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SB - Gaffin at Biola (Story)
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Winner Dixie State DX-SB 35-6
1
Biola BU-SB 31-14
Winner
Dixie State DX-SB
35-6
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Final
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Biola BU-SB
31-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Dixie State DX-SB 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 2
Biola BU-SB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1

W: Hazel, Cambrie (16-2) L: Van Dagens, Terri (11-7)

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Winner Dixie State DX-SB 36-6
4
Biola BU-SB 31-15
Winner
Dixie State DX-SB
36-6
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Final
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Biola BU-SB
31-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Dixie State DX-SB 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 6 0
Biola BU-SB 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 1

W: Barkwell, Alexis (8-1) L: Austin, Paige (14-5)

Game Recap: Softball | | By DSU Athletics Media Relations

No. 13 Softball rallies for DH sweep at Biola

Trailblazers overcome 4-2 deficit in the nightcap; Hazel sets DSU freshman wins record

No. 13 Dixie State softball took both ends of a Pacific West Conference doubleheader at Biola on Friday, holding off a late Eagles run for a 3-1 win in the opener before rallying for a 5-4 win in game two.

The Trailblazers (36-6, 20-6 PacWest) took the lead in the fifth inning in the opener, then turned back the Eagles in a bases-loaded situation in the seventh to clinch the win. DSU overcame a 4-2 deficit with a three-run fifth inning to seal the doubleheader sweep and series victory in the nightcap.

GAME ONE

Dixie State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning of the opener. Janessa Bassett (Stansbury Park, Utah/Stansbury HS) drove the second pitch of the game up the middle for a leadoff single, stole second, then scored when Kenzie Sawyer (Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View) singled to right field.

Biola wasted no time evening the score, tying the game at 1-1 with an RBI-double down the left field line in the bottom of the first.

After three scoreless innings, the Trailblazers regained the lead with two more runs on two hits and one Biola error in the top of the fifth. Like the first inning, Bassett singled, stole second, then scored on a Bailey Gaffin (Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge HS) RBI-double to right field. DSU added another run on an Eagle error to push the score to the eventual final tally of 3-1.

Biola threatened to make a comeback in the bottom of the seventh, loading the bases with just one out. But Kaitlyn Delange (Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View HS) made sure the Trailblazers would get the victory and made back-to-back sensational plays at second base to end the game.

Bassett and Sawyer finished with two hits each to lead DSU at the plate, while Cambrie Hazel (Spanish Fork, Utah/Spanish Fork HS) (16-2) went the distance with four strikeouts to pick up her 16th victory of the season. With the win, Hazel set the new DSU freshman single-season wins record (Lauren Folta, 2009; 15-6).

GAME TWO

The Trailblazers broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the top of the third in the nightcap. With two outs and no one on base, Gaffin and Sawyer drew back-to-back walks. Jessica Gonzalez (Kingsburg, Calif./Kingsburg HS) then worked to a full count and ripped the eighth pitch of the at-bat to the gap in right center field for a two-run double to stake the visitors to a 2-0 lead.

The Biola bats came alive in the bottom of the fifth as the Eagles scored four runs on four hits, including two home runs, to take a 4-2 lead.

Unfazed, Dixie State responded with three runs in the top of the sixth. Kori Gahn (Phoenix, Ariz./Pinnacle HS) drew a leadoff walk, and Meagan Anders (Las Vegas, Nev./Desert Oasis HS) entered as a pinch runner. Anders moved to second when Kaitlyn Delange (Cedar City, Utah/Canyon View HS) singled through the right side. Brenna Hinck (Tremonton, Utah/Bear River HS) drew the second walk of the inning to load the bases. Gaffin then cleared the bases, blasting the payoff pitch down the left field line to give the Trailblazers a 5-4 lead.

The Eagles tried to rally with a single in the bottom of the sixth and a double in the seventh, but the DSU defense stifled each attempt to seal the comeback victory.

Delange was the only Trailblazer to record multiple hits, while Gonzalez and Gaffin plated all the runs with two and three RBI, respectively. Alexandria Melendez (Moreno Valley, Calif./Valley View HS) tossed three solid innings with four strikeouts before exiting in the fourth. Alexis Barkwell (San Diego, Calif./North Medford HS) (8-1) earned the win, allowing just two hits over the final 2.2 innings of the game.

Dixie State concludes its four-game trip with a doubleheader at Concordia-Irvine on Saturday at Noon Pacific Time (1 p.m. MT).
 
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