Dixie State scored a pair of unanswered goals to rally from an early deficit and claim a 2-1 road result at Fort Lewis Sunday afternoon at Dirks Field.

After surrendering a Skyhawk goal less than four minutes into the match, the Trailblazers (4-8-2/2-6-1 RMAC) struck for the equalizer at the 31:01 mark to square things at 1-1. Senior Dominic Damato (Las Vegas, Nev./Shadow Ridge HS) sent a strong corner kick into the FLC penalty box to freshman Idris Alabi (Vail, Ariz./Cienega HS) (3), who headed home the chance to draw DSU even.

Dixie State would take the lead nearly six minutes into the second half on a Ricky Nunez (Henderson, Nev./Green Valley HS) (2) penalty kick conversion. DSU then had to play a man down for the final 18 minutes of the match after a red card ejection, but the Trailblazers managed to survive a pair of FLC (6-5-2/4-5-1 RMAC) shot attempts and corner kick chances to escape with the win.

DSU won despite being outshot 15-10, including a 6-5 count in shots on goal. Alabi led DSU with three shot attempts, while junior goalkeeper Zach Nielson (West Point, Utah/Northridge HS) stopped five of the six shots he faced on frame to collect the win in goal.

Dixie State returns to its home pitch at Trailblazer Stadium to start its final homestand of the 2018 season next weekend, beginning with a match vs. Colorado State-Pueblo on Friday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.