Whiteley Caps Comeback Win With RBI-Single

PROVO -- BYU (29-16, 8-2) extended its winning streak to nine games Saturday afternoon with a 6-5 victory over New Mexico (14-16, 4-3).

The win marks BYU's 14th straight win over the Lobos dating back to the 2004 season.

"This win is a huge builder for us," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "It shows we can win with our speed and our never die attitude. It's a great position to be in with an 8-2 record heading into the second half of conference play."

Like the night before, New Mexico got off to a fast start taking a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the first. Amy Ray hit the two-run home run that gave the Lobos the early lead. Mountain West Conference Player of the Week Analise Rubalcava put another one up for New Mexico in the third, a solo shot to left field that made it a 3-0 game.

The Cougars got on the board in the third when Andrea Ramirez hit a two-out double to score Jodi Norton. However, BYU's comeback would have to wait as Katie Gilmore's RBI-single in the fifth brought the Lobos' lead back to three. Dani Urincho-Snow walked in New Mexico's fifth and final run in the sixth.

Needing four runs to force extra innings, the Cougars worked themselves into a two-on-and-one-out situation in the bottom of the seventh. With runners at the corners, Ramirez cranked one out of the park to bring BYU within one run. After Urincho-Snow grounded out, Tracee Hoch reached on a fielding error by the Lobos' second baseman. Quiocho singled to keep the rally alive, and then Monica Gonzales loaded up the bases for Nix-Clark on a fielder's choice.

Nix-Clark delivered with a fielder's choice single. Quiocho beat the tag at third to allow Hoch to score the tying run. The play set the stage for the game's final at-bat. Senior Jennifer Whiteley took a full-count pitch into shallow right field for the game-winning RBI.

"The seventh inning was one of the funnest I've ever been involved with," Eakin said. "We said in the sixth inning that we weren't going to quit, and I think the girls took me seriously."

BYU stays home for a double-header on Tuesday, April 24, against Southern Utah. Game times are set for 3 p.m. (MST) and 5 p.m.

New Mexico at Brigham Young Univer
                Apr 21, 2007 at Provo, Utah (Gail Miller Field)
New Mexico 5 (29-17)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Samantha Hughes cf.......  3  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   0
Analise Rubalcava 3b.....  3  3  3  1   1  0  1  3   0
Amy Ray 2b...............  2  1  1  3   2  0  2  2   0
Lindsey Elcess 1b........  4  0  2  0   0  0  8  0   3
Katie Gilmore ss.........  3  0  1  1   1  0  0  2   0
Becky Dover dp...........  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   3
 Jennifer Deitrich pr....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Ashley Allen lf..........  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   2
 Sara Loeffelholz lf.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Erin Brandow c...........  3  0  0  0   1  2  6  1   1
Ryanne Hodgins rf........  3  1  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Caley Peterson p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 27  5  7  5   7  5 20  9   9
Brigham Young Univer 6 (14-16)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Cortney Nix-Clark c......  4  0  0  1   1  2  6  1   2
Jennifer Whiteley lf.....  5  1  3  1   0  0  2  0   0
Jodi Norton ss...........  1  1  1  0   3  0  3  2   0
 Jana Anderson pr........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Emi Snow rf..............  4  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
Andrea Ramirez dp/1b.....  4  1  2  4   0  1  3  0   1
Daniela Urincho 1b/dp....  3  0  1  0   1  1  2  0   0
Tracee Hoch 2b...........  4  1  0  0   0  1  3  3   3
Angeline Quiocho 3b......  3  1  2  0   1  1  1  1   0
Monica Gonzales cf.......  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   2
Christina Gwyn p/dp......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 32  6 11  6   6  6 21  8  12
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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New Mexico.......... 201 011 0 -  5  7  1
Brigham Young Univer 001 000 5 -  6 11  0
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Note: 2 outs, 3 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - RAY. DP - NM 1. LOB - NM 9; BYU Cougars 12. 2B - RUBALCAVA; RAMIREZ. HR
- RUBALCAVA; RAY; RAMIREZ. HBP - HUGHES. SB - HODGINS. CS - ALLEN;
NIX-CLARK.
New Mexico             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Caley Peterson......  6.2 11  6  4  6  6 32 38
Brigham Young Univer   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Christina Gwyn......  5.2  7  5  5  4  5 23 28
Daniela Urincho.....  1.1  0  0  0  3  0  4  7
Win - URINCHO (5-2).  Loss - PETERSON (0-4).  Save - None.
HBP - by GWYN (HUGHES).
Umpires - HP: Bob Marcialis  1B: Clair McBride  3B: Brett Higgins
Start: 2:00 pm   Time: 2.5 hrs   Attendance: 435
Game: BYU_UNM2
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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New Mexico.......... 201 011 0 -  5  7  1
Brigham Young Univer 001 000 5 -  6 11  0
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New Mexico starters: 4/cf HUGHES; 2/3b RUBALCAVA; 8/2b RAY; 20/1b ELCESS; 24/ss
GILMORE; 44/dp DOVER; 1/lf ALLEN; 16/c BRANDOW; 13/rf HODGINS; 11/p PETERSON;
Brigham Young Univer starters: 10/c NIX-CLARK; 3/lf WHITELEY; 8/ss NORTON;
18/rf SNOW; 31/dp RAMIREZ; 22/1b URINCHO; 4/2b HOCH; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 24/cf
GONZALES; 11/p GWYN;
New Mexico 1st - HUGHES struck out swinging. RUBALCAVA singled. RAY
homered, 2 RBI; RUBALCAVA scored. ELCESS singled. GILMORE walked; ELCESS
advanced to second. DOVER popped up to c. ALLEN struck out swinging. 2 runs,
3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 1st - NIX-CLARK struck out swinging. WHITELEY
singled. NORTON singled; WHITELEY advanced to second. SNOW hit into double play
3b to 1b; WHITELEY out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New Mexico 2nd - BRANDOW struck out swinging. HODGINS grounded out to
ss. HUGHES struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 2nd - RAMIREZ struck out swinging. URINCHO singled.
HOCH struck out swinging. QUIOCHO singled; URINCHO advanced to second. GONZALES
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New Mexico 3rd - RUBALCAVA homered, RBI. RAMIREZ to 1b. URINCHO to dp.
RAY out at first p to 2b. ELCESS singled. GILMORE grounded out to 2b; ELCESS
advanced to second. DOVER grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 3rd - NIX-CLARK struck out looking. WHITELEY
grounded out to ss. NORTON walked. SNOW singled; NORTON advanced to second.
RAMIREZ doubled, RBI; SNOW advanced to third; NORTON scored. URINCHO walked.
HOCH flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
New Mexico 4th - ALLEN walked. BRANDOW struck out swinging; ALLEN out at
second c to ss, caught stealing. HODGINS grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 4th - QUIOCHO struck out swinging. GONZALES
grounded out to 3b. NIX-CLARK walked. NIX-CLARK out at second c to 2b, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 5th - HUGHES flied out to lf. RUBALCAVA doubled. RAY walked.
ELCESS popped up to 2b. RAMIREZ to dp. URINCHO to 1b. GILMORE singled, RBI; RAY
advanced to third; RUBALCAVA scored. GILMORE advanced to second on the throw.
DOVER popped up to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 5th - WHITELEY grounded out to 2b. NORTON walked.
SNOW flied out to rf. RAMIREZ flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
New Mexico 6th - ALLEN grounded out to 3b. BRANDOW walked. HODGINS
reached on a fielder's choice; BRANDOW out at second 2b to ss. HODGINS stole
second. HUGHES hit by pitch. RAMIREZ to 1b. URINCHO to p. GWYN. RUBALCAVA
walked; HUGHES advanced to second; HODGINS advanced to third. RAY walked, RBI;
RUBALCAVA advanced to second; HUGHES advanced to third; HODGINS scored. ELCESS
popped up to 2b. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 6th - LOEFFELHOLZ to lf for ALLEN. URINCHO struck
out swinging. HOCH grounded out to ss. QUIOCHO walked. GONZALES singled;
QUIOCHO advanced to second. NIX-CLARK grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
New Mexico 7th - GILMORE flied out to cf. DOVER walked. DEITRICH pinch
ran for DOVER. LOEFFELHOLZ popped up to ss. BRANDOW flied out to lf. 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 7th - DOVER to dp for DEITRICH. WHITELEY singled.
NORTON walked; WHITELEY advanced to second. ANDERSON pinch ran for NORTON. SNOW
reached on a fielder's choice; ANDERSON out at second 2b unassisted; WHITELEY
advanced to third. RAMIREZ homered, 3 RBI; SNOW scored; WHITELEY scored.
URINCHO grounded out to p. HOCH reached on an error by 2b. QUIOCHO singled;
HOCH advanced to second. GONZALES reached on a fielder's choice; QUIOCHO
advanced to second; HOCH advanced to third. NIX-CLARK reached on a fielder's
choice, RBI; GONZALES advanced to second; QUIOCHO advanced to third; HOCH
scored, unearned. WHITELEY singled, RBI; NIX-CLARK advanced to second; GONZALES
advanced to third; QUIOCHO scored, unearned. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3
LOB.

Watch Jennifer Whiteley's game-winning RBI