Dixie State pushed its winning streak to four-straight and posted its school-record tying seventh shutout result of the season with a 2-0 triumph over Hawai'i Hilo Thursday afternoon at Legend Solar Stadium.

DSU (10-3-0/6-2-0 PacWest) wasted little time breaking into the scoring column as the Trailblazers struck for their first goal just 1:38 into the match. Senior Tana Singley (Farmington, Utah/Viewmont HS) served a corner kick to the far post that was deflected by junior Nichole Mertz (Springville, Utah/Springville HS) to sophomore Kilee Lamb (Smithfield, Utah/Sky View HS), who fired in her first collegiate goal just inside the right post from the left wing to give her side a quick one-goal lead.

Dixie State had a chance to tack on an insurance goal midway through the stanza as senior Montana Hadley (Bountiful, Utah/Viewmont HS) lined up a penalty kick, but her attempt sailed just wide of the right post.

However the Trailblazers would net that insurance goal just 1:32 into the second half off the boot of senior Darian Murdock (Herriman, Utah/Herriman HS) to extend to a 2-0 advantage. Freshman Brooklyn Vogelsberg (American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS) settled a long rebound and played a ball ahead to Murdock, who out ran a Vulcan defender on a breakaway sprint, then sidestepped the drawn out Hilo keeper and tucked home her PacWest-leading 16^th goal of the year.

Murdock, who has tallied at least one goal in four-straight matches overall, also tied former DSU standout Mikayla Wilkes (2007) atop DSU's single-season goals scored list.

Hawai'i Hilo (6-6-1/3-5-1 PacWest) had a chance to cut the deficit in half in late in the 59^th-minute when Tiera Arakawa rocketed a shot that bounded off the post. The Vulcans as a team had three shots on goal in the second half, but sophomore keeper Felicity Tarr (Tucson, Ariz./Mountain View Marana HS) (W, 9-3-0) turned away all three attempts en route to her school-record padding sixth solo shutout win of the year.

"We had a great start scoring early and creating opportunities," DSU Head Coach Kacey Bingham said. "We lost a little momentum at the end of the [first] half, but came out strong again in the second half. It was great for Kilee [Lamb] to get her first goal and Darian [Murdock] has scored in four-straight games and continues to dominate. We also got another great defensive performance team wide."

The Trailblazer defense unit limited Hilo to 10 total shot attempts, six on frame, while DSU was credited with nine shots on goal out of the 23 total attempts in the match. Dixie State's win marked the fifth time in the program's NCAA era that it had recorded at least seven shutouts in a season (2007, 2009, 2014, 2016), while it is the third time in Coach Bingham's tenure overall.

Dixie State returns to action this Saturday with a PacWest match up against Point Loma inside Legend Solar Stadium at 4:30 p.m.