Dixie State bounced back from its first RMAC loss of the season with a convincing 3-1 victory at Colorado-Colorado Springs Saturday night inside the Gallogy Events Center. The Trailblazers won for the seventh time in their last eight matches to improve to 12-3 overall, 7-1 in RMAC, and in the process stopped the Mountain Lions (7-10/5-4 RMAC) five-match winning streak.

The two sides split the opening two sets, with the Blazers drawing first blood with an opening 25-21 set win, while UCCS pulled even with a 25-19 triumph in set two. From there it was all Dixie State as the Trailblazers never trailed in the third frame en route to a 25-17 win and a 2-1 match lead. Then after dropping the first point in set four, DSU scored 15 of the next 22 points to open up a commanding 15-8 lead and would coast home from there, 25-17, to close out the match.

Senior Hannah Doonan (San Dimas, Calif./San Dimas HS) paced Dixie State with a season-high 14 kills and hit .519 for the match, while juniors To'a Faleao-Baich (Lehi, Utah/Lehi HS) and Lauren Gammell (Spanish Fork, Utah/Spanish Fork HS) each tallied 11 kills. Faleao-Baich also notched her first double-double of the year with a career-high 10 digs and sophomore setter Jordyn Nelson (Phoenix, Ariz./Greenway HS) dished out a career-high 37 assists.

DSU hit .259 overall for the match, including a sizzling .459 clip in set four, while the Blazer defense limited UCCS to an .082 attack percentage. Gammell and senior Shannon Sorensen (Smithfield, Utah/Sky View HS) led the DSU defense with six block assists apiece and the Trailblazers finished with 60 digs, including 24 for senior Sid Brandon (Bountiful, Utah/Bountiful HS).

DSU wraps up its three-game RMAC road swing this Tuesday night in Salt Lake City with a date at in-state rival Westminster College beginning at 6 p.m.