LAS -- Lady luck proved to be on BYU's side as the Cougars swept their final two games beating Cal-State Fullerton, 5-2 and Kansas, 2-1 at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic.

While BYU (8-2) jumped on the Titans early to get its win in game won, it took some late-inning good fortune to get past the Jayhawks.

The Cougars head coach Gordon Eakin said BYU played good in cold conditions.

"These were two really nice games against two really good teams in tough conditions," he said.

In the first game, BYU jumped out of the gates early getting three runs in the first and two in the second. Ianeta Le`i and Andrea Ramirez came up with a pair of two-out doubles in the first. Ramirez' two-bagger drove in two runs. Tracee Hoch capped off the inning with a RBI single of her own.

Fullerton scored early as well, getting an early two-run home run off Cougars' starter Summer Tobias. Tobias settled down after the homer and didn't give up any more runs, pitching a complete game for the win.

BYU came right back in the second when Le`i nailed a two-runner home run of her own to put the Cougars ahead for good.

"We played great against Cal-State Fullerton," Eakin said. "We got big hits in scoring situations."

Pitching dominated game two with Daniella Urincho holding Kansas to only one run on five hits in a complete game win. Urincho struck out seven while only walking two batters.

"Dani [Urincho] pitched a heckuva game for us," Eakin said. "So did [Kansas pitcher] Settlemier, she kept us off balance most of the night."

The Cougars finally got to the Jayhawks' hurler in the bottom of the seventh. After Emi Snow came up with a RBI ground out to tie the game a one in the seventh, Ashlyn Russell came up with a game-winning RBI.

BYU will next play in the Crowne Plaza Classic in Houston beginning next Thursday against Houston.

Brigham Young vs Cal State Fullerton (Game 1)
Feb 18, 2006 at Las Vegas, NV (SLC Park)
Brigham Young 5 (7-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GONZALES, Monica lf......  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
 CLARKE, Renae ph........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   3
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  3  2  2  1   1  0  8  0   0
 CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle pr.  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  1  0  0  0   2  0  1  2   0
 Platt pr................  0  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
 NORTON, Jodi pr/3b......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
PARAMORE, Paige dp.......  4  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   1
RAMIREZ, Andrea ss.......  3  0  3  2   1  0  1  3   0
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  4  0  1  1   0  1  3  1   0
KENNEDY, Lindi rf........  3  0  0  0   0  3  0  0   2
SNOW, Emi c..............  3  1  2  0   1  0  7  0   1
TOBIAS, Summer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 27  5 11  4   7  4 21  8  11
Cal State Fullerton 2 (3-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Kamekona 2b..............  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
Vieyra 3b................  2  1  2  0   0  0  1  2   0
Baker ss.................  3  1  2  2   0  1  7  2   0
Van Boxmeer lf...........  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
Hoff dp..................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
Gollhardt 1b.............  3  0  0  0   0  0  8  1   0
Wheeler rf...............  3  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
Marzan p.................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  1   0
 Crucil p................  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Weatherford c............  2  0  0  0   0  2  4  2   2
 Munoz ph................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Kroh cf..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 27  2  8  2   0  7 21 12   6
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 320 000 0 -  5 11  0
Cal State Fullerton. 200 000 0 -  2  8  0
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DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 11; CSF 6. 2B - LE`I; RAMIREZ; Wheeler. HR - LE`I;
Baker. HBP - Vieyra 2. SH - GONZALES; WHITELEY; KENNEDY.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TOBIAS, Summer......  7.0  8  2  2  0  7 27 29
Cal State Fullerton    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Marzan..............  2.0  5  5  5  3  1  9 14
Crucil..............  5.0  6  0  0  4  3 18 23
Win - TOBIAS (5-1).  Loss - Marzan (1-2).  Save - None.
HBP - by TOBIAS (Vieyra); by TOBIAS (Vieyra).
Umpires -
Start: 9:00 am   Time: 1:55   Attendance:
Brigham Young vs Cal State Fullerton (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
Feb 18, 2006 at Las Vegas, NV (SLC Park)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 320 000 0 -  5 11  0
Cal State Fullerton. 200 000 0 -  2  8  0
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Brigham Young starters: 24/lf GONZALES; 3/cf WHITELEY; 66/1b LE`I; 25/3b RUSSELL;
19/dp PARAMORE; 31/ss RAMIREZ; 4/2b HOCH; 23/rf KENNEDY; 18/c SNOW; 12/p TOBIAS;
Cal State Fullerton starters: 2/2b Kamekona; 31/3b Vieyra; 10/ss Baker; 4/lf Van
Boxmeer; 15/dp Hoff; 14/1b Gollhardt; 5/rf Wheeler; 13/p Marzan; 40/c Weatherford;
8/cf Kroh;
Brigham Young 1st - GONZALES grounded out to ss. WHITELEY popped up to ss.
LE`I doubled to left center. Platt pinch ran for RUSSELL. Platt walked. No play.
PARAMORE singled up the middle; Platt advanced to second; LE`I advanced to third.
RAMIREZ doubled to right field, 2 RBI; PARAMORE advanced to third; Platt scored;
LE`I scored. HOCH singled through the left side, RBI; RAMIREZ advanced to third;
PARAMORE scored. KENNEDY struck out looking. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Cal State Fullerton 1st - RUSSELL to 3b for Platt. Kamekona lined out to 3b.
Vieyra hit by pitch. Baker homered to center field, 2 RBI; Vieyra scored. Van
Boxmeer struck out looking. Hoff struck out looking. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - SNOW walked. GONZALES grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; SNOW
advanced to second. WHITELEY grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; SNOW advanced to third.
LE`I homered to left field, RBI; SNOW scored. RUSSELL walked. PARAMORE popped up to
3b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cal State Fullerton 2nd - Gollhardt grounded out to 3b. Wheeler singled to
third base. Marzan struck out swinging. Weatherford struck out swinging. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - Crucil to p for Marzan. RAMIREZ singled up the middle.
HOCH struck out swinging. KENNEDY grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; RAMIREZ advanced to
second. SNOW grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cal State Fullerton 3rd - Kamekona grounded out to ss. Vieyra hit by pitch.
Baker struck out swinging, bunt. Van Boxmeer singled to shortstop; Vieyra advanced
to second. Hoff flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - GONZALES walked. WHITELEY flied out to lf. LE`I walked;
GONZALES advanced to second. RUSSELL reached on a fielder's choice, bunt; LE`I
advanced to second; GONZALES out at second c to ss. CHAMBERLAIN pinch ran for LE`I.
PARAMORE singled up the middle; RUSSELL advanced to second; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to
third, out at home cf to c. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Cal State Fullerton 4th - LE`I to 1b for CHAMBERLAIN. Gollhardt grounded out
to 1b unassisted. Wheeler doubled down the lf line. Crucil grounded out to 2b;
Wheeler advanced to third. Weatherford struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - RAMIREZ walked. HOCH reached on a fielder's choice, bunt;
RAMIREZ out at second 1b to ss. KENNEDY struck out looking. SNOW singled through the
left side; HOCH advanced to second. GONZALES singled to left field; SNOW advanced to
second; HOCH advanced to third. WHITELEY lined out to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Cal State Fullerton 5th - Kamekona grounded out to 3b. Vieyra singled to left
field. Baker singled up the middle; Vieyra advanced to second. Van Boxmeer lined
into double play ss to 2b; Vieyra out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - LE`I lined out to ss. RUSSELL walked. PARAMORE grounded
out to p; RUSSELL advanced to second. NORTON pinch ran for RUSSELL. RAMIREZ singled;
NORTON out at second ss unassisted, interference. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Cal State Fullerton 6th - NORTON to 3b. Hoff out at first p to 2b. Gollhardt
grounded out to 3b. Wheeler grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - HOCH grounded out to 3b. KENNEDY struck out swinging, out
at first c to 1b. SNOW singled through the left side. CLARKE pinch hit for GONZALES.
CLARKE reached on a fielder's choice; SNOW out at second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cal State Fullerton 7th - GONZALES to lf for CLARKE. Crucil grounded out to
1b unassisted. Munoz pinch hit for Weatherford. Munoz struck out looking. Kamekona
singled to shortstop. Vieyra singled down the lf line; Kamekona out at second 2b
unassisted, interference. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kansas vs BYU
Feb 18, 2006 at Las Vegas, Nev. (SLC Complex Field 2)
Kansas 1 (4-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Stanley dp...............  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Crisosto 1b..............  3  0  1  0   1  2  8  0   2
Moppin 2b................  2  1  0  0   0  0  2  3   0
Frankenstein ss..........  2  0  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
Settlemier p.............  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
Chapple 3b...............  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  5   4
Fierros lf...............  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   1
Goodrich rf..............  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
Wilson cf................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Simington c..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  6  0   0
Totals................... 26  1  5  1   2  7 20  8   7
BYU 2
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GONZALES, Monica lf......  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  1   1
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  8  0   1
PARAMORE, Paige dp.......  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
 PLATT, Stephanie pr.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 ANDERSON, Jana pr.......  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea ss.......  3  1  2  0   0  0  1  3   0
NORTON, Jodi 3b..........  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  2   0
 CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle ph.  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SNOW, Emi rf.............  3  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   2
NIX, Cortney c...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  8  0   0
 RUSSELL, Ashlyn ph......  1  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
URINCHO, Daniella p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 26  2  4  2   0  6 21  9   5
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Kansas.............. 000 001 0 -  1  5  3
BYU................. 000 000 2 -  2  4  1
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Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.
E - Moppin; Frankenstein; Settlemier; RAMIREZ. LOB - KU 7; BY 5. 2B -
Crisosto; Frankenstein. SH - Moppin; CHAMBERLAIN. SB - Moppin; Frankenstein;
Goodrich; Wilson; WHITELEY.
Kansas                 IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Settlemier..........  6.2  4  2  0  0  6 26 27
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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URINCHO, Daniella...  7.0  5  1  1  2  7 26 29
Win - URINCHO.  Loss - Settlemier.  Save - None.
PB - NIX.
Umpires -
Start: 2:21   Time: 1:46   Attendance:
Game notes:
Kansas vs BYU - Play-by-Play
Feb 18, 2006 at Las Vegas, Nev. (SLC Complex Field 2)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Kansas.............. 000 001 0 -  1  5  3
BYU................. 000 000 2 -  2  4  1
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Kansas starters: 24/dp Stanley; 8/1b Crisosto; 7/2b Moppin; 9/ss Frankenstein; 11/p
Settlemier; 17/3b Chapple; 2/lf Fierros; 33/rf Goodrich; 1/cf Wilson; 15/c
Simington;
BYU starters: 24/lf GONZALES; 3/cf WHITELEY; 4/2b HOCH; 66/1b LE`I; 19/dp PARAMORE;
31/ss RAMIREZ; 8/3b NORTON; 18/rf SNOW; 10/c NIX; 22/p URINCHO;
Kansas 1st - Stanley grounded out to ss. Crisosto struck out swinging. Moppin
flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 1st - GONZALES lined out to rf. WHITELEY grounded out to 3b. HOCH struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas 2nd - Frankenstein grounded out to ss. Settlemier reached on an error
by ss. Settlemier advanced to second on a passed ball. Chapple lined out to ss.
Fierros struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
BYU 2nd - LE`I flied out to rf. PARAMORE singled to left field. RAMIREZ
singled to center field; PARAMORE advanced to second. PLATT pinch ran for PARAMORE.
NORTON struck out swinging. SNOW reached on a fielder's choice; RAMIREZ advanced to
second; PLATT out at third 3b unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Kansas 3rd - PARAMORE to dp for PLATT. Goodrich grounded out to p. Wilson
struck out swinging. Stanley grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
BYU 3rd - NIX grounded out to 3b. GONZALES fouled out to 1b. WHITELEY singled
to center field. WHITELEY stole second. HOCH struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Kansas 4th - Crisosto doubled down the lf line. Moppin grounded out to p,
SAC, bunt; Crisosto advanced to third. Frankenstein walked. Frankenstein stole
second. Settlemier struck out swinging. Chapple struck out looking. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 4th - LE`I struck out swinging. PARAMORE struck out looking. RAMIREZ
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas 5th - Fierros grounded out to 2b. Goodrich struck out swinging. Wilson
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 5th - NORTON grounded out to 2b. SNOW struck out looking. NIX grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Kansas 6th - Stanley grounded out to 3b. Crisosto walked. Moppin reached on a
fielder's choice; Crisosto out at second 3b to 2b. Moppin stole second. Frankenstein
doubled to right center, RBI; Moppin scored. Settlemier singled to left field;
Frankenstein advanced to third. Chapple flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
BYU 6th - GONZALES grounded out to 2b. WHITELEY reached on an error by p,
bunt. HOCH popped up to 2b. LE`I fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1
LOB.
Kansas 7th - Fierros singled to center field. Goodrich singled to shortstop;
Fierros advanced to second. Wilson reached on a fielder's choice; Goodrich advanced
to second; Fierros out at third 3b unassisted. Wilson stole second; Goodrich stole
third. Stanley grounded out to c unassisted. Crisosto struck out swinging. 0
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 7th - PARAMORE reached on an error by 2b. ANDERSON pinch ran for
PARAMORE. RAMIREZ singled up the middle; ANDERSON advanced to second. CHAMBERLAIN
pinch hit for NORTON. CHAMBERLAIN out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; RAMIREZ advanced
to second; ANDERSON advanced to third. SNOW grounded out to 2b, RBI; RAMIREZ
advanced to third; ANDERSON scored, unearned. RUSSELL pinch hit for NIX. RUSSELL
reached on an error by ss, RBI; RAMIREZ scored, unearned. 2 runs, 1 hit, 2
errors, 1 LOB.

PROVO -- After winning four of five games in Hawai`i, the BYU softball team travels to Las Vegas to play in the 24-team Louisville Slugger Desert Classic beginning Thursday.

The Cougars (4-1) will travel to Las Vegas Wednesday and begin play on Thursday evening when they take on UC Davis (0-2) at 8 p.m. (MST). BYU will play two games on each Friday and Saturday. Friday's opponents will be Notre Dame (46-15, 2005) at 12:15 p.m. (MST) and Purdue (3-2) at 5 p.m. (MST). Saturday, the Cougars will take on Call St. Fullerton (2-3) and Kansas (2-2) at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively.

Even though BYU won four of five contests in the Paradise Classic the Cougars' head coach Gordon Eakin is looking for improvement at the Louisville Slugger Tournament.

"We didn't play up to our potential in Hawai`i," Eakin said. "But, it was a good learning experience for our veteran team, now they are more focused."

The loss to Texas State bumped BYU from the Top-25. The Cougars remain just outside of the poll as the No. 26 team.

Although none of the games will be broadcast live on the Internet, some of the games will have live stats. Visit www.byucougars.com for live stats links that will be posted as they become available.