Urincho-Snow Hits Grand Slam in Win

OREM -- BYU (38-17, 13-3) completed the season sweep of Utah Valley State (23-29) with a 6-3 victory Tuesday afternoon.

Despite the win, BYU head coach Gordon Eakin was displeased with the team's effort and blamed himself for the lack of focus.

"We anticipated a battle," Eakin said. "You have to give credit to [Utah Valley pitcher] Jackie [Roberts] and their team, but we were looking past them to this weekend. That's probably my fault because we've been focusing on UNLV and a potential conference championship. We won't make that mistake again."

Dani Urincho-Snow hit a grand slam in the top of the first to give the Cougars a 4-0 lead. The hit was Urincho-Snow's first career grand slam. The Wolverines got two back in the bottom of the order thanks to an RBI-single by Cherylyn McGraw and a steal of home base by Cari Hamilton.

BYU added to its lead in the fifth when Emi Snow came to bat with runners on first and second. The junior smacked a double to left field bringing in Cortney Nix-Clark for the 5-2 lead. Andrea Ramirez then drove in Jodi Norton giving the Cougars a 6-2 advantage after five innings of play.

Utah Valley would score one more in the final inning for the 6-3 final, BYU's 38th win of the season. Urincho-Snow improved to 6-2 with the complete game victory, striking out five and allowing just two earned runs.

The Cougars finish up the regular season with four home games. First up is a double-header against UNLV on Thursday at 6 p.m. (MST) and 8 p.m. The 6 p.m. game will be broadcast on CSTV.

Brigham Young Univer at Utah Valley State
                    May 08, 2007 at Orem, Utah (MStar Field)
Brigham Young Univer 6 (38-17)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Cortney Nix-Clark c......  4  1  1  0   0  0  5  1   1
Jennifer Whiteley lf.....  4  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
Jodi Norton ss...........  3  2  1  0   1  0  3  1   0
Emi Snow rf..............  3  1  2  1   0  0  1  0   0
 Stephanie Platt rf......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Andrea Ramirez dp/1b.....  3  1  0  1   0  0  5  1   1
Daniela Urincho 1b/p.....  3  1  2  4   0  0  0  0   1
Tracee Hoch 2b...........  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  2   0
Angeline Quiocho 3b......  2  0  0  0   0  1  4  1   0
Monica Gonzales cf.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
Christina Gwyn p/dp......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 29  6  7  6   1  4 21  6   4
Utah Valley State 3 (23-29)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jasmine Joyce rf.........  3  1  0  0   1  0  2  0   3
Cari Hamilton cf.........  3  1  2  0   1  0  3  0   0
Cheryl McGraw ss.........  4  1  2  1   0  0  0  1   0
Heidi Boyer dp...........  4  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
Jamie Tonis c............  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  0   2
Lindsay Dyer 3b..........  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  4   3
 Jordan Chaney pr/3b.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Madi Bowen ph...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Natalie Paulsen 1b.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  7  0   0
Jackie Roberts p.........  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  3   0
Sara Roskelley lf........  2  0  0  0   1  0  3  0   1
Lauren Augino 2b.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  1   0
Totals................... 29  3  7  1   4  5 21  9   9
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univer 400 020 0 -  6  7  1
Utah Valley State... 200 000 1 -  3  7  2
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E - WHITELEY; DYER 2. LOB - BYU Cougars 4; UVSC 9. 2B - SNOW. HR - URINCHO.
SH - QUIOCHO. SB - HAMILTON; MCGRAW.
Brigham Young Univer   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Christina Gwyn......  0.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Daniela Urincho.....  7.0  7  3  2  4  5 29 33
Utah Valley State      IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Jackie Roberts......  7.0  7  6  2  1  4 29 31
Win - URINCHO (6-2).  Loss - ROBERTS (11-10).  Save - None.
PB - NIX-CLARK.
Umpires - HP: Terry Balser  1B: Ray Meibos  3B: Brett Higgins
Start: 4:00 pm   Time: 1:49   Attendance: 121
Game: BY_UVSC4
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univer 400 020 0 -  6  7  1
Utah Valley State... 200 000 1 -  3  7  2
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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;
Utah Valley State starters: 6/rf JOYCE; 4/cf HAMILTON; 12/ss MCGRAW; 8/dp
BOYER; 2/c TONIS; 18/3b DYER; 13/1b PAULSEN; 5/p ROBERTS; 9/lf ROSKELLEY; 3/2b
AUGINO;
Brigham Young Univer 1st - NIX-CLARK grounded out to 3b. WHITELEY out at
first p to 2b, bunt. NORTON walked. SNOW singled; NORTON advanced to second.
RAMIREZ reached on an error by 3b; SNOW advanced to second; NORTON advanced to
third. URINCHO homered, 4 RBI, unearned; RAMIREZ scored, unearned; SNOW scored,
unearned; NORTON scored, unearned. HOCH flied out to cf. 4 runs, 2 hits, 1
error, 0 LOB.
Utah Valley State 1st - RAMIREZ to 1b. URINCHO to p. GWYN to dp. JOYCE
walked. HAMILTON singled; JOYCE advanced to second. MCGRAW singled, RBI;
HAMILTON advanced to third; JOYCE scored. BOYER struck out swinging. MCGRAW
stole second; HAMILTON stole home. TONIS flied out to rf. DYER struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 2nd - QUIOCHO struck out swinging. GONZALES
grounded out to p. NIX-CLARK flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Utah Valley State 2nd - PAULSEN popped up to 3b. ROBERTS walked.
ROSKELLEY grounded out to 2b; ROBERTS advanced to second. JOYCE reached on a
fielder's choice; ROBERTS out at third 3b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 3rd - WHITELEY grounded out to 2b. NORTON grounded
out to 3b. SNOW reached on an error by 3b. RAMIREZ flied out to lf. 0 runs,
0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Utah Valley State 3rd - HAMILTON walked. MCGRAW out at first 3b to 2b;
HAMILTON advanced to second. BOYER struck out swinging. TONIS popped up to ss.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 4th - URINCHO singled. HOCH flied out to lf.
QUIOCHO grounded out to 3b; URINCHO advanced to second. GONZALES flied out to
cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Utah Valley State 4th - DYER singled. CHANEY pinch ran for DYER. PAULSEN
flied out to cf. ROBERTS reached on a fielder's choice; CHANEY out at second 1b
to ss. ROBERTS advanced to second on a passed ball. ROSKELLEY walked. JOYCE
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 5th - CHANEY to 3b. NIX-CLARK singled. WHITELEY
struck out looking. NORTON singled; NIX-CLARK advanced to second. SNOW doubled,
RBI; NORTON advanced to third; NIX-CLARK scored. RAMIREZ flied out to rf, RBI;
SNOW advanced to third; NORTON scored. URINCHO flied out to cf. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Utah Valley State 5th - PLATT to rf for SNOW. HAMILTON singled. MCGRAW
popped up to c. BOYER flied out to lf. TONIS lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 6th - HOCH singled. QUIOCHO out at first p to 2b,
SAC, bunt; HOCH advanced to second. GONZALES struck out looking. NIX-CLARK
flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Utah Valley State 6th - BOWEN pinch hit for CHANEY. BOWEN struck out
swinging. PAULSEN struck out swinging. ROBERTS singled. ROSKELLEY popped up to
3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 7th - DYER to 3b for BOWEN. WHITELEY grounded out
to ss. NORTON grounded out to 3b. PLATT struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah Valley State 7th - JOYCE popped up to ss. HAMILTON grounded out to
1b unassisted. MCGRAW singled. BOYER reached on an error by lf, advanced to
second; MCGRAW scored, unearned. TONIS singled; BOYER advanced to third. DYER
grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.