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SB - Paulson vs. NNU
Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics
4
Colorado Mesa CMU 6-2
12
Winner Dixie State DX-SB 8-0
Colorado Mesa CMU
6-2
4
Final
12
Dixie State DX-SB
8-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Colorado Mesa CMU 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 7 0
Dixie State DX-SB 1 6 0 3 0 2 12 9 0

W: Beardshear, Brooklyn (4-0) L: Andy Hancock (2-1)

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Winner Colorado Mesa CMU 7-2
5
Dixie State DX-SB 8-1
Winner
Colorado Mesa CMU
7-2
6
Final
5
Dixie State DX-SB
8-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colorado Mesa CMU 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1
Dixie State DX-SB 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5 6 1

W: McKenzie Surface (4-0) L: Melendez, Alexandria (3-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | By DSU Athletics Media Relations

Softball splits Sunday DH with #19 Colorado Mesa

Trailblazers match program-best start

The Dixie State softball team played to a doubleheader split with No. 19 Colorado Mesa on Sunday at Karl Brooks Field, earning a 12-4 win in game one before falling 6-5 in game two.

The Trailblazers (8-1) outhit the Mavericks by a 15-10 count, including four home runs, but left 12 runners on base for the day.

GAME ONE – Dixie State 12, Colorado Mesa 4 (6 innings)

Jesssica Gonzalez drew a two-out walk in the bottom of the first in game one, setting up an RBI double for Mallory Paulson (Fruita, Colo./Fruita Monument HS) on the ensuing at-bat to give the Trailblazers an early 1-0 lead.

Colorado Mesa tied the game in the top of the second with a leadoff home run over the wall in right field. But, the tie was short lived.

Dixie State blew the game open in the bottom half of the second, scoring six runs on three hits, including back-to-back home runs by Gonzalez and Paulson. Riley Tyteca (Farmington, Utah/Viewmont HS) scored the first run of the inning after Shelby Yung (Upland, Calif./Upland HS) drew a bases-loaded walk. Kenzie Sawyer (Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View) later scored when Josey Hartman (Mapleton, Utah/Maple Mountain HS) put the ball in play and reached on a fielder's choice. Four pitches later, Gonzalez blasted a three-run home run to left field for her fifth home run of the year. Not to be outdone, Paulson stepped to the plate and sent the 1-0 pitch out of the park for her first home run of the season to extend the DSU lead to 7-1.

Colorado Mesa answered in the top of third, turning four hits into three runs, including a three-run home run, to cut the DSU lead to 7-4.

The Trailblazers countered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth, as Gonzalez scored Hartman from first with a double down the left field line. Paulson then stepped to plate, worked her way to a full count, and crushed the payoff pitch over the fence in left center field for a two-run home run, her second home run of the game, to give DSU a 10-4 lead.

Dixie State wrapped up the game in the bottom of the sixth when Paulson bounced a triple of the top of the fence in right center field, scoring Kaitlyn Delange (Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View HS) from first. Paulson would finish the game just a single short of hitting for the cycle. Bailey Gaffin (Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge HS) then drove a sacrifice fly to center field, allowing Paulson to score from third clinch a 12-4 win for DSU. With the win, the Trailblazers matched (2009) the best-start in the program's Division II era.

Paulson finished the game 4-for-4 with two home runs, a triple, a double, and 2 RBI to pace DSU at the plate, while Gonzalez added a 2-for-2 performance with a home run, two walks, and 4 RBI. Brooklyn Beardshear (Tucson, Ariz./Sahuaro HS) earned the win to improve to 4-0, striking out four en route to her third complete-game win of the season.

GAME TWO – Colorado Mesa 6, Dixie State 5

Colorado Mesa jumped to an early lead in game two, turning three hits and a DSU error into a 6-0 lead.

Unfazed, the Trailblazers began to chip away at the lead, scoring two runs in the third inning when Sawyer belted a two-run home run, her first in a DSU uniform, to left field to cut the lead to 6-2.

In the fourth inning it was DSU's turn to cash in on an error, turning a CMU miscue and three hits into three runs to close the gap to 6-5. But, the Trailblazers couldn't get any closer, stranding runners on second and third in the fourth inning.

Dixie State would have another golden opportunity to tie or take the lead in the sixth inning, but left the bases loaded, and the Mavericks retired the DSU side in order in the seventh to clinch the 6-5 victory and hand the Trailblazers their first loss of the season.

Sawyer led the way at the plate in game two, going 2-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBI. Madi Dove (Cypress, Calif./Cypress HS) tossed a one-hit gem after taking over in the pitcher's circle in the first inning, striking out three and giving up one run in 6.1 innings of work.

Dixie State now heads to the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Arizona, for five games in three days. The Trailblazers will battle Lubbock Christian and Fort Lewis on Friday before playing games vs. University of Mary and No. 4 West Texas A&M on Saturday. DSU will close the week with a second game vs. WTAMU on Sunday.   
 
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