PROVO -- After a 3-2 come from behind win against UNLV (23-33-1, 3-10), the BYU women's softball team (35-16, 9-4) remains tied for first place in the Mountain West Conference standings.

"I'm proud of our team for battling through a day where we were stagnant and coming out with a very important win," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "We didn't have the fire today that we have had for the last 20 games, but if you can win these types of games when you aren't playing well, that is gratifying."

Christie Zinanti recorded her 11th win of the season with a five-hit performance over the Rebels. She allowed one runner a base on balls, and struck out six batters.

The game moved quickly through first three innings with a scoreless tie. UNLV broke the scoreless tie in the top of the fourth inning when the leadoff batter walked to bring up the four-hole, who doubled to knock in the first run of the game. A ball hit up the middle brought the first out, and allowed the runner to advance to third, who reached home on a sacrifice fly to give UNLV a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fourth.

Senior Daniela Snow answered back with a solo-shot over the left field wall, marking her second hit of the game and her 14th homer of the year. With a 2-1 deficit in the top of the fifth, Caschjen Davis hit a solo homer off of the left field foul post to tie the ball game with two runs apiece.

In the sixth inning the Cougars mounted an offensive attack when freshman Kristin Delahoussaye walked and sophomore Monica Gonzales hit an infield single to reach first. With one out and two runners on base, BYU ground into a double play to third base to close the inning in a 2-2 deadlock.

In the top of the seventh an error allowed one UNLV runner on base but the Cougars ended the scoring threat when the runner was caught stealing by senior catcher Emi Snow-Willing.

The top of the seventh inning brought sophomore Angeline Quiocho to first with an infield single, freshman Jessica Purcell reached first on a botched fielder's choice, advancing Quiocho to second on a throwing error. Davis loaded the bases off of a well-executed bunt with no outs. UNLV snagged two outs without giving up a run, but a hard hit ball by Delahoussaye was bobbled by the UNLV second baseman, allowing Purcell to reach home. The run gave the Cougars the 3-2 win.

Tied in first in the MWC standings, BYU will continue conference play facing UNLV on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gail Miller field. The game will be available on BYUTV.

UNLV vs Brigham Young Univ. (Apr 25, 2008)
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Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                          UNLV at Brigham Young Univ.
                Apr 25, 2008 at Provo, Utah (Gail Miller Field)
UNLV 2 (23-33-1,3-10 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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BOLINGER cf..............  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
HULL ss..................  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   2
ORDAZ 1b.................  2  1  0  0   1  0  3  0   0
HOLLAND 2b...............  3  1  1  1   0  1  1  0   0
MEADE 3b.................  3  0  1  0   0  0  3  2   0
 SANCHEZ pr..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
DEMATTEO dp..............  2  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   1
BRIONES c................  2  0  1  0   0  1  7  0   0
PAUS rf..................  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   1
FARLEY lf................  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
BREGANTE p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 SLETTVET p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 24  2  5  2   1  6 20  3   4
Brigham Young Univ. 3 (35-16,9-4 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  1   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  1  2  1   0  0 10  0   1
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  3   0
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  1  0  0   0  1  2  1   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  3  1  2  1   0  1  1  0   1
WILLING, Emi c...........  3  0  0  0   0  0  6  2   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 26  3  6  2   1  6 21 10   2
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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UNLV................ 000 200 0 -  2  5  2
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 110 1 -  3  6  1
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E - HOLLAND; BRIONES; DELAHOUSSAYE. DP - UNLV 1. LOB - UNLV 4; BY 2. 2B -
HOLLAND. HR - SNOW; DAVIS. HBP - BRIONES. SH - QUIOCHO. SF - DEMATTEO. CS -
BOLINGER; PAUS.
UNLV                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BREGANTE............  5.0  3  2  2  0  5 17 18
SLETTVET............  1.2  3  1  0  1  1  9 10
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  7.0  5  2  2  1  6 24 27
Win - ZINANTI (11-7).  Loss - SLETTVET (3-13).  Save - None.
HBP - by ZINANTI (BRIONES).
Umpires - HP: Brett Higgins  1B: Ginger Rendon  3B: Terry Balser
Start: 7:05   Time: 1:48   Attendance: 263
Game: livegame
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Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                   UNLV at Brigham Young Univ. - Play-by-Play
                Apr 25, 2008 at Provo, Utah (Gail Miller Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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UNLV................ 000 200 0 -  2  5  2
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 110 1 -  3  6  1
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UNLV starters: 18/cf BOLINGER; 21/ss HULL; 5/1b ORDAZ; 7/2b HOLLAND; 6/3b
MEADE; 0/dp DEMATTEO; 27/c BRIONES; 3/rf PAUS; 15/lf FARLEY; 88/p BREGANTE;
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; 14/p ZINANTI;
UNLV 1st - BOLINGER grounded out to 3b. HULL struck out looking. ORDAZ
grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE popped up to 3b. GONZALES struck
out looking. VANCE flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 2nd - HOLLAND grounded out to 2b. MEADE grounded out to p. DEMATTEO
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - SNOW singled to left center. QUIOCHO out at
first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; SNOW advanced to second. PURCELL struck out looking.
DAVIS struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 3rd - BRIONES hit by pitch. PAUS singled, bunt; BRIONES advanced to
second. FARLEY flied out to cf. BOLINGER grounded out to 1b unassisted; PAUS
advanced to second; BRIONES advanced to third. HULL grounded out to 3b. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - WILLING popped up to ss. HOPKINS struck out
looking. DELAHOUSSAYE fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 4th - ORDAZ walked. HOLLAND doubled to center field, RBI; ORDAZ
scored. MEADE grounded out to p; HOLLAND advanced to third. DEMATTEO flied out
to lf, SF, RBI; HOLLAND scored. BRIONES singled. PAUS struck out. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - GONZALES lined out to ss. VANCE flied out to
lf. SNOW homered to left field, RBI. QUIOCHO fouled out to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 5th - FARLEY flied out to rf. BOLINGER singled, bunt. BOLINGER out
at second c to ss, caught stealing. HULL grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - PURCELL flied out to cf to left center. DAVIS
homered down the lf line, RBI. WILLING flied out to ss. HOPKINS struck out.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
UNLV 6th - ORDAZ grounded out to ss. HOLLAND struck out. MEADE singled.
SANCHEZ pinch ran for MEADE. DEMATTEO struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - MEADE to 3b for SANCHEZ. SLETTVET to p for
BREGANTE. DELAHOUSSAYE walked. GONZALES singled; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to
second. VANCE struck out. SNOW hit into double play 3b to 1b; DELAHOUSSAYE out
on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
UNLV 7th - BRIONES struck out looking. PAUS reached on an error by 2b.
PAUS out at second c to ss, caught stealing. FARLEY struck out. 0 runs, 0
hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - QUIOCHO singled. PURCELL reached on a
fielder's choice; QUIOCHO advanced to second on a throwing error by c. DAVIS
singled, bunt; PURCELL advanced to second; QUIOCHO advanced to third. WILLING
fouled out to 1b. HOPKINS reached on a fielder's choice; DAVIS advanced to
second; PURCELL advanced to third; QUIOCHO out at home 3b to c. DELAHOUSSAYE
reached on an error by 2b; HOPKINS advanced to second; DAVIS advanced to third;
PURCELL scored, unearned. 1 run, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.

PROVO -- The BYU women's softball (31-15, 7-3) team takes a mid-week break from MWC conference play on Tuesday when it hosts a doubleheader against Idaho State (7-22) before returning to the conference race with a doubleheader against San Diego State (34-13, 6-3) Thursday and two games against UNLV (22-30-1, 2-7) Friday and Saturday.

The Cougars are defending their 2007 MWC Championship title and are currently lead the conference standings. The Conference teams are entering the second round of conference games with BYU, San Diego State and Utah all very close in the title race.

BYU took two games against San Diego State during the two teams' last meetings. Both games were pitcher's duels and ended in extra innings. When the Cougars met UNLV in Las Vegas they split a double header with the Rebels.

Thursday's games will be broadcast on The Mtn., and all games are available via livestats at www.byucougars.com.