(MATCH NOTES)

Dixie State (5-5-0/3-3-0 PacWest) takes its current three-match winning streak on the road this week as the Storm opens a four-match road swing with a pair of games in the Bay Area. DSU opens the trip on Thursday, Oct. 15, with a match at Notre Dame de Namur (2-3-0/2-8-0 PacWest) at 11 a.m. (PT), at Koret Field on the NDNU campus in Belmont. The Storm will then face Academy of Art (4-6-0/3-2-0 PacWest) Saturday at 12 noon (PT) at the CCSF Field in San Francisco. Live stats links for both matches can be found at www.dixieathletics.com.

DIXIE STATE VS. THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS: Dixie State is 5-4-2 in its series with NDNU and has won two of the last three meetings vs. the Argonauts, including a 4-0 result last year in St. George. DSU will look to remain perfect against Academy of Art as the Storm is 9-0-0 all-time vs. the Urban Knights, which includes a 3-0 win last year at Hansen Stadium and a 2-1 double-overtime victory the last time the two teams met in San Francisco.

COACHING STAFF: Head coach Kacey Bingham (Arizona State, 2006) is in her third season on the Red Storm bench. Bingham has compiled a 22-19-3 overall record, including a 18-11-1 mark in Pacific West Conference play. Bingham is joined on the sideline by third-year assistant coach Rielee Reed, and first year assistants Emily Fox (Lehi, UT/Lehi), former DSU men's soccer coach Danny Ortiz, and Nyle Ortiz.

STORM PICKED FIFTH IN PACWEST: Dixie State was selected to finish fifth in the PacWest Conference for the second consecutive year. Point Loma received 11 first-place votes to top the poll, followed by California Baptist, Azusa Pacific and Hawai'i Pacific. Fresno Pacific and Concordia came in below the Storm to round out the top half of the poll.

ROGERS NAMED PACWEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Senior midfielder Kaisa Rogers (Springville, Utah/Springville HS) was named Pacific West Conference Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week Monday for her efforts in leading the Red Storm to two home victories last week. Rogers tallied three goals and put four of her five total shot attempts on frame in victories over BYU-Hawai'i and Hawai'i Hilo. Last Thursday vs. BYU-H, she scored two goals, including the game-winning tally, in DSU's 3-1 result. Rogers followed that up with another goal in the Storm's 3-0 win vs. UHH.

QUICK KICKS: The number three seems to be the magic number of late as the Storm pushed their winning streak to three games while scoring three goals in each of the wins ... the number three was applicable on the defensive end as well as DSU held BYU-Hawai'i to just three total shot attempts ... in fact the Storm defense did not allow a Seasider shot attempt until the 62nd-minute of the match ... four of DSU's five victories in 2015 have come via shut out, including the 3-0 result vs. UHH last Saturday ... senior forward Jasmine Arollo (Glendale, Ariz./Apollo HS) has had her boot on eight of DSU's 16 goals on the season ... Arollo scored her third goal of the year in the first half vs. UHH and registered an assist in both the BYU-H and UHH matches to finish the week with four points ... Arollo, who broke the DSU single-season assist record last year with eight, has five assists through 10 matches this year, which ranks her t-ninth on the season list ... Arollo's 13 career dimes is also good for t-fourth on the all-time list and she enters play this week needing just two more to move into sole possession of third place on the career list ... sophomore Darian McCloy (Herriman, Utah/Herriman HS) also had a solid week she scored her first goal of the year vs. BYU-H and assisted on two other scores to tally four points for the week ... freshman defender Nichole Mertz (Springville, Utah/Springville HS) flipped her way into doubling her assist total of four for the season as she collected a dime in each match last week ... in all the Storm registered eight assists on the six goals scored in the two home wins ... sophomore keeper Sarah Beecher (Kaysville, Utah/Davis HS) saw her first action of the season in goal last week and she responded with two victories ... in DSU's 3-1 over BYUH, she made two saves and the lone goal she allowed came on a PK ... against UHH, she played the opening 45 minutes and did not face a SOG ... in all the DSU defense has enjoyed its best overall stretch during this current three-game winning streak as the Storm has allowed just 25 total shot attempts (8.3 spg) and eight shots on goal (2.67 spg), while the lone goal allowed in 270 minutes of play was on the BYU-H PK ... Beecher, along with fellow netminders senior Stacie Gubler (Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde HS) and sophomore Danica Nusink (Springville, Utah/Springville HS) have combined for a 1.39 GAA through 10 matches with four shutouts ... entering this weekend's matches, Dixie State is averaging 15.4 shots/6.2 SOG per match.

UP NEXT: Dixie State concludes its four-match road swing next week as the Storm heads down to SoCal to face PacWest rival California Baptist on Thursday, Oct. 22, and league newcomer Concordia University on Saturday, Oct. 24.