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SB - HR Celebration vs. CSUP
Stan Plewe/Utah Tech Athletics
3
CSU-Pueblo CSUP 0-2
5
Winner Dixie State DX-SB 5-0
CSU-Pueblo CSUP
0-2
3
Final
5
Dixie State DX-SB
5-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
CSU-Pueblo CSUP 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 1
Dixie State DX-SB 0 0 0 1 4 0 X 5 7 0

W: Melendez, Alexandria (1-0) L: Shannon Lieber (0-1) S: Dove, Madi (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | By DSU Athletics Media Relations

Trailblazers open Easton Classic with comeback win over CSU-Pueblo

Gonzalez hits third home run of the season

For the second straight game, the Dixie State softball team faced an early deficit. And for the second straight game, the Trailblazers (5-0) rallied for a comeback win. This time, for a 5-3 victory over Colorado State-Pueblo on Thursday in its first game of the DSU Easton Classic at the Canyons Softball Complex.

CSU-Pueblo opened the scoring in the top of fourth, using a double and a single to get two runners aboard the bases. Two pitches later, CSUP's Christa Angers sent the 1-0 pitch over the center field fence to give the Thunderwolves a 3-0 lead.

Dixie State cut the deficit to 3-1 in the bottom half of the inning when Jessica Gonzalez (Kingsburg, Calif./Kingsburg HS) singled through the right side to score Riley Tyteca (Farmington, Utah/Viewmont HS) from second. And Gonzalez wasn't finished. After DSU took advantage of a CSUP fielding error for two runs early in the bottom of the fifth, Gonzalez crushed a 2-run home run to left field to give DSU a 5-3 lead. The blast marked her third home run of the season and pushed her RBI total to a team-high mark of eight.

The Trailblazers then tightened on defense, retiring six of the next eight CSUP batter to clinch the victory.

Gonzalez led the way at the plate for DSU, going 2-for-3 with a home run and 3 RBI, while Janessa Basset went 2-for-3 and drew a walk. Alexandria Melendez (Moreno Valley, Calif./Valley View HS) earned the win in the pitcher's circle, allowing six hits and striking out three in 5.2 innings of work. Madi Dove (Cypress, Calif./Cypress HS) earned her first save of the season, tossing 1.1 hitless innings with two strikeouts.

Dixie State continues play at the Easton Classic on Friday, taking on St. Edward's at 3 p.m., followed by a 5:30 p.m. matchup with UC Colorado Springs.



 
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