SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah put an end to BYU's eight-game winning streak as the Utes swept the Cougars, 8-5 and 7-2, at Ute Field.

BYU falls to 31-16 and 8-4 in the Mountain West Conference with the losses. Utah moves into a second-place tie with the victories.

Pitching dominated the early innings of game one. BYU's Summer Tobias and Utah's Meghan Dyer shutting down opposing hitters. Tobias yielded only one hit and one walk through the three frames.

The game remained scoreless through 3 ý innings before Utah exploded in the bottom of the fourth for six runs. All of the Utes' runs came with two outs in the inning. Utah sent 11 batters to the plate and recorded six hits. Three of the runs came after a costly Cougar error.

BYU bounced back in the top of the fifth. After Ashlyn Russell led the inning off with a single to left field, Emi Snow crushed her fourth home run of the season.

The Cougars appeared to be geared for a big inning as Jennifer Whiteley and Jodi Norton followed Snow's bomb with back-to-back singles with no outs in the fifth. Dyer was able to record two outs before walking Krystle Chamberlain to load the bases and bring Le`i to the plate. Le`i broke BYU's single season RBI record on a two-run single to center to cut the lead to 6-4.

Utah extended its lead with another two-out rally. The Utes put two more runs on the board with two down in fifth to widen their lead to 8-4.

The Cougars battled back again as Paige Paramore drilled her first home run of the season to lead off the seventh inning. Cortney Nix and Le`i single to give BYU two runners on base with one out in the inning. The Cougars were unable to come through as Dyer retired the final two outs to give Utah the 8-5 victory.

In game two, BYU jumped out to an early lead when Norton came up with a RBI single in the top of the second to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead. The Utes, taking advantage of two hit batsmen and two walks, tied the game. Diana Phillips gave Utah a 3-1 lead on a two-run single.

In the fourth inning, the Utes broke the game wide open when Devina Quintero nailed a grand slam with two outs in the inning to put Utah ahead 7-1.

Meanwhile, BYU couldn't get anything going against Utes' twirler Karina Cannon as the Cougars managed only two runs and five hits in the defeat.

BYU returns to action when it travels to Cedar City to play a doubleheader at Southern Utah Tuesday before returning home to finish its home season against New Mexico and Colorado State.

Brigham Young at Utah (Game 1)
Apr 22, 2006 at Salt Lake City, Utah (Ute Field)
Brigham Young 5 (31-15,8-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GONZALES, Monica rf......  3  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   0
 NIX, Cortney c..........  1  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf..  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  4  0  3  2   0  1  7  0   0
 PLATT, Stephanie pr.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea dp.......  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  1  1  0   1  0  0  2   2
SNOW, Emi c..............  3  1  1  2   0  0  1  1   0
 KENNEDY, Lindi rf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  3  1  2  0   0  1  3  0   1
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  3  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   1
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   0
 PARAMORE, Paige ph......  2  1  1  1   0  0  1  0   0
TOBIAS, Summer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke p..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  5 10  5   2  9 18  6   6
Utah 8 (27-13,6-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WONG, Jackie 2b..........  4  1  2  3   0  0  1  2   0
PHILLIPS, Diana cf.......  4  0  1  1   0  0  1  0   3
SHIERY, Jessica rf.......  4  0  3  0   0  0  1  0   0
QUINTERO, Devina 3b......  4  1  2  0   0  0  2  2   3
FONOTI, Sharee ss........  2  2  0  0   2  1  2  2   0
HERNANDEZ, Ivette dp.....  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
HEMINGWAY, Staci 1b......  4  1  1  1   0  1  5  0   0
HOFFMAN, Andrea c........  4  2  2  3   0  0  9  1   3
CROUSE, Meghan lf........  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
DYER, Meghan p...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CANNON, Karina p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 30  8 12  8   2  2 21  8   9
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 040 1 -  5 10  2
Utah................ 000 620 X -  8 12  0
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E - NORTON(7); HOCH(11). LOB - Cougars 6; Utah 9. 2B - SHIERY(8);
HOFFMAN(3). 3B - WONG(6). HR - SNOW(4); PARAMORE(1). HBP - CROUSE. SH -
HERNANDEZ(3); CROUSE(2). SB - WONG(14). CS - PLATT(2).
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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TOBIAS, Summer......  5.0  9  8  5  2  1 24 29   -
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke  1.0  3  0  0  0  1  6  6   -
Utah                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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DYER, Meghan........  4.2  6  4  4  2  8 19 21   -
CANNON, Karina......  2.1  4  1  1  0  1 11 11   -
Win - DYER (12-5).  Loss - TOBIAS (15-8).  Save - CANNON (4).
HBP - by TOBIAS (CROUSE). Inherited runners/scored: CANNON 2/0. Pitches/strikes:
None.
Umpires -
Start: 11:56 am   Time: 2:16   Attendance: 212
Game notes:
Brigham Young at Utah (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
Apr 22, 2006 at Salt Lake City, Utah (Ute Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young....... 000 040 1 -  5 10  2
Utah................ 000 620 X -  8 12  0
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Brigham Young starters: 24/rf GONZALES; 1/lf CHAMBERLAIN; 66/1b LE`I; 31/dp RAMIREZ;
25/3b RUSSELL; 18/c SNOW; 3/cf WHITELEY; 8/ss NORTON; 4/2b HOCH; 12/p TOBIAS;
Utah starters: 25/2b WONG; 20/cf PHILLIPS; 44/rf SHIERY; 33/3b QUINTERO; 1/ss
FONOTI; 28/dp HERNANDEZ; 19/1b HEMINGWAY; 13/c HOFFMAN; 3/lf CROUSE; 5/p DYER;
Brigham Young 1st - GONZALES grounded out to 3b. CHAMBERLAIN struck out
swinging. LE`I struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah 1st - WONG grounded out to 2b. PHILLIPS grounded out to p. SHIERY
doubled to left center. QUINTERO grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - RAMIREZ flied out to rf. RUSSELL walked. SNOW flied out
to cf. WHITELEY struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Utah 2nd - FONOTI struck out looking. HERNANDEZ flied out to cf. HEMINGWAY
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - NORTON struck out looking. HOCH struck out swinging.
GONZALES struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah 3rd - HOFFMAN reached on an error by ss. CROUSE out at first c to 2b,
SAC, bunt; HOFFMAN advanced to second. WONG grounded out to 1b unassisted; HOFFMAN
advanced to third. PHILLIPS lined out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - CHAMBERLAIN grounded out to 2b. LE`I singled down the lf
line. PLATT pinch ran for LE`I. RAMIREZ struck out swinging; PLATT out at second c
to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah 4th - LE`I to 1b for PLATT. SHIERY lined out to 1b. QUINTERO singled up
the middle. FONOTI walked; QUINTERO advanced to second. HERNANDEZ popped up to 2b.
HEMINGWAY singled up the middle, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; FONOTI
advanced to third; QUINTERO scored. HOFFMAN singled up the middle, 2 RBI; HEMINGWAY
scored; FONOTI scored. CROUSE reached on an error by 2b, advanced to second; HOFFMAN
advanced to third. WONG tripled to right field, 2 RBI; CROUSE scored, unearned;
HOFFMAN scored, unearned. PHILLIPS singled to shortstop, RBI; WONG scored, unearned.
SHIERY singled to center field; PHILLIPS advanced to second. QUINTERO flied out to
rf. 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - RUSSELL singled to left field. SNOW homered to left
field, 2 RBI; RUSSELL scored. WHITELEY singled to catcher. NORTON singled down the
rf line; WHITELEY advanced to third. PARAMORE pinch hit for HOCH. PARAMORE popped up
to 2b. GONZALES struck out swinging. CHAMBERLAIN walked; NORTON advanced to second.
LE`I singled to center field, 2 RBI; CHAMBERLAIN advanced to third; NORTON scored;
WHITELEY scored. CANNON to p for DYER. RAMIREZ reached on a fielder's choice; LE`I
out at second 2b to ss. 4 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Utah 5th - NIX to c for GONZALES. SNOW to rf. PARAMORE to 2b. FONOTI walked.
HERNANDEZ grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt; FONOTI advanced to second. HEMINGWAY flied
out to cf. HOFFMAN doubled down the lf line, RBI; FONOTI scored. CROUSE hit by
pitch. WONG singled up the middle, RBI; CROUSE advanced to third; HOFFMAN scored.
WONG stole second. PHILLIPS lined out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - RUSSELL grounded out to 3b. SNOW grounded out to ss.
WHITELEY singled to left field. NORTON struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Utah 6th - KENNEDY to rf for SNOW. BOYCE-HUMBER to p for TOBIAS. SHIERY
singled to right field. QUINTERO singled to center field; SHIERY advanced to second.
FONOTI flied out to cf. HERNANDEZ singled through the right side; QUINTERO advanced
to second; SHIERY advanced to third. HEMINGWAY struck out swinging. HOFFMAN out on
batter's interference. 0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - PARAMORE homered to left field, RBI. NIX singled up the
middle. CHAMBERLAIN grounded out to p; NIX advanced to second. LE`I singled to
shortstop. RAMIREZ reached on a fielder's choice; LE`I advanced to second; NIX out
at third ss to 3b. RUSSELL grounded out to 3b unassisted. 1 run, 3 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young at Utah (Game 2)
Apr 22, 2006 at Salt Lake City (Ute Field)
Brigham Young 2 (31-16,8-4 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf..  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
 KENNEDY, Lindi lf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  3  0  1  0   0  0  6  1   0
 GONZALES, Monica pr.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea c/dh.....  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 PLATT, Stephanie pr.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  4   2
SNOW, Emi rf.............  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
PARAMORE, Paige 2b.......  3  0  2  0   0  0  3  0   0
 HOCH, Tracee 2b.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  3  0  1  1   0  1  1  0   0
NIX, Cortney dh/c........  2  0  0  0   0  0  6  1   0
URINCHO, Daniella p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 26  2  5  1   0  1 18  7   3
Utah 7 (28-13,7-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Wong, Jackie 2b..........  3  1  2  1   1  0  5  4   0
Phillips, Diana cf.......  4  1  1  2   0  1  0  0   0
Shiery, Jessica rf/dh....  4  1  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
Quintero, Devina 3b......  3  1  1  4   0  0  0  2   2
Fonoti, Sharee ss........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  2   2
Hernandez, Ivette dh.....  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Matthews, Kelly rf......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Hemingway, Staci 1b......  3  0  0  0   0  0 11  0   0
Hoffman, Andrea c........  2  1  2  0   0  0  3  1   0
Crouse, Meghan lf........  1  1  0  0   1  1  1  0   1
Cannon, Karina p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  4   0
Totals................... 25  7  7  7   2  4 21 14   5
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young....... 010 001 0 -  2  5  1
Utah................ 030 400 X -  7  7  3
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E - PARAMORE(1); FONOTI 3(16). DP - Utah 2. LOB - Cougars 3; Utah 5. HR -
QUINTERO(4). HBP - HERNANDEZ; HOFFMAN. SH - CROUSE(3).
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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URINCHO, Daniella...  6.0  7  7  7  2  4 25 30
Utah                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Cannon, Karina......  7.0  5  2  0  0  1 26 26
Win - CANNON (13-5).  Loss - URINCHO (9-6).  Save - None.
HBP - by URINCHO (HERNANDEZ); by URINCHO (HOFFMAN).
Umpires -
Start: 2:40 pm   Time: 1:34   Attendance: 200
Game notes:
Brigham Young at Utah (Game 2) - Play-by-Play
Apr 22, 2006 at Salt Lake City (Ute Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
-----------------------------------------
Brigham Young....... 010 001 0 -  2  5  1
Utah................ 030 400 X -  7  7  3
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Brigham Young starters: 1/lf CHAMBERLAIN; 3/cf WHITELEY; 66/1b LE`I; 31/c
RAMIREZ; 25/3b RUSSELL; 18/rf SNOW; 19/2b PARAMORE; 8/ss NORTON; 10/dh NIX;
22/p URINCHO;
Utah starters: 25/2b WONG; 20/cf PHILLIPS; 44/rf SHIERY; 33/3b QUINTERO; 1/ss
FONOTI; 28/dh HERNANDEZ; 19/1b HEMINGWAY; 13/c HOFFMAN; 3/lf CROUSE; 16/p
CANNON;
Brigham Young 1st - RAMIREZ to dh. NIX to c. CHAMBERLAIN out at first p
to 2b. WHITELEY grounded out to p. LE`I grounded out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Utah 1st - WONG singled up the middle. PHILLIPS reached on an error by
2b; WONG advanced to second. SHIERY grounded out to 1b unassisted; PHILLIPS
advanced to second; WONG advanced to third. QUINTERO reached on a fielder's
choice; PHILLIPS advanced to third; WONG out at home p to c. FONOTI grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - RAMIREZ reached on an error by ss. PLATT pinch ran
for RAMIREZ. RUSSELL reached on a fielder's choice, bunt; PLATT advanced to
second. SNOW fouled out to c, bunt. PARAMORE singled to shortstop; RUSSELL
advanced to second; PLATT out at second ss unassisted, interference. NORTON
singled to right field, RBI; PARAMORE advanced to third, out at home rf to 2b
to c; RUSSELL scored, unearned. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Utah 2nd - HERNANDEZ hit by pitch. HEMINGWAY popped up to 2b. HOFFMAN
hit by pitch; HERNANDEZ advanced to second. CROUSE walked; HOFFMAN advanced to
second; HERNANDEZ advanced to third. WONG walked, RBI; CROUSE advanced to
second; HOFFMAN advanced to third; HERNANDEZ scored. PHILLIPS singled down the
lf line, 2 RBI; WONG advanced to second; CROUSE scored; HOFFMAN scored. SHIERY
fouled out to c. QUINTERO grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - NIX grounded out to 3b. CHAMBERLAIN fouled out to
lf. WHITELEY grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah 3rd - FONOTI struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. HERNANDEZ
popped up to 2b. HEMINGWAY grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - SHIERY to dh. MATTHEWS to rf for HERNANDEZ. LE`I
grounded out to ss. RAMIREZ to dh for PLATT. RAMIREZ grounded out to 2b.
RUSSELL grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah 4th - HOFFMAN singled through the right side. CROUSE out at first
3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; HOFFMAN advanced to second. WONG singled to second base;
HOFFMAN advanced to third. PHILLIPS reached on a fielder's choice, bunt; WONG
advanced to second; HOFFMAN out at home 1b to c. SHIERY singled to third base;
PHILLIPS advanced to second; WONG advanced to third. QUINTERO homered to right
field, 4 RBI; SHIERY scored; PHILLIPS scored; WONG scored. FONOTI struck out
swinging. 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - SNOW grounded out to 2b. PARAMORE singled through
the right side. NORTON lined into double play 2b unassisted; PARAMORE out on
the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah 5th - HOCH to 2b for PARAMORE. MATTHEWS flied out to lf. HEMINGWAY
flied out to lf. HOFFMAN singled down the rf line. CROUSE struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - NIX grounded out to ss. CHAMBERLAIN out at first p
to 2b. WHITELEY singled up the middle. LE`I singled to second base; WHITELEY
advanced to second. GONZALES pinch ran for LE`I. RAMIREZ reached on a fielder's
choice; GONZALES advanced to third on an error by ss; WHITELEY scored,
unearned. RUSSELL flied out to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Utah 6th - LE`I to 1b for GONZALES. KENNEDY to lf for CHAMBERLAIN. WONG
lined out to ss. PHILLIPS struck out swinging. SHIERY grounded out to 1b
unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - PARAMORE to 2b for HOCH. SNOW reached on an error by
ss. PARAMORE lined into double play 2b to 1b; SNOW out on the play. NORTON
struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

PROVO -- Coming off its most productive offensive week in program history, BYU looks to remain hot as it takes on three in-state opponents.

The Cougars (28-14, 8-2 MWC) will take a break from conference play when they head to Logan to take on Utah State in a Tuesday doubleheader before hosting Utah Valley State on Thursday. On Saturday BYU will return to the road and MWC play when they take on Utah.

Led by Ianeta Le`i who hit six home runs and tallied 19 RBI, the Cougars scored a total of 68 runs in six games last week. BYU posted a .409 team batting average last week.

"Last week's performance is as good of an offensive performance that I've seen as a coach," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "We hope that we can carry that momentum into this week's games."

At 8-2 in MWC play, the Cougars remain one game behind league-leading San Diego State going into this week's action. BYU split a double-header with Utah State earlier in the season, cruising to a 7-0 victory in the first game but losing the second in extra innings. The Cougars are 11-0 all-time against the Wolverines. BYU swept Utah in a two-game series earlier this season. The Utes' Jackie Wong leads the MWC in hitting with a .443 batting average while

Karina Cannon is second in the conference with a 1.87 ERA.

Fans can catch all BYU home games on live video feed this season. Links can be

found for all games on the softball schedule page by clicking on the "Live Audio" links at www.byucougars.com. Jarom Jordan will do play-by-play coverage with former Cougar All-American Lauren Watson-Perry offering color commentary.