PALM SPRINGS, Calif., (Feb. 22, 2007) -- BYU's (8-4) three-game winning streak came to an end, as the Cougars committed a combined 11 errors in both of its losses to Loyola Marymount and Virginia on day one of the Palm Springs Classic.

Loyola Marymount avenged a loss earlier in the season to BYU by beating the Cougars 8-3. The Lions took a 4-3 lead into the top of the seventh inning and capitalized on two BYU errors in the inning by scoring four runs to put the game out of reach. Dani Urincho went 3-for-4 and Tracee Hoch went 2-for-3, as the two combined for five of the Cougars' seven hits. However, the team committed a total of six errors in the game.

Virginia took a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning, but the Cougars answered back with three runs of their own. Jodi Norton hit a one-out single up the middle, allowing Emi Snow to score from second base. Freshman Angeline Quiocho stepped up to the plate next and swatted a home run to left center that evened the score.

The Cavaliers recaptured the lead in the fourth inning on a Casey Steffan unearned run. In the fifth inning, Lindsey Preuss drove in Amy McKean and sent Sarah Tacke to third. A Cougar error placed Preuss at second to end the play. The next batter, Michelle Salmiery, hit one down the left field line scoring the two runners and giving Virginia a four-run cushion.

It would prove to be a deciding cushion, as Hoch's two-run homer in the sixth that drove in Quiocho was not enough to get BYU back in the game. Virginia won 7-5.

The Cougars play another double-header Friday, facing No. 12 Northwestern at 12:30 p.m. PST and Ohio State at 5:30 p.m. The early game will be available through live audio, and the Ohio State game will be available via livestats.

Loyola Marymount vs Brigham Young
               Feb 22, 2007 at Cathedral City, CA (Wrigley Field)
Loyola Marymount 8 (10-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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SLOUBER, K. cf...........  2  2  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
HARTUNG, J. dh...........  4  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
PINEDA, M. rf............  3  1  3  2   1  0  3  0   0
CONROY, K. 2b............  3  0  0  1   1  1  3  0   1
COOK, T. 3b..............  4  1  1  3   0  2  3  0   0
FOLEY, C. 1b.............  3  0  0  0   1  0  2  0   0
ACKERMAN, M. ss..........  4  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   2
TYSDAL, C. c.............  2  1  0  0   1  0  8  1   0
 CESENA, M. pr...........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WHITT, K. lf.............  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
DYKEMA, M. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 26  8  6  6   5  3 21  2   5
Brigham Young 3 (8-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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NIX-CLARK c..............  3  1  2  0   1  0  4  1   0
HOCH 2b..................  4  0  0  0   0  3  3  4   0
NORTON ss................  2  0  0  1   2  2  0  1   0
SNOW rf..................  4  1  0  0   0  0  0  1   3
URINCHO 1b...............  4  0  3  2   0  0  8  1   0
 ANDERSON pr.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
QUIOCHO 3b...............  3  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   4
PLATT dh.................  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
 RAMIREZ ph..............  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
WHITELEY lf..............  3  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
GONZALES cf..............  2  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   2
GWYN p...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  4   0
Totals................... 27  3  7  3   4  7 21 12   9
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Loyola Marymount.... 200 011 4 -  8  6  1
Brigham Young....... 000 210 0 -  3  7  6
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E - ACKERMAN, M.; NORTON; QUIOCHO 3; WHITELEY; GWYN. DP - BYU 1. LOB - LMU
5; BYU 9. 2B - PINEDA, M.; NIX-CLARK; URINCHO. HR - COOK, T.. HBP - QUIOCHO.
SH - SLOUBER, K.; WHITT, K. 2; GONZALES. CS - PINEDA, M.; QUIOCHO.
Loyola Marymount       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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DYKEMA, M...........  7.0  7  3  1  4  7 27 33
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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GWYN................  7.0  6  8  5  5  3 26 34
Win - DYKEMA, M. (6-2).  Loss - GWYN (5-2).  Save - None.
HBP - by DYKEMA, M. (QUIOCHO).
Umpires -
Start: 5:30 pm   Time: 2:22   Attendance: 215
Game: BYU-LMU
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Loyola Marymount.... 200 011 4 -  8  6  1
Brigham Young....... 000 210 0 -  3  7  6
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Loyola Marymount starters: 9/cf SLOUBER, K.; 3/dh HARTUNG, J.; 32/rf PINEDA,
M.; 1/2b CONROY, K.; 8/3b COOK, T.; 15/1b FOLEY, C.; 5/ss ACKERMAN, M.; 33/c
TYSDAL, C.; 13/lf WHITT, K.; 2/p DYKEMA, M.;
Brigham Young starters: 10/c NIX-CLARK; 4/2b HOCH; 8/ss NORTON; 18/rf SNOW;
22/1b URINCHO; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 5/dh PLATT; 3/lf WHITELEY; 24/cf GONZALES; 11/p
GWYN;
Loyola Marymount 1st - SLOUBER, K. walked. HARTUNG, J. singled, advanced
to second, advanced to third on an error by lf; SLOUBER, K. scored. PINEDA, M.
doubled to right center, RBI; HARTUNG, J. scored. CONROY, K. fouled out to 3b.
COOK, T. struck out swinging. PINEDA, M. out at third c to 3b, caught stealing.
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 1st - NIX-CLARK flied out to rf. HOCH struck out swinging.
NORTON struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Loyola Marymount 2nd - FOLEY, C. walked. ACKERMAN, M. reached on an
error by ss; FOLEY, C. advanced to second. TYSDAL, C. grounded into double play
2b to 1b; ACKERMAN, M. out on the play; FOLEY, C. advanced to third. WHITT, K.
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - SNOW grounded out to ss. URINCHO fouled out to 1b.
QUIOCHO hit by pitch. QUIOCHO out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Loyola Marymount 3rd - SLOUBER, K. popped up to 2b. HARTUNG, J. lined
out to 3b. PINEDA, M. singled to right field. CONROY, K. struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - PLATT struck out looking. WHITELEY fouled out to 3b.
GONZALES lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Loyola Marymount 4th - COOK, T. struck out swinging. FOLEY, C. grounded
out to 1b unassisted. ACKERMAN, M. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - NIX-CLARK doubled to right field. HOCH grounded out
to c unassisted, bunt. NORTON struck out swinging. SNOW reached on an error by
ss; NIX-CLARK advanced to third. URINCHO doubled to right field, 2 RBI; SNOW
scored, unearned; NIX-CLARK scored, unearned. QUIOCHO flied out to rf. 2
runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Loyola Marymount 5th - TYSDAL, C. reached on an error by 3b. WHITT, K.
out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; TYSDAL, C. advanced to second. SLOUBER, K.
flied out to lf. HARTUNG, J. reached on an error by p; TYSDAL, C. advanced to
third. PINEDA, M. singled down the lf line, RBI; HARTUNG, J. advanced to third,
out at home rf to 2b to c; TYSDAL, C. scored, unearned. 1 run, 1 hit, 2
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - PLATT struck out looking. WHITELEY singled up the
middle. GONZALES singled, bunt, SAC; WHITELEY advanced to second. NIX-CLARK
walked; GONZALES advanced to second; WHITELEY advanced to third. HOCH struck
out swinging. NORTON walked, RBI; NIX-CLARK advanced to second; GONZALES
advanced to third; WHITELEY scored. SNOW popped up to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Loyola Marymount 6th - CONROY, K. lined out to cf. COOK, T. homered to
left field, RBI. FOLEY, C. grounded out to p. ACKERMAN, M. out at first p to ss
to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - URINCHO singled through the left side. ANDERSON
pinch ran for URINCHO. QUIOCHO popped up to 2b. RAMIREZ pinch hit for PLATT.
RAMIREZ walked; ANDERSON advanced to second. PLATT to dh for RAMIREZ. WHITELEY
lined out to rf. GONZALES lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Loyola Marymount 7th - URINCHO to 1b for ANDERSON. TYSDAL, C. walked.
CESENA, M. pinch ran for TYSDAL, C.. WHITT, K. singled, bunt, SAC; CESENA, M.
advanced to second. SLOUBER, K. reached on an error by 3b, SAC, bunt, advanced
to second; WHITT, K. advanced to third; CESENA, M. scored. HARTUNG, J. grounded
out to 2b. PINEDA, M. walked. CONROY, K. walked, RBI; PINEDA, M. advanced to
second; SLOUBER, K. advanced to third; WHITT, K. scored. COOK, T. reached on an
error by 3b, 2 RBI; CONROY, K. advanced to second; PINEDA, M. scored, unearned;
SLOUBER, K. scored, unearned. FOLEY, C. grounded out to p; COOK, T. advanced to
second; CONROY, K. advanced to third. ACKERMAN, M. flied out to lf. 4 runs,
1 hit, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - TYSDAL, C. to c for CESENA, M.. NIX-CLARK singled to
center field. HOCH struck out looking. NORTON walked; NIX-CLARK advanced to
second. SNOW popped up to ss. URINCHO singled to left field; NORTON advanced to
second; NIX-CLARK advanced to third. QUIOCHO reached on a fielder's choice;
URINCHO out at second 2b unassisted. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Virginia vs Brigham Young
           Feb 22, 2007 at Cathedral City, CA (BigLeagueDreams-Yank)
Virginia 7 (6-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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M. O'Leary 3b............  4  0  1  0   0  2  1  3   0
E. Crockett 2b...........  4  0  1  0   0  0  5  0   2
K. Haller 1b.............  4  0  1  0   0  1  9  0   1
 K. Cameron pr...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
A. McKean dh.............  2  1  0  0   2  0  0  0   0
 C. Steffan pr...........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
A. Snyder ss.............  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  5   2
N. Koren lf..............  1  1  0  1   1  0  0  0   0
 B. Sorber pr............  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
S. Tacke rf..............  3  1  1  0   0  1  1  1   2
L. Preuss cf.............  4  2  2  1   0  1  0  0   0
M. Salmiery c............  4  1  2  5   0  0  2  0   2
K. Wilburn p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 31  7  9  7   3  6 21 10   9
Brigham Young 5 (8-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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NIX-CLARK c..............  3  0  0  0   1  1  5  0   1
 JENKINS c...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
WHITELEY lf..............  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
 ANDERSON lf.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RAMIREZ dh...............  4  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
SNOW rf..................  4  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
URINCHO 1b...............  3  0  0  0   0  0 10  1   1
NORTON ss................  3  1  1  1   0  0  0  5   3
QUIOCHO 3b...............  3  2  2  2   0  0  2  2   0
HOCH 2b..................  3  1  1  2   0  0  2  0   0
GONZALES cf..............  3  0  2  0   0  0  1  0   0
ZINANTI p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 30  5 10  5   1  1 21 11   5
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Virginia............ 031 030 0 -  7  9  2
Brigham Young....... 030 002 0 -  5 10  5
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E - A. Snyder(6); N. Koren(5); NIX-CLARK; WHITELEY 2; URINCHO; HOCH. DP -
Virginia 1. LOB - Virginia 9; BYU 5. 2B - L. Preuss(1); QUIOCHO. HR - M.
Salmiery(2); QUIOCHO; HOCH. HBP - M. O'Leary; S. Tacke. SH - A. Snyder(1).
SB - A. McKean(1).
Virginia               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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K. Wilburn..........  7.0 10  5  5  1  1 30 31
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI.............  7.0  9  7  5  3  6 31 37
Win - K. Wilburn (4-4).  Loss - ZINANTI (3-2).  Save - None.
WP - K. Wilburn(2). HBP - by ZINANTI (S. Tacke); by ZINANTI (M. O'Leary). PB -
NIX-CLARK.
Umpires - HP: Dale Wilson  1B: Terrence Ching  3B: Mike Banda
Start: 8:30 pm   Time: 2:06   Attendance: 119
Game notes:
ID-517887
Palm Springs Classic
Game: VA-BYU
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Virginia............ 031 030 0 -  7  9  2
Brigham Young....... 030 002 0 -  5 10  5
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Virginia starters: 18/3b M. O'Leary; 6/2b E. Crockett; 33/1b K. Haller; 8/dh A.
McKean; 9/ss A. Snyder; 27/lf N. Koren; 19/rf S. Tacke; 7/cf L. Preuss; 14/c M.
Salmiery; 12/p K. Wilburn;
Brigham Young starters: 10/c NIX-CLARK; 3/lf WHITELEY; 31/dh RAMIREZ; 18/rf
SNOW; 22/1b URINCHO; 8/ss NORTON; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 4/2b HOCH; 24/cf GONZALES;
14/p ZINANTI;
Virginia 1st - M. O'Leary grounded out to 3b. E. Crockett singled to
left center. E. Crockett advanced to second on a passed ball. E. Crockett
advanced to third on a throwing error by c. K. Haller struck out. A. McKean
walked. A. Snyder grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 1st - NIX-CLARK grounded out to 3b. WHITELEY grounded out
to ss. RAMIREZ grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Virginia 2nd - N. Koren walked. S. Tacke struck out swinging. L. Preuss
doubled to left field; N. Koren advanced to third. M. Salmiery homered to right
field, 3 RBI; L. Preuss scored; N. Koren scored. M. O'Leary singled to second
base, advanced to second on a throwing error by 2b. E. Crockett grounded out to
ss; M. O'Leary advanced to third. K. Haller popped up to 1b. 3 runs, 3 hits,
1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - SNOW singled to left field, advanced to second on a
fielding error by lf. URINCHO fouled out to ss. NORTON singled up the middle,
RBI; SNOW scored. QUIOCHO homered to left center, 2 RBI; NORTON scored. HOCH
grounded out to 3b. GONZALES singled through the right side. GONZALES out at
first 1b unassisted, runner left early. 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Virginia 3rd - A. McKean reached on a fielding error by 1b, advanced to
second. Ball knocked out of first baseman's glove on tag attempt. A. Snyder out
at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; A. McKean advanced to third. C. Steffan pinch ran
for A. McKean. N. Koren reached on a fielder's choice to second base, RBI; C.
Steffan scored, unearned. S. Tacke singled to shortstop; N. Koren advanced to
second. B. Sorber pinch ran for N. Koren. L. Preuss struck out looking. M.
Salmiery grounded out to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - A. McKean to dh for C. Steffan. B. Sorber to lf.
NIX-CLARK walked. WHITELEY singled to first base, bunt; NIX-CLARK advanced to
second. RAMIREZ singled up the middle; WHITELEY advanced to second; NIX-CLARK
advanced to third. SNOW popped up to ss. URINCHO popped up to 3b. NORTON
reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; RAMIREZ out at second ss to 2b.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Virginia 4th - M. O'Leary struck out looking. E. Crockett grounded out
to ss. K. Haller fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - QUIOCHO popped up to 2b. HOCH reached on a fielding
error by ss. GONZALES singled to first base, bunt; HOCH advanced to second.
GONZALES failed pickoff attempt, advanced to second; HOCH advanced to third.
NIX-CLARK flied into double play rf to c; HOCH out on the play. 0 runs, 1
hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Virginia 5th - A. McKean walked. A. McKean stole second. A. Snyder
struck out swinging. B. Sorber grounded out to ss. S. Tacke hit by pitch. L.
Preuss singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second on a fielding error by
lf; S. Tacke advanced to third; A. McKean scored. M. Salmiery singled down the
lf line, 2 RBI, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf; L. Preuss scored,
unearned; S. Tacke scored. M. O'Leary hit by pitch. E. Crockett out at first p
to 2b, bunt. 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - WHITELEY out at first p to 2b, bunt. RAMIREZ singled
to center field. SNOW reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; RAMIREZ out
at second ss to 2b. SNOW advanced to second on a wild pitch. URINCHO grounded
out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Virginia 6th - K. Haller singled to left field. K. Cameron pinch ran for
K. Haller. A. McKean flied out to cf. A. Snyder singled to left field; K.
Cameron advanced to second. B. Sorber reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher;
A. Snyder advanced to second; K. Cameron out at third p to 3b. S. Tacke flied
out to lf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - K. Haller to 1b for K. Cameron. NORTON grounded out
to 1b unassisted. QUIOCHO doubled to center field. HOCH homered to left field,
2 RBI; QUIOCHO scored. GONZALES flied out to lf. NIX-CLARK struck out looking.
2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Virginia 7th - JENKINS to c for NIX-CLARK. ANDERSON to lf for WHITELEY.
L. Preuss popped up to 3b. M. Salmiery grounded out to ss. M. O'Leary struck
out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - WHITELEY to lf for ANDERSON. WHITELEY popped up to
2b. RAMIREZ grounded out to ss. SNOW grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.

PROVO -- The BYU softball team (8-2) heads to California for the Palm Springs Classic on the heels of a three-game winning streak.

The Cougars, who beat No. 7 Oregon State last week, will try their hand at another ranked team this weekend in 2006 National Champion runner-up and now No. 12 Northwestern. However, BYU head coach Gordon Eakin says his team is not placing any extra emphasis on the matchup.

"We focus on what we need to do, not on who we're playing," Eakin said. "We need to execute the bunt better to move runners into scoring position. We need to continue to play with confidence. So far we've been pretty pleased, but we just need to continue to play with composure and confidence."

Junior outfielder Emi Snow, who was named Mountain West Conference Softball Player of the Week, hit .294 and drove in six RBI while posting a .824 slugging percentage at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic last week. Eakin said Snow has done a great job of quietly contributing to the team's success.

"Emi is a very clutch player," Eakin said. "She just goes about her work and gets the job done."

BYU faces Loyola Marymount for the second time this season on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. PST, and then play against Virginia at 8:30 p.m. Friday brings another double-header, as the Cougars play No. 12 Northwestern at 12:30 p.m. and Ohio State at 5:30 p.m.

Illinois-Chicago will be the final team BYU meets at the Palm Springs Classic. The two teams are scheduled to play at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Games against Virginia and Ohio State will be available via livestats, while Northwestern will provide live audio.