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Sports Briefs: Dylan File helps No. 18 Dixie State split twinbill in PacWest opener
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The 18th-ranked Dixie State baseball team split its doubleheader Saturday night against Holy Names at Bruce Hurst Field.
The Trailblazers took the first game 9-2, before falling in the nightcap 12-9.
In game one, former Desert Hills star pitcher Dylan File got the start and made the most of it. The sophomore threw seven strong innings while allowing just three hits, one run and striking out nine to give him a 3-0 record so far this year.
File had plenty of offense behind him as Tyler Mildenberg led the way by going 4-for-4 with four hits, two runs scored, two RBI, a walk and a home run in the win.
The Trailblazers scored at least one run through the first four innings to take control of the game. Drew McLaughlin had three hits, Bryce Feist chipped in with two hits, and so did Jake Davison who also hit a home run.
Although the offense was there in game two for the Trailblazers, the pitching wasn't.
Starting pitcher Matt Mosca — who lost his first game of the season — was roughed up as he pitched just 4.2 innings and gave up nine hits and five runs. It didn't get any better for right-handed pitcher Sean Hardman who gave up four runs and two walks before being taken out after one inning.
After going down 11-4, DSU mounted a comeback with four runs in the bottom of the seventh. Logan Porter led the way as he brought in two of his team-high five runs Saturday night with a double to left the field wall.
After Holy Names added an insurance run in the ninth to go up 12-8, DSU had the bases loaded with two outs and a chance to win the game on a grand slam. However, catcher Reece Lucero didn't get all of it as he ended up with a fly out to left to end the game.
DSU's Trey Kamachi saw his 13-game hitting streak snapped in the opener, but battled back with two hits and three runs scored in game two.
DSU women's golf set to play in the Las Vegas Desert Classic Sunday
The Dixie State's women's golf team returns to action Sunday with a two-day tournament in the Missouri-St. Louis hosted Las Vegas Desert Classic. The 36-hole tournament will be played at the par-72, 6,012-yard Primm Valley Golf Club.
The Trailblazers will compete in a 14-team field that features fellow Pacific West Conference member Hawai'i Pacific, along with a number of schools from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
The five-player Trailblazer lineup includes junior Cobair Collinsworth, sophomores Katie Ford and Kaitlynn Hanberg, and freshmen Ashley Fernandez and Ashley Malone. DSU is coming off a 15th-place showing at the California Baptist Women's Invitational.
After five events this season, Ford leads the team with a 77.1 scoring average with Collinsworth right behind at 78.0. Malone is third on the team at 83.8, followed by Fernandez (85.6) and Hanberg (88.7).
DSU will wrap up the 2016-17 regular season at the Western New Mexico Spring Intercollegiate April 10-11, at the Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz.
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