Dixie State extended its season-long winning streak to seven games and remained perfect in Pacific West Conference play as the Trailblazers posted a three-set sweep over Chaminade Saturday night inside the DSU Student Activities Center (SAC).
Dixie State (9-4/5-0 PacWest) rallied from a 23-21 set-one deficit by scoring six of the final eight points of the stanza to take the opening set by a 27-25 count. That served as a wake-up call for the Trailblazers as they began the second set on an 8-2 spurt and were never challenged in the frame as DSU took it 25-15 en route to a 2-0 lead in the match.
Chaminade (7-8/1-5 PacWest) tried to extend the match in set three as the Silverswords led for almost the entire stanza, including a 19-17 advantage late in the frame. However the Trailblazers would not be denied of their seventh sweep of the year as DSU closed the match with an 8-3 run to salt away the victory.
Senior outside hitter
Delayne Daniel (Pleasant Grove, Utah/Pleaseant Grove HS) led DSU with a game-high 12 kills and 13 digs to post her fourth double-double of the year, while sophomore OH
Taylor Duryea (Logan, Utah/Sky View HS) connected for 10 kills and hit .400 for the match. DSU hit .278 and collected 38 kills to go with a season-high 12 service aces, including a career-best four aces for Daniel.
DSU's defense held Chaminade to a .200 hitting percentage, thanks to a team-high 14 digs from sophomore libero
Sidney Brandon (Bountiful, Utah/Bountiful HS) and eight combined team blocks, including a career-high tying five total blocks (one solo) from sophomore middle blocker
Kayla Chapman (Fullerton, Calif./Troy HS).
Dixie State continues its three-match PacWest homestand Monday night vs. Notre Dame de Namur at the DSU SAC at 6 p.m.
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