TUCSON -- The most successful season in BYU softball history ended on Saturday as BYU lost 10-2 to Arizona in the elimination game of the NCAA Tucson Super Regional.

BYU finishes the season with a 46-13 record, the most wins in a season in Cougar history, advancing to an NCAA Super Regional for the first time in the program's history.

Second baseman Kristin Delahoussaye went 2-for-3 and scored BYU first run from third in the opening inning off a wild pitch. The Cougars had two runners on base with Arizona ace Kenzie Fowler out of the game after BYU freshman J.C. Clayton sent a laser right back at Fowler, hitting her in the throwing arm.

BYU would get no more out of the inning, however, after Andrea Ramirez and Jessica Fitu both struck out swinging.

After giving up one run in the first, the Cougars watched as the Wildcats ran up four runs in the third and five in the fourth. Four singles and two doubles in the fifth inning gave Arizona double-digit runs.

The Cougars would add one other run in the bottom of the fifth after a Delahoussaye single up the middle scored pinch runner Krista Hicks and put runners on first and second. After Clayton grounded out, Angeline Quiocho flied out to deep right for the game's final out.

Clayton’s single in the first made her just the fourth player in BYU history to reach 80 hits in a season, tying the MWC Freshman of the Year for third on the list with 80 hits while Delahoussaye’s double gave her 17 on the season, tied for second-most in a season by any Cougar player.

Jessica Dugas added two hits in two at bats while Amanda Kellum also had a hit for BYU.

#3 Arizona at Brigham Young Univ.
May 29, 2010 at Tucson, Ariz. (Hillenbrand Stadium)
Arizona 10 (48-11)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Lastrapes lf.............  4  2  2  0   0  0  1  0   0
Schutzler cf.............  3  2  2  0   1  1  0  0   0
Arredondo ss.............  4  0  1  0   0  0  3  3   0
Chambers c...............  1  1  0  0   3  0  5  0   0
Del Ponte 3b.............  2  2  1  1   2  0  0  0   2
Koria dp.................  0  2  0  2   3  0  0  0   0
Arriola 2b...............  3  1  2  4   0  0  1  5   3
Kirker 1b................  3  0  1  1   0  0  5  0   0
 Tikey pr................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Buchanan rf..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Fowler p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Akamine p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 23 10  9  8   9  1 15  8   7
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (46-13)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  1  2  1   0  0  3  2   0
CLAYTON, J.C. ss.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   3
RAMIREZ, Andrea 1b.......  2  0  0  0   0  1  7  0   0
PURCELL-FITU, Jess. c....  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  1   1
WILLARD, Delaney rf......  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 THOMAS, Whitney rf......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
VANCE-KELLUM, Amanda dp..  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HICKS, Krista pr........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiff. lf..  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
DUGAS, Jessica cf........  2  0  2  0   0  0  1  1   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 AFFLECK, Paige p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HOWELL, Hannah p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 21  2  6  1   0  5 15  8   4
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Arizona............. 104 50 - 10  9  0
Brigham Young Univ.. 100 01 -  2  6  2
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E - QUIOCHO; WILLARD. DP - BYU 1. LOB - Arizona 7; BYU 4. 2B - Lastrapes;
Arriola; DELAHOUSSAYE. SB - Schutzler.
Arizona                IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Fowler..............  0.0  2  1  1  0  0  2  2   3
Akamine.............  5.0  4  1  1  0  5 19 19  45
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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ZINANTI, Christie...  2.1  1  5  4  7  1  8 15  39
AFFLECK, Paige......  1.1  7  5  5  1  0 10 11  20
HOWELL, Hannah......  1.1  1  0  0  1  0  5  6  22
Win - Akamine (14-5).  Loss - ZINANTI (11-3).  Save - None.
WP - Akamine. Inherited runners/scored: Akamine 2/1; AFFLECK 3/3; HOWELL 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: Fowler 3/2; Akamine 45/32; ZINANTI 39/20; AFFLECK 20/12; HOWELL
22/14.
Umpires - HP: Kevin Wallace  1B: Dustin Douglass  3B: Keith Kearney
Start: 1:35   Time: 2:05   Attendance: 2896
Weather: 89, sunny, 8 mph wind
Fowler faced 2 batters in the 1st.
Arizona 1st - Lastrapes singled to third base (1-1 BK). Schutzler struck
out looking (1-2 BFKK). Arredondo lined out to 3b (1-1 BS). Chambers walked
(3-1 BKBBB); Lastrapes advanced to second. Del Ponte walked (3-1 KBBBB);
Chambers advanced to second; Lastrapes advanced to third. Koria walked, RBI
(3-2 BBBKFB); Del Ponte advanced to second; Chambers advanced to third;
Lastrapes scored. Arriola grounded out to p (1-2 FBK). 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE doubled down the lf line (1-0 B).
CLAYTON singled to pitcher (0-0). Akamine to p for Fowler. QUIOCHO reached on a
fielder's choice to shortstop (1-0 B); CLAYTON out at second ss to 2b;
DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third. RAMIREZ struck out swinging (2-2 BSKFBS).
QUIOCHO advanced to second on a wild pitch; DELAHOUSSAYE scored. PURCELL-FITU
struck out swinging (2-2 KBSBS). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Arizona 2nd - Kirker flied out to cf (1-0 B). Buchanan grounded out to p
(2-2 KBBF). Lastrapes grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - WILLARD struck out swinging (1-2 SBFS).
VANCE-KELLUM grounded out to ss (0-0). MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging (2-2
BBSKS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Arizona 3rd - Schutzler walked. Arredondo grounded out to c unassisted.
Schutzler stole second. Chambers walked. Del Ponte walked; Chambers advanced to
second; Schutzler advanced to third. Koria walked, RBI; Del Ponte advanced to
second; Chambers advanced to third; Schutzler scored. AFFLECK to p for ZINANTI.
Arriola singled up the middle, out at second cf to c to 2b, 2 RBI; Koria
advanced to third; Del Ponte scored; Chambers scored. Kirker reached on a
fielding error by 3b; Koria scored, unearned. Buchanan fouled out to c. 4
runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - DUGAS singled to third base. DELAHOUSSAYE
reached on a fielder's choice to second base; DUGAS out at second 2b to ss.
CLAYTON reached on a fielder's choice to second base; DELAHOUSSAYE out at
second 2b to ss. QUIOCHO reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (0-0);
CLAYTON out at second ss unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Arizona 4th - Lastrapes doubled to left field (1-1 KB). Schutzler
singled to pitcher (1-2 FKFB). Arredondo singled to left field (0-1 K);
Schutzler advanced to second; Lastrapes advanced to third, scored on a fielding
error by rf. Chambers grounded into double play 2b to 1b; Arredondo out on the
play; Schutzler advanced to third. Del Ponte singled up the middle, RBI;
Schutzler scored. Koria walked (3-0 BBBB); Del Ponte advanced to second.
Arriola doubled to left center, 2 RBI (2-2 FKFBB); Koria scored; Del Ponte
scored. Kirker singled to center field, RBI; Arriola scored. HOWELL to p for
AFFLECK. Tikey pinch ran for Kirker. Buchanan grounded out to 2b (1-1 BS). 5
runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - Kirker to 1b for Tikey. RAMIREZ grounded out
to ss (0-0). PURCELL-FITU grounded out to 2b (0-0). WILLARD grounded out to 2b
(1-2 FFB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Arizona 5th - THOMAS to rf for WILLARD. Lastrapes lined out to 2b (0-2
KK). Schutzler singled to first base (0-0). Arredondo grounded out to ss (2-1
BBF); Schutzler advanced to second. Chambers walked (3-2 BKKBBB). Del Ponte
fouled out to 1b (1-2 BKK). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - VANCE-KELLUM singled up the middle (0-0).
HICKS pinch ran for VANCE-KELLUM. MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS).
DUGAS singled to pitcher (0-0); HICKS advanced to second. DELAHOUSSAYE singled
up the middle, RBI (1-0 B); DUGAS advanced to second; HICKS scored. CLAYTON
grounded out to 2b (2-1 KBB); DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second; DUGAS advanced
to third. QUIOCHO flied out to lf (0-1 K). 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.

PROVO -- For the first time in program history, BYU (46-11) will participate in the NCAA softball tournament’s second round, traveling to play Arizona (46-11) in a best-of-three series in one of eight NCAA Super Regionals.

The two teams will begin play on Friday at 4 p.m. local time with a second and third game, if necessary, scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Rita Hillenbrand Memorial Stadium. Friday's game will be televised live on ESPN2 HD and simulcast on ESPN3.com while Saturday's contest(s) will be shown on ESPNU.

“They’re a great softball team and program,” said BYU coach Gordon Eakin. “They truly are the face of college softball and have a tremendous winning tradition. We’re going to have to play pretty much flawless softball to give ourselves a chance to win.”

Arizona is the No. 10-seed in the tournament and was ranked fourth in the country at the end of the regular season. The Wildcats defeated Cornell and then defeated Hofstra twice to move on. Arizona has four player with at least 16 home runs this season, including 21 by Brigette Del Ponte, who also leads the team with 75 RBI. Brittany Lastrapes is first on the team with a .408 batting average with 75 hits on the year.

Freshman Kenzie Fowler will likely start against BYU, a freshman with an ERA of 1.25 and a 33-6 record.

"We have great admiration for Coach Candrea and this Arizona softball team and we are honored to be able to compete in the Tucson Regional with a chance to advance to the College World Series," Eakin said.

The Cougars advanced with a sweep of the competition last weekend in Austin, Texas, defeating East Carolina, 1-0; No. 7-seed Texas, 9-8; and East Carolina again in the championship game, 8-3.

Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year JC Clayton led BYU by batting 8-for-10 with three runs and an RBI over the weekend. Sophomore Jessica Dugas was right behind, batting 7-for-9 with three runs.

The two slappers set up BYU’s top hitters, including MWC All-Teamers Angeline Quiocho, Jessica Fitu and Kristin Delahoussaye.

Quiocho, who will finish her career atop the BYU and MWC record books in every major hitting category, had six RBI, including a grand slam against Texas last weekend. Fitu added four RBI and hit for the cycle over the course of the Regional while Delahoussaye added a key double in the bottom of the seventh against Texas, finishing with four hits, two doubles, two runs and three RBI in Austin.