,.. ,., . ,,,; ' t,,, - ,. 4 '. i , , , c , '- 4' I .1 k .V f i A, ' ' '( r i, ,A, -- ' 1 , k A , ; t , , i ,.i , f - 1 4 1 i ', , , - t -- '4., , , c, i, ,, , -- ' t - .., I , A- ,- A i- , .. , . . many home ,,!w ovvi 1,,!w ,,!w te ''' , the softball team - - t- ,,' r ' double, recording eight , 1 -, , , points, eight assists and six , ,,. ,,.. , 1 rebounds. DSU had a very r balanced scoring attack as 't I . I t 12 Trailblazers scored at ., ,lt 1 least two points apiece. 14'1.; .. , ' I DSU got off to a quick start against the Hawks 1 f . .4. jumping out to a 23-- 7 lead 0 ,,...." within the first 10 minutes T '12,...4 of play. The Hawks used a ()C Z 19-- 7 run in the final seven z minutes of the first half to Junior forward Zac Hunter, a finance major from American Fork, shoots a jump shot against Holy cut the lead to one going Names Saturday. The Trailblazers finished their season with a victory over Holy Names University into halftime. 0 in the Pacific West Conference tournament of and will p Thursday in Irvine, California. "Coach got on us at halfhalf to take their only lead nets at a clip of 63 percent time," Hunter said. "We guard Day lor Youngblood, let up at the end of the first of the game. The advantage in the second half including a finance major from South 80 percent on their lasted less than a minute Jordan. "In the second half half, and he wanted us to 10-we picked it up, and we play like we wanted to play as DSU went on a 0 run attempts. DSU led by as and would never trail again. next week in the tournaas 20 before that when we defend know many points The Trailblazers continon and rebound we are really ment.". finishing top, The Hawks scored the ued to shoot well from the "We struggled a bit in good." first basket of the second field as they torched the the first half," said junior Alongside Simister '12...,,. d I, lt, 4 'i 4'14 7 ' i' ' N 1 as he flirted with a triple , , J.11 , fit A,, sr ft ' ' , , A i , Junior guard Trevor Hill stuffed the stat sheet cy, , i k the game with 14 points in6 cluding shooting from beyond the are. Simister also dished six assists to help DSU as it assisted on 23 field goals throughout the game. "It helps when we have guys hitting outside shots," said Zac Hunter, a finance major from American Fork. "It just opens up everything and that's why we are able to run our offense so well." j , I t- ''''''''''' Junior guard Brandon Simister led all scorers in , i, , ',b,,,,,,. ,, re 78-6- , ,i , ........,...'- , ...........- " ' , - kt over the weekend? ' 'IP .'". , 1 , Find out on I , r,..,,,Tcsunnews.com , i,. 7117, '.',.. ; j,, ,..,,, .- ,,,.... , le .1 ..:2..- .,,, ) ...:,, ,.,, mat.: 1.t1 .,....,,,,,,i1, A i - ... ,.... .t.:. 0. ; rt:-- .- 4 ,, 78-6- ,,,,p ;', , t of 1.00,40.IriN. cn L 78-6- UPCOMING GAMES women's basketball wins final game of season DSU ) BY JOE NELSON , joenelsonDSU - , , t 'e 1 - basketball vs. Point Loma University March 2 at 3:45 p.m. Menrs Softball vs. Holy Names University March 4 at noon and 2 p.m. Baseball vs. Holy Names University March 4 at 2 and 5 p.m. Softball vs. Holy Names University March 5 at noon and 2 p.m. Baseball vs. Holy Names University March 5 at noon and 3 p.m. Men's golf at Las Vegas Desert Classic March 5 and 6 all day Softball vs. Dominican University of California March 7 at 3 and 5 p.m. Baseball vs. Concordia University Irvine March 10 at 6 p.m. A season bursting with highs, lows and 21 loses ended Saturday with smiles all around for the Dixie State University women's basketball team. DSU won its final game of the season against Holy Names University, It was senior night guard Cassidy Carrillo and center Hannah Roberts played their final game as Trailblazers. "We really wanted to get it done for the seniors tonight," said redshirt sophomore guard Tramina Jordan, a communication major from Las Vegas. "Our defense and our ball movement tonight was the key to getting the win." Jordan scored a career-hig- h 21 points for DSU en route to the team scoring a 79 points. The season-hig- h assisted also Trailblazers field made on 80 percent of 79-6- 5. goals in the game. "We wanted tojeave it all out on the court tonight since it is the last game of coach the season," assistant said. Schweikart On Brain "We forded a season-hig- h 18 turnovers and changed like we the pace of the game wanted to." The Trailblazers raced out lead in the first to a quarter before HNU could after the cut it to 4 16-1- opening quarter. Junior guard Matti k Vent ling buried midway second the quarthrough ter to help build a 4 Trailblazer lead. Both teams traded baskets as the quarter wound down. DSU was up 2 with only one half left to play in the season. The Hawks would try to close the gap over the course of the second half, but never could. Vending hit of the her fourth 5 a DSU game to give back-to-bac- 30-2- 40-3- 47-3- advantage. After DSU took a 4 lead into the fourth quarter, HNU put together one final run. The Hawks cut the lead to 4 with under eight minutes to play, but Jordan and the Trailblazers showed enough moxie down the stretch to seal the victory for the Trailblazers. DSU shot over 42 percent from the floor and 82 percent from the line. DSU also outrebounded HNU "When we halted FINU's comeback it showed our 57-4- 60-5- 32-2- 5. see BASKETBALL page 6 0- take advantage of some untimely errors by the Panthers and also ride the arm of senior pitcher Brooklyn Beardshear. Beardshear only allowed five hits and did not give up a run. She was aided by a n solid performance by the Trailblazer offense. JOE NELSON joenelsonDSU BY The weekend was a hit for the Dixie State University softball team who took two out of three games from No. 9 ranked Ade lphi Univer- 10-hi- sity. The No. 20 tanked Trailblazers shut out the Panthers 10-Triday and then ft 7 0, main- - - i , f, ?; t ''',- ing two games Sat urday. , the PacWest Conference tournament as the three seed and will play Point Loma University in the first round of the tourney, which will take place in Irvine, California. This will mark the third time this season DSU and PLU will face each other. The two teams split the regular season series. The Sea Lio'ns enter the conference tournament as the five seed and were the victor in the last matchup with DSU Jan. 14. DSU struggled in that game shooting just 41 percent from the field and 21 percent from deep. Head coach Jon Judkins said his team will need to make some adjustments in order to win the rematch. "We'll watch film and show them what we need to change," Judkins said. "Our guys will be ready because they were pretty upset when we lost to them last time." DSU and PLU will square off in Irvine, California Thursday at 3:45 p.m. with the winner advancing to the conference semi-fina- L 1,41 ' - "Our field- 10-ru- Sophomore shortstop Bailey Gaffin scored the first run of the game after Sawyer doubled to left. Sawyer was waived in later in the inning after junior outfielder Jenessa Bassett plaid down a suc,, ,cessful bunt. DSU tacked on two more runs in .3; the third inning thanks to an RBI triple by senior catcher Arista Honey and a rare stolen home base by freshman first baseman , ing was really solid and consis- - '-tent this weekend," .s,v,, said junior outfielder Kenzie Sawyer, a biology major from Cedar City. "Our energy was fantastic, and we just want to keep the momentum roll- 1 0 ing." DSU had outscored AU 16-- 0 through the first 13 innings of the game but defensive lapses near the end of the final game prevented sweep. In the open- - t, a ing game against AU, the Trail- blazers were able Riley Tyteca. Already up 0 headmg into the fourth, the Trailblazers put the game away for good after senior i outfielder Shel5-- , . t,, ; - Senior shortstop Josey Hartman, an integrated studies major from Mapleton, throws to first base against Ade lphi University Saturday. by Yung singled down the left field line to score one run. ls Friday. softball wins 2 against DSU split the re- - and Hill, Hunter finished the game with 12 points. Youngblood and sophomore forward Austin Montgomery each recorded eight points to aid the Trailblazers. With the win, DSU finished the season with an overall record of 19-- 7 and a Pacific West Conference record of 16-which was good enough to land them e a finish in the foe top-1- 0 Tyteca got walked to send another DSU runner home. A couple of errors later, DSU held a commanding 10-- 0 lead that caused the game to end after just five innings. The two teams played twice again Saturday, and the first game emulated the Friday game almost perfectly. Beardshear pitched another shutout victory for the Trailblazers. "I have a lot of great players behind me," said Beardshear, an exercise science major from Tucson, Arizona. "When we field the ball well, we have a great shot to win the game." Gaffin drove in sophomore catcher Jessica Gonzalez for the first run of the game in the second inning. DSU continued to build its lead in the third when sophomore outfielder Taylor Godfrey was waived home following a sacrifice fly by Bassett. An AU wild pitch had the Trailblazers up 0 after three innings. A couple RBI doubles in the fourth inning and another Panther error in the fifth allowed DSU to extend its lead, and won, The final game of the series did not go quite as it 3-- 6-- 0. see SOFTBALL page 6 |
