ON THE WHISTLE: Dixie State's 2021 season will close out with a pair of road games at Grand Canyon and New Mexico State.

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NOTES TO KNOW:
• Dixie State holds a 6-11-1 record on the season and are 2-5-1 in WAC action.
• DSU is on a two game winning streak.
• Dixie State has played just seven home games this year. The Blazers started the season with six consecutive road games.

DIXIE STATE STAT QUICK NOTES:
• Dixie State has 21 goals on the season from 159 shots with 74 shots on frame.
• DSU averages 8.8 shots per game.
• The Trailblazers have 125 saves on the season and have allowed 39 goals on the season.

ALL-TIME VS. GRAND CANYON
Dixie State has a 6-5-2 overall record in the all-time opponent series with GCU. Dixie is on a five game winless streak with the Lopes in the series. DSU is 0-1 when playing Grand Canyon under head coach Molly Rouse. The last time the two teams met was Sept. 25, DSU fell 5-1 to GCU in St. George.

KNOW YOUR FOE GRAND CANYON: The Lopes are 12-3-2 so far on the season and are 5-1-2 in WAC play. GCU is coming off a 1-2 loss to New Mexico State. GCU is led by Marleen Schimmer who has 10 goals on the season. The Lopes have fired off 288 shots on the season with 138 on frame and 45 scored goals. Keeper, Jordan Ferguson has 57 saves on the season in 1519 minutes.

ALL-TIME VS. NEW MEXICO STATE
Dixie State has a 0-2-1 overall record in the all-time opponent series with NMSU. Dixie is on a two game losing streak with the Aggies in the series. DSU is 0-2-1 when playing NMSU under head coach Molly Rouse. The last time the two teams met was Sept. 23, DSU fell 2-1 in St. George.

KNOW YOUR FOE NMSU: The Aggies are 8-9 so far on the season and are 4-4 in WAC play. NMSU is coming off a 2-1 win over Grand Canyon. New Mexico State is led by Shea O'Conner who has three goals on the season. NMSU has fired off 164 shots on the season with 78 on frame and 18 scored goals. Keeper, Makenna Gottschalk has 77 saves on the season in 1518 minutes.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL
• FIRST GOAL: Dixie State's freshman Kalea Woodyatt scored her first collegiate goal and first Trailblazer goal of the season just eight minutes into the first game of the season.  
• LEADER: Whitley Griffiths, Kalea Woodyatt and Jill Bennett lead Dixie State with four goals each on the season.
• MOST RECENT: Freshman Emily Garbett scored her second goal of the season and for the game winner against Seattle.

• Dixie State has now scored five goals this season in the first 10 minutes of the game and eight goals in the first 10 minutes of any half.
• DSU has scored three game winning goals in the final 10 minutes of the game.

GONZALES LEADS THE WAC IN SAVES
Junior transfer, Kayla Gonzales has broke into the top of the leader boards in the Western Athletic Conference with her 101 saves on the season. She's recorded a .771 save percentage on the season, sits at a 2.09 GAA and has racked up 1290 minutes in the net. She set a career high with 13 saves against Weber State.

GRIFFITHS EARNED PRE-SEASON ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Whitley Griffiths was named to the WAC Pre-Season All-Conference team after leading Dixie State with 10 goals last season.

FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON
Dixie State picked up a 2-1 win over UNLV in the season opener. DSU put a notch on the scoreboard in the first eight minutes from a corner kick. UNLV answered before the first half closed for a 1-1 score. It wasn't until the 88th minute that the Blazers were able to tuck in another goal for the game winner.

COACHING STAFF: Molly Rouse (Minnesota, 2012) is in her second season as Dixie State head coach. Rouse now has a 7-20-3 record as a head coach. Rouse brought back with her assistant coaches Lindsey Dare and Jennie Clark.

SEASON KICKOFFS: Dixie State has a 9-4-3 record in season openers in the NCAA era. They are also 4-2-3 in home openers.

BENNETT TAKES OVER MOST MATCHES PLAYED: Senior Jill Bennett has now competed in 89 matches in her time at Dixie State which is the most matches above any other athlete in school history.

2021 ROSTER BREAKDOWN: Dixie State returned nearly eight starters and lost two from last years squad.

The Trailblazers return their leading scorer from last spring in Whitley Griffiths who had 10 goals and one assist. Also returning are seniors, Jill Bennett, Kelsey Cook, Tess Donaldson, junior Shaylyn Uyeshiro and sophomore McKinley Barney who all clocked over 1,000 minutes played last season.

The Trailblazers had six players earn All-Conference in the spring of 2021 with five of them returning in Griffiths (First Team), Donaldson (Second team) and Bennet, Cook and Barney (Honorable Mentions).