Despite the second hat trick of the season from sophomore Moises Medina (Mesquite, Nev./Virgin Valley HS), Dixie State could not hold on a late second half lead as the Trailblazers fell in overtime to Point Loma, 5-4, Saturday night at Legend Solar Stadium.

The Sea Lions (10-2-2/7-0-2 PacWest) struck first just 3:43 into the match on a Finn Tiedemann score set up by a Tim Siegfried corner kick and header touch from Mitch Wheelon.Dixie State came back with three unanswered goals, including two off the boot of Medina, to bolt to a 3-1 lead through 53 minutes of play. Medina got the Trailblazers on the board early in the 29^th-minute when he finished a through ball played in by fellow sophomore Enrique Bucio (Silt, Colo./Coal Ridge HS) to square the match at 1-1.

DSU (10-3-0/6-3-0 PacWest) then struck for two goal over the first eight minutes of the second half, the first coming on a Christian Hall (Layton, Utah/Northridge HS) give-and-go combination with junior Dominic Damato (Las Vegas, Nev./Shadow Ridge HS), which Hall netted for his first goal of the year from 15-yards out late in the 47^th minute. Damato then collected his second assist of the match nearly six minutes later when his penalty kick chance caromed off the PLNU keeper to Medina, who hammered home the rebound to give his side a two-goal advantage.

Point Loma would rally with three goals over a span of 14-plus minutes to erase the deficit and reclaim the lead at 4-3 late in regulation play. Wheelon started the run in the 72^nd-minute when he headed a ball off the left post and into the frame off a Siegfried corner kick.

That goal seemed to turn the tide as the Sea Lions took advantage of a Trailblazer defensive miscue that was handled by Eduardo Gallardo, who tied the score with an empty-net goal midway through the 80^th-minute. PLNU then capped its rally with 3:50 to play in regulation time when Indiana Fuller corralled a deflected shot deep inside the DSU box and tucked home the go-ahead goal.

In the final minute of regulation, the Trailblazers were gifted another penalty kick chance when a Sea Lion defender was called for a hand ball inside the penalty area. Medina then stepped up with nine seconds on the clock and powered home the PK to tie the match at 4-4 to force overtime.

Medina just missed his fourth goal of the match early in the fifth minute of the first OT session when Hall centered a cross from the right wing, but Medina's header attempted bounded just wide of the frame. That would be the only shot the Trailblazers would attempt in the extra session as Siegfried collected his third assist of the match on a dribble drive pass into Jorge Navarro, who tucked home the game winner inside the left post with 2:55 on the clock.

DSU finished with 17 shots, seven on goal, with Medina accounting for eight total shots – three on frame.

Dixie State closes out its 2017 regular season road slate with three matches in California, starting with a make-up of a postponed match vs. Holy Names that will be played in Fresno on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The Trailblazers will also play at Fresno Pacific on Thursday, Oct. 26, before wrapping up the road trip at Concordia-Irvine on Saturday, Oct. 28.