CHAPEL HILL -- The BYU Women's softball team closes the 2008 season 44-20, after falling to No. 23 Georgia 4-0 in the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional Championship.

The Cougars' were unable to gain momentum offensively during the game. The BYU bats notched only three hits and were struck out four times, as they continued to drive balls to the Georgia defense, which was without error during the game.

"We are disappointed we couldn't get the job done but I'm proud of our team," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "Our seniors did a good job of guiding our young team and we have a bright future. You have got to give a lot of credit to Georgia. They stuck it to us twice, and they are a great team. "

Senior hurler Christina Gwyn-Trice received the loss. She threw four-plus innings and gave up all four runs, two earned, in her final showing as a Cougar. She completes the season 19-9, holding every BYU strike out record.

After recording two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning a solo homer brought in the first runner to make the score 0-1 after one inning.

Gwyn-Trice remained in control against Georgia's batters until the fifth inning, when she gave up a pair of singles and a walk to allow one run.

BYU Sophomore Christie Zinanti came in to relieve Gwyn-Trice with no outs. A hit batsman would load the bases for Georgia. Zinanti made the play on a ground ball to catch the lead runner with the force out at home. Snow-Willing took a dive as the Georgia baserunner slid into home, mid-throw to botch the double play and allow two runners to score. Georgia led 4-0 after five full innings.

Zinanti threw a perfect sixth inning, and BYU was unable to drive in a run in the top of the seventh, leaving the game 4-0.

In the Cougars' fifth NCAA Tournament appearance, they have fallen in the Regional Championship game for the past two years.

Georgia will advance to the NCAA Super Regionals May 23-24.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                       Brigham Young Univ. vs #23 Georgia
              May 17, 2008 at Chapel Hill, N.C. (Anderson Stadium)
Brigham Young Univ. 0 (44-20)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  3  0  1  0   0  2  1  0   0
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  1  0  0  0   2  0  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  6  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  3   1
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  2   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   1
WILLING, Emi c...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  5  0   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
TRICE, Christina p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 ZINANTI, Christie p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 21  0  3  0   2  5 18  7   2
Georgia 4 (46-22)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Moody 2b.................  4  1  2  0   0  1  1  1   0
Schlopy cf...............  3  0  0  0   1  1  1  0   1
Wiggins lf...............  3  2  2  1   0  0  1  0   0
Goler 3b.................  2  1  1  0   0  0  1  1   0
Wood c...................  2  0  0  0   1  0  5  3   0
 Auger pr................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Hesson 1b................  1  0  1  0   2  0  5  0   0
Stansell dp..............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   3
Schnake ss...............  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   2
Sanders rf...............  3  0  0  0   0  0  5  0   1
Hamilton p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 24  4  6  1   4  4 21  5   7
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 000 0 -  0  3  2
Georgia............. 100 030 X -  4  6  0
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E - GONZALES(3); WILLING(9). LOB - BYU 2; Georgia 7. HR - Wiggins(6). HBP -
Goler. CS - GONZALES(4); VANCE(2); SNOW(1).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TRICE, Christina....  4.0  6  4  2  3  3 18 21
ZINANTI, Christie...  2.0  0  0  0  1  1  6  8
Georgia                IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Hamilton............  7.0  3  0  0  2  5 21 23
Win - Hamilton (15-4).  Loss - TRICE (19-9).  Save - None.
HBP - by ZINANTI (Goler).
Umpires - HP: John Kurnat  1B: Art St. Germain  3B: Joe Massaro
Start: 12:58 pm   Time: 1:46   Attendance: 244
Game: UGA2
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Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
               Brigham Young Univ. vs #23 Georgia - Play-by-Play
              May 17, 2008 at Chapel Hill, N.C. (Anderson Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 000 0 -  0  3  2
Georgia............. 100 030 X -  4  6  0
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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;
Georgia starters: 14/2b Moody; 6/cf Schlopy; 25/lf Wiggins; 35/3b Goler; 28/c
Wood; 8/1b Hesson; 3/dp Stansell; 22/ss Schnake; 4/rf Sanders; 63/p Hamilton;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to rf. GONZALES struck
out looking. VANCE walked. VANCE out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia 1st - Moody grounded out to 3b, bunt. Schlopy struck out
swinging. Wiggins homered to left center, RBI. Goler singled to left center.
Wood walked; Goler advanced to second. Hesson walked; Wood advanced to second;
Goler advanced to third. Stansell struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - SNOW singled to right center. QUIOCHO singled
to catcher, bunt; SNOW advanced to second. PURCELL struck out swinging. SNOW
out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. DAVIS flied out to cf. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Georgia 2nd - Schnake out at first 3b to 2b, bunt, interference. Sanders
grounded out to ss. Moody singled up the middle. Schlopy flied out to lf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - WILLING grounded out to 2b. HOPKINS fouled out
to 1b. DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia 3rd - Wiggins grounded out to 1b unassisted. Goler flied out to
lf. Wood flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - GONZALES singled to third base. VANCE flied
out to rf. GONZALES out at second c to ss, caught stealing. SNOW fouled out to
1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia 4th - Hesson singled to right field. Stansell flied out to cf.
Schnake struck out swinging. Sanders grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - QUIOCHO struck out swinging. PURCELL struck
out swinging. DAVIS flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia 5th - Moody singled to center field. Schlopy walked; Moody
advanced to second. Wiggins singled to center field, advanced to second on a
throwing error by cf; Schlopy advanced to second, advanced to third on the
error; Moody advanced to third, scored on the error. ZINANTI to p for TRICE.
Goler hit by pitch. Wood reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher, advanced to
second on a throwing error by c, advanced to third on the error; Goler scored,
unearned; Wiggins scored, unearned; Schlopy out at home p to c. Auger pinch ran
for Wood. Hesson walked. Stansell grounded out to p; Hesson advanced to second.
Schnake reached on a fielder's choice to third base; Auger out at third 3b
unassisted. 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - Wood to c for Auger. WILLING flied out to lf.
HOPKINS popped up to 1b. DELAHOUSSAYE fouled out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Georgia 6th - Sanders grounded out to 3b. Moody struck out swinging.
Schlopy lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - GONZALES struck out looking. VANCE walked.
SNOW popped up to 2b. QUIOCHO flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 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