HONOLULU, Hawai`i (Feb. 10, 2005)--After Texas State handed BYU a 6-4 loss Friday afternoon the Cougars blanked Hawai`i, 4-0, at the Paradise Classic.

The Cougars (3-1) had a difficult time with Texas State pitcher Katie Trahan, who struck 11 in seven innings. BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said he was disappointed with the Cougars effort in the game.

"We came out flat and didn't make good adjustments," he said. "We just let the game get away from us."

The Bobcats drew first blood, scoring three runs on a pair of home runs. Trahan's two-run round-tripper put Texas State up 3-0 in the top of the third inning and chased BYU's starter Brooke Boyce-Humbert from the game.

BYU fought back late in the game. The Cougars' Jodi Norton continued her hot start to the season when she hit a two run homer in the bottom of the sixth to cut the Texas State lead to 3-2.

In the bottom of the seventh, BYU manufactured a run to tie the game and looked to be in good shape to take the lead and the game. Monica Gonzales scored the tying run when Ashlyn Russell reached on a throwing error with one out. However, the Cougars' magic ran out when they were unable to score.

In the extra inning, Texas State scored three runs without recording a hit while BYU only managed to push across one.

In game two, the Cougars' pitching settled in. Summer Tobias got her second complete-game victory of the tournament. She struck out 10 batters, walked four in the shut out effort.

"We came out strong against a tough Hawai`i team," Eakin said. We had great defense, pitching and energy in the game."

BYU's runs came courtesy of Ianeta Le`i, who went 2-for-3 with a triple, one RBI and one run scored.

Krystle Chamberlain added two runs on three walks.

The Cougars finish in the five-game Hawai`i trip Saturday against Texas-Arlington. Game time is noon (MST).

Texas State vs Brigham Young
Feb 10, 2006 at Honolulu, HI (RWSS)
Texas State 6 (2-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Hromadka, Am rf..........  4  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   1
Newton, Alex ss..........  5  1  2  1   0  0  3  0   0
Gunter, Kris 1b..........  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  0   1
Trahan, Kati p...........  3  1  2  2   1  0  0  1   2
 Kloesel, Jil pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Lancour, Sar p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Giroux, Chel lf..........  3  0  0  0   0  3  2  0   2
 Henley, Oliv ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
McCormack, A dp..........  3  2  1  1   1  0  0  0   1
Taylor, Kare c...........  2  1  2  0   1  0 12  0   0
Kos, Ryan 2b.............  4  1  0  0   0  2  1  2   3
Weinheimer, cf...........  2  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   0
 Krueger, Amy ph.........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Keller, Tama 3b..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
Totals................... 31  6  8  6   4  6 24  5  10
Brigham Young 4 (2-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea 2b.......  5  0  0  0   0  2  3  1   2
GONZALES, Monica cf......  4  1  1  0   1  1  4  0   2
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  4  0  2  0   0  0  6  1   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  3   0
 HOCH, Tracee pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
PARAMORE, Paige c........  2  0  0  0   0  2  4  0   2
 SNOW, Emi c.............  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   2
KENNEDY, Lindi rf........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   2
 CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf.  2  2  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  2  1  1  2   2  1  2  2   0
NIX, Cortney dp..........  2  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
 WHITELEY, Jennifer ph...  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
FITCH, Karlie lf.........  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   0
 ANDERSON, Jana ph.......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CLARKE, Renae ph........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke p...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 URINCHO, Daniella p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Totals................... 31  4  6  2   5 12 24  8  11
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Texas State......... 012 000 03 -  6  8  2
Brigham Young....... 000 002 11 -  4  6  1
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E - Keller, Tama 2; RAMIREZ. DP - BYU 1. LOB - TXST 10; BYU 11. 2B - Newton,
Alex; Taylor, Kare 2; LE`I 2. HR - Trahan, Kati; McCormack, A; NORTON. HBP -
Hromadka, Am; Weinheimer,; RUSSELL. SH - Gunter, Kris; Taylor, Kare;
WHITELEY. SB - Newton, Alex 2; Taylor, Kare; HOCH.
Texas State            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Trahan, Kati........  7.0  6  4  2  4 11 29 34
Lancour, Sar........  1.0  0  0  0  1  1  2  4
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke  2.1  4  3  3  2  3 10 13
URINCHO, Daniella...  5.2  4  3  0  2  3 21 26
Win - Trahan, Kati.  Loss - URINCHO.  Save - Lancour, Sar (1).
WP - Lancour, Sar; URINCHO. HBP - by URINCHO (Hromadka, Am); by Trahan, Kati
(RUSSELL); by URINCHO (Weinheimer,).
Umpires - HP: Keith Tanaka  1B: Walter Yamatsuka  3B: Stan Finch
Start:   Time: 2:47   Attendance:
Texas State vs Brigham Young - Play-by-Play
Feb 10, 2006 at Honolulu, HI (RWSS)
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Texas State......... 012 000 03 -  6  8  2
Brigham Young....... 000 002 11 -  4  6  1
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Texas State starters: 13/rf Hromadka, Am; 22/ss Newton, Alex; 14/1b Gunter, Kris;
19/p Trahan, Kati; 8/lf Giroux, Chel; 9/dp McCormack, A; 12/c Taylor, Kare; 1/2b
Kos, Ryan; 11/cf Weinheimer,; 5/3b Keller, Tama;
Brigham Young starters: 31/2b RAMIREZ; 24/cf GONZALES; 66/1b LE`I; 25/3b RUSSELL;
19/c PARAMORE; 23/rf KENNEDY; 8/ss NORTON; 10/dp NIX; 6/lf FITCH; 9/p BOYCE-HUMBER;
Texas State 1st - Hromadka, Am flied out to cf. Newton, Alex singled up the
middle. Newton, Alex stole second. Gunter, Kris flied out to cf. Newton, Alex stole
third. Trahan, Kati walked. Giroux, Chel struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 1st - RAMIREZ grounded out to 2b. GONZALES grounded out to 2b.
LE`I doubled to right center. RUSSELL walked. PARAMORE struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Texas State 2nd - McCormack, A homered to left center, RBI. Taylor, Kare
walked. Kos, Ryan struck out swinging. Weinheimer, struck out swinging. Taylor, Kare
stole second. Hromadka, Am flied out to cf. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - KENNEDY struck out swinging. NORTON walked. NIX singled,
bunt; NORTON advanced to second. FITCH struck out swinging. RAMIREZ popped up to 3b.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Texas State 3rd - Newton, Alex doubled to center field. Gunter, Kris out at
first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Newton, Alex advanced to third. Trahan, Kati homered to
left field, 2 RBI; Newton, Alex scored. URINCHO to p for BOYCE-HUMBER. Giroux, Chel
struck out swinging. McCormack, A walked. Taylor, Kare doubled to right field;
McCormack, A advanced to third. Kos, Ryan flied out to lf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - GONZALES singled to right center. LE`I reached on a
fielding error by 3b; GONZALES advanced to second. RUSSELL struck out swinging.
PARAMORE struck out looking. KENNEDY struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error,
2 LOB.
Texas State 4th - SNOW to c for PARAMORE. Weinheimer, popped up to ss.
Hromadka, Am hit by pitch. Newton, Alex reached on a fielder's choice; Hromadka, Am
out at second 3b to 2b. Gunter, Kris singled to left field; Newton, Alex advanced to
second. Gunter, Kris advanced to second; Newton, Alex advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Trahan, Kati fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - NORTON struck out looking. NIX struck out looking. FITCH
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas State 5th - Giroux, Chel struck out swinging. McCormack, A flied out to
cf. Taylor, Kare doubled to right center. Kos, Ryan struck out swinging. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - CHAMBERLAIN to lf for KENNEDY. FITCH to rf. RAMIREZ flied
out to lf. GONZALES struck out swinging. LE`I doubled down the lf line. RUSSELL hit
by pitch. SNOW popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Texas State 6th - Krueger, Amy pinch hit for Weinheimer,. Krueger, Amy
walked. Weinheimer, to cf for Krueger, Amy. Hromadka, Am lined into double play p to
1b; Weinheimer, out on the play. Newton, Alex grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - CHAMBERLAIN singled to shortstop. NORTON homered to left
field, 2 RBI; CHAMBERLAIN scored. WHITELEY pinch hit for NIX. WHITELEY popped up to
ss. ANDERSON pinch hit for FITCH. ANDERSON grounded out to p. RAMIREZ struck out
looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas State 7th - WHITELEY to rf. ANDERSON to dp for FITCH. FITCH pinch hit
for ANDERSON. Gunter, Kris grounded out to ss. Trahan, Kati singled to left field.
Kloesel, Jil pinch ran for Trahan, Kati. Henley, Oliv pinch hit for Giroux, Chel.
Henley, Oliv popped up to 2b. McCormack, A lined out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - Trahan, Kati to p for Kloesel, Jil. Giroux, Chel to lf
for Henley, Oliv. GONZALES walked. LE`I fouled out to lf; GONZALES advanced to
second. RUSSELL reached on a throwing error by 3b; GONZALES scored, unearned. HOCH
pinch ran for RUSSELL. SNOW fouled out to 3b. HOCH stole second. CHAMBERLAIN popped
up to ss. 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Texas State 8th - RUSSELL to 3b for HOCH. McCormack, A placed on second.
Taylor, Kare reached on an error by 2b, SAC, bunt; McCormack, A advanced to third.
Kos, Ryan reached on a fielder's choice; Taylor, Kare advanced to second.
Weinheimer, hit by pitch, RBI; Kos, Ryan advanced to second; Taylor, Kare advanced
to third; McCormack, A scored. Hromadka, Am grounded out to 2b, RBI; Weinheimer,
advanced to second; Kos, Ryan advanced to third; Taylor, Kare scored, unearned.
Newton, Alex grounded out to ss, RBI; Weinheimer, advanced to third; Kos, Ryan
scored, unearned. Gunter, Kris grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young 8th - CHAMBERLAIN placed on second. NORTON walked. Lancour, Sar
to p for Trahan, Kati. WHITELEY out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; NORTON advanced to
second; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to third. CLARKE pinch hit for FITCH. CLARKE walked;
NORTON advanced to third; CHAMBERLAIN scored on a wild pitch. FITCH pinch ran for
CLARKE. RAMIREZ struck out swinging. GONZALES grounded out to p. 1 run, 0 hits, 0
Hawai`i at #25 Brigham Young
Feb 10, 2006 at Honolulu, HI (RWSS)
Hawai`i 0 (1-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Warwick 3b...............  2  0  1  0   2  0  2  3   0
Manuma ss................  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  2   4
Gould lf.................  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   1
Tausaga 1b...............  3  0  1  0   0  1  7  0   1
Andrade rf...............  3  0  1  0   0  2  1  0   0
Milca cf.................  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Peiler ph...............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Robinson dp..............  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
Power 2b.................  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   1
 Titcomb 2b..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Yoshizawa c..............  2  0  0  0   1  0  5  1   0
Baughman p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 25  0  3  0   4 10 17  9   8
Brigham Young 4 (3-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GONZALES, Monica cf......  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle dp..  0  2  0  0   3  0  0  0   0
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  3  0  1  0   0  2  1  2   0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  3  1  2  1   0  0  7  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  2  1  1  1   0  0  0  2   0
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  3  0  1  1   0  0  1  0   3
WHITELEY, Jennifer lf....  3  0  1  1   0  0  1  0   0
NIX, Cortney c...........  3  0  0  0   0  1 10  1   2
SNOW, Emi rf.............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
TOBIAS, Summer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 23  4  6  4   3  5 21  6   5
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Hawai`i............. 000 000 0 -  0  3  1
Brigham Young....... 300 010 X -  4  6  1
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E - Milca; RUSSELL. LOB - UH 8; BYU 5. 2B - Warwick. 3B - LE`I. HBP -
RUSSELL.
Hawai`i                IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Baughman............  6.0  6  4  3  3  5 23 27
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TOBIAS, Summer......  7.0  3  0  0  4 10 25 29
Win - TOBIAS.  Loss - Baughman.  Save - None.
HBP - by Baughman (RUSSELL).
Umpires - HP: Roger Javillo  1B: Burton Nakachi  3B: John Burke
Start: 5:21   Time: 2:10   Attendance: 389
Hawai`i at #25 Brigham Young - Play-by-Play
Feb 10, 2006 at Honolulu, HI (RWSS)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Hawai`i............. 000 000 0 -  0  3  1
Brigham Young....... 300 010 X -  4  6  1
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Hawai`i starters: 31/3b Warwick; 30/ss Manuma; 5/lf Gould; 45/1b Tausaga; 16/rf
Andrade; 6/cf Milca; 8/dp Robinson; 11/2b Power; 10/c Yoshizawa; 26/p Baughman;
Brigham Young starters: 24/cf GONZALES; 1/dp CHAMBERLAIN; 4/2b HOCH; 66/1b LE`I;
25/3b RUSSELL; 8/ss NORTON; 3/lf WHITELEY; 10/c NIX; 18/rf SNOW; 12/p TOBIAS;
Hawai`i 1st - Warwick grounded out to 1b unassisted. Manuma grounded out to
3b. Gould walked. Tausaga struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young 1st - GONZALES grounded out to p. CHAMBERLAIN walked. HOCH
struck out looking. LE`I singled down the lf line; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to second.
RUSSELL singled, RBI, advanced to second on a throwing error by cf; LE`I advanced to
third; CHAMBERLAIN scored. NORTON singled to right field, RBI; RUSSELL advanced to
third; LE`I scored. WHITELEY singled to left field, RBI; NORTON advanced to second;
RUSSELL scored, unearned. NIX struck out swinging. 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2
LOB.
Hawai`i 2nd - Andrade singled up the middle. Milca grounded out to c; Andrade
advanced to second. Robinson struck out swinging. Power struck out swinging. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - SNOW grounded out to 3b. GONZALES grounded out to 3b.
CHAMBERLAIN walked. CHAMBERLAIN out at second c to ss, advanced to second on a
fielder's choice. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai`i 3rd - Yoshizawa grounded out to p, bunt. Warwick doubled to center
field. Manuma lined out to cf. Gould struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - HOCH singled to right center. LE`I lined out to 3b.
RUSSELL grounded out to 3b; HOCH advanced to second. NORTON grounded out to ss. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Hawai`i 4th - Tausaga grounded out to 2b. Andrade struck out swinging. Milca
flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - WHITELEY grounded out to p. NIX grounded out to ss. SNOW
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai`i 5th - Robinson grounded out to 3b. Power reached on a fielding error
by 3b. Titcomb to 2b. Titcomb pinch ran for Power. Yoshizawa popped up to 2b.
Warwick walked; Titcomb advanced to second. Manuma struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - GONZALES struck out looking. CHAMBERLAIN walked. HOCH
struck out swinging. LE`I tripled to right field, RBI; CHAMBERLAIN scored. RUSSELL
hit by pitch. NORTON popped up to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Hawai`i 6th - Gould grounded out to 2b. Tausaga singled to right field.
Andrade struck out swinging. Peiler pinch hit for Milca. Peiler struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - Gould to cf. Peiler to lf. Titcomb to 2b. WHITELEY out at
first p to 2b, bunt. NIX flied out to rf. SNOW lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Hawai`i 7th - Robinson struck out swinging. Power to 2b for Titcomb. Power
struck out swinging. Yoshizawa walked. Warwick walked; Yoshizawa advanced to second.
Manuma lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

PROVO -- No. 25 BYU opens its season Thursday when it heads to Hawaii for the 2006 Paradise Classic.

The Cougars are coming off their best season ever and hope to improve on their 45-15, Mountain West Conference championship season of 2005. BYU head coach Gordon Eakin says the Cougars are just excited to play outdoors.

"I think we have done all we can practicing indoors," Eakin said. "We are ready and excited to get outdoors and play."

BYU will take on five different opponents in three days with doubleheaders on Thursday and Friday. The Cougars will finish with a single game on Saturday.

BYU will take on Southern Mississippi and Loyola Marymount on Thursday; Texas State and host-school Hawaii on Friday and finish with Texas-Arlington on Saturday.

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