Dixie State kicked off its final season of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime loss to in-state rival Westminster College Friday night at Trailblazer Stadium.

Both teams battled back-and-forth through a scoreless 90 minutes of regulation play, though it had looked like the Griffins (3-2-0/1-0-0 RMAC) managed to break through late in the 79^th-minute with the first goal of the night, but the Westminster was whistled for an offside infraction.

Dixie State (1-3-1/0-1-0 RMAC) had three good looks at a possible game-winner in the final seven minutes of regulation, the first came off the boot of Carson Ecalono, but that chance was stopped by Griffin keeper Will Desantis in the 84^th-minute. John Joseph would follow two minutes later with a shot that sailed high of the mark.

Then late in the 88^th-minute, the Blazers put together a rush into the Griffin zone, where Idris Alabi took a cross and rocketed a shot at the Westminster goal, but again Desantis was there to make the stop to deny DSU the go-ahead score.

In the first overtime period, Dixie State was called for a tough foul deep inside its defensive 6-yard box to set up a penalty kick with 2:40 remaining on the clock. Griffin forward Danny Darelli stepped up and tucked home the chance to lift his side to the sudden victory result.

DSU lost despite outshooting Westminster by a 9-7 count, though the Griffins held a 5-4 edge in shots on frame. Senior netminder Zach Nielson collected four saves for the Blazers defensively.

Dixie State wraps up its four-match homestand with a Sunday RMAC matinee vs. MSU Denver at Trailblazer Stadium beginning at 11 a.m.