Bolstered by a strong offensive and defensive effort, Dixie State extended its winning streak to eight-straight and remained perfect in Pacific West Conference play with a 3-0 road victory at Hawai'i Pacific Monday in Waipahu.
DSU (8-3-0/6-0-0 PacWest) broke open the scoring late in the 22
nd-minute when sophomore midfielder
Gabby Medina (Mesquite, Nev./Virgin Valley HS) netted his team-leading fourth goal of the year on a straight-away blast from 25-yards out to put the Trailblazers up 1-0.
Dixie State would tack on a pair of insurance goals in the second half, the first coming off the boot of junior midfielder
Sean Jenne (Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial HS) (2) in the waning seconds of the 53
rd-minute. Then 11 minutes later, junior midfielder
Ather Dawood (Tucson, Ariz.) tucked home his third goal of the year to stake DSU to a three-goal cushion.
The offensive support was more than enough for the DSU defense, which held the Sharks (2-4-4/2-2-2 PacWest) to just two shots on goal and seven total attempts for the match. Trailblazer goalkeeper
Zach Nielson (West Point, Utah/Northridge HS), who earlier in the day was named PacWest Freshman of the Week, stopped the only shot attempt he faced in nearly 67 minutes of action to pick up his third collegiate win, while sophomore reserve netminder
Eddie Ortiz (Las Vegas, Nev./Cimarron Memorial HS) played a scoreless 23:15 in goal with one save to close out the match.
DSU will play match three of its four-match Hawaiian road swing this Thursday at Hawai'i Hilo. Â
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