OPENING TOUCH: Dixie State men's soccer closes out their slate of 2021 home matches with two matches against UTRGV and Incarnate Word. The Trailblazers will then head on the road for one last conference matchup with UNLV.
Live stats and video information for all matches can be found at
www.dixiestateathletics.com.
Tickets can be purchased at www.dsutix.universitytickets.com.
TRANSITIONING INTO THE WAC: Dixie State enters its second season of Division I play as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Dixie State is scheduled to play an 18-game schedule including seven non-conference games and 11 conference games.
DIXIE STATE VS. UTRGV: Dixie State has played UTRGV one time in institution history on April 5, 2021. The game ended in a 1-0 win for DSU with a goal from
Matt Lockwood assisted by
Duncan McKenna. Dixie State is undefeated by UTRGV.
DIXIE STATE VS INCARNATE WORD: Dixie State has faced Incarnate Word one time in institution history on Feb. 27, 2021. The Trailblazers won the single matchup 2-0 with both goals from
Idris Alabi. The Trailblazers are undefeated by Incarnate Word.
KNOW YOUR FOE:
UTRGV: UTRGV men's soccer is currently 6-7-0 on the season and 3-4-0 in conference play. They are currently on a two game losing streak with their last win coming against Houston Baptist on Oct. 16. The third leading scorer in the WAC, Reshaun Walkes, is on the UTRGV squad and has eight goals this season.
UTRGV is 2-2-0 at home this year. They had one game canceled due to lightning, two wins against Houston Baptist and California Baptist and two losses against San Jose State an Seattle U at home this season. UTRGV has been outscored 27-25 by their opponents this year.
INCARNATE WORD: Incarnate Word men's soccer is currently 4-8-2 on the season and 3-4-1 in conference play. They are currently on a one game losing streak with their last win coming against Seattle on Oct. 22. The team's leading scorer is Eduardo Perez who has four goals and one assist so far on the season.
Incarnate Word is 2-3-1 at home this year. Their two home wins came 1-0 versus Seattle and 2-0 versus Chicago State. UIW has been outscored 24-13 by their opponents this season.
COACHING STAFF: Jonny Broadhead (Colorado State-Pueblo, 2004) is in his fourth season as Dixie State head coach. Broadhead has a 35-40-4 overall record at Dixie State. He has led the program to 10 or more wins in two of his three seasons at the helm.
Broadhead has brought with him assistant coaches
Kyle Coffee and
Nick Vorberg who are both in their first seasons with DSU.
TRAILBLAZERS PICKED TENTH IN THE WAC: Dixie State was voted to finish 10th in the WAC men's soccer preseason coaches' poll released on August 17th. Grand Canyon was picked first with six first place votes. Seattle U was picked second with four first place votes. The Trailblazers did not have any members selected to the 2021 Preseason All-WAC team.
LAST SEASON IN THE WAC: The 2020-21 season was the first season the Trailblazers competed in the WAC. The 2020-21 season faced many cancellations and games rescheduled due to COVID-19. The Trailblazers closed the 2020-21 regular season with a 3-6-0 record. DSU's three wins in the 2020-21 season came against Incarnate Word, Houston Baptist and UTRGV, all except the win over Houston Baptist were on the road
TEAM NOTES: Dixie State is 2-12-1 this season. Their two wins came in 1-0 scorelines over UC San Diego and Houston Baptist.
Dixie State has scored eight goals this season.
Daniel Brubaker and
Idris Alabi lead the team in goals scored with two apiece. Alabi scored both of his goals this season against California Baptist on Oct. 16.
Matt Lockwood,
John Joseph,
Larsen Rogers and
Julian Herrera each have a goal apiece as well.
Traedon Chamberlain,
Cole Shaffer,
Jimi Villasenor and
Gian Gargurevich have all registered one assist apiece.
Dixie State has allowed 34 goals this season.
Dixie State has two shutouts this season, one coming in the season opener against UC San Diego and the second coming from freshman goalkeeper
Jacob Zimmerman in the team's match against Houston Baptist.
The team has just three games remaining this season. There are two remaining home matchups and one road match.
