SAN -- Starting its first day of a five-game series at the Campbell/Cartier Classic, the BYU softball team lost to No. 23/25 Houston 4-0 and Long Beach State 1-0 on Thursday.

Senior pitcher Paige Affleck went the distance both games, pitching every inning of the day for BYU. Affleck struck out six and gave up only one earned run and four hits against Houston and had four strikeouts while surrendering four hits and one earned run.

But BYU managed just three hits combined in the two contests. Junior Jessica Dugas and sophomore JC Clayton had a single apiece against Houston as Cougar pitcher Amanda Crabtree struck out 10 batters.

Against Long Beach State, BYU looked in position to score in the fifth and sixth innings but couldn't get the right hit in the right moment. In both innings, BYU drew back-to-back walks and had chances with only one out, but the Cougars couldn't capitalize on either opportunity.

Long Beach State finally put the game's only run on the board in the bottom of the seventh inning, breaking up Affleck's one-hit shutout through the first six innings. With two outs, the 49ers hit a double, drew a walk and hit a single to load the bases before a second single scored the winning run.

#23 Houston vs Brigham Young
Mar 03, 2011 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU SB Stadium)
Houston 4 (14-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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ANDERSON, Holly 3b.......  2  0  1  0   1  1  1  3   0
GREGSON, Melissa lf......  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
LOTT, Baillie dp.........  2  0  0  0   2  1  0  0   1
LATHAN, Brooke ss........  2  1  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
OUTON, Haley c...........  1  2  0  0   2  0 11  0   2
BRAZIL, Stesha 1b........  2  1  0  0   0  0  4  0   0
KLINKERT, Jennifer 2b....  3  0  2  1   0  1  1  0   0
JONES, Ashleigh cf.......  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 GABER, Reina ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SHERMAN, Katy Beth rf....  3  0  1  0   0  2  2  0   1
CRABTREE, Amanda p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 21  4  4  1   6  6 21  5   5
Brigham Young 0 (7-9)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CLAYTON ss...............  2  0  1  0   2  0  3  1   0
MESSERSCHMID lf..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   3
DELAHOUSSAYE 2b..........  2  0  0  0   1  1  6  1   0
FITU c...................  2  0  0  0   0  1  6  3   2
ATAGI 3b.................  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  5   2
MANUMA 1b................  3  0  0  0   0  2  4  0   1
 ENGEL 1b................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
WILLARD rf...............  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  0   0
 DUCKWORTH rf............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 MILLETT pr..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
GRAHAM dp................  3  0  0  0   0  3  0  0   0
DUGAS cf.................  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
AFFLECK p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 22  0  2  0   5 10 21 12   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Houston............. 000 301 0 -  4  4  0
Brigham Young....... 000 000 0 -  0  2  2
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E - ATAGI; WILLARD. LOB - HOU 5; BYU 8. HBP - FITU. SH - ANDERSON; GREGSON;
BRAZIL; MESSERSCHMID. CS - KLINKERT.
Houston                IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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CRABTREE, Amanda....  7.0  2  0  0  5 10 22 29 117
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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AFFLECK.............  7.0  4  4  1  6  6 21 30 114
Win - CRABTREE (9-0).  Loss - AFFLECK (4-6).  Save - None.
HBP - by CRABTREE (FITU). Pitches/strikes: CRABTREE 117/69; AFFLECK 114/70.
Umpires - HP: Rick Hausvik  1B: Sandy Leak  3B: Smoky Edds
Start: 11:30 am   Time: 1:50   Attendance:
Weather: 60s, sunny
Play-by-Play
                         2011 San Diego State Softball
                  #23 Houston vs Brigham Young - Play-by-Play
              Mar 03, 2011 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU SB Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Houston............. 000 301 0 -  4  4  0
Brigham Young....... 000 000 0 -  0  2  2
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Houston starters: 22/3b ANDERSON; 25/lf GREGSON; 21/dp LOTT; 6/ss LATHAN; 10/c
OUTON H.; 32/1b BRAZIL; 9/2b KLINKERT; 14/cf JONES; 3/rf SHERMAN; 27/p
CRABTREE;
Brigham Young starters: 16/ss CLAYTON; 20/lf MESSERSCHMID; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE;
10/c FITU; 9/3b ATAGI; 31/1b MANUMA; 28/rf WILLARD; 21/dp GRAHAM; 19/cf DUGAS;
12/p AFFLECK;
Houston 1st - ANDERSON walked (3-2 BFBBKB). GREGSON reached on a fielder's choice (3-2 FKBBFBF); ANDERSON out at second 3b to 2b. LOTT walked (3-2 KBFBBFFB); GREGSON advanced to second. LATHAN popped up to 2b (0-2 KK). OUTON H. grounded out to p (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 1st - CLAYTON walked (3-2 BBKKBB). MESSERSCHMID out at first 3b to 2b, SAC (0-0); CLAYTON advanced to second. DELAHOUSSAYE struck out looking (3-2 BKBFFBK). FITU hit by pitch (1-2 KK). ATAGI fouled out to rf (0-1 F). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Houston 2nd - BRAZIL out at first 3b to 2b (1-0 B). KLINKERT struck out looking (0-2 KKK). JONES grounded out to ss (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - MANUMA struck out swinging (2-2 SSBBFS). WILLARD struck out swinging (1-2 KFBS). GRAHAM struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Houston 3rd - SHERMAN struck out looking (1-2 KKBK). ANDERSON struck out swinging (2-2 BKBKS). GREGSON grounded out to p (1-2 SBKF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - DUGAS singled to center field (0-1 F). CLAYTON reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); DUGAS out at second 3b to ss. MESSERSCHMID fouled out to c, bunt (3-1 BBBK). DELAHOUSSAYE walked (3-1 BBBKB); CLAYTON advanced to second. FITU lined out to 1b (0-1 K). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Houston 4th - LOTT grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). LATHAN walked (3-2 FBBBFB). OUTON H. walked (3-2 BKKBBB); LATHAN advanced to second. BRAZIL reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second (0-0); OUTON H. advanced to third; LATHAN advanced to third, scored on an error by 3b, unearned. KLINKERT singled, advanced to third on an error by rf, RBI (0-0); BRAZIL scored, unearned; OUTON H. scored, unearned. JONES struck out looking (0-2 KKK). SHERMAN struck out looking (1-2 BKFK). 3 runs, 1 hit, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - ATAGI grounded out to p (1-1 KB). MANUMA grounded out to p (1-0 B). WILLARD fouled out to 3b (1-2 BKK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Houston 5th - ANDERSON singled to first base (0-0). GREGSON out at first c to 2b, SAC (0-0); ANDERSON advanced to second. LOTT walked (3-0 BBBB). LATHAN flied out to rf (1-2 BFKFF). ANDERSON out at second c to ss, picked off. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - GRAHAM struck out swinging (1-2 BKSS). DUGAS struck out looking (2-2 FKBBK). CLAYTON walked (3-0 BBBB). MESSERSCHMID grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Houston 6th - OUTON H. walked (3-2 FBBKBB). BRAZIL out at first 3b to 2b, SAC (0-0); OUTON H. advanced to second. KLINKERT singled to right field (1-2 FSB); OUTON H. advanced to third. GABER pinch hit for JONES. KLINKERT out at second c to ss, caught stealing; OUTON H. scored. GABER popped up to ss (2-2 BBKK). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - JONES to cf for GABER. DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to rf (3-2 KBKBB). FITU struck out swinging (0-2 FSS). ATAGI walked (3-2 BBKBFB). MANUMA struck out swinging (1-2 SSBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Houston 7th - ENGEL to 1b for MANUMA. DUCKWORTH to rf for WILLARD. SHERMAN singled to shortstop (1-2 KKB). ANDERSON out at first 3b to 2b, SAC (0-0); SHERMAN advanced to second. GREGSON grounded out to 3b (1-0 B). LOTT struck out swinging (3-2 BBKKBFFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - WILLARD to rf for DUCKWORTH. WILLARD walked (3-2 KFBBBB). MILLETT pinch ran for WILLARD. GRAHAM struck out looking (1-2 SBFK). DUGAS lined out to lf (2-2 KBKB). CLAYTON singled to shortstop (1-1 KB); MILLETT advanced to second. MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging (3-2 KKFFBBBS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young vs Long Beach State
Mar 03, 2011 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU SB Stadium)
Brigham Young 0 (7-10)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CLAYTON, JC ss...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   0
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiffa lf..  2  0  0  0   1  2  1  0   0
DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi 2b..  2  0  1  0   1  0  2  3   0
FITU,Jessica c...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  1   1
ATAGI,Caschjen dp........  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   2
ROBB, Madisen 3b.........  2  0  0  0   1  2  0  3   0
ENGEL, Jenna 1b..........  2  0  0  0   0  1  8  0   0
HUDSON,Alexandra rf......  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
DUGAS,Jessica cf.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   2
AFFLECK,Paige p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 21  0  1  0   4  8 20 10   5
Long Beach State 1 (10-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Stephan, Bree cf.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Denio, Megan lf..........  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
DeBaun, Caitrin rf.......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Carrasco, Sarah dp.......  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   1
 Bell, Brooke pr.........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
St. Germain, Nalani 2b...  1  0  0  0   2  1  1  1   0
Schallig, Christina 1b...  3  0  1  0   0  0  8  0   0
Javier, Liz 3b...........  3  0  1  1   0  1  1  2   0
Sandoval, Karli c........  1  0  0  0   0  1  8  1   0
 De Gaetano, Hannah ph...  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Rosen, Alisha ss.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
 Madigan, Jennifer ph....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Petty, Taylor p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Turner, Brooke p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 23  1  4  1   2  4 21  9   4
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 000 0 -  0  1  0
Long Beach State.... 000 000 1 -  1  4  0
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Note: 2 outs, 3 runners LOB when the game ended.
LOB - BYU 5; LBSU 4. 2B - Carrasco. SH - ENGEL.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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AFFLECK,Paige.......  6.2  4  1  1  2  4 23 25  98
Long Beach State       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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Petty, Taylor.......  4.0  1  0  0  1  4 13 14  47
Turner, Brooke......  3.0  0  0  0  3  4  8 12  51
Win - Turner (5-2).  Loss - AFFLECK (4-7).  Save - None.
Pitches/strikes: AFFLECK 98/61; Petty 47/31; Turner 51/30.
Umpires - HP: Tracy Stoteling  1B: Steve McCown  3B: Kevin Davis
Start: 1:55 PM   Time: 1:24   Attendance: 122
Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy
Petty faced 1 batter in the 5th.
Game: BY-LBSU
Play-by-Play
                         2011 San Diego State Softball
                Brigham Young vs Long Beach State - Play-by-Play
              Mar 03, 2011 at San Diego, Calif. (SDSU SB Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 000 0 -  0  1  0
Long Beach State.... 000 000 1 -  1  4  0
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Brigham Young starters: 16/ss CLAYTON; 20/lf MESSERSCHMID; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 10/c FITU; 9/dp ATAGI; 33/3b ROBB; 24/1b ENGEL; 5/rf HUDSON; 19/cf DUGAS; 12/p AFFLECK;
Long Beach State starters: 17/cf Stephan; 2/lf Denio; 14/rf DeBaun; 19/dp Carrasco; 11/2b St. Germain; 7/1b Schallig; 21/3b Javier; 4/c Sandoval; 1/ss Rosen; 5/p Petty;
Brigham Young 1st - CLAYTON struck out swinging (1-2 KKBS). MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging (0-2 SSS). DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to lf (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Long Beach State 1st - Stephan singled through the left side (1-0 B). Denio reached on a fielder's choice to third base (2-1 BBK); Stephan out at second 3b to ss. DeBaun popped up to ss (0-1 F). Carrasco popped up to 2b (1-1 KB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - FITU grounded out to p (1-1 BK). ATAGI grounded out to 3b (1-1 SB). ROBB struck out looking (2-2 BFBKK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Long Beach State 2nd - St. Germain walked (3-2 BBKFBB). Schallig flied out to lf (0-0). Javier grounded out to p (0-2 FF); St. Germain advanced to second. St. Germain out at second c to 2b, picked off. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - ENGEL grounded out to c (2-2 FKBBF). HUDSON popped up to ss (1-2 KBS). DUGAS grounded out to ss (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Long Beach State 3rd - Sandoval struck out looking (0-2 KFFK). Rosen grounded out to ss (2-1 KBB). Stephan grounded out to p (1-2 FFB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - CLAYTON lined out to lf (0-0). MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging (2-2 BKSBS). DELAHOUSSAYE singled through the left side (1-2 BKK). FITU grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Long Beach State 4th - Denio grounded out to 3b (2-2 BKKB). DeBaun lined out to cf (3-1 BBKB). Carrasco struck out swinging (1-2 BFFFS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - ATAGI walked (3-1 BBBKB). Turner to p for Petty. ROBB walked (3-2 BKBBKF); ATAGI advanced to second. ENGEL out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); ROBB advanced to second; ATAGI advanced to third. HUDSON popped up to 3b (2-2 KKBB). DUGAS grounded out to ss (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Long Beach State 5th - St. Germain struck out looking (3-2 BKKBBK). Schallig flied out to rf (1-1 BK). Javier struck out looking (2-2 KBFBK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - CLAYTON grounded out to 2b (1-1 KB). MESSERSCHMID walked (3-2 BFBFFFBB). DELAHOUSSAYE walked (3-2 BBBKKB); MESSERSCHMID advanced to second. FITU struck out swinging (0-2 FFS). ATAGI grounded out to ss (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Long Beach State 6th - De Gaetano pinch hit for Sandoval. De Gaetano lined out to cf (0-0). Madigan pinch hit for Rosen. Madigan grounded out to 2b (0-0). Stephan grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - Sandoval to c for De Gaetano. Rosen to ss for Madigan. ROBB struck out looking (1-2 KKBK). ENGEL struck out swinging (0-2 KSS). HUDSON struck out swinging (3-2 KBBKBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Long Beach State 7th - Denio grounded out to 3b (3-1 BBBK). DeBaun grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). Carrasco doubled down the lf line (3-2 BBBKK). Bell pinch ran for Carrasco. St. Germain walked (3-2 KBBFBB). Schallig singled to shortstop (0-0); St. Germain advanced to second; Bell advanced to third. Javier singled to center field, RBI (1-2 KFBFF); Schallig advanced to second; St. Germain advanced to third; Bell scored. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

BYU softball is traveling to San Diego to participate in the Campbell/Cartier Classic on Mar. 3-5, facing No. 25 Houston, Long Beach State, No. 23 Fresno State, No. 6 UCLA and Cal Poly.

CLICK HERE to visit the tournament page.

COUGAR QUICK HITS

— BYU is a combined 9-13 all-time against this week’s Campbell/Cartier Classic opponents. BYU has already faced Cal Poly this season, winning 8-6 on Feb. 18. The Cougars will also face Long Beach State and UCLA next weekend in addition to this weekend.

— The Cougars are playing their sixth, seventh and eighth ranked teams of the season, facing No. 25 Houston, No. 23 Fresno State and No. 9 UCLA. BYU is 1-4 against ranked teams so far this season.

— BYU currently leads the MWC in runs, hits, walks, stolen bases and opposing batting average.

— BYU senior catcher Jessica Fitu leads the league in batting average (.538), on base percentage (.600), hits (28), RBI (20), home runs (5) and total bases (48). Junior centerfielder Jessica Dugas also leads the league in walks with 13.

OPPONENTS SERIES NOTES

BYU and Houston will face off for the first time in five years on Thursday. The Cougars have climbed up into the Top 25. Houston is led by pitcher Amanda Crabtree who earned Conference USA Pitcher of the Week after throwing a no-hitter last week against Louisiana-Monroe. Houston will bring an eight-game win streak to its contest against BYU, including two wins against No. 20 LSU and a win over No. 18 Oklahoma State.

Long Beach State is also coming off a week in which the 49ers also defeated a ranked team, beating No. 6 Oklahoma, 2-1. Megan Denio hits a team-high .438 with a .548 on base percentage while Erin Jones-Wesley is the team’s leading pitcher with a 5-1 record, 1.59 ERA and 42 strikeouts in nine appearances.

Fresno State is receiving votes in the major polls after winning six of its first seven games of the year, including triumphs over No. 8 Missouri and No. 18 Oklahoma State. Michelle Moses has three home runs and eight RBI for the Bulldogs who are hitting .301 as a team. Pitcher Mackenzie Oakes is 4-0 on the year, sporting a 2.36 ERA.

UCLA, the defending national champions, are facing the Cougars for the first time since 2003 in the first of two matchups between the squads on the year. The Bruins have combined for 25 home runs and 241 total bases in their 16 games. Two UCLA pitchers have ERAs under 1.00, with Donna Kerr’s 0.83 ERA and 5-0 record leading the way.

BYU and Cal Poly are playing each other for the second time this season after BYU claimed an 8-6 win on Feb. 18 in Las Vegas. Sophomore Hannah Howell shutout the Mustangs in five innings of relief. Cal Poly has struggled, sporting a 2-13 record after playing a brutal schedule that has featured 10 ranked teams.

GRAND RECORD

Senior catcher Jessica Fitu hit the fourth grand slam of her career last weekend against Cal State Northridge, setting a new BYU record for most grand slams in a career and tying for third place all-time in the NCAA record books.

WALKING TO A RECORD

Senior second baseman Kristin Delahoussaye moved into second place last week on the BYU career walk list, garnering the 107th of her career. Oli Keohohou is in first place with 200 career walks at BYU.

GOTTA SCORE

BYU is 6-0 when scoring at least six runs and 0-7 when scoring four runs or less. The difference between the Cougars current 7-8 record and something better is slim--seven of BYU’s eight losses have come by three runs or less and three losses have come by a single run.

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.