BYU Loses Close Game to Cal-Poly, Shuts Out St. Mary's

ST. GEORGE -- The BYU women's softball team lost a close one to Cal-Polu 7-6, and rebounded to win against St. Mary's 9-0, in five innings to finish the opening weekend of the season at 2-2.

In the first game against the Gaels, BYU led 6-5 going into the bottom of the seventh inning but failed to close out the game. After hitting two singles, the Gaels loaded the bases with a walk. Cal-Poly tied the game with a hit-by-pitch and then Natalie Carrillo singled to bring in the winning run.

All-American Oli Keohohou went 2-3 with a home run, her second of the season, and two runs scored. Freshman Ashlyn Russell went 3-3 and hit two home runs, the first two of her career, and scored two runs.

Freshman Brooke Boyce got the nod on the mound with her first career start. She allowed four hits and three runs in five innings on the mound.

In game two against St. Mary's, the Cougars overcame the letdown of the Cal-Poly game and won 9-0 in only five innings led by sophomore Debbie Dodds' 2-3 performance with a double, RBI and two runs scored.

Sophomore Niki Andersen picked up the shut out allowing only three hits in five innings.

Offense was the key for the 2-2 start on the season, BYU produced 30 runs in four games.

"Right now our hitting is much better than we expected so early in the season," head coach Gordon Eakin said. "There is still plenty of softball to play and we hope to improve on all aspects of the game."

The Cougars will not play next weekend and will resume their season at the Texas A&M Tournament in College Station Texas on Feb. 14. The Cougars will play the Aggies and McNeese St. twice in two days at the tournament.

The Automated ScoreBook
                     Brigham Young Univ. vs Cal-Poly Univ.
                Feb. 1, 2003 at St. George, Utah (Canyoun Park)
Brigham Young Univ. 6 (1-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WATSON, Lauren c.........  4  0  1  0   0  0  3  0   0
OSBORN, Belinda rf.......  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
LEI, Ianeta cf...........  3  1  0  0   1  1  1  0   3
KEOHOHOU, Oli 1b.........  3  2  2  2   1  0 11  0   0
CADIENTE, Brooke lf......  4  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  4  2  3  3   0  0  0  4   0
 GERHAUSER, Lindsey 3b...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WALKER, Kate ss..........  4  0  1  1   0  0  2  3   1
BARNES, Katy dh..........  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
JONES, Milli 2b..........  3  0  1  0   0  0  3  3   2
BOYCE, Brooke p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 FLINT, Mandy p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 ANDERSEN, Niki p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 31  6  9  6   3  2 20 13   7
Cal-Poly Univ. 7 (2-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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SPARREY 2b...............  4  2  2  0   0  0  2  2   0
DALENA cf................  3  1  2  0   0  0  5  0   0
STOUFER ss...............  4  0  1  2   0  0  2  3   0
BALLARD 1b...............  4  0  1  1   0  0  6  0   1
 MILLER 1b...............  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SHUBERT c................  3  1  1  0   1  0  2  0   2
RAMIS dh.................  1  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
CARRILLO 3b..............  4  1  2  3   0  0  1  0   0
WILSON rf................  2  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   0
 BROOKS rf...............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
PAYAN lf.................  2  1  0  0   1  2  1  0   1
GELBART p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 VANDERBEEK p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 28  7  9  7   2  3 21  9   7
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 012 100 2 -  6  9  2
Cal-Poly Univ....... 101 012 2 -  7  9  1
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Note: 2 outs, 3 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - LEI; JONES; GELBART. DP - BYU Cougars 1. LOB - BYU Cougars 7; Gaels 7.
2B - WALKER; SPARREY. HR - KEOHOHOU(2); RUSSELL 2(2); CARRILLO. HBP - RAMIS
3. SH - DALENA. SB - SPARREY.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BOYCE, Brooke.......  5.0  5  4  2  1  2 20 23
FLINT, Mandy........  1.2  3  3  3  1  1  7  9
ANDERSEN, Niki......  0.0  1  0  0  0  0  1  2
Cal-Poly Univ.         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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GELBART.............  3.2  7  4  3  1  2 19 20
VANDERBEEK..........  3.1  2  2  2  2  0 12 14
Win - VANDERBEEK.  Loss - FLINT.  Save - None.
HBP - by BOYCE (RAMIS); by FLINT (RAMIS); by ANDERSEN (RAMIS). PB - WATSON.
Umpires -
Start: 10:00 am   Time: 2:00   Attendance: 100
BOYCE faced 1 batter in the 6th.
ANDERSEN faced 2 batters in the 7th.
GAME 2
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                   St. Mary's College vs Brigham Young Univ.
                 Feb. 1, 2003 at St. George, Utah (Canyon Park)
St. Mary's College 0
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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REDDING cf...............  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  2   0
PAPILLOS rf..............  2  0  1  0   1  1  2  0   0
HARNIFIN 3b..............  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
ARNOLD dh................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
MILNER c.................  2  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   0
LARSEN ss................  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   3
WILLIAMS 1b..............  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   0
JANISCH lf...............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
HAMAGUCHI 2b.............  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   2
LARSEN, P p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 19  0  3  0   1  5 12  5   7
Brigham Young Univ. 9 (2-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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KEOHOHOU, Oli 1b.........  2  1  1  1   2  0  7  0   0
WALKER, Kate ss..........  3  0  1  1   0  1  0  0   2
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  2  0  2  1   1  0  2  2   0
WATSON, Lauren rf........  3  0  2  2   0  0  0  0   0
LEI, Ianeta dh...........  2  1  1  0   1  1  0  0   1
CADIENTE, Brooke lf......  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   3
LAYNS, Arron c...........  3  1  1  0   0  0  5  0   0
 BARNES, Katy c..........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
DODDS, Debbie cf.........  3  2  2  1   0  1  0  0   0
GERHAUSER, Lindsey 2b....  2  2  2  3   1  0  1  0   0
ANDERSEN, Niki p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 23  9 13  9   5  3 15  4   8
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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St. Mary's College.. 000 00 -  0  3  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 135 0X -  9 13  3
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E - LARSEN, P; KEOHOHOU; RUSSELL; GERHAUSER. LOB - St. Mary's 7; BYU Cougars
8. 2B - KEOHOHOU; DODDS. SH - LARSEN; JANISCH; WALKER. SB - KEOHOHOU;
GERHAUSER.
St. Mary's College     IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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LARSEN, P...........  4.0 13  9  7  5  3 23 29
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ANDERSEN, Niki......  5.0  3  0  0  1  5 19 22
Win - ANDERSEN (1-2).  Loss - LARSEN, P ().  Save - None.
Umpires -
Start: 1:30   Time: 2:00   Attendance: 100