BYU Loses to UC Santa Barbara, 2-4

SANTA BARBARA -- The BYU women's softball team lost to UC Santa Barbara 2-4, Thursday. The loss drops the Cougars below the .500 mark to 5-6 in their tough non-conference schedule.

The Gauchos struck first with two runs in the first to take a quick 2-0 lead. They scored two more in the third to make it a four run lead. The Cougars scored their only two runs of the game in the fifth off a two-run blast from All-American Oli Keohohou, her fifth of the season.

The Cougars had only 4 hits and committed three errors showing lack of both offense and defense.

BYU will face No. 7 Cal and Sacramento State tomorrow at 10 a.m.and 12:30 p.m. at the "Softball By the Beach" Invitational hosted by UC Santa Barbara.

Brigham Young at UC Santa Barbara
             Feb 21, 2002 at Santa Barbara, Calif (Campus Diamond)
Brigham Young 2
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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VANDERLINDEN, Liz cf.....  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
JOHNSON, Jessica 3b......  2  0  0  0   2  1  1  3   0
BOYDSTON, Elizabeth 1b...  3  1  1  0   0  0  8  1   3
KEOHOHOU, Oli lf.........  3  1  1  2   0  1  1  0   0
CADIENTE, Brooke rf......  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   2
WATSON, Lauren c.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   3
 LAYNS, Arron c..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia p...  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  1   1
PRINGLE, Kari 2b.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  5  1   0
WALKER, Kate ss..........  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  5   0
Totals................... 27  2  4  2   3  7 18 12   9
UC Santa Barbara 4 (7-9)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Simien cf................  4  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   1
Beck rf..................  3  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
Tamai ss.................  3  0  2  0   0  1  3  1   0
 Adame pr................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Trinidad dh..............  4  1  1  1   0  1  0  0   4
Oliver 3b................  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  3   1
Bolton c.................  3  1  1  1   0  0  7  0   0
Streed 1b................  3  0  0  0   0  0  8  0   2
Pershing 2b..............  3  1  2  1   0  0  0  0   0
Groefsema lf.............  3  0  1  1   0  0  3  0   1
Thornburg p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 29  4 12  4   0  2 21  6   9
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 020 0 -  2  4  3
UC Santa Barbara.... 202 000 X -  4 12  2
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E - FALLOWFIELD; WALKER 2; Streed 2. LOB - BYU 9; UCSB 9. 2B - Trinidad(3).
HR - KEOHOHOU. HBP - BOYDSTON; KEOHOHOU. SH - Beck; Tamai. SB - Beck(3);
Adame(1). CS - Beck.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia  6.0 12  4  3  0  2 29 31
UC Santa Barbara       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Thornburg...........  7.0  4  2  2  3  7 27 32
Win - Thornburg (4-5).  Loss - FALLOWFIELD ().  Save - None.
WP - FALLOWFIELD. HB - Thornburg 2. BK - FALLOWFIELD 2. PB - WATSON.
Umpires - Home:John Bennett  1st:Billy Vinovich  3rd:Ron Drovl
Start: 2:00   Time: 2:15   Attendance: 74
Game: UCSB1