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Murdock - AAU Wrap
Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics
5
Winner Dixie State DX-W (9-3, 5-2 PacWest)
0
Academy of Art Univ AAU-WS (0-10-1, 0-6 PacWest)
Winner
Dixie State DX-W
(9-3, 5-2 PacWest)
5
Final
0
Academy of Art Univ AAU-WS
(0-10-1, 0-6 PacWest)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Dixie State DX-W 2 3 5
Academy of Art Univ AAU-WS 0 0 0

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

Women's Soccer Blitzes Academy of Art, 5-0

Murdock breaks two single-season records and ties a career mark to highlight DSU's dominant victory


Darian Murdock (Herriman, Utah/Herriman HS) posted her school-record third hat trick of the season to highlight a dominant Trailblazer performance as Dixie State's women's soccer team blitzed Academy of Art, 5-0, Thursday afternoon at San Jose State's CEFCU Stadium. The match was relocated from San Francisco to the SJSU campus due to poor air quality as a result of the wildfires in northern California.

Murdock had her boot on four of DSU's five goals on the day, beginning in the 26th-minute when she finished a Jill Bennett (Salt Lake City, Utah/East HS) feed with a blast to the far post to give her side a 1-0 lead. Dixie State tacked on one more goal before the intermission as Tori Page (Centerville, Utah/Viewmont HS) netted her fifth of the year on an entry pass from Kilee Lamb (Smithfield, Utah/Sky View HS).

The Trailblazers (9-3-0/5-2-0 PacWest) would erupt for three second-half goals in a span of 25 seconds, the first coming from Murdock at the 54:14 mark on a 10-yard shot set up by a Kamie Hunter (Hooper, Utah/Fremont HS) pass. Capri Goldsmith (Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon HS) then got into the act at nine seconds later as a quick Murdock shot ricocheted to the sophomore, who tucked the ball just over the line for her first collegiate goal.

Murdock then capped the barrage at the 54:39 mark when Brooklyn Vogelsberg (American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS) raced the ball down the sideline and crossed over to the senior, who scored from the right wing to provide the final margin of victory.

Meanwhile, the Trailblazer defense unit played its most solid match of the season as DSU surrendered just four total AAU (0-10-1/0-6-0 PacWest) shot attempts (none on goal) over the 90 minutes of action. Sophomore keeper Felicity Tarr (Tucson, Ariz./Mountain View Marana HS) (W, 8-3-0) padded her single season school-record shutout total with her fifth of the year overall.

"It was a great team effort today," said DSU Head Coach Kacey Bingham. "Darian [Murdock] was extremely dangerous and showed why she is one of the best in the [PacWest] conference. It was also important to get the shutout and be strong defensively."

In addition to her school-record third hat trick, Murdock broke one more school record and tied another on the afternoon. The senior tallied her record sixth game-winning goal of the year, which eclipsed her previous mark of five set last season, and it padded her career record total to 14 game-winners overall. She also became just the second player in the program's NCAA-era to post four career hat tricks, joining former DSU standout Jennifer Mason who did it four times over her four-year career (2011-14). Murdock has 15 goals on the season overall, which is second-most all-time and one shy of tying the DSU single-season record of 16 set by Mikala Wilkes in 2007.

Dixie State will wrap up its four-game Bay Area road trip Saturday against PacWest foe Holy Names. The match was originally scheduled to be played in Oakland, but has been relocated to Las Positas College in nearby Livermore, Calif.

 
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