PALO ALTO -- After a rainout in the first game of the Stanford Classic against Hawai`i on Thursday, the BYU softball team (15-8) split on Friday with a close 3-2 loss to Illinois and a nice 9-5 win over UC Riverside.

Illinois, a quality team receiving votes in the top-25, came out strong in game one against BYU to take a three-run lead after the bottom of the second inning.

The Fighting Illini held the Cougar offense scoreless until they made a rally in the top of the seventh inning led by senior second baseman Kate Walker.

Walker started the inning off with a single through the left side. A pop fly followed to left field to give the Cougars one out. Freshman shortstop Jodi Norton then launched her second home run of the season to bring the Cougars within a run, but that was the closest BYU got.

The game ended after the top of the seventh inning giving Illinois the 3-2 victory.

Illinois pitcher Amanda Fortune (12-5) got the win, while BYU pitcher Brooke Boyce (4-4) received the loss pitching the complete six innings.

In game two, the third match up of the season against UCR, the Highlanders jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead after the bottom of the first inning.

The Cougars capitalized on a Highlander error at shortstop to score Le`i (who previously doubled) for the first run of the game in the top of the second.

BYU would score three more runs off of three hits in the top of the third inning to take a two run lead. Jennifer Whiteley, Norton and Lauren Watson contributed to the three Cougar hits.

UCR would put another run on the board in the bottom of the third inning to put the Cougars up by only a run.

The Cougars would have another big three-run inning in the top of the fifth inning to take the 7-3 advantage.

Norton started off with a home run to left field, marking back-to-back games with a homer. Lindsey Gerhauser followed with her first extra-base double of the year to centerfield. Le`i was walked and Watson singled up the middle to score Gerhauser. After a Highlander pitching change, Ashlyn Russell reached on a fielder's choice getting Watson out at second, but scoring Le`i for the third run of the inning.

BYU would add a run a piece in the top of the sixth and seventh innings, respectively.

A single from Norton brought in Chamberlain in the sixth and Debbie Dodds' solo home run was the Cougars' ninth run.

UCR tried to rally back from its six run deficit, but were only able to gather two runs in their 9-5 loss.

Cougar pitcher Brooke Boyce pitched 6.2 innings for the pitching staff, relieving Ariel Capra who got down early by two runs in the first inning. Boyce got the win to improve her record to 5-4.

BYU will play two more games on Saturday against Hawai`i (rescheduled from Thursday's rain out) at 10 a.m. PT (11 a.m. MT) and No. 12 Stanford at 4 p.m. PT (5 p.m. MT) to finish out the Stanford Classic.

BYU vs Illinois
Mar 26, 2004 at Palo Alto, Calif. (Boyd&Jill Smith Stad)
BYU 2 (14-8)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WHITELEY, Jennifer lf....  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   2
 YOUNG, Crystal ph.......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
OSBORN, Belinda rf.......  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   1
PARAMORE, Paige dh.......  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
WATSON, Lauren c.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   1
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  9  1   1
WALKER, Kate 2b..........  3  1  2  0   0  0  4  0   0
 GERHAUSER, Lindsey pr...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  2   0
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  2  1  1  2   1  1  0  3   0
DODDS, Debbie cf.........  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
BOYCE, Brooke p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Totals................... 26  2  5  2   1  8 18  7   5
Illinois 3 (19-9-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Hamma ss.................  2  0  0  1   0  0  0  1   1
Coriddi cf...............  3  1  0  0   0  0  3  0   1
Hall 1b..................  2  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
 Zobrist pr..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Montgomery rf............  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
Jones 3b.................  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
O'Connell 2b.............  2  1  1  0   1  0  1  0   1
Balicki dh...............  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Butcher lf...............  3  1  3  0   0  0  4  0   0
Sartini c................  3  0  1  1   0  1  9  0   1
 Lawhead pr..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Fortune p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 24  3  7  2   1  2 21  1   6
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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BYU................. 000 000 2 -  2  5  2
Illinois............ 120 000 X -  3  7  0
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E - WALKER; NORTON. LOB - BYU 5; Illini 6. 2B - WALKER; Butcher(1). HR -
NORTON. HBP - WHITELEY; Hall. SF - Hamma(2). SB - WHITELEY; Coriddi(9);
Zobrist(2); Lawhead(2).
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BOYCE, Brooke.......  6.0  7  3  2  1  2 24 27
Illinois               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Fortune.............  7.0  5  2  2  1  8 26 28
Win - Fortune (12-5).  Loss - BOYCE ().  Save - None.
HBP - by Fortune (WHITELEY); by BOYCE (Hall).
Umpires - HP: Gary Dalen  1B: Jim Ferguson  3B: Rick Wrzesinski
Start: 9:55 am   Time: 2:00   Attendance: 72
Game notes:
ID-226314
Game: ILL
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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BYU................. 000 000 2 -  2  5  2
Illinois............ 120 000 X -  3  7  0
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BYU starters: 3/lf WHITELEY; 18/rf OSBORN; 19/dh PARAMORE; 11/c WATSON;
   66/1b LE`I; 5/2b WALKER; 25/3b RUSSELL; 8/ss NORTON; 20/cf DODDS; 9/p
   BOYCE;
Illinois starters: 24/ss Hamma; 5/cf Coriddi; 4/1b Hall; 3/rf Montgomery;
   18/3b Jones; 20/2b O'Connell; 6/dh Balicki; 7/lf Butcher; 15/c Sartini;
   97/p Fortune;
BYU - inning 1
   WHITELEY hit by pitch. OSBORN flied out to lf. PARAMORE struck out.
   WHITELEY stole second. WATSON lined out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
   1 LOB.
Illinois - inning 1
   Hamma grounded out to 3b. Coriddi reached on an error by 2b. Coriddi
   stole second. Hall singled through the left side; Coriddi advanced to
   third. Zobrist pinch ran for Hall. Zobrist stole second; Coriddi scored
   on an error by ss, unearned. Montgomery struck out. Jones grounded out to
   1b unassisted. 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU - inning 2
   Hall to 1b for Zobrist. LE`I struck out. WALKER flied out to cf. RUSSELL
   flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Illinois - inning 2
   O'Connell singled up the middle. Balicki grounded out to 3b; O'Connell
   advanced to second. Butcher singled to second base, advanced to second on
   the throw; O'Connell advanced to third. Sartini singled to left field,
   RBI; Butcher advanced to third; O'Connell scored. Lawhead pinch ran for
   Sartini. Lawhead stole second. Hamma flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Lawhead
   advanced to third; Butcher scored. Coriddi popped up to 2b. 2 runs, 3
   hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU - inning 3
   Sartini to c for Lawhead. NORTON walked. DODDS struck out. WHITELEY
   reached on a fielder's choice; NORTON out at second ss to 2b. OSBORN
   lined out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Illinois - inning 3
   Hall hit by pitch. Montgomery flied out to lf. Jones reached on a
   fielder's choice; Hall out at second ss to 2b. O'Connell lined out to p.
   0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU - inning 4
   PARAMORE fouled out to c. WATSON struck out. LE`I struck out. 0 runs, 0
   hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Illinois - inning 4
   Balicki lined out to 1b. Butcher doubled through the left side. Sartini
   grounded out to ss. Hamma out at first 1b to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
   1 LOB.
BYU - inning 5
   WALKER doubled to right center. GERHAUSER pinch ran for WALKER. RUSSELL
   struck out. NORTON struck out looking. DODDS singled to shortstop;
   GERHAUSER advanced to third. WHITELEY popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
   errors, 2 LOB.
Illinois - inning 5
   WALKER to 2b for GERHAUSER. Coriddi lined out to 1b. Hall grounded out to
   ss. Montgomery singled to left field. Jones grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1
   hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU - inning 6
   OSBORN singled to pitcher. PARAMORE struck out. WATSON flied out to lf.
   LE`I lined out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Illinois - inning 6
   O'Connell walked. O'Connell out at first 1b unassisted, runner left
   early. Balicki popped up to 2b. Butcher singled, bunt. Sartini struck
   out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU - inning 7
   WALKER singled through the left side. RUSSELL flied out to lf. NORTON
   homered to left field, 2 RBI; WALKER scored. DODDS flied out to lf. YOUNG
   pinch hit for WHITELEY. YOUNG flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors,
   0 LOB.
Brigham Young vs UC Riverside
Mar 26, 2004 at Stanford, Calif. (Smith Family Stadium)
Brigham Young 9 (15-8)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle dh..  3  2  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  4  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
 JONES, Milli ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  5  2  3  3   0  0  1  2   1
WALKER, Kate 2b..........  1  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   0
 GERHAUSER, Lindsey ph...  2  1  1  0   1  1  2  1   0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  2  2  1  1   2  0  7  2   0
WATSON, Lauren rf........  4  0  2  3   0  1  3  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  0  1  1   1  0  1  7   3
PARAMORE, Paige c........  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  2   2
 DODDS, Debbie ph........  2  1  1  1   0  0  0  0   0
OSBORN, Belinda lf.......  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   3
CAPRA, Ariel p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BOYCE, Brooke p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 33  9 12  9   5  5 21 14   9
UC Riverside 5 (8-25)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Yee, J cf................  3  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   1
Robison, J dh............  2  1  0  0   1  2  0  0   1
Buck, E 2b...............  2  2  1  0   1  0  0  1   0
Sanchez, M 3b............  3  1  3  2   1  0  0  3   0
Black, J lf..............  3  0  1  2   1  1  1  0   0
Thompson, J 1b...........  3  0  1  1   0  0  6  0   1
Cunningham c.............  3  0  0  0   0  0  6  2   5
 Castellanos ph..........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Peterson, S ss...........  3  0  1  0   0  1  4  2   0
Smallwood, S rf..........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Marshall, H rf..........  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Dillon, K p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
 Jackson, J p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 24  5  8  5   5  4 21  9   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 013 031 1 -  9 12  1
UC Riverside........ 201 000 2 -  5  8  0
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E - GERHAUSER. DP - Cougars 2; Highlanders 1. LOB - Cougars 9; Highlanders
8. 2B - GERHAUSER; LE`I; Black, J. HR - NORTON; DODDS. HBP - CHAMBERLAIN;
Thompson, J. SH - Yee, J; Robison, J; Buck, E; Marshall, H. SB - NORTON;
RUSSELL; Yee, J. CS - WHITELEY.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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CAPRA, Ariel........  0.1  3  2  2  1  0  3  6
BOYCE, Brooke.......  6.2  5  3  3  4  4 21 28
UC Riverside           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Dillon, K...........  4.0  8  7  7  2  2 21 24
Jackson, J..........  3.0  4  2  2  3  3 12 15
Win - BOYCE.  Loss - Dillon, K.  Save - None.
WP - BOYCE; Dillon, K; Jackson, J. HBP - by CAPRA (Thompson, J); by Dillon, K
(CHAMBERLAIN).
Umpires - HP: Dan Romo  1B: Rick Wrzensinski  3B: Gerry Barclay
Start: 2:10 pm   Time: 2:30   Attendance: 87
Game: UCR3
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 013 031 1 -  9 12  1
UC Riverside........ 201 000 2 -  5  8  0
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Brigham Young starters: 1/dh CHAMBERLAIN; 3/cf WHITELEY; 8/ss NORTON; 5/2b
   WALKER; 66/1b LE`I; 11/rf WATSON; 25/3b RUSSELL; 19/c PARAMORE; 18/lf
   OSBORN; 2/p CAPRA;
UC Riverside starters: 4/cf Yee, J; 12/dh Robison, J; 19/2b Buck, E; 21/3b
   Sanchez, M; 8/lf Black, J; 22/1b Thompson, J; 24/c Cunningham; 9/ss
   Peterson, S; 2/rf Smallwood, S; 17/p Dillon, K;
Brigham Young - inning 1
   CHAMBERLAIN grounded out to ss. WHITELEY flied out to lf. NORTON lined
   out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UC Riverside - inning 1
   Yee, J singled up the middle. Robison, J out at first 1b to 2b, SAC; Yee,
   J advanced to second. Buck, E singled to right field; Yee, J advanced to
   third. Sanchez, M singled to left field, RBI; Buck, E advanced to second;
   Yee, J scored. Black, J walked; Sanchez, M advanced to second; Buck, E
   advanced to third. Thompson, J hit by pitch, RBI; Black, J advanced to
   second; Sanchez, M advanced to third; Buck, E scored. BOYCE to p for
   CAPRA. Cunningham grounded into double play 1b to c to 2b; Thompson, J
   advanced to second; Black, J advanced to third; Sanchez, M out on the
   play. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 2
   WALKER flied out to cf. LE`I doubled to right field. LE`I advanced to
   third on a wild pitch. WATSON reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop,
   RBI; LE`I scored. RUSSELL singled to left field; WATSON advanced to
   second. PARAMORE struck out looking. OSBORN grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2
   hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
UC Riverside - inning 2
   Peterson, S singled to shortstop. Smallwood, S reached on a fielder's
   choice to third base; Peterson, S out at second 3b to 2b. Yee, J out at
   first 3b to 2b, SAC; Smallwood, S advanced to second. Smallwood, S out at
   second c to ss, picked off. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 3
   CHAMBERLAIN hit by pitch. WHITELEY singled to shortstop; CHAMBERLAIN
   advanced to second. NORTON singled up the middle, RBI; WHITELEY advanced
   to third; CHAMBERLAIN scored. NORTON stole second. GERHAUSER pinch hit
   for WALKER. GERHAUSER struck out. LE`I reached on a fielder's choice to
   second base, RBI; NORTON advanced to third; WHITELEY scored. WATSON
   singled to shortstop, RBI; LE`I advanced to second; NORTON scored.
   RUSSELL walked; WATSON advanced to second; LE`I advanced to third.
   PARAMORE grounded into double play p to c to 1b; RUSSELL advanced to
   second; WATSON advanced to third; LE`I out on the play. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0
   errors, 2 LOB.
UC Riverside - inning 3
   GERHAUSER to 2b. Robison, J walked. Buck, E out at first 3b to 2b, SAC;
   Robison, J advanced to second. Sanchez, M singled up the middle, RBI;
   Robison, J scored. Black, J struck out. Thompson, J singled to second
   base; Sanchez, M advanced to second. Thompson, J advanced to second on a
   wild pitch; Sanchez, M advanced to third on a wild pitch. Cunningham
   grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 4
   Marshall, H to rf for Smallwood, S. OSBORN grounded out to 3b.
   CHAMBERLAIN popped up to ss. WHITELEY flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
   errors, 0 LOB.
UC Riverside - inning 4
   Peterson, S lined out to rf. Marshall, H grounded out to 3b. Yee, J
   reached on an error by 2b. Yee, J stole second. Robison, J struck out. 0
   runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 5
   NORTON homered to left field, RBI. GERHAUSER doubled to center field.
   LE`I walked. WATSON singled up the middle, RBI; LE`I advanced to third;
   GERHAUSER scored. Jackson, J to p for Dillon, K. RUSSELL reached on a
   fielder's choice to second base, RBI; WATSON out at second 2b to ss; LE`I
   scored. DODDS pinch hit for PARAMORE. DODDS flied out to rf. RUSSELL
   stole second. OSBORN grounded out to ss. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UC Riverside - inning 5
   WHITELEY to lf. WATSON to c. DODDS to cf. OSBORN to rf. Buck, E grounded
   out to 2b. Sanchez, M walked. Black, J reached on a fielder's choice to
   pitcher; Sanchez, M advanced to second. Thompson, J hit into double play
   3b to 1b; Black, J advanced to second; Sanchez, M out on the play. 0
   runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 6
   CHAMBERLAIN walked. CHAMBERLAIN advanced to second on a wild pitch.
   WHITELEY singled to pitcher; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to third. NORTON
   singled through the right side, RBI; WHITELEY advanced to second;
   CHAMBERLAIN scored. NORTON advanced to second on the throw; WHITELEY out
   at second c to ss, caught stealing. GERHAUSER walked. LE`I walked;
   GERHAUSER advanced to second; NORTON advanced to third. WATSON struck
   out. RUSSELL reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; LE`I out at
   second ss unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
UC Riverside - inning 6
   Castellanos pinch hit for Cunningham. Castellanos walked. Peterson, S
   struck out. Marshall, H out at first 3b to 2b, SAC; Castellanos advanced
   to second. Yee, J grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 7
   Cunningham to c for Castellanos. DODDS homered to right center, RBI.
   OSBORN struck out. CHAMBERLAIN singled to left field. JONES, M. pinch hit
   for WHITELEY. JONES, M. struck out swinging. NORTON grounded out to 3b. 1
   run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UC Riverside - inning 7
   JONES, M. to lf. Robison, J struck out. Buck, E walked. Sanchez, M
   singled up the middle; Buck, E advanced to third. Black, J doubled to
   left center, 2 RBI; Sanchez, M scored; Buck, E scored. Thompson, J
   grounded out to 1b unassisted; Black, J advanced to third. Cunningham
   grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.