Head Home With Two Losses

LAS -- The BYU women's softball team suffered two disappointing losses to both Kansas, 5-3, and San Jose State, 3-2, during its final day of the Louisville Slugger Red Desert Classic in Las Vegas. The Cougars are now 7-3 on the season.

"It was very disappointing for us today," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "We didn't show up to play in either of our games."

During the first game, freshman pitcher Paige Affleck recorded her first loss of the season and is now 3-1 on the year.

The Cougars were able to put up seven hits against the Jayhawks, but were unable to capitalize on scoring opportunities, and two errors proved to be costly by allowing three unearned runs in the second inning.

BYU jumped ahead of Kansas when lead-off batter Monica Gonzales reached first on a error from the Kansas first baseman, and then scored off of a double up the middle from Emi Snow Willing.

Kansas tied the score 1-1 in the bottom of the first inning with a single to right field that brought in a Kansas base runner from second.

The Cougars regained their lead in the second inning with a two-run home run from sophomore Amanda Vance, her second on the season.

The Jayhawks came up to bat with a 3-1 score deficit in the bottom of the third inning. Two walk, a wild pitch and a passed ball advanced Kansas base runners, and game them a 4-3 lead at the end of the inning.

A solo shot by the Kansas lead-off batter in the fifth inning extended the Jayhawk lead to 5-3. The Cougars were unable to come back despite putting on six base runners in the remaining innings.

Against San Jose State, BYU allowed the Spartans to take the lead in the third inning when a fielder's choice permitted the first run. A two-run homer gave San Jose State a 3-0 lead at the close of the third.

BYU senior Dani Snow put the Cougars on the board with a solo shot in the top of the fourth inning. Caschjen Davis knocked in pinch runner Stephanie Platt Hopkins in the top of the sixth inning and BYU was unable to score any runs in the seventh inning, leaving the score at 3-2.

The Cougars next travel to Knoxville, Tenn., for five games against Tennessee, Louisiana Monroe and Virginia in the Tennessee Classic Feb. 21-23. Live stats for the games are available at www.byucougars.com.

The Automated ScoreBook
                        Brigham Young vs San Jose State
                        Feb 16, 2008 at Las Vegas, Nev.
Brigham Young 2 (7-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  2  0  1  0   2  1  1  3   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   1
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  2   3
WILLING, Emi rf..........  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   1
 HOPKINS, Stephanie pr...  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  1  1  1   0  0  6  0   0
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  3  0  1  1   0  2  1  0   0
JENKINS, Shaylyn c.......  2  0  0  0   1  2  4  0   1
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  2   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 TRICE, Christina p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 23  2  3  2   5  9 18  9   6
San Jose State 3 (5-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Taylor cf................  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
Perez lf.................  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Fangonilo ss.............  3  1  1  1   0  0  0  3   0
McConnell c..............  3  1  1  2   0  0  9  1   0
Smith dp.................  3  0  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
 Taniyama pr.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Hayes 3b.................  2  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Brown 3b................  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Hawkins 1b...............  2  0  0  0   1  0  9  0   2
Robertson 2b.............  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  0   2
Wells rf.................  1  1  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
Mauer p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  6   0
Totals................... 24  3  6  3   2  4 21 10   5
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 101 0 -  2  3  1
San Jose State...... 003 000 X -  3  6  0
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E - PURCELL. DP - Cougars 1. LOB - Cougars 6; Spartans 5. 2B - Smith. HR -
SNOW; McConnell. SH - GONZALES. SB - QUIOCHO; DELAHOUSSAYE.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  2.2  4  3  1  2  2 13 15
TRICE, Christina....  3.1  2  0  0  0  2 11 11
San Jose State         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Mauer...............  7.0  3  2  2  5  9 23 29
Win - Mauer (5-2).  Loss - ZINANTI (2-1).  Save - None.
Umpires -
Start: 12:00 p.   Time: 1:33   Attendance:
Game: SJSU1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                 Brigham Young vs San Jose State - Play-by-Play
                        Feb 16, 2008 at Las Vegas, Nev.
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 101 0 -  2  3  1
San Jose State...... 003 000 X -  3  6  0
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Brigham Young starters: 33/3b QUIOCHO; 24/cf GONZALES; 10/ss PURCELL; 18/rf
WILLING; 22/1b SNOW; 6/dp VANCE; 9/lf DAVIS; 16/c JENKINS; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE;
14/p ZINANTI;
San Jose State starters: 22/cf Taylor; 26/lf Perez; 42/ss Fangonilo; 19/c
McConnell; 23/dp Smith; 4/3b Hayes; 5/1b Hawkins; 14/2b Robertson; 9/rf Wells;
7/p Mauer;
Brigham Young 1st - QUIOCHO walked. GONZALES out at first c to 2b, SAC;
QUIOCHO advanced to second. PURCELL struck out. WILLING grounded out to ss.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Jose State 1st - Taylor struck out. Perez flied out to 3b. Fangonilo
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - SNOW grounded out to p. VANCE struck out. DAVIS
struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Jose State 2nd - McConnell grounded out to 2b. Smith struck out.
Hayes singled. Hawkins walked; Hayes advanced to second. Robertson grounded out
to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - JENKINS struck out. DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to p.
QUIOCHO singled. QUIOCHO stole second. GONZALES flied out to 1b. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
San Jose State 3rd - Wells walked. Taylor reached on an error by ss;
Wells advanced to second. Perez reached on a fielder's choice; Taylor out at
second ss to 2b; Wells advanced to third. Fangonilo reached on a fielder's
choice, RBI; Perez out at second 3b to 2b; Wells scored, unearned. McConnell
homered, 2 RBI, unearned; Fangonilo scored. Smith doubled. Taniyama pinch ran
for Smith. Hayes singled; Taniyama advanced to third. TRICE to p for ZINANTI.
Hawkins flied out to 2b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - Brown to 3b for Hayes. PURCELL grounded out to p.
WILLING flied out to cf. SNOW homered, RBI. VANCE grounded out to ss. 1 run,
1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
San Jose State 4th - Robertson struck out looking. Wells singled. Taylor
grounded out to 3b; Wells advanced to second. Perez flied out to lf. 0 runs,
1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - DAVIS struck out. JENKINS walked. DELAHOUSSAYE
reached on a fielder's choice; JENKINS out at second ss to 2b. DELAHOUSSAYE
stole second. QUIOCHO walked. GONZALES walked; QUIOCHO advanced to second;
DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third. PURCELL struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
San Jose State 5th - Fangonilo singled. McConnell grounded into double
play ss to 2b to 1b; Fangonilo out on the play. Smith to dp for Taniyama. Smith
struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - WILLING walked. HOPKINS pinch ran for WILLING. SNOW
grounded out to p; HOPKINS advanced to second. VANCE struck out looking. DAVIS
singled, RBI; HOPKINS scored. JENKINS struck out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
San Jose State 6th - WILLING to rf for HOPKINS. Brown flied out to cf.
Hawkins flied out to rf. Robertson grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to p. QUIOCHO struck out
looking. GONZALES grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
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Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                     Bringham Young vs University of Kansas
            Feb 16, 2008 at Las Vegas, Nevada (Stephanie Craig Field)
Bringham Young 3 (7-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GONZALES, Monica cf......  4  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  1   1
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  1   0
WILLING, Emi c...........  4  0  2  1   0  0 13  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  4  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   2
 NIX, Whitney pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  2  0  1  0   1  0  2  0   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  2  1  0  0   1  0  1  0   5
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  3  1  1  2   0  0  0  0   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 OLANDER, Erin ph........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 TRICE, Christina p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 28  3  7  3   2  7 18  2   8
University of Kansas 5 (8-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Jobe 1b..................  3  1  1  1   0  0  9  0   0
McCaulley cf.............  3  1  2  2   0  0  1  0   0
Chapple 3b...............  2  0  0  0   1  1  1  4   1
Pottorf c................  3  0  1  1   0  2  7  0   0
Hile dp..................  3  0  0  0   0  3  0  0   2
Kocon rf.................  3  1  1  0   0  2  0  0   0
Crisosto ss..............  3  1  0  0   0  1  0  1   0
Wilson lf................  3  0  0  0   0  3  1  0   0
Ramirez 2b...............  1  1  0  1   1  1  2  1   0
Vertelka p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Clark p.................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 24  5  5  5   2 13 21 10   3
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Bringham Young...... 120 000 0 -  3  7  2
University of Kansas 130 010 X -  5  5  2
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E - PURCELL; AFFLECK; Jobe(3); Kocon(1). LOB - BYU 8; Kansas 3. 2B -
WILLING. HR - VANCE; Jobe(1). HBP - PURCELL. SH - DELAHOUSSAYE. SB -
Chapple(3).
Bringham Young         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  1.1  3  4  1  1  2  8  9
TRICE, Christina....  4.2  2  1  1  1 11 16 17
University of Kansas   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Vertelka............  2.0  3  3  2  1  1  9 11
Clark...............  5.0  4  0  0  1  6 19 21
Win - Vertelka (5-0).  Loss - AFFLECK (3-1).  Save - Clark (2).
WP - AFFLECK. HBP - by Clark (PURCELL). BK - Vertelka(1). PB - WILLING.
Umpires - HP: Rick Shomion  3B: Emily Wright
Start: 9:00 am   Time: 2:04   Attendance: 204
Game: SJS1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
             Bringham Young vs University of Kansas - Play-by-Play
            Feb 16, 2008 at Las Vegas, Nevada (Stephanie Craig Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Bringham Young...... 120 000 0 -  3  7  2
University of Kansas 130 010 X -  5  5  2
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Bringham Young starters: 24/cf GONZALES; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 10/ss PURCELL; 18/c
WILLING; 22/1b SNOW; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 9/lf DAVIS; 6/dp VANCE; 5/rf HOPKINS; 12/p
AFFLECK;
University of Kansas starters: 22/1b Jobe; 2/cf McCaulley; 17/3b Chapple; 10/c
Pottorf; 12/dp Hile; 9/rf Kocon; 8/ss Crisosto; 1/lf Wilson; 24/2b Ramirez; 4/p
Vertelka;
Bringham Young 1st - GONZALES reached on an error by 1b. DELAHOUSSAYE
out at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; GONZALES advanced to second. GONZALES
advanced to third on a balk. PURCELL grounded out to 3b. WILLING doubled up the
middle, RBI; GONZALES scored, unearned. SNOW flied out to lf. 1 run, 1 hit,
1 error, 1 LOB.
University of Kansas 1st - Jobe grounded out to ss. McCaulley singled to
second base. Chapple grounded out to 2b; McCaulley advanced to second. Pottorf
singled to right field, RBI; McCaulley scored. Hile struck out. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Bringham Young 2nd - QUIOCHO grounded out to 3b. DAVIS walked. VANCE
homered, 2 RBI; DAVIS scored. HOPKINS grounded out to p. GONZALES singled,
advanced to second on an error by rf, advanced to third. DELAHOUSSAYE struck
out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
University of Kansas 2nd - Kocon singled through the right side.
Crisosto reached on an error by p, bunt; Kocon advanced to second. Wilson
struck out. Crisosto advanced to second; Kocon advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Ramirez walked, advanced to second, RBI; Crisosto advanced to third;
Kocon scored on a passed ball, unearned. TRICE to p for AFFLECK. Jobe fouled
out to 3b. McCaulley singled, 2 RBI; Ramirez scored, unearned; Crisosto scored,
unearned. Chapple struck out looking. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Bringham Young 3rd - Clark to p for Vertelka. PURCELL struck out
looking. WILLING singled to left center. SNOW struck out. QUIOCHO singled to
pitcher; WILLING advanced to second. DAVIS popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
University of Kansas 3rd - Pottorf struck out. Hile struck out. Kocon
struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bringham Young 4th - VANCE grounded out to p. HOPKINS struck out
looking. GONZALES struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
University of Kansas 4th - Crisosto flied out to lf. Wilson struck out.
Ramirez struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bringham Young 5th - DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to 3b. PURCELL singled
through the right side. WILLING flied out to cf. SNOW singled to right field;
PURCELL advanced to third. NIX pinch ran for SNOW. QUIOCHO intentionally
walked; NIX advanced to second. DAVIS grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
University of Kansas 5th - SNOW to 1b for NIX. Jobe homered, RBI.
McCaulley popped up to 3b. Chapple walked. Chapple stole second, advanced to
third on an error by ss. Pottorf struck out. Hile struck out. 1 run, 1 hit,
1 error, 1 LOB.
Bringham Young 6th - VANCE grounded out to ss. OLANDER pinch hit for
HOPKINS. OLANDER struck out looking. GONZALES grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
University of Kansas 6th - HOPKINS to rf for OLANDER. Kocon struck out.
Crisosto struck out. Wilson struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Bringham Young 7th - DELAHOUSSAYE struck out. PURCELL hit by pitch.
WILLING popped up to 3b. SNOW grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.