Dixie State opened a quick two-match RMAC road trip on a sour note as the Trailblazers were shut out at Colorado Christian, 2-0, Friday afternoon at Trailblazer Stadium.

Playing on a familiarly-called pitch did not help the Blazers as the Cougars tallied goals early in each half, the first of which came at the 14:46 mark of the opening stanza when Stephanie Muchow got her left boot on an Amanda Lopez feed to the left side of the box. CCU (5-4-2/4-3-0 RMAC) would net an insurance goal 16-plus minutes into the second frame when Karli Wilson played a ball into Lopez, who tucked home the chance just below the cross bar.

DSU (6-4-0/2-4-0 RMAC) had its chances in the early going as the Trailblazers were credited with seven first-half shot attempts (2 SOG), but could not find the back of the net. The Cougars would limit Dixie State to just three shots, one on frame, in the second half on their way to the home result.

"Hugely disappointing performance and result, we didn't deserve any better as our focus as a team lay elsewhere," said DSU Head Coach Gerry Lucey. "We know we let ourselves down and need to make a huge improvement to be ready for No. 5 Colorado School of Mines [on Sunday]. Colorado Christian deserved the result with their work ethic and hunger to win. We will lick our wounds and try to be ready on Sunday afternoon."

Freshman Whitley Johns (Gilbert, Ariz./Campo Verde HS) paced the DSU offense as she accounted for four of the Blazers' 10 shot attempts with one on goal.

It does not get any easier for the Trailblazers as they wrap up the road trip on Sunday in Golden against RMAC co-leader No. 5 Colorado School of Mines at 1:30 p.m.