Utah Game on Road Saturday on Webcast

PROVO -- The BYU women's softball team (24-16, 3-5) will travel to Utah State this Thursday to take on the Aggies (3-32) at 2 p.m. The Cougars will finish their weekend in-state road trip at MWC rival Utah (16-20, 5-3) on Saturday at noon in Salt Lake City.

The Cougars have defeated Utah State three times in as many meetings this season. The last time they met, BYU won at home 7-1, 9-8 (8). The Cougars haven't faced in-state rival Utah this season but Utah barely won the MWC Coach's preseason poll by one vote with the Cougars receiving one more first-place vote.

"We're glad to have the chance to stay close to home for the next two weeks," head coach Mary Kay Amicone said.

Sophomore Oli Keohohou currently leads the team in battinge averate (.421), hits (40), home runs (14), and slugging percentage (.895). Junior Brooke Cadiente is second in average (.314) and leads the team in RBI (37). Freshman Niki Andersen (6-5) leads the team in ERA (3.47) and strike outs (53). Cynthia Fallowfield leads the team in wins with 10.

The next home game for the Cougars will be a doubleheader on April 19th against San Diego State at 5 p.m. on KBYU television.

The doubleheader at Utah will be broadcast on the Internet via webcast at www.byucougars.com on the softball team page at the webcast link. The following link is also available:

Utah-BYU Game 1 and

Utah-BYU Game 2 at Utah on Saturday.

USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25

School Record Pts. LW

1. Arizona (22) 35-5 670 2

2. UCLA (5) 34-6 651 1

3. Stanford 33-5 623 3

4. Nebraska 34-7 582 4

5. LSU 32-8 568 5

6. Arizona State 33-9 522 8

7. Cal State Fullerton 38-9 520 7

8. California 37-12 497 6

9. Oklahoma 34-8 454 9

10. Washington 32-12 413 10

11. Florida Atlantic 44-7 410 11

12. (tie) Fresno State 32-13 357 12

(tie) Michigan 27-7 357 13

14. Oregon State 31-11 320 14

15. Alabama 33-13 288 15

16. DePaul 21-6 259 16

17. Pacific 28-12 228 18

18. Texas 34-10 206 20

19. Louisiana-Lafayette 29-10 201 17

20. Iowa 23-12 188 19

21. Florida State 34-13 103 21 (tie)

22. Baylor 35-10 96 24

23. Georgia 37-8 90 23

24 Texas A&M 28-8 82 21 (tie)

25. Ohio State 34-9 28 NR

Dropped Out: Minnesota.

Others Receiving Votes: South Carolina 21, Minnesota 11, Virginia 4, Georgia Tech 3, Long Beach

State 3, Stetson 3. Seven other teams (totaling 17 points) were listed on only one ballot and are not

included among others receiving votes.