Dixie State put together a dominant offensive and defensive performance Friday night as the Trailblazers rolled to a 3-0 sweep of Holy Names in Dominican University's Conlan Center. The match was moved from Oakland to the DUC campus after HNU closed its campus due to poor air quality as a result of the wildfires in the Bay Area.

The Trailblazers (7-9/5-3 PacWest) trailed by only five total points the entire match, including a 4-0 deficit at the start of the second set after DSU claimed a 25-13 win in the opening frame. Dixie State quickly erased the Holy Names lead (0-18/0-9 PacWest) with a 14-1 run as the Trailblazers outscored the Hawks 25-5 to close out the stanza en route to a 25-9 set win and a 2-0 match lead. DSU then led wire-to-wire in the decisive third set, winning it by a 25-16 count.

Dixie State hit .289 as a team and finished with 34 total kills. Sophomore Lauren Gammell (Spanish Fork, Utah/Spanish Fork HS) led the way with game-high 12 kills to go with four block assists and two digs. DSU also collected a season-high 13 service aces, including a career-high from junior Kayla Chapman (Fullerton, Calif./Troy HS) and three more from freshman Jordyn Nelson (Phoenix, Ariz./Greenway HS). The 13 aces were the fifth-most in a single match in the program's NCAA era and the second-most recorded in a three-set match overall.

The Trailblazer defense also got into the act as the unit held the Hawks to DSU opponent season lows of 18 kills and an -.023 hitting percentage. DSU finished with eight total team blocks and 41 digs, including a game-high 12 from junior libero Sid Brandon (Bountiful, Utah/Bountiful HS).

Dixie State returns to the Conlan Center for a match against Dominican University Saturday night at 7 p.m. (PT).