Cougars Drop Two in Doubleheader

LAS -- The BYU women’s softball team dropped both games of a Friday doubleheader at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic in Las Vegas, as the team fell to 5-4 on the season after losing to No. 6 Michigan, 4-2, and Louisville, 3-2.

Against Michigan BYU managed to come back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game before costly errors allowed the Wolverines to finish with a 4-2 win.

The Cougars totaled five hits off of the Michigan pitching staff that struck out a combined 13 BYU batters. Amanda Vance was 1-for-2 with a solo home run, while Kristin Delahoussaye went 1-for-3 with an RBI single.

Paige Affleck received the loss for the Cougars. The sophomore hurler dropped to 2-2 on the season. Affleck allowed four runs, two earned, off of six hits.

After a scoreless first inning, a hit batsman and a walk put two Michigan runners on base, and both scored off of a double, hit down the right field line.

With a 2-0 deficit the Cougars battled in the top of the third inning. Freshman Coreen Lopez led off the inning with a single to left field. Delahoussaye brought Lopez in with a single, before Michigan retired the Cougars.

In the fourth inning Michigan mounted a scoring threat with a leadoff single and a sacrifice bunt to advance the runner. Yet, the aggressive play of the Wolverines was cut short by the strong arm a sophomore catcher Jessica Purcell with a pick off down to second base.

Junior Amanda Vance evened out the score with a leadoff solo homer in the top of the fifth inning. The homer retired Michigan pitcher JordanTaylor who was relieved by Nikki Nemitz.

Two fielding errors in the top of the fifth inning gave Michigan two unearned runs before the Cougars retired the side.

Nemitz managed to control the game, receiving the win after tossing three hitless innings.

In the second game of the doubleheader Louisville got a single run in the first inning that the Cougars managed to match with an RBI single from Purcell to score Delahoussaye from third.

Junior Christie Zinanti allowed two doubles to leadoff the second inning that scored a run, and a solo homer in the third inning to give Louisville a two-run lead over BYU.

The Cougar offense was unable to generate runs, stranding three baserunners through four innings. Purcell managed to reach first after getting hit by a pitch, and a single to right field from Lopez brought Purcell around the base paths.

With two runners on base and only one out in the sixth inning Louisville managed to execute two quick outs to end the inning and the BYU scoring threat.

In the seventh inning Messerschmidt walked to reach based but she was left stranded by the final outs of the game.

The Cougars look to improve their play at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic when they face Southern Miss at 9 a.m. and UC Davis at 11:15 Saturday.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                        Brigham Young Univ. vs Michigan
                      02-13-09 at Henderson, Nev. (SLC #1)
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (5-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi 2b..  3  0  1  1   1  2  5  2   0
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiffa dp..  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
 HICKS, Krista ph........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
RAMIREZ, Andrea ss.......  3  0  0  0   0  3  2  5   3
PURCELL, Jessica c.......  3  0  1  0   0  2  3  2   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
WILLARD, Delaney rf......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
LOPEZ, Coreen 3b.........  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  1   1
VANCE, Amanda 1b.........  2  1  1  1   1  0  8  1   0
 NIX-THOMAS, Whitney pr..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 26  2  5  2   3 13 18 14   6
Michigan 4 (5-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Evans lf.................  4  1  1  0   0  1  1  0   1
Ewing ss.................  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   0
Findlay rf...............  2  0  1  0   1  0  2  0   0
Chidester dp.............  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Viefhaus 3b..............  2  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
Shaw 1b..................  1  1  1  0   2  0  4  0   0
 Gregory pr..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
St. Clair c..............  2  0  1  2   0  0 13  0   3
 Larsen pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Kirkpatrick 2b...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Bausher cf...............  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
J. Taylor p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 Nemitz p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 22  4  6  2   3  3 21  3   6
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 010 0 -  2  5  2
Michigan............ 020 020 X -  4  6  0
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E - RAMIREZ 2. LOB - BYU 6; Michigan 6. 2B - Viefhaus; St. Clair. HR -
VANCE. HBP - Viefhaus. SH - St. Clair; Kirkpatrick. SB - PURCELL. CS -
Evans.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  6.0  6  4  2  3  3 22 28
Michigan               IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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J. Taylor...........  4.0  5  2  2  1  5 17 18
Nemitz..............  3.0  0  0  0  2  8  9 11
Win - Nemitz (3-0).  Loss - AFFLECK (2-2).  Save - None.
WP - AFFLECK. HBP - by AFFLECK (Viefhaus).
Umpires - HP: Winn Garrett  1B: Bob Shelton  3B: Chris Drumm
Start: 9:00 am   Time: 2:00   Attendance: 106
Weather: 40ish and cloudy
Game: MICH1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                 Brigham Young Univ. vs Michigan - Play-by-Play
                      02-13-09 at Henderson, Nev. (SLC #1)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 010 0 -  2  5  2
Michigan............ 020 020 X -  4  6  0
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 20/dp MESSERSCHMID; 31/ss
RAMIREZ; 10/c PURCELL; 9/lf DAVIS; 11/rf WILLARD; 7/3b LOPEZ; 6/1b VANCE; 24/cf
GONZALES; 12/p AFFLECK;
Michigan starters: 5/lf Evans; 8/ss Ewing; 22/rf Findlay; 3/dp Chidester; 15/3b
Viefhaus; 23/1b Shaw; 24/c St. Clair; 12/2b Kirkpatrick; 2/cf Bausher; 7/p J.
Taylor;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE struck out looking. MESSERSCHMID
grounded out to p. RAMIREZ struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Michigan 1st - Evans struck out swinging. Ewing grounded out to 2b.
Findlay walked. Chidester struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - PURCELL struck out swinging. DAVIS grounded
out to ss. WILLARD grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Michigan 2nd - Viefhaus hit by pitch. Shaw walked; Viefhaus advanced to
second. St. Clair doubled down the rf line, 2 RBI; Shaw scored; Viefhaus
scored. Larsen pinch ran for St. Clair. Kirkpatrick out at first p to 2b, SAC,
bunt; Larsen advanced to third. Bausher grounded out to ss. Evans grounded out
to 3b. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - St. Clair to c for Larsen. LOPEZ singled to
left field. VANCE popped up to ss. GONZALES grounded out to 1b unassisted;
LOPEZ advanced to second. DELAHOUSSAYE singled to center field, RBI; LOPEZ
scored. MESSERSCHMID singled down the lf line; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second.
RAMIREZ struck out swinging. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Michigan 3rd - Ewing out at first p to ss to 1b. Findlay singled to
center field. Chidester reached on a fielder's choice; Findlay out at second ss
to 2b. Viefhaus grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - PURCELL singled through the left side. DAVIS
struck out swinging. WILLARD flied out to rf. PURCELL stole second. LOPEZ flied
out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Michigan 4th - Shaw singled through the left side. Gregory pinch ran for
Shaw. St. Clair out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt; Gregory advanced to second.
Gregory out at second c to 2b, picked off. Kirkpatrick popped up to ss. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - Shaw to 1b for Gregory. VANCE homered to left
field, RBI. GONZALES walked. Nemitz to p for J. Taylor. DELAHOUSSAYE struck out
looking. MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging. RAMIREZ struck out swinging. 1
run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Michigan 5th - Bausher singled to shortstop. Bausher advanced to second
on a wild pitch. Evans reached on a fielding error by ss, advanced to second;
Bausher advanced to third. Ewing grounded out to 2b. Findlay reached on a
throwing error by ss; Evans scored, unearned; Bausher scored, unearned.
Chidester popped up to 2b. Viefhaus doubled to left center; Findlay advanced to
third. Shaw walked. St. Clair grounded out to ss. 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors,
3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - PURCELL struck out swinging. DAVIS struck out
looking. WILLARD flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Michigan 6th - Kirkpatrick grounded out to p. Bausher struck out
swinging. Evans singled to left field. Evans out at second c to ss, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - LOPEZ struck out swinging. VANCE walked.
NIX-THOMAS pinch ran for VANCE. GONZALES struck out swinging. DELAHOUSSAYE
walked; NIX-THOMAS advanced to second. HICKS pinch hit for MESSERSCHMID. HICKS
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
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Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                       Louisville vs Brigham Young Univ.
                    Feb 13, 2009 at Henderson, Nev. (SLC 1)
Louisville 3 (6-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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ROTH c...................  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  0   0
JAMES dp.................  3  1  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
BEMIS 3b.................  4  0  2  0   0  1  0  3   2
CUNNINGHAM cf............  3  1  1  1   1  2  0  0   0
YORK lf..................  3  0  3  1   0  0  0  0   0
WADWELL p................  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  3   2
 BIVINS pr...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
ROESEL 2b................  4  0  1  0   0  2  5  3   3
STANFILL 1b..............  3  1  2  0   0  0 11  0   0
BARLOW rf................  1  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   2
 AUSTIN ph...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WHERRY ss................  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
Totals................... 28  3 11  3   3  8 21 12  10
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (5-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi 2b..  2  1  1  0   1  0  4  3   0
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiffa dp/r  1  0  0  0   2  0  0  0   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  4  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
PURCELL, Jessica c.......  3  0  1  1   0  0  7  3   2
 NIX-THOMAS, Whitney pr..  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea 1b.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  5  0   0
 VANCE, Amanda ph/dp.....  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
WILLARD, Delaney rf/1b...  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   2
LOPEZ, Coreen 3b.........  3  0  1  1   0  1  1  2   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
HICKS, Krista ss.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  3  1   2
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 AFFLECK, Paige p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 24  2  4  2   3  4 21  9   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Louisville.......... 111 000 0 -  3 11  0
Brigham Young Univ.. 100 001 0 -  2  4  0
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LOB - Cardinals 10; BYU 8. 2B - JAMES; ROESEL; STANFILL; WILLARD. HR -
CUNNINGHAM. HBP - WADWELL; DELAHOUSSAYE; PURCELL; HICKS. SH - YORK; AUSTIN;
MESSERSCHMID. SB - PURCELL. CS - JAMES.
Louisville             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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WADWELL.............  7.0  4  2  2  3  4 24 31
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  5.1  9  3  3  3  5 22 28
AFFLECK, Paige......  1.2  2  0  0  0  3  6  6
Win - WADWELL (4-0).  Loss - ZINANTI (3-2).  Save - None.
WP - WADWELL 2; ZINANTI 2. HBP - by ZINANTI (WADWELL); by WADWELL (HICKS); by
WADWELL (DELAHOUSSAYE); by WADWELL (PURCELL).
Umpires - HP: Bobby Shelton  1B: Christina Drumm  3B: Winn Garrett
Start: 11:25 am   Time: 2:15   Attendance: 217
Game: LOUI1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                Louisville vs Brigham Young Univ. - Play-by-Play
                    Feb 13, 2009 at Henderson, Nev. (SLC 1)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Louisville.......... 111 000 0 -  3 11  0
Brigham Young Univ.. 100 001 0 -  2  4  0
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Louisville starters: 22/c ROTH; 9/dp JAMES; 19/3b BEMIS; 21/cf CUNNINGHAM; 8/lf
YORK; 13/p WADWELL; 2/2b ROESEL; 23/1b STANFILL; 11/rf BARLOW; 0/ss WHERRY;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 20/dp MESSERSCHMID; 24/cf
GONZALES; 10/c PURCELL; 31/1b RAMIREZ; 11/rf WILLARD; 7/3b LOPEZ; 9/lf DAVIS;
22/ss HICKS; 14/p ZINANTI;
Louisville 1st - ROTH grounded out to ss. JAMES doubled to left field.
BEMIS singled to left field; JAMES advanced to third. CUNNINGHAM struck out
looking. YORK singled to pitcher, RBI; BEMIS advanced to second; JAMES scored.
WADWELL struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE walked. DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to
second on a wild pitch. MESSERSCHMID walked. GONZALES grounded out to 3b;
MESSERSCHMID advanced to second; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third. PURCELL
singled to right field, RBI; MESSERSCHMID advanced to third; DELAHOUSSAYE
scored. PURCELL stole second. RAMIREZ struck out swinging. WILLARD grounded out
to 1b unassisted. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Louisville 2nd - ROESEL doubled down the lf line. ROESEL out at second c
to 2b, picked off. STANFILL doubled to center field. BARLOW walked. ROTH
grounded out to 1b unassisted; BARLOW advanced to second; STANFILL advanced to
third. JAMES walked, RBI; BARLOW advanced to third on a wild pitch; STANFILL
scored on a wild pitch. BEMIS struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - LOPEZ grounded out to p. DAVIS grounded out to
ss. HICKS grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Louisville 3rd - CUNNINGHAM homered to center field, RBI. YORK singled
to center field. WADWELL hit by pitch; YORK advanced to second. BIVINS pinch
ran for WADWELL. ROESEL struck out looking. STANFILL fouled out to 3b. BIVINS
advanced to second on a wild pitch; YORK advanced to third on a wild pitch.
BARLOW struck out looking. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - WADWELL to p for BIVINS. DELAHOUSSAYE singled
to right field. MESSERSCHMID reached on a fielder's choice; DELAHOUSSAYE out at
second ss to 2b. GONZALES reached on a fielder's choice; MESSERSCHMID out at
second 3b to 2b. PURCELL grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Louisville 4th - ROTH grounded out to 2b. JAMES grounded out to 2b.
BEMIS flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - VANCE pinch hit for RAMIREZ. VANCE lined out
to 2b. WILLARD grounded out to 2b. LOPEZ struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Louisville 5th - MESSERSCHMID to rf. VANCE to dp. WILLARD to 1b.
CUNNINGHAM walked. YORK out at first 3b to 2b, SAC; CUNNINGHAM advanced to
second. WADWELL lined out to 2b. ROESEL popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - DAVIS struck out looking. HICKS hit by pitch.
DELAHOUSSAYE hit by pitch; HICKS advanced to second. MESSERSCHMID out at first
p to 2b, SAC; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second; HICKS advanced to third.
GONZALES grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Louisville 6th - STANFILL singled to right field. AUSTIN pinch hit for
BARLOW. AUSTIN out at first 3b to 2b, SAC; STANFILL advanced to second. ROTH
singled to right field; STANFILL advanced to third. AFFLECK to p for ZINANTI.
JAMES reached on a fielder's choice; ROTH out at second 2b to ss. JAMES out at
second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - BARLOW to rf for AUSTIN. PURCELL hit by pitch.
NIX-THOMAS pinch ran for PURCELL. VANCE popped up to 2b. WILLARD doubled to
right field; NIX-THOMAS advanced to third. LOPEZ singled to right field, RBI;
NIX-THOMAS scored. DAVIS struck out looking. HICKS grounded out to 1b
unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Louisville 7th - PURCELL to c for NIX-THOMAS. BEMIS singled to left
field. CUNNINGHAM struck out looking. YORK singled to right field; BEMIS
advanced to second. WADWELL struck out looking. ROESEL struck out swinging.
0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to 2b. MESSERSCHMID
walked. MESSERSCHMID advanced to second on a wild pitch. GONZALES grounded out
to ss. PURCELL popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.