Host Fresno State Too Much for Cougars

FRESNO -- After a two-week layoff, the BYU softball team (9-5) came out rusty and lost to Fresno State 3-1 in a game scheduled against the host of the Hedrick's Hallowell Chevrolet Classic Tournament this weekend. The Cougars must regroup for their toughest opponent of the season tomorrow against No. 1 UCLA, who have a 22-1 record.

Fresno State scored a run in the bottom of the first inning to take the quick 1-0 lead. The Cougars battled through a defensive battle to tie the game up in the fifth inning on a run scored by sophomore Debbie Dodds, who got on base on a Bulldog error and then scored on another error later in the inning.

Freshman Ashlyn Russell led the Cougars, who mustered only four hits, with a 2-3 outing at the plate. Sophomore Arron Layns and Ashlyn Russell went 1-3.

Senior Cynthia Fallowfield (1-2) picked up the loss giving up seven hits and three earned runs in six innings on the mound while striking out two batters.

After the UCLA game tomorrow, BYU will continue the tournament playing No. 15 DePaul and Cal-Poly on Friday. The Cougars will then finish the tournament on Saturday with games against St. Johns and a rematch against Fresno State. The Cougars are 0-3 all-time against the Bulldogs.

BYU Softball
                              BYU at Fresno State
                Mar 05, 2003 at Fresno, Calif. (Bulldog Diamond)
BYU 1 (9-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WATSON, Lauren rf........  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
WALKER, Kate ss..........  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  3   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  0  2  0   0  1  2  1   0
 GERHAUSER, Lindsey pr...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
KEOHOHOU, Oli 1b.........  3  0  0  0   0  2  8  0   1
CADIENTE, Brooke lf......  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
LEI, Ianeta dh...........  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   1
LAYNS, Arron c...........  3  0  1  0   0  0  2  0   2
DODDS, Debbie cf.........  3  1  0  0   0  2  2  0   1
JONES, Milli 2b..........  2  0  0  0   0  1  2  3   0
 OSBORN, Belinda ph......  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia p...  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 26  1  4  0   1 11 18 10   5
Fresno State 3 (4-8)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Shan lf..................  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Diaz 3b..................  3  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
Clark ss.................  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   1
Hoffman rf...............  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Gaynor pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
West c...................  3  0  2  1   0  0 11  1   0
 Oliver pr...............  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Ing cf...................  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
Southern p...............  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
Ferreira 1b..............  2  0  0  0   0  1  8  0   2
 Pierce ph...............  1  0  1  2   0  0  0  0   0
Lewis dh.................  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Pacheco 2b...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  3   0
Totals................... 23  3  7  3   1  2 21  5   6
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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BYU................. 000 010 0 -  1  4  1
Fresno State........ 100 002 X -  3  7  2
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E - WALKER; Ferreira 2(3). LOB - Cougars 5; Bulldogs 6. 2B - Pierce(1). HBP
- Hoffman. SH - Ing 2(5).
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia  6.0  7  3  3  1  2 23 27
Fresno State           IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Southern............  7.0  4  1  0  1 11 26 27
Win - Southern (3-5).  Loss - FALLOWFIELD (1-2).  Save - None.
WP - Southern(3). HB - FALLOWFIELD.
Umpires - HP: Chris Ward  1B: Rod Roseling  3B: Craig Heilbut
Start: 6:07 pm   Time: 1:46   Attendance: 1820