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DSU Women’s Swimming: Home at last

The Dixie State University women’s swim team will host its final two meets of the regular season after its last home meet on Nov. 16. The Trailblazer’s last home meet was a dual against Biola University. Kelsea Wright, a sophomore nursing major from American Canyon, California, said herself and the team are excited to return […]

DSU softball begins practice for final year in DII

  Practices have officially begun for the Dixie State University softball team and its main focus in order to repeat last season’s success is to get 1% better every day.   “Yesterday we did a few things, today we’re trying to make those things better — trying to work harder in the weight room and on the […]

DSU women’s basketball team back in action

   The Dixie State University women’s basketball team resumes conference play against the 2-11 University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and 7-5 Colorado School of Mines.   The Trailblazers got crushed by the Mountain Lions 40-67 on Jan. 3. DSU got out-rebounded, had more turnovers, had a lower shooting percentage from the field, and lower shooting percentage for […]

DSU women’s soccer heading to sweet 16

Update: The wait is over as the Dixie State University women’s soccer team will be making its second NCAA postseason appearance in program history. The last time the Trailblazers were in action was on Nov. 8 where the team lost to MSU Denver in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference quarterfinal game. Now, the team has […]

DSU Men’s Basketball Bounces Back Against Saint Martin’s University

The Dixie State University men’s basketball team bounced back against Saint Martin’s University in the 2019 Dixie State Classic tournament. DSU hosted Providence (Montana), in-state rival Westminster College and the Saints in the tournament on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16. The Trailblazers were coming off a tough exhibition loss against the Argonauts heading into its […]

DSU women’s soccer faces tough loss to MSU Denver

The Dixie State University women’s soccer team faced a tough blow on Nov. 8 as they were defeated by Metropolitan State University of Denver in the quarterfinal round of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Tournament. Midfielder Alexa Ashton, a redshirt senior elementary education major from St. George, said she felt the emotions of […]

DSU men’s soccer clinches spot In 2019 RMAC Tournament

The feeling of surrealness came over the seniors of the Dixie State University men’s soccer team after defeating Colorado Christian University on their Senior Day game. “It’s really surreal being a senior and my time coming up,” said goalkeeper Zach Nielson, a senior criminal justice major from West Point. “I think walking out here with […]

DSU Football Staying Focused for their Homecoming Game Against Chadron State

It’s homecoming week at Dixie State University and there are various activities happening on campus. For example, tonight is the Comedian Variety Act with Ivan Pecel, tomorrow is the Trailblazer 5K: Glow with the Flow and on Saturday, it’s the DSU football homecoming game. Despite all the fun activities that are going on campus, the […]

DSU Women’s Swimming set for Pepperdine Malibu Invitational

After two meets racing against each other, the Dixie State University women’s swim team is ready to go into action at the Pepperdine Malibu Invitational. “We’re excited to go compete against another team,” said Hannah Hansen, a senior biology major from Lehi. “We’re training hard and having fun. We’ve had two dual meets with each […]