Cougars Sweep Aggies, 5-1, 4-3

Watson brings in the game-winning run in extra innings of game two

PROVO -- The BYU softball team swept Utah State 5-1, 4-3 on Tuesday at Gail Miller Field. With the wins, the Cougars post a 23-12, 3-3 record and improve the all-time series against the Aggies to 17-0.

In the first game of the two game set, BYU jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when Ianeta Le'i scored off an Aggie wild pitch.

The Cougars added another run in the bottom of the fourth inning off Jodi Norton's tenth double of the season, which knocked in Lindsey Gerhauser (pinch runner for Kate Walker) to put BYU up by two runs.

With one on base in the bottom of the fifth inning, Le'i kept her hitting streak alive and extended it to nine games with a two-run homer, her third of the year. With bases loaded, Debbie Dodds came through with a nice hit to left field to bring in Kate Walker and give BYU a five-run cushion.

In the top of the sixth inning, an Aggie single to right field knocked in Utah State's first and only run of the game to bring the final score to 5-1.

Brooke Boyce (7-5) threw a great five innings for BYU to allow no Aggie runs and receive the win on the mound. Ariel Capra relieved Boyce in the top of the sixth inning and recorded three strikeouts in two innings.

In the second match up, Utah State got out to an early 2-0 lead off a sacrifice bunt and a Cougar error.

But Walker was clutch for BYU in the bottom of the fourth inning with a three-run home run to right centerfield, her sixth of the year, to put the Cougars up one run.

Utah State's Candice Hatch brought in the tying run in the top of the sixth inning off a single to right centerfield.

Neither team scored in the seventh inning to propel the game into extra frames.

Niki Andersen and the BYU defense held Utah State scoreless in the top of the eighth inning to give the Cougars an opportunity to get the win in the bottom of the inning.

BYU catcher Lauren Watson knocked in the game-winning run with a single up the middle in the bottom of the eighth inning to bring in Jennifer Whiteley (who started the extra innings at second base) for the winning run of the game to give the Cougars the 4-3 victory.

Andersen (13-4) recorded eight strikeouts and received the win on the mound after pitching a complete eight-inning game for BYU.

"Utah State played a good game and brought it to us today," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "I was happy with our pitching staff. All three did a good job and kept us in it."

The Cougars will play two away conference doubleheaders this week against Colorado State on Thursday, April 15 starting at 1 p.m. and New Mexico on Saturday, April 17 starting at 1 p.m. Live stats will be available for the game against New Mexico. A link is available on the BYU softball schedule page.

BYU will play at home again on Tuesday, April 20 in a doubleheader against UVSC starting at 5 p.m.

Utah State at Brigham Young Univ. (Game 1)
Apr 13, 2004 at BYU PRROVO UTAH (GAIL MILLER FIELD)
Utah State 1 (7-28,3-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Vance 2b.................  4  0  1  0   0  2  2  2   0
Henderson ss.............  4  0  2  0   0  1  2  2   1
Garnett p................  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   1
 Bruins p................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Fleming 3b...............  3  0  3  0   0  0  2  0   0
 Chapin pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 McCartney pr............  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Smith cf.................  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   2
Leos 1b..................  3  0  1  1   0  0  5  2   0
 Vlahos pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Hatch c..................  3  0  0  0   0  1  4  3   3
Guzman lf................  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Carlson rf...............  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 28  1  8  1   0  6 18 10   7
Brigham Young Univ. 5 (22-12,3-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle dp..  4  0  2  0   0  1  0  0   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf/lf.  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   5
PARAMORE, Paige c........  3  0  1  0   1  1  6  0   0
 OSBORN, Belinda pr......  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WATSON, Lauren rf........  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   1
 JONES, Milli rf.........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  3  2  2  2   1  1  6  1   2
WALKER, Kate 2b..........  2  1  1  0   1  0  4  4   1
 GERHAUSER, Lindsey pr...  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  1   0
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  3  0  2  1   0  0  3  1   0
DODDS, Debbie lf/cf......  2  0  1  1   1  0  0  0   1
BOYCE, Brooke p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 CAPRA, Ariel p..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 27  5 11  4   5  3 21  9  10
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Utah State.......... 000 001 0 -  1  8  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 010 130 X -  5 11  0
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E - Fleming. LOB - Utah State 7; BYU Cougars 10. 2B - WHITELEY(2);
NORTON(10). HR - LE`I(3). SH - Smith; WALKER(6). SB - Carlson. CS - JONES,
M.(1); RUSSELL(1).
Utah State             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Garnett.............  4.1  9  5  5  4  1 21 26
Bruins..............  1.2  2  0  0  1  2  6  7
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BOYCE, Brooke.......  5.0  4  0  0  0  3 18 19
CAPRA, Ariel........  2.0  4  1  1  0  3 10 10
Win - BOYCE (7-5).  Loss - Garnett (0-14).  Save - None.
WP - Garnett.
Umpires - HP: TJ BREWSTER  1B: RAY MEIBOS  3B: CLAIRE MCBRIDE
Start: 3:05 PM   Time: 2:32   Attendance: 368
Game notes:
GAME One of doubleheader
Game: USU-BY1 
Play-by-Play 
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Utah State.......... 000 001 0 -  1  8  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 010 130 X -  5 11  0
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Utah State starters: 16/2b Vance; 18/ss Henderson; 9/p Garnett; 10/3b
   Fleming; 13/cf Smith; 7/1b Leos; 14/c Hatch; 3/lf Guzman; 11/rf Carlson;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 1/dp CHAMBERLAIN; 3/cf WHITELEY; 19/c
   PARAMORE; 11/rf WATSON; 66/1b LE`I; 5/2b WALKER; 25/3b RUSSELL; 8/ss
   NORTON; 20/lf DODDS; 9/p BOYCE;
Utah State - inning 1
   Vance struck out swinging. Henderson singled to right field. Garnett
   reached on a fielder's choice; Henderson out at second p to 2b. Fleming
   singled up the middle; Garnett advanced to second. Smith struck out
   swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 1
   CHAMBERLAIN singled to left field. WHITELEY popped up to 3b. CHAMBERLAIN
   out at second c to ss. PARAMORE singled up the middle. WATSON out at
   first ss to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Utah State - inning 2
   Leos out at first 1b to 2b. Hatch flied out to rf. Guzman grounded out to
   p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 2
   LE`I walked. WALKER out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; LE`I advanced to
   second. RUSSELL singled up the middle; LE`I advanced to third. RUSSELL
   advanced to second on a wild pitch; LE`I scored on a wild pitch. NORTON
   grounded out to 1b unassisted. DODDS grounded out to p. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
   errors, 1 LOB.
Utah State - inning 3
   Carlson grounded out to 2b. Vance singled to left center. Henderson
   grounded out to 2b; Vance advanced to second. Garnett grounded out to ss.
   0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 3
   CHAMBERLAIN singled to left center. WHITELEY doubled down the rf line;
   CHAMBERLAIN advanced to third. PARAMORE lined out to 3b. WATSON reached
   on a fielder's choice; WHITELEY advanced to third; CHAMBERLAIN out at
   home 2b to c. LE`I struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Utah State - inning 4
   Fleming singled down the rf line. Chapin pinch ran for Fleming. Chapin
   failed pickoff attempt. Smith out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Chapin
   advanced to second. Leos grounded out to 2b; Chapin advanced to third.
   Hatch struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 4
   Fleming to 3b for Chapin. WALKER walked. GERHAUSER pinch ran for WALKER.
   RUSSELL reached on a fielder's choice, bunt; GERHAUSER advanced to
   second. RUSSELL out at first c to 1b, caught stealing; GERHAUSER advanced
   to third. NORTON doubled to left center, RBI; GERHAUSER scored. DODDS
   walked. CHAMBERLAIN grounded out to ss; DODDS advanced to second; NORTON
   advanced to third. WHITELEY out at first 1b to 2b to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
   errors, 2 LOB.
Utah State - inning 5
   WALKER to 2b for GERHAUSER. Guzman lined out to ss. Carlson lined out to
   ss. Vance fouled out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 5
   PARAMORE walked. OSBORN pinch ran for PARAMORE. WATSON flied out to cf.
   LE`I homered to left field, 2 RBI; OSBORN scored. WALKER singled to right
   field. RUSSELL reached on a throwing error by 3b; WALKER advanced to
   second. NORTON singled to left center; RUSSELL advanced to second; WALKER
   advanced to third. Bruins to p for Garnett. DODDS singled to left field,
   RBI; NORTON advanced to second; RUSSELL advanced to third; WALKER scored.
   CHAMBERLAIN struck out swinging. WHITELEY popped up to rf. 3 runs, 4
   hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Utah State - inning 6
   PARAMORE to c for OSBORN. CAPRA to p for BOYCE. Henderson singled to left
   center. Bruins struck out swinging. Henderson failed pickoff attempt.
   Fleming singled to center field; Henderson advanced to second. Smith
   reached on a fielder's choice; Fleming advanced to second; Henderson out
   at third 3b unassisted. McCartney pinch ran for Fleming. Leos singled to
   right field, RBI; Smith advanced to third; McCartney scored. Vlahos pinch
   ran for Leos. Hatch grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 6
   Fleming to 3b for McCartney. Leos to 1b for Vlahos. WHITELEY to lf.
   JONES, M. to rf for WATSON. DODDS to cf. PARAMORE struck out looking.
   JONES, M. walked. JONES, M. out at second c to ss, caught stealing. LE`I
   singled to shortstop. WALKER flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.
Utah State - inning 7
   Guzman popped up to 2b. Carlson singled to center field. Vance struck out
   looking. Carlson stole second. Henderson struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
   hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. 
Utah State at Brigham Young Univ. (Game 2)
Apr 13, 2004 at BYU PROVO UT (GAIL MILLER FIELD)
Utah State 3 (7-29,3-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Vance 2b.................  4  0  1  0   0  2  2  1   2
Henderson ss.............  3  0  0  0   1  2  2  1   0
Garnett dp...............  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Fleming 3b...............  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  3   0
Bruins cf................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 Smith cf................  4  2  2  0   0  0  1  0   3
Leos 1b..................  4  1  1  0   0  0  8  1   0
Hatch c..................  3  0  1  2   0  1  4  0   0
Guzman lf................  3  0  0  0   1  2  3  0   0
Carlson rf...............  4  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   3
Higley p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 32  3  6  3   3  8 21  8  10
Brigham Young Univ. 4 (23-12,3-3 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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WATSON, Lauren c.........  4  0  1  1   0  0  9  0   0
OSBORN, Belinda lf.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  3   1
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  2  0  0  0   1  0  5  2   0
 GERHAUSER, Lindsey pr...  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
PARAMORE, Paige dp.......  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
WALKER, Kate 2b..........  3  1  1  3   0  1  3  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  2   0
DODDS, Debbie cf.........  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   2
WHITELEY, Jennifer rf....  3  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
ANDERSEN, Niki p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 27  4  5  4   1  4 24  8   4
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Utah State.......... 020 001 00 -  3  6  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 300 01 -  4  5  3
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Note: None out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.
E - Higley; WALKER 2(7); ANDERSEN(2). LOB - Utah State 10; BYU Cougars 4. 2B
- Vance; Smith 2. HR - WALKER(6). SH - Hatch.
Utah State             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Higley..............  7.0  5  4  3  1  4 27 28
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ANDERSEN, Niki......  8.0  6  3  2  3  8 32 36
Win - ANDERSEN (13-4).  Loss - Higley (5-13).  Save - None.
PB - WATSON(5).
Umpires - HP: RAY MEIBOS  1B: CLAIRE MCBRIDE  3B: TJ BREWSTER
Start: 6:00 PM   Time: 2:07   Attendance: 368
Game notes:
Game Two
BYU win both games of the doubleheader, going extra inning in the Second
Higley faced 1 batter in the 8th.
Game: USU-BY2 
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Utah State.......... 020 001 00 -  3  6  1
Brigham Young Univ.. 000 300 01 -  4  5  3
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Utah State starters: 16/2b Vance; 18/ss Henderson; 9/dp Garnett; 10/3b
   Fleming; 12/cf Bruins; 7/1b Leos; 14/c Hatch; 3/lf Guzman; 11/rf Carlson;
   20/p Higley;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 11/c WATSON; 18/lf OSBORN; 8/ss NORTON; 66/1b
   LE`I; 19/dp PARAMORE; 5/2b WALKER; 25/3b RUSSELL; 20/cf DODDS; 3/rf
   WHITELEY; 24/p ANDERSEN;
Utah State - inning 1
   Vance struck out swinging. Henderson struck out swinging. Garnett out at
   first 1b to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 1
   WATSON grounded out to 2b. OSBORN struck out looking. NORTON popped up to
   cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah State - inning 2
   Fleming flied out to rf. Smith to cf for Bruins. Smith doubled to center
   field. Leos singled down the rf line; Smith advanced to third. Hatch out
   at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt, RBI; Leos advanced to second; Smith scored.
   Guzman struck out, reached first on a passed ball. Carlson reached on an
   error by 2b, RBI; Guzman advanced to third; Leos scored, unearned. Vance
   struck out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 2
   LE`I reached on an error by p. PARAMORE flied out to lf. WALKER popped up
   to ss. RUSSELL singled to right field; LE`I advanced to second. DODDS
   lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Utah State - inning 3
   Henderson struck out swinging. Garnett reached on a throwing error by p.
   Fleming popped up to cf. Smith popped up to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error,
   1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 3
   WHITELEY grounded out to 3b. WATSON grounded out to ss. OSBORN grounded
   out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah State - inning 4
   Leos grounded out to 1b unassisted. Hatch flied out to 2b. Guzman popped
   up to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 4
   NORTON struck out swinging. LE`I walked. PARAMORE singled up the middle;
   LE`I advanced to second. GERHAUSER pinch ran for LE`I. WALKER homered to
   right center, 3 RBI; PARAMORE scored; GERHAUSER scored. RUSSELL grounded
   out to 3b. DODDS grounded out to 1b unassisted. 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors,
   0 LOB.
Utah State - inning 5
   LE`I to 1b for GERHAUSER. Carlson lined out to 3b. Vance doubled to left
   center. Henderson grounded out to 3b. Garnett walked. Fleming singled to
   left field; Garnett advanced to second; Vance advanced to third, out at
   home ss to c. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 5
   WHITELEY singled to first base. WATSON reached on a fielder's choice;
   WHITELEY out at second 1b to ss. OSBORN grounded out to p; WATSON
   advanced to second. NORTON fouled out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.
Utah State - inning 6
   Smith doubled down the lf line. Leos out at first 3b to ss to 1b; Smith
   advanced to third. Hatch singled to center field, RBI; Smith scored.
   Guzman struck out swinging. Carlson struck out swinging. 1 run, 2 hits, 0
   errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 6
   LE`I grounded out to p. PARAMORE popped up to cf. WALKER struck out
   swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah State - inning 7
   Vance grounded out to ss. Henderson walked. Garnett reached on a fielding
   error by 2b; Henderson advanced to second. Fleming fouled out to c.
   Henderson failed pickoff attempt. Smith flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits,
   1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 7
   RUSSELL struck out looking. DODDS flied out to lf. WHITELEY flied out to
   lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah State - inning 8
   Smith placed on second. Leos grounded out to p; Smith advanced to third.
   Hatch struck out swinging. Guzman walked. Carlson fouled out to ss. 0
   runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. - inning 8
   WHITELEY placed on second. WHITELEY failed pickoff attempt. WATSON
   singled to center field, RBI; WHITELEY scored. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
   LOB.