TEMPE -- No. 16 BYU took early leads against No. 14 Oregon and Texas Tech but ultimately dropped both games by scores of 3-2 and 7-5, respectively, to open the season on the first day of the Kajiwaka Classic.

"The bright side of it is if we would’ve played fundamentals we would’ve won them both," said BYU head coach Gordon Eakin. "We just didn’t play the type of ball we need to pay to beat those quality teams. I look forward to a better game tomorrow."

Senior Caschjen Atagi hit a single in the top of the third inning, bringing in sophomore JC Clayton and junior Tiffany Messerschmidt for BYU's two runs.

Senior Paige Affleck finished with four strikeouts, allowing four walks, three hits and two earned runs in six innings for the Cougars.

"It was a good battle against another very good team," Eakin said. "Oregon is a very good team and we played right with them."

In the second game of the day against the Big 12's Texas Tech, the Cougars again took an early lead when freshman Katie Manuma had her first career hit, a home run in the bottom of the second inning that also brought in Atagi.

Manuma also brought in BYU's third run on a single, the Cougars closed the gap to 5-3, stopping a Red Raider run of five-straight scores.

Texas Tech held the same margin going into the bottom of the seventh inning. Junior Jessica Dugas kept BYU alive with a two-out double when junior Delaney Willard followed with a home run to right field, forcing extra innings.

But a triple play in the bottom of the eighth went against the Cougars and Texas Tech tacked on two runs in the ninth to come out on top.

"I was proud of how they fought back," Eakin said. "We’ll just have to play better defense tomorrow."

BYU will face Portland State at 9 a.m. and Ole Miss at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow in its second day at the Kajikawa Classic.

#16 BYU vs #14 OREGON
Feb 10, 2011 at Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Sports Complex)
BYU 2 (0-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CLAYTON, JC ss...........  2  1  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
 ROBB, Madisen ph/dh.....  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   1
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiffa lf..  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
 MILLETT,Lacey pr........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi 2b/s  3  0  1  0   1  2  0  1   1
FITU,Jessica c...........  2  0  1  0   0  1  4  1   0
ATAGI,Caschjen 3b........  3  0  1  2   0  1  1  0   3
WILLARD, Delaney rf......  3  0  0  0   0  3  1  0   2
MANUMA, Katie 1b.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  9  0   0
GRAHAM, Stacie dh/2b.....  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  2   0
DUGAS,Jessica cf.........  2  0  1  0   1  1  0  0   0
AFFLECK,Paige p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 26  2  4  2   3 12 18  7   7
OREGON 3 (1-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Burger, A cf.............  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Chambers, K ss...........  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
Howard, K 2b.............  1  1  0  0   2  0  0  1   0
Pappas, S rf.............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Nieto 1b.................  3  0  0  0   0  2  8  0   0
Vitek, K lf..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Peterson c...............  0  1  0  0   2  0 12  0   0
Moore, J p...............  2  1  2  2   0  0  0  1   0
Chambers, L 3b...........  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  3   2
Skillingstad dh..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 20  3  3  2   4  4 21  8   3
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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BYU................. 002 000 0 -  2  4  0
OREGON.............. 000 021 X -  3  3  1
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E - Chambers, K. LOB - BYU 7; OREGON 3. 2B - DELAHOUSSAYE. HR - Moore, J.
HBP - FITU. SB - DUGAS; Burger, A; Peterson. CS - Howard, K.
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK,Paige.......  6.0  3  3  2  4  4 20 24
OREGON                 IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Moore, J............  7.0  4  2  0  3 12 26 30
Win - Moore, J (1-0).  Loss - AFFLECK (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - AFFLECK. HBP - by Moore, J (FITU). PB - FITU 2.
Umpires - HP: John Bennett  1B: Kellie Sturgis  3B: Ron Burkhart
Start: 3:30 pm   Time: 1:58   Attendance: 200
Weather: 63, sunny, wind 3-5 mph
BYU starters: 16/ss CLAYTON; 20/lf MESSERSCHMID; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 10/c FITU;
9/3b ATAGI; 28/rf WILLARD; 31/1b MANUMA; 21/dh GRAHAM; 19/cf DUGAS; 12/p
AFFLECK;
OREGON starters: 2/cf Burger, A; 8/ss Chambers, K; 3/2b Howard, K; 0/rf Pappas,
S; 17/1b Nieto; 13/lf Vitek, K; 14/c Peterson; 12/p Moore, J; 5/3b Chambers, L;
7/dh Skillingstad;
BYU 1st - CLAYTON grounded out to ss. MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging.
DELAHOUSSAYE walked. FITU singled to first base; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to
second. ATAGI grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
OREGON 1st - Burger, A singled, bunt. Burger, A advanced to second on a
passed ball. Chambers, K popped up to 1b, bunt. Burger, A stole third. Howard,
K grounded out to ss. Pappas, S grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 2nd - WILLARD struck out looking. MANUMA grounded out to 1b
unassisted. GRAHAM grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
OREGON 2nd - Nieto struck out swinging. Vitek, K lined out to p.
Peterson walked. Moore, J singled to center field; Peterson advanced to third.
Chambers, L grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 3rd - DUGAS walked. CLAYTON reached on an error by ss; DUGAS
advanced to second. MESSERSCHMID reached on a fielder's choice; CLAYTON
advanced to second; DUGAS out at second 3b to ss. DELAHOUSSAYE struck out
swinging. FITU hit by pitch; MESSERSCHMID advanced to second; CLAYTON advanced
to third. ATAGI singled to second base, 2 RBI; FITU advanced to second;
MESSERSCHMID scored, unearned; CLAYTON scored, unearned. WILLARD struck out
swinging. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
OREGON 3rd - Burger, A grounded out to ss. Chambers, K flied out to rf.
Howard, K walked. Howard, K out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - MANUMA grounded out to 3b. GRAHAM struck out looking. DUGAS
singled to third base. ROBB pinch hit for CLAYTON. DUGAS stole second. ROBB
struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
OREGON 4th - ROBB to dh. DELAHOUSSAYE to ss. GRAHAM to 2b. Pappas, S
struck out looking. Nieto grounded out to 2b. Vitek, K popped up to 2b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 5th - MESSERSCHMID grounded out to 3b. DELAHOUSSAYE doubled to
center field. FITU struck out swinging. ATAGI struck out looking. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
OREGON 5th - Peterson walked. Peterson stole second. throw beat runner,
but ss dropped ball, so Peterson gets first sb. Moore, J homered to left field,
2 RBI; Peterson scored. pitcher hangs a riseball, Moore hits second career
homer. Chambers, L struck out swinging. Burger, A popped up to 3b, bunt.
Chambers, K lined out to 1b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 6th - WILLARD struck out looking. MANUMA grounded out to 2b. GRAHAM
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
OREGON 6th - Howard, K walked. Pappas, S grounded out to 2b; Howard, K
advanced to second. Nieto struck out swinging. Howard, K advanced to third on a
passed ball. Howard, K scored on a wild pitch, unearned. Vitek, K grounded out
to ss. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 7th - DUGAS struck out swinging. ROBB struck out swinging.
MESSERSCHMID walked. MILLETT pinch ran for MESSERSCHMID. DELAHOUSSAYE struck
out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech vs #16 BYU
Feb 10, 2011 at Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Sports Complex)
Texas Tech 7 (1-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Kenney, M. cf............  4  0  0  0   1  1  1  0   3
Drewry, S. lf............  3  1  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
Bledsoe, E. 3b...........  4  1  2  1   0  1  1  5   0
Allen, C. dh.............  5  1  3  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Palmer, J. pr...........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
James, S. 1b.............  2  1  0  0   2  1  7  0   2
 Heath, M. pr............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Powell, T. ss...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Hall, L. 2b..............  4  0  1  1   0  0  4  2   2
Richardson ss............  3  0  1  0   1  0  5  2   0
Gentsch, H. c............  3  1  1  2   1  1  5  0   0
Hamada, A. rf............  3  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
 Tongate, R. ph..........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   3
Talley, B. p.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Brokeshoulde p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Ward, K. p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Totals................... 33  7  9  4   6  5 27 11  10
BYU 5 (0-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi 2b..  5  0  0  0   0  0  8  1   1
DUGAS,Jessica cf.........  4  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   0
WILLARD, Delaney rf......  4  1  1  2   0  1  0  0   2
FITU,Jessica c...........  4  1  0  0   0  1  3  3   0
ATAGI,Caschjen dh........  4  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   1
MANUMA, Katie 1b.........  3  1  3  3   1  0 12  1   0
 MILLETT,Lacey pr........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
HUDSON,Alexandra lf......  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   1
 MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiffa ph.  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 DUCKWORTH,Carly pr......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
ROBB, Madisen 3b.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  7   1
HICKS, Krista ss.........  4  0  0  0   0  1  0  4   1
ALMOND,Tori p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 HOWELL,Hannah p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 35  5  6  5   1  6 27 18   7
Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Texas Tech.......... 002 030 002 -  7  9  3
BYU................. 020 001 200 -  5  6  2
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E - Richardson 2; Talley, B.; DUGAS; MANUMA. DP - BYU 1. LOB - Texas Tech
10; BYU 7. 2B - DUGAS. HR - WILLARD; MANUMA. HBP - Bledsoe, E.; ROBB. SH -
Drewry, S.; Hall, L.. CS - Richardson.
Texas Tech             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Talley, B...........  6.2  6  5  4  0  4 29 30
Brokeshoulde........  0.1  0  0  0  1  2  2  3
Ward, K.............  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  4  4
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ALMOND,Tori.........  2.2  5  2  2  4  0 11 17
HOWELL,Hannah.......  6.1  4  5  2  2  5 22 25
Win - Ward, K. (1-0).  Loss - HOWELL (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - Brokeshoulde; HOWELL. HBP - by ALMOND (Bledsoe, E.); by Talley, B. (ROBB).
BK - Talley, B.
Start: 7:04   Time: 2:40   Attendance:
Texas Tech starters: 26/cf Kenney, M.; 1/lf Drewry, S.; 3/3b Bledsoe, E.; 56/dh
Allen, C.; 18/1b James, S.; 2/2b Hall, L.; 19/ss Richardson; 22/c Gentsch, H.;
7/rf Hamada, A.; 11/p Talley, B.;
BYU starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 19/cf DUGAS; 28/rf WILLARD; 10/c FITU; 9/dh
ATAGI; 31/1b MANUMA; 5/lf HUDSON; 33/3b ROBB; 22/ss HICKS; 8/p ALMOND;
Texas Tech 1st - Kenney, M. walked. Drewry, S. out at first 3b to 2b,
bunt, SAC; Kenney, M. advanced to second. Bledsoe, E. hit by pitch. Allen, C.
fouled out to 2b. James, S. grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to 2b. DUGAS grounded out to 3b.
WILLARD struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas Tech 2nd - Hall, L. popped up to 2b. Richardson singled through
the left side. Gentsch, H. grounded out to 3b; Richardson advanced to second.
Hamada, A. singled to shortstop; Richardson advanced to third. Kenney, M. lined
out to lf. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 2nd - FITU grounded out to ss. ATAGI singled through the left side.
MANUMA homered to left center, 2 RBI; ATAGI scored. HUDSON popped up to 2b.
ROBB hit by pitch. HICKS lined out to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Texas Tech 3rd - Drewry, S. flied out to lf. Bledsoe, E. singled to left
field. Allen, C. singled up the middle; Bledsoe, E. advanced to second. Palmer,
J. pinch ran for Allen, C.. James, S. walked; Palmer, J. advanced to second;
Bledsoe, E. advanced to third. Heath, M. pinch ran for James, S.. Hall, L.
singled down the lf line, RBI; Heath, M. advanced to second, out at second lf
to ss to 2b; Palmer, J. advanced to third; Bledsoe, E. scored. Richardson
walked; Hall, L. advanced to second. Gentsch, H. walked, RBI; Richardson
advanced to second; Hall, L. advanced to third; Palmer, J. scored. HOWELL to p
for ALMOND. Tongate, R. pinch hit for Hamada, A.. Tongate, R. grounded out to
p. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
BYU 3rd - Allen, C. to dh for Palmer, J.. James, S. to 1b for Heath, M..
Hamada, A. to rf for Tongate, R.. DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to rf. DUGAS struck
out swinging. WILLARD flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas Tech 4th - Kenney, M. popped up to 3b. Drewry, S. grounded out to
3b. Bledsoe, E. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - FITU fouled out to 1b. ATAGI popped up to 2b. MANUMA singled
up the middle. HUDSON popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 5th - Allen, C. singled up the middle. James, S. walked;
Allen, C. advanced to second. Hall, L. out at first 1b to 2b, bunt, SAC; James,
S. advanced to second; Allen, C. advanced to third. Richardson grounded out to
3b. Gentsch, H. singled through the left side, RBI; James, S. advanced to
third; Allen, C. scored. Hamada, A. reached on an error by cf, advanced to
second; Gentsch, H. scored, unearned; James, S. scored, unearned. Kenney, M.
grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
BYU 5th - ROBB grounded out to ss. HICKS reached on an error by ss,
advanced to second. DELAHOUSSAYE popped up to ss. DUGAS reached on an error by
ss; HICKS advanced to third. WILLARD flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2
errors, 2 LOB.
Texas Tech 6th - Drewry, S. flied out to cf. Bledsoe, E. singled up the
middle. Allen, C. grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Bledsoe, E. out on
the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 6th - FITU reached on an error by p, advanced to second. ATAGI
struck out swinging, grounded out to c unassisted. FITU advanced to third on an
illegal pitch. MANUMA singled to pitcher, RBI; FITU scored, unearned. MILLETT
pinch ran for MANUMA. HUDSON grounded out to 3b; MILLETT advanced to second.
ROBB grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 7th - MANUMA to 1b for MILLETT. James, S. struck out looking.
Hall, L. grounded out to 3b. Richardson popped up to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 7th - HICKS struck out looking. DELAHOUSSAYE popped up to 2b. DUGAS
doubled to left center. WILLARD homered to right field, 2 RBI; DUGAS scored.
Brokeshoulde to p for Talley, B.. FITU struck out swinging, reached first on a
wild pitch. ATAGI struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Texas Tech 8th - Richardson placed on second. Richardson out at second c
to ss to 3b to 2b, caught stealing. Batter set to Gentsch, H.. Gentsch, H.
struck out looking. Hamada, A. struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 8th - ATAGI placed on second. MANUMA intentionally walked. Ward, K.
to p for Brokeshoulde. MESSERSCHMID pinch hit for HUDSON. Powell, T. to ss for
James, S.. Richardson to 1b. MESSERSCHMID lined out to p, bunt; MANUMA out at
second p to 2b; ATAGI out at second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Texas Tech 9th - HUDSON to lf for MESSERSCHMID. Hamada, A. placed on
second. Kenney, M. struck out looking. Drewry, S. walked. Drewry, S. advanced
to second on a wild pitch; Hamada, A. advanced to third on a wild pitch.
Bledsoe, E. reached on a fielder's choice, RBI, advanced to second; Drewry, S.
advanced to third, scored on an error by 1b; Hamada, A. scored. Allen, C.
singled to shortstop. Powell, T. popped up to 1b. Hall, L. reached on a
fielder's choice; Allen, C. out at second ss to 2b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 1 error,
2 LOB.
BYU 9th - DUCKWORTH pinch ran for HUDSON. DUCKWORTH placed on second.
ROBB grounded out to 3b; DUCKWORTH advanced to third. HICKS grounded out to 3b.
DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

No. 16 BYU softball is traveling to Tempe, Ariz., to participate in the Kajikawa Classic on Feb. 10-12, facing No. 14 Oregon, Texas Tech, Portland State, Ole Miss and No. 21 Texas A&M.

COUGAR QUICK HITS

— BYU returns four Mountain West Conference first-teamers, including senior catcher Jessica Fitu, senior pitcher Paige Affleck, senior second baseman Kristin Delahoussaye and sophomore shortstop JC Clayton. Fitu, Affleck and Delahoussaye were also all-region honorees last season while Clayton was MWC Freshman of the Year.

— BYU is 8-3 all-time in its season openers and 36-14 all-time in season-opening tournaments. The Cougars have won six-straight season openers.

— The Cougars are a combined 10-9 all-time against Kajikawa Classic opponents Oregon (2-3), Texas Tech (0-1), Portland State (3-1), Ole Miss (1-1) and Texas A&M (4-3).

OPPONENTS SERIES NOTES

The Cougars defeated Oregon in their sixth game of the season last year, blanking the eventual NCAA Regional qualifiers, 5-0. BYU’s Paige Affleck pitched a three-hit complete game, striking out eight. The Cougars scored all five of their runs in the fifth inning, including a two-RBI single by Jessica Fitu. The win broke a three-game losing streak to the Ducks dating back to 2005.

BYU has faced Texas Tech just once in program history dating back to the second year of softball at BYU in 2001. The Red Raiders eked out a 5-4 win in eight innings. Head coach Gordon Eakin has never faced Texas Tech since taking over the head job in 2003.

BYU holds the edge over Portland State thanks in most part to two wins in 2005. The Cougars defeated the Vikings by a combined score of 23-0 in two wins that year, though they did drop a 3-1 loss the same season. Like this season, BYU faced Portland State in its third game of the season in 2005, also.

Mississippi and BYU have played each other twice, eight years apart, in 2001 and 2009. The last memory for the Cougars was a bad one, as the loss to Ole Miss was the second in a five-game losing streak, the last time BYU has lost four or more in a row.

BYU and Texas A&M have the most history among teams the Cougars will face at the Kajikawa Classic. In seven contests, BYU holds a 4-3 margin, including wins in the last two games. Traveling to College Station in 2010, BYU knocked off the No. 19 Aggies by scores of 5-3 and 5-4. The Cougars scored four runs in the top of the eighth in the first game, then came back down 4-0 in the second game to get the wins. Affleck pitched all eight innings, striking out seven and giving up just one earned run in game one while Hannah Howell won the second game of her career in game two.

TEAM CAPTAINS

Seniors Paige Affleck, Caschjen Atagi, Kristin Delahoussaye and Jessica Fitu, along with junior Krista Hicks, have been chosen by their teammates as team captains for the 2011 season.

WIN STREAKS

Under BYU head coach Gordon Eakin, the Cougars have compiled 23 win streaks of five games or more in the last eight seasons. In 2010, BYU matched a season-high with five such streaks, tying the 2005 Cougars. BYU set a program-high streak of 16 consecutive wins in both 2007 and 2009.

Win streaks (5 games or more)

2010 - 7, 6, 9, 9, 7

2009 - 5, 16

2008 - 6, 5, 6

2007 - 5, 5, 16

2006 - 7, 8

2005 - 9, 8, 9, 5, 5

2004 - 6

2003 - 5, 12

2002 - 7, 5, 5

2001 - 8