Cougs Split Day One at Texas A&M to Remain at .500

COLLEGE STATION -- Bhe BYU women's softball team defeated McNeese St. 7-1 before losing to No. 24 Texas A&M 9-1 in five innings at College Station, Texas, Friday. The Cougars are now 3-3 on the season and will play the same teams at the same time on Saturday. Live internet stats and audio are available for the game.

In a game that Oii Kehohou was not sure whether she would play or not, the junior slugger hit a long solo home run in the second inning to give the Cougars an early 1-0 lead. The home run is the third of the year and 42nd in her career. Oli also recorded a double in the fourth to bring in a run.

BYU quickly loaded the bases in the same inning as senior Brooke Cadiente stepped to the plate and hit a grand slam with two outs. This marked the first home run of the season for Cadiente, whose last home run was also a grand slam against San Diego State in the MWC Tournament last season. Brooke hit another home run, a solo shot, late in the game to mark her third career game where she homered twice.

Junior Kate Walker went a solid 3-4 at the plate for her best offenseive game of the early season.

Senior Cynthia Fallowfield (1-0) pitched a complete game on the mound giving up only one run.

In game two, Niki Andersen (1-2) picked up the loss for the Cougars giving up four hits and four runs in one inning on the mound.

BYU trailed 6-0 in the second inning before freshman Ianeta Lei, who also recorded a double, scored to bring the gap within five. The Aggies scored three runs in the fifth inning off freshman Brooke Boyce to end the game early.

The Cougars mustered only two hits while giving up 14 hits to the Aggies.

"We've got to give credit to their hitters who hit the ball really well," head coach Gordon Eakin said. "We are trying not to put too much emphasis on the game and score more runs that they do tomorrow."

GAME 1
 The Automated ScoreBook
                         Brigham Young vs McNeese State
           Feb 14, 2003 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Cmplx)
Brigham Young 7 (3-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WATSON, Lauren c.........  2  1  0  0   2  0  5  1   0
OSBORN, Belinda rf.......  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  4  0  1  0   0  1  3  1   0
 DODDS, Debbie pr........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
KEOHOHOU, Oli dh.........  3  2  2  2   1  0  0  0   0
LEI, Ianeta cf...........  3  1  0  0   1  1  0  0   3
CADIENTE, Brooke lf......  4  2  2  5   0  0  1  0   0
WALKER, Kate ss..........  4  0  3  0   0  0  3  3   0
LAYNS, Arron 1b..........  3  0  0  0   0  3  6  0   1
JONES, Milli 2b..........  3  0  1  0   0  2  2  0   1
FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia p...  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Totals................... 30  7 10  7   4  8 21  7   6
McNeese State 1 (0-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Steen dh.................  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Holt ph.................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   3
Fontenot, R. cf..........  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Jordan 1b................  4  0  2  0   0  2  9  0   0
Prudhomme c..............  3  0  0  0   1  1  8  0   2
 Fontenot, A. pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Denham, S. ss............  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  3   0
Salter 3b................  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   4
Wappler rf...............  1  0  1  0   1  0  1  0   0
 Achee ph................  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Parks lf.................  2  0  1  0   1  1  1  0   0
Edlund 2b................  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  1   2
Hale p...................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Denham, J. p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 28  1  8  0   4  6 21  6  11
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 010 050 1 -  7 10  2
McNeese State....... 001 000 0 -  1  8  0
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E - WALKER; LAYNS. DP - BYU 1. LOB - BYU 6; MCN 11. HR - KEOHOHOU; CADIENTE
2. HBP - Denham, S.. SB - Steen.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia  7.0  8  1  0  4  6 28 33
McNeese State          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Hale................  4.1  8  6  6  4  6 21 25
Denham, J...........  2.2  2  1  1  0  2  9  9
Win - FALLOWFIELD (1-0).  Loss - Hale (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - Denham, J.. HB - FALLOWFIELD. PB - Prudhomme.
Umpires - HP: Doug Castle  1B: Robert Elizondo  3B: David Ramirez
Start: 12:00   Time: 2:50   Attendance:
GAME 2
    The Automated ScoreBook
                           Texas A&M at Brigham Young
           Feb 14, 2003 at College Station, TX (Aggie Softball Cmplx)
Texas A&M 9 (6-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Martin ss................  3  2  1  1   0  0  1  3   0
Fowler cf................  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Gregory 2b...............  4  2  2  3   0  0  0  2   3
Collins c................  4  2  3  2   0  0  4  0   0
Robinson dh..............  3  0  2  2   0  1  0  0   0
Gunter 1b................  4  0  2  1   0  0  7  0   1
Atkins rf................  4  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   4
Davis 3b.................  3  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   2
James lf.................  2  2  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
Slataper p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Totals................... 29  9 14  9   1  1 15  7  10
Brigham Young 1 (3-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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KEOHOHOU, Oli dh.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
WALKER, Kate ss..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  3   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  2  0  1  0   0  0  1  5   0
CADIENTE, Brooke lf......  1  0  0  0   1  0  2  0   1
LEI, Ianeta cf...........  2  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   1
LAYNS, Arron c...........  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
DODDS, Debbie rf.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
BARNES, Katy 1b..........  2  0  0  0   0  2  8  0   0
GERHAUSER, Lindsey 2b....  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  1   0
ANDERSEN, Niki p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BOYCE, Brooke p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 FLINT, Mandy p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 18  1  2  0   2  5 15  9   4
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Texas A&M........... 240 03 -  9 14  1
Brigham Young....... 010 00 -  1  2  1
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E - Gunter; RUSSELL. LOB - Texas A&M 10; BYU 4. 2B - Martin; Gregory;
Collins 2; LEI. HBP - Martin; Fowler; Robinson. SH - Fowler.
Texas A&M              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Slataper............  5.0  2  1  0  2  5 18 20
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ANDERSEN, Niki......  1.0  4  4  4  1  0  6  9
BOYCE, Brooke.......  3.1 10  5  4  0  1 21 22
FLINT, Mandy........  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  2  3
Win - Slataper (3-2).  Loss - ANDERSEN (1-2).  Save - None.
HB - ANDERSEN; BOYCE; FLINT. PB - Collins.
Umpires - HP: Clyde Oberg  1B: Robert Elizondo  3B: Doug Castle
Start: 3:15   Time: 1:55   Attendance: 556