Ten Hits for Win Over Virginia

KNOXVILLE -- Led by first baseman Dani Snow, the BYU women's softball team defeated Virginia, 5-1, at the Tennessee Classic in Knoxville Tenn., Saturday. With the win, the Cougars advance to a 9-5 record.

BYU belted 10 hits against Virginia, its fourth double-digit hit game this season. Snow went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and a double. The two hits extended her current hitting streak to 10 games. Angeline Quiocho went 2-for 4, marking her seventh multiple hit game this season.

Christina Gwyn Trice, 3-1, recorded her third win of the season and her third complete game. She struck out 12 batters and gave up four hits.

"We played a lot better today," BYU head Coach Gordon Eakin said. "Christina pitched a good game and we were better offensively."

After a quite first inning, BYU left two runners in scoring position during the second inning. Snow doubled to left field and Jessica Purcell reached first off of a fielding error. Virginia retired three consecutive batters to end the inning with two runners on.

The Cougars broke the deadlock in the third inning. Quiocho singled to right field and Monica Gonzales reached first on a fielding error. Emi Snow Willing singled to load the bases and a walk awarded Snow a base, and brought in Quiocho. Purcell grounded out to second but got an RBI when Gonzales reached home.

In the top of the fifth inning Virginia evened the score, 2-1, when two walks put runners on first a second and an infield single loaded the bases. A passed ball allowed runners to advance and allowed Virginia to score. With two runners in scoring position and two outs a routine ground ball to third base ended the Virginia offensive threat.

During BYU's next at-bat the Cougars increased their lead, 4-1, when Snow homered to add two more runs. Two more singles followed, but both runners were left on base at the close of the inning.

Kristin Delahoussaye doubled down the left field line, advanced to third off a single from Quiocho and scored on a throwing error to make the score 5-1.

In the seventh inning Gwyn Trice walked the lead-off batter and another single put runners on first and second. The lead runner was tagged out during a fielder's choice and a pop fly ended the game, leaving two runners on.

Coming off two wins, the Cougars head to Arizona to play in the Arizona State Tournament Feb. 29. They face Drake, Creighton and No. 2 Arizona State.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                                Virginia vs BYU
            Feb 23, 2008 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Lee Softball Stadium)
Virginia 1 (1-7)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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O'Leary cf...............  3  0  2  0   1  1  2  0   0
Winger ss................  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  5   0
Preuss lf................  4  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   4
Haller dp................  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
Synder 3b................  3  0  0  0   0  3  0  0   0
Tacke rf.................  3  0  0  0   0  3  3  0   1
McCaskey 1b..............  3  0  0  0   0  2 10  0   1
Holstun p................  1  1  0  0   1  1  0  2   1
 Rife p..................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
Cameron 2b...............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
 Pettit ph...............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Javaras ph..............  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Pittman c................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 24  1  4  0   4 12 18  9   8
BYU 5 (9-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  4  1  2  0   0  0  2  2   1
GONZALES, Monica cf......  4  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
WILLING, Emi rf..........  3  0  2  0   1  0  1  0   0
 NIX, Whitney pr.........  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  1  2  3   1  0  4  1   0
PURCELL, Jessica c.......  4  0  1  1   0  0 10  2   2
DAVIS, Caschjen dp.......  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   2
VANCE, Amanda ss.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  1   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie lf....  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   4
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  1  1  0   0  0  2  0   0
TRICE, Christina p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 30  5 10  4   2  1 21  7   9
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Virginia............ 000 010 0 -  1  4  3
BYU................. 002 021 X -  5 10  0
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E - Synder; Rife; Cameron. LOB - Cavaliers 8; Cougars 9. 2B - SNOW;
DELAHOUSSAYE. HR - SNOW. SH - Winger; Haller. SB - QUIOCHO; VANCE.
Virginia               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Holstun.............  4.1  8  4  2  1  0 23 24
Rife................  1.2  2  1  0  1  1  7  8
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TRICE, Christina....  7.0  4  1  0  4 12 24 30
Win - TRICE (3-1).  Loss - Holstun (0-3).  Save - None.
WP - TRICE 2. PB - PURCELL 2.
Umpires - HP: Shelley Mangrum  1B: Larry White  3B: Phil Freels
Start: 10:02 am   Time: 1:55   Attendance:
Game: VIR1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                         Virginia vs BYU - Play-by-Play
            Feb 23, 2008 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Lee Softball Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Virginia............ 000 010 0 -  1  4  3
BYU................. 002 021 X -  5 10  0
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Virginia starters: 18/cf O'Leary; 17/ss Winger; 7/lf Preuss; 33/dp Haller; 9/3b
Synder; 19/rf Tacke; 11/1b McCaskey; 16/p Holstun; 24/2b Cameron; 4/c Pittman;
BYU starters: 33/3b QUIOCHO; 24/cf GONZALES; 18/rf WILLING; 22/1b SNOW; 10/c
PURCELL; 9/dp DAVIS; 6/ss VANCE; 5/lf HOPKINS; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 11/p TRICE;
Virginia 1st - O'Leary walked. Winger out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt;
O'Leary advanced to second. Preuss struck out swinging. Haller fouled out to
3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 1st - QUIOCHO flied out to rf. GONZALES grounded out to ss. WILLING
popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Virginia 2nd - Synder struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Tacke
struck out swinging, reached first on a passed ball. McCaskey struck out
swinging. Holstun struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 2nd - SNOW doubled to left field. PURCELL reached on a fielding
error by 2b; SNOW advanced to third. DAVIS grounded out to p; PURCELL advanced
to second. VANCE flied out to rf. HOPKINS grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit,
1 error, 2 LOB.
Virginia 3rd - Cameron flied out to cf. O'Leary struck out swinging.
Winger grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to 2b. QUIOCHO singled to left
field. GONZALES reached on a fielding error by 3b; QUIOCHO advanced to second.
WILLING singled through the left side; GONZALES advanced to second; QUIOCHO
advanced to third. SNOW walked, RBI; WILLING advanced to second; GONZALES
advanced to third; QUIOCHO scored, unearned. PURCELL grounded out to 2b, RBI;
SNOW advanced to second; WILLING advanced to third; GONZALES scored, unearned.
DAVIS grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Virginia 4th - Preuss singled to center field. Haller out at first c to
2b, SAC, bunt; Preuss advanced to second. Preuss advanced to third on a wild
pitch. Synder struck out swinging. Tacke struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 4th - VANCE singled to third base. HOPKINS flied out to cf. VANCE
stole second. DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to p; VANCE advanced to third. QUIOCHO
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Virginia 5th - McCaskey struck out swinging. Holstun walked. Pettit
pinch hit for Cameron. Pettit flied out to rf. O'Leary singled to shortstop;
Holstun advanced to second. Winger walked; O'Leary advanced to second; Holstun
advanced to third. Winger advanced to second on a passed ball; O'Leary advanced
to third on a passed ball; Holstun scored on a passed ball, unearned. Preuss
grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 5th - Cameron to 2b for Pettit. GONZALES grounded out to ss. WILLING
singled to center field. NIX pinch ran for WILLING. SNOW homered to left field,
2 RBI; NIX scored. PURCELL singled to shortstop. DAVIS singled to center field;
PURCELL advanced to second. Rife to p for Holstun. VANCE flied out to rf; DAVIS
advanced to second; PURCELL advanced to third. HOPKINS grounded out to 1b
unassisted. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Virginia 6th - WILLING to rf for NIX. Haller singled. Pittman pinch ran
for Haller. /  for Pittman. Synder struck out swinging. Pittman advanced to
second on a wild pitch. Tacke struck out swinging. McCaskey grounded out to ss.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 6th - Haller to dp for Pittman. Pittman to c. DELAHOUSSAYE doubled
down the lf line. QUIOCHO singled to pitcher; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third,
scored on a throwing error by p, unearned. QUIOCHO stole second. GONZALES
struck out swinging. WILLING walked. SNOW popped up to ss. PURCELL flied out to
cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Virginia 7th - Javaras pinch hit for Cameron. Rife struck out swinging.
Javaras walked. O'Leary singled up the middle; Javaras advanced to second.
Winger reached on a fielder's choice; O'Leary advanced to second; Javaras out
at third lf to 3b. Preuss popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
LOB.