Last Inning Hit Beats Cougars

ARLINGTON -- A run-scoring triple in the bottom of the seventh inning off pitcher Meghann Pricer helped the University of Texas-Arlington beat the BYU softball team, 1-0, Thursday afternoon.

Arlington third baseman Sherri Wardlow slapped a triple, knocking in freshman April Jones for the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. The game belonged to both pitchers as Pricer (0-2) gave up six hits while striking out seven before giving up the only run of the game. UTA freshman pitcher Katy Cox (1-0) also gave up six hits but no runs while striking out 10 Cougar batters.

BYU could not manage any runs, but third baseman Liz Boydston led the Cougars, going 3-for-3, including a double. Liz Smith's single extended her hitting streak to five games as she has hit safely in all games this season. Senior Jackie Ellis had a triple while freshman Oli Keohohou also had a hit for BYU.

With the loss, BYU drops to 1-4 on the season, while the Mavericks improve to 1-0. The Cougars will participate in the Arlington/ISUZU InterCollegiate Classic tomorrow with pool play against the University of Texas-San Antonio at 9 a.m., Louisiana Tech at 11:15 a.m., and No. 2 Oklahoma at 3:45 p.m.

The Automated ScoreBook
                     Brigham Young Univ. at Texas-Arlington
              Feb 08, 2001 at Arlington, Texas (Allan Saxe Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 0 (1-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Smith lf.................  3  0  1  0   0  2  2  0   0
Kelly cf.................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Boydston 3b..............  3  0  3  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Fernly pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Keohohou rf..............  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   1
Cadiente dh..............  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   1
Pringle 2b...............  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  1   0
Hanson 1b................  3  0  0  0   0  2  8  0   3
Ellis ss.................  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  2   0
Christiansen c...........  2  0  0  0   0  2  7  1   0
 Roberts ph..............  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Pricer p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 25  0  6  0   2 10 20  7   6
Texas-Arlington 1 (1-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Wardlow 3b...............  4  0  1  1   0  0  2  2   0
Lewis 2b.................  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  1   1
Koeth dh.................  3  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
Owens lf.................  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   3
Molinar rf...............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Cox p....................  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  1   1
Kirk 1b..................  3  0  0  0   0  0  5  0   0
Lommel ss................  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  1   1
Jones cf.................  2  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Carriger ph.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Allison c................  0  0  0  0   0  0 10  1   0
Totals................... 26  1  6  1   1  7 21  6   7
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 000 000 0 -  0  6  2
Texas-Arlington..... 000 000 1 -  1  6  0
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Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.
E - Keohohou; Pricer. LOB - Cougars 6; Mavericks 7. 2B - Boydston. 3B -
Ellis; Wardlow. SH - Carriger. SB - Owens. CS - Cadiente; Molinar.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Pricer..............  6.2  6  1  1  1  7 26 28
Texas-Arlington        IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Cox.................  7.0  6  0  0  2 10 25 27
Win - Cox (1-0).  Loss - Pricer (0-2).  Save - None.
WP - Pricer. PB - Christiansen.
Umpires - Home:Scott Hennigar  1st:Kevin Davis  2nd:Smokey Edds
Start: 3 p.m.   Time: 1:55   Attendance: 166