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Darian McCloy goal HSU
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4
Winner Dixie State DX-W (6-5-0, 4-2-0 PacWest)
1
Hawai'i Pacific HPU (2-8-1, 2-4-0 PacWest)
Winner
Dixie State DX-W
(6-5-0, 4-2-0 PacWest)
4
Final
1
Hawai'i Pacific HPU
(2-8-1, 2-4-0 PacWest)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Dixie State DX-W 3 1 4
Hawai'i Pacific HPU 0 1 1

Game Recap: Women's Soccer | | by DSU Athletic Media Relations

McCloy's Hat Trick Leads DSU to 4-1 Win at HPU

The junior forward recorded the 11th hat trick in DSU's NCAA D-II era as the Trailblazers ran their winning streak to four matches


Junior forward Darian McCloy (Herriman, Utah/Herriman HS) became the first Trailblazer in two seasons to record a hat trick as Dixie State's women's soccer team posted its fourth-straight Pacific West Conference victory with a 4-1 result at Hawai'i Pacific Monday in Waipahu.

McCloy had her boot on all four DSU (6-5-0/4-2-0 PacWest) goals on the day, starting in the 28th-minute when she poked away a mishandled save by the Sharks' goalkeeper and tucked home the first goal of the match. McCloy struck again just over two and a half minutes later as scored off a deflected save on a Kamie Hunter (Hooper, Utah/Fremont HS) attempt to stake the Trailblazers to a 2-0 lead.

In all, Dixie State scored three first half goals in the span of 6:07, with the third tally coming at the 33:41 mark of the match when McCloy played a breakaway ball to senior Megan Spencer (Provo, Utah/Springville HS), who fired home a wide-open shot from 20-yards out to give DSU a three-goal cushion.

McCloy then notched her third goal of day midway through the 77th-minute when she stole the ball from a Shark defender and blasted home a shot from in front of the HPU (2-8-1/2-4-0 PacWest) frame to extend the DSU lead to 4-0. Hawai'i Pacific got one of the goals back thanks to a converted penalty kick with 7:55 remaining in regulation play, but that would be as close as the Sharks would get as DSU held HPU off the board the rest of the way. Dixie State outshot HPU 24-6 in the match, including a 15-4 edge on goal.

"We had a much better attacking game and Darian really stepped up with those three goals," said DSU Head Coach Kacey Bingham. "Defensively we were really strong, but we have to be more careful in the [penalty] box."

McCloy's hat trick is the 11th in Dixie State's NCAA Division II era and is the first one recorded since former DSU player Jennifer Mason achieved the feat at Chaminade on Oct. 6, 2014. In addition, McCloy's seven points in the match tied her for the third-most in DSU's NCAA era and she is the first player to score at least seven points in a match since Mason did it at Notre Dame de Namur back in the 2012 season (9/15/12).

DSU will play match three of its four-match Hawaiian road swing this Thursday at Hawai'i Hilo.  
 
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