CHAPEL HILL -- BYU began NCAA Chapel Hill regional with a 3-0 shut out victory over No. 13 North Carolina. The Cougars advance to 43-18 and North Carolina drops to 50-11-1.

BYU battled against North Carolina and a sixth inning, three-run homer from sophomore Angeline Quiocho gave BYU the momentum and runs needed to defeat the ranked opponent. Quiocho's offensive performance was complimented by BYU hurler Christina Gwyn-Trice's complete game outing. She gave up five hits and struck out three North Carolina batters.

"We played great defense, Christina Gwyn-Trice pitched a solid game and our hitters were able to make the adjustments to Spaulding, who threw a great game," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "I knew if we kept competing we would eventually break through. Our girls did a tremendous job today."

North Carolina's southpaw, Danielle Spaulding, had a strong hold of BYU's offense and allowed only four hits and struck out 14 BYU batters.

After perfect first innings from both sides, senior Daniela Snow led off the second with a free ride to first when she was hit by the pitch, giving BYU its first base runner.

Snow made the stretch from first to third when a fielding error gave Caschjen Davis two bases. With two runners in scoring position and two outs, Spaulding grabbed her fifth strike out of the afternoon to retire the side without allowing a run.

After throwing two perfect innings, Christina Gwyn-Trice allowed a leadoff single, and the runner was advanced on a sacrifice bunt.

With North Carolina's first runner in scoring position a single to centerfield and a BYU throwing error allowed the lead runner to advance toward home, but BYU recovered when Gwyn-Trice grabbed ball and flipped it to Emi Snow-Willing to make the play at home.

The score remained at a 0-0 deadlock until the top of the sixth inning. Monica Gonzales singled off of a bunt and stole second. Snow reached first on a walk to put two runners on base. Quiocho hit a bomb over the centerfield fence to score the only three runs of the game. Quiocho leads the team with 18 homers.

BYU held their lead and squashed North Carolina's scoring opportunity in the seventh inning with a double play to win the game 3-0.

The Cougars will face No. 23 Georgia on Friday at 1 p.m. at Anderson Stadium in Chapel Hill.

The winner of the double-elimination Regional will advance to the NCAA Super Regional. All of the action from the Chapel Hill Regional is available via livestats at www.byucougars.com

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                   Brigham Young Univ. vs #13 North Carolina
              May 15, 2008 at Chapel Hill, N.C. (Anderson Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ. 3 (43-18)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  0  0  0   1  3  3  1   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  4  1  2  0   0  2  0  1   1
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  1  1  0  0   1  0  9  1   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  1  1  3   0  1  0  2   0
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  0  1  0   0  2  3  6   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
WILLING, Emi c...........  3  0  0  0   0  3  5  1   2
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
TRICE, Christina p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 26  3  4  3   2 14 21 15   5
North Carolina 0 (50-11-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Brown cf.................  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
Palmer 2b................  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   1
Spaulding p..............  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
 Manko pr................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Jacobs 1b................  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   0
Allen lf.................  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Troup dp.................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Ensminger c..............  2  0  1  0   0  0 14  0   0
Roberts rf...............  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Francona 3b..............  2  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Oxendine pr.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Knauer ss................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 22  0  5  0   1  3 21  1   3
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 003 0 -  3  4  1
North Carolina...... 000 000 0 -  0  5  1
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E - GONZALES(2); Francona(10). DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 5; N. Carolina 3. HR -
QUIOCHO(18). HBP - SNOW. SH - Roberts(8). SB - GONZALES(15). CS - Palmer(5).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TRICE, Christina....  7.0  5  0  0  1  3 22 24
North Carolina         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Spaulding...........  7.0  4  3  3  2 14 26 29
Win - TRICE (18-7).  Loss - Spaulding (16-3).  Save - None.
HBP - by Spaulding (SNOW).
Umpires - HP: Christie Cornwell  1B: John Kurnat  3B: Art St. Germain
Start: 3:30 pm   Time: 1:43   Attendance: 417
Game: UNCA1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
            Brigham Young Univ. vs #13 North Carolina - Play-by-Play
              May 15, 2008 at Chapel Hill, N.C. (Anderson Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 003 0 -  3  4  1
North Carolina...... 000 000 0 -  0  5  1
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 24/cf GONZALES; 6/dp VANCE;
22/1b SNOW; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 10/ss PURCELL; 9/lf DAVIS; 18/c WILLING; 5/rf
HOPKINS; 11/p TRICE;
North Carolina starters: 5/cf Brown; 8/2b Palmer; 20/p Spaulding; 26/1b Jacobs;
88/lf Allen; 21/dp Troup; 19/c Ensminger; 13/rf Roberts; 6/3b Francona; 7/ss
Knauer;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. GONZALES
struck out swinging. VANCE struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
North Carolina 1st - Brown struck out looking. Palmer grounded out to
3b. Spaulding struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - SNOW hit by pitch. QUIOCHO fouled out to 1b,
bunt. PURCELL struck out looking. DAVIS reached on an error by 3b, advanced to
second on the error; SNOW advanced to second, advanced to third on the error.
WILLING struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
North Carolina 2nd - Jacobs grounded out to ss. Allen flied out to lf.
Troup grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - HOPKINS popped up to 2b. DELAHOUSSAYE struck
out swinging. GONZALES singled, bunt. VANCE fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
North Carolina 3rd - Ensminger singled to left field. Roberts out at
first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Ensminger advanced to second. Francona singled,
advanced to second on a throwing error by cf; Ensminger advanced to third, out
at home cf to p to c. Oxendine pinch ran for Francona. Brown grounded out to
ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - Francona to 3b for Oxendine. SNOW fouled out
to 1b. QUIOCHO struck out swinging. PURCELL singled to left field. DAVIS struck
out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
North Carolina 4th - Palmer singled to right field. Spaulding fouled out
to c. Palmer out at second c to ss, caught stealing. Jacobs grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - WILLING struck out swinging. HOPKINS struck
out swinging. DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
North Carolina 5th - Allen popped up to 2b. Troup grounded out to ss.
Ensminger lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - GONZALES singled to catcher, bunt. VANCE flied
out to rf. GONZALES stole second. SNOW walked. QUIOCHO homered to center field,
3 RBI; SNOW scored; GONZALES scored. PURCELL struck out swinging. DAVIS flied
out to cf. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
North Carolina 6th - Roberts grounded out to p. Francona singled through
the left side. Brown out at first 3b to 2b; Francona advanced to second. Palmer
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - WILLING struck out swinging. HOPKINS grounded
out to ss. DELAHOUSSAYE walked. GONZALES struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
North Carolina 7th - Spaulding walked. Manko pinch ran for Spaulding.
Jacobs grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Manko out on the play. Allen
singled up the middle. Troup struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.

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PROVO -- The BYU women's softball team (42-18) is scheduled to face No. 13 North Carolina (50-10-1) at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, in the first game of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional Tournament.

The double-elimination Tournament will continue through Saturday. The Chapel Hill Region is one of two regions that play a Thursday to Saturday format.

No. 23 Georgia (43-22) is the top seed in the Chapel Hill Region. Georgia will play Campbell (41-23) in the first round of the Regional.

BYU is 4-7 against top-25 opponents this season. The Cougars four wins against ranked opponents came against teams outside of the top-10, where they are 4-2. Against top-10 teams BYU is 0-5 this season. BYU has not broken into the top-25 polls this season, but has received votes all season.

North Carolina, the Regional host school and is the Regional's second seed, recorded its first 50-win season and is making its sixth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The Tar Heels hold a 6-12 mark in the post season.

BYU is 4-8 in its four years of NCAA competition. After recording defeating Cal Poly 9-0 in the first round of the Regional BYU lost to Arizona State 1-7. The Cougars rallied after the loss and defeated Southern Utah 10-5 to propel BYU to its furthest post-season appearance. In the Regional Championship game The Cougars matched Arizona State with a 3-3 tie after three innings, but gave the Sun Devils the lead with back-to-back homers in the fourth. BYU was unable to overcome the deficit and lost 3-6.

Following their first Regional game, BYU will play again on Saturday with the opponent and time depending upon the first round results.

Livestats and BYU NCAA softball information will be available on www.byucougars.com.

For more information, please see the multi-page PDF at the top of this release.

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Thursday, May 15
1:00 p.m.Game 1: No. 1 Georgia 9, No. 4 Campbell0
3:30 p.m.Game 2: No. 2 North Carolina 0, No. 3 BYU 3
Friday, May 16
1:00 p.m.Game 3: Georgia vs. BYU
3:30 p.m.Game 4: Campbell vs. North Carolina
6:00 p.m.Game 5: Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4
Saturday, May 17
1:00 p.m.Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5
3:30 p.m.Game 7: If necessary