LAS -- The BYU Cougars advanced to 12-11 on the season, after falling against Nebraska in the first of two games at the UNLV Round Robin on Friday.

The game began as a pitchers' duel between BYU hurler Christie Zinanti and Nebraska's Alex Hupp. Zinanti kept the Huskers scoreless until the sixth inning when a slew of defensive mistakes allowed two runs for Nebraska.

Zinanti gave up seven hits in seven innings, including two walks and hitting four batters. She is now 3-6 on the season.

The Cougars managed to get off three hits, including a double from Daniela Snow in the bottom of the seventh inning, yet they were unable to capitalize on the base runners.

Before Snow led the seventh inning with a double to center, BYU had little offensive excitement. A pair of walks loaded the bases after Snow's hit, brining pinch hitter Shaylyn Jenkins up to bat.

With a 2-2 count Jenkins struck out swinging, which brought BYU leading slugger Angeline Quiocho to the plate. Quiocho hit a ground ball to the shortstop, who flipped the ball to the second baseman to end the game.

The Cougars face Nebraska again on Saturday at noon before returning for their home opener on Monday against South Dakota State.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                                Nebraska vs BYU
            Mar 14, 2008 at Las Vegas, Nevada (Eller Media Stadium)
Nebraska 2 (9-8)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Rutherford lf............  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
Mullin cf................  4  1  2  0   0  0  3  0   3
Guile dp.................  1  1  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
 Pascale ph..............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Duran c..................  4  0  1  2   0  0  5  2   2
 Hughes pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Carwile 1b...............  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  0   2
Brechtel 2b..............  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
Long rf..................  2  0  1  0   1  0  2  0   0
Hupp p...................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   4
Foland 3b................  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   1
Barrett ss...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  1   0
Totals................... 27  2  7  2   2  3 21  5  12
BYU 0 (12-11)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  1   3
GONZALES, Monica cf......  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  3  0  1  0   0  2  2  0   0
WILLING, Emi c...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  2   2
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  0  2  0   0  0  9  0   0
 NIX, Whitney pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  2   0
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  2  0  0  0   1  0  3  2   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   1
OLANDER, Erin dp.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
 JENKINS, Shaylyn ph.....  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 26  0  4  0   2  6 21 10   7
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Nebraska............ 000 020 0 -  2  7  2
BYU................. 000 000 0 -  0  4  3
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E - Barrett 2(4); QUIOCHO 2(7); DELAHOUSSAYE(4). DP - Cougars 1. LOB -
Huskers 12; Cougars 7. 2B - SNOW(6). HBP - Rutherford 2; Guile; Brechtel. SH
- Long(3); Hupp(1). SB - Rutherford(3); Mullin(9); Hughes(4); Foland(3);
SNOW(2). CS - GONZALES(2).
Nebraska               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Hupp................  7.0  4  0  0  2  6 26 28
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  7.0  7  2  2  2  3 27 35
Win - Hupp (5-3).  Loss - ZINANTI (3-6).  Save - None.
HBP - by ZINANTI (Rutherford); by ZINANTI (Guile); by ZINANTI (Brechtel); by
ZINANTI (Rutherford). PB - WILLING 2(9).
Umpires -
Start: 4:57 pm   Time: 2:18   Attendance:
Game: NU1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                         Nebraska vs BYU - Play-by-Play
            Mar 14, 2008 at Las Vegas, Nevada (Eller Media Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Nebraska............ 000 020 0 -  2  7  2
BYU................. 000 000 0 -  0  4  3
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Nebraska starters: 17/lf Rutherford; 1/cf Mullin; 5/dp Guile; 21/c Duran; 11/1b
Carwile; 6/2b Brechtel; 4/rf Long; 25/p Hupp; 2/3b Foland; 20/ss Barrett;
BYU starters: 33/3b QUIOCHO; 24/cf GONZALES; 9/lf DAVIS; 18/c WILLING; 22/1b
SNOW; 10/ss PURCELL; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 5/rf HOPKINS; 20/dp OLANDER; 14/p
ZINANTI;
Nebraska 1st - Rutherford popped up to 3b. Mullin grounded out to 3b.
Guile singled to center field. Barrett pinch ran for Guile. /  for Barrett.
Duran reached on a throwing error by 2b; Barrett advanced to third. Carwile
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
BYU 1st - Guile to dp for Barrett. Barrett to ss. QUIOCHO grounded out
to 3b. GONZALES reached on an error by ss. DAVIS struck out looking. WILLING
popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Nebraska 2nd - Brechtel singled to left field. Long reached on an error
by 3b, SAC, bunt; Brechtel advanced to second. Hupp out at first c to 2b, SAC,
bunt; Long advanced to second; Brechtel advanced to third. Foland reached on a
fielder's choice; Long advanced to third; Brechtel out at home p to c. Foland
stole second. Rutherford hit by pitch. Mullin grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1
hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
BYU 2nd - SNOW singled up the middle. PURCELL flied out to lf.
DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to rf. SNOW stole second. HOPKINS flied out to lf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Nebraska 3rd - Guile walked. Duran grounded into double play p to ss to
1b; Guile out on the play. Carwile popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - OLANDER flied out to cf. QUIOCHO struck out looking. GONZALES
singled to pitcher. GONZALES out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Nebraska 4th - Brechtel grounded out to 2b. Long grounded out to 1b
unassisted. Hupp reached on a fielding error by 3b. Foland grounded out to 1b
unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
BYU 4th - DAVIS struck out looking. WILLING lined out to ss. SNOW popped
up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Nebraska 5th - Rutherford flied out to lf. Mullin singled to shortstop.
Guile hit by pitch; Mullin advanced to second. Guile advanced to second on a
passed ball; Mullin advanced to third on a passed ball. Duran singled to right
center, 2 RBI; Guile scored; Mullin scored. Hughes pinch ran for Duran. Hughes
out at second c to ss, stole second. Carwile singled to right field. Carwile
advanced to second on a passed ball. Brechtel hit by pitch. Long walked;
Brechtel advanced to second; Carwile advanced to third. Hupp popped up to 2b.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
BYU 5th - Duran to c for Hughes. PURCELL flied out to cf. DELAHOUSSAYE
reached on a fielding error by ss. HOPKINS flied out to rf. OLANDER grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Nebraska 6th - Foland grounded out to ss. Rutherford hit by pitch.
Rutherford stole second. Mullin singled to pitcher, bunt; Rutherford advanced
to third. Pascale pinch hit for Guile. Mullin stole second; Rutherford no
advance. Pascale struck out swinging. Duran grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 6th - QUIOCHO flied out to cf. GONZALES lined out to ss. DAVIS
singled through the left side. WILLING struck out swinging, out at first c to
1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Nebraska 7th - Carwile flied out to lf. Brechtel struck out looking.
Long singled to right field. Hupp struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 7th - SNOW doubled to right center. NIX pinch ran for SNOW. PURCELL
struck out swinging. DELAHOUSSAYE walked. HOPKINS walked; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced
to second; NIX advanced to third. JENKINS pinch hit for OLANDER. JENKINS struck
out swinging. QUIOCHO reached on a fielder's choice; HOPKINS out at second ss
to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

PROVO -- Two games against Nebraska is all the BYU women's softball team has on its mind this week.

The 12-10 Cougars travel to Las Vegas to face Nebraska on both Friday and Saturday at the UNLV Round Robin. Nebraska is 8-8 on the season.

"With Christina Gwyn-Trice out this weekend, we will look for a lot of leadership from our young pitchers," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "Both younger pitchers are very talented and will see a lot more time in the circle against Nebraksa."

The Cougars will be without leading hurler, senior Gwyn-Trice. She most likely will not see many innings, if any at all. She is out with a finger minor finger injury. Sophomore pitcher Christie Zinanti and freshman Paige Affleck will lead the team through the week.

Zinanti is just one of two BYU pitchers to ever record a 20-win season. She had a stand-out freshman season when she went 20-8. She has seen 42.1 innings this season and holds a 3.47 ERA. Affleck joined the Cougars and immediately made an impact. She is 3-2 on the season with 40 strike outs in 29 innings. She has recorded two shut outs so far.

The Cougars are led by sophomore third baseman Angeline Quiocho and senior first baseman Dani Snow. Quiocho leads the team with a .429 batting average and 11 home runs. Snow trails just behind Quiocho with a .381 batting average and seven home runs.

The Huskers come into the competition with a four-game winning streak, defeating Northern Colorado in two double headers. The Cougars look to end Nebraska's winning streak, and to break their own three-game losing streak.

Getting comfortable on the road, the UNLV Round Robin marks two additional road games for the Cougs. They have played 22 consecutive games on the road. This is BYU's second trip to Las Vegas for tournament play this season. They head back to UNLV on April 10 during conference play.

Live audio and livestats for both games are available at www.byucougars.com.