ALBUQUERQUE -- For most teams, getting a split on the road in conference play is good enough. Not for the BYU women's softball team (26-9, 4-2). Playing at New Mexico (17-27-1, 2-6), the Cougars lost the first game 4-2, then won the second game of the doubleheader 5-2.
BYU has won 17 of its last 19 games, but failed to gain ground on conference leading San Diego State, Thursday.
"We want to take one game at a time,' head coach Gordon Eakin said. "We are not happy with a split on the road. We expect to win every game."
In the first at bat of the day, junior Oli Keohohou led off the game with a solo home run, her 15th of the season. Keohohou was named as one of 25 finalists for the USA Softball Player of the Year Award this week. New Mexico's Ashley VanBoxmeer responded in the bottom of the first with a home run of her own.
Trailing 2-1 in the fifth inning, senior Brooke Cadiente hit an RBI single to score Keohohou, who reached on a walk, that tied the score at two runs apiece.
New Mexico's Ashley Shartzer hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning that proved to be the game winning runs to end the game 5-2.
MWC Pitcher of the Week Brooke Boyce (8-2), a freshman right-hander, picked up only her second lost of the season giving up seven hits through six innings on the mound with no walks and two strikeouts. Amy Dumas (11-11) picked up with win through seven innings for the Lobos. The Cougars left 10 runners on base in the game.
In game two, led 1-0 after one inning as Cadiente singled to score junior Kate Walker, who reached on a single and was advanced to third thanks to a Lauren Watson double.
The Cougars tacked on three runs in the fifth inning to take a 4-0 lead. Watson hit a solo home run, her sixth of the season. Cadiente singled to reach base and was brought home by a home run from freshman Neta Lei, her fourth of the season.
New Mexico responded in the bottom of the inning as VanBoxmeer hit a two RBI double to score Ora Hensley and Kelly Glass and close the gap to 4-2.
Keohohou did not allow the rally to phase her as she blasted a home run in the sixth inning to give the Cougars a 5-2. victory. The home run is her 16th of the season and she is only five away from tying her Cougar record of 21 she set her freshman season.
Sophomore Niki Andersen (7-3) picked up the win in a complete game four-hitter through seven innings. Amy Dumas (11-12) picked up the loss for the Lobos. BYU left 10 runners on base.
"Our bats that don't normally fail us left 10 runners on base in both games," Eakin said. "We didn't get the key hits we needed to score some more runs."
BYU will play at Colorado State on Saturday to finish the weekend. The Cougars swept the Rams last season in Fort Collins. The Cougars will next play at home the weekend of April 25-26 when they host New Mexico and Colorado State.
GAME 1
BYU Softball
Brigham Young at Univ. of New Mexico
Apr 10, 2003 at Albuquerque, NM (Lobo Field)
Brigham Young 2 (25-9,3-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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KEOHOHOU, Oli cf......... 1 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 0
WALKER, Kate ss.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
WATSON, Lauren rf........ 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
CADIENTE, Brooke lf...... 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
LEI, Ianeta 1b........... 4 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b....... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5
BARNES, Katy pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OSBORN, Belinda dh....... 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAYNS, Arron c........... 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
GERHAUSER, Lindsey pr... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JONES, Milli 2b.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia ph. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boyce p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Totals................... 26 2 7 2 5 3 18 11 10
Univ. of New Mexico 4 (17-26-1,2-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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GLASS cf................. 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
KENNEDY 2b............... 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
VANBOXMEER ss............ 3 2 2 1 0 0 2 2 0
OGAS dh.................. 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
SHARTZER 1b.............. 3 1 2 2 0 0 7 1 1
SENA pr................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HENSLEY 3b............... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
KORSAK c................. 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0
BRADLEY rf............... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
SANDBERG lf.............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
DUMAS p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 25 4 7 3 0 2 21 9 3
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 100 010 0 - 2 7 1
Univ. of New Mexico. 101 002 X - 4 7 1
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E - RUSSELL; KENNEDY. DP - Lobos 1. LOB - Cougars 10; Lobos 3. HR -
KEOHOHOU; VANBOXMEER; SHARTZER. SH - WALKER; LAYNS.
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Boyce............... 6.0 7 4 3 0 2 25 25 -
Univ. of New Mexico IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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DUMAS............... 7.0 7 2 2 5 3 26 33 -
Win - DUMAS (11-11). Loss - Boyce (8-2). Save - None.
Pitches/strikes: None.
Umpires - HP: Whitford 1B: Barrett 2B: Hensen
Start: 1:00 Time: 2:15 Attendance: 330
Game: NM-BY2
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Play-by-Play
BYU Softball
Brigham Young at Univ. of New Mexico - Play-by-Play
Apr 10, 2003 at Albuquerque, NM (Lobo Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 100 010 0 - 2 7 1
Univ. of New Mexico. 101 002 X - 4 7 1
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Brigham Young starters: 0/cf KEOHOHOU; 0/ss WALKER; 0/rf WATSON; 0/lf
CADIENTE; 0/1b LEI; 0/3b RUSSELL; 0/dh OSBORN; 0/c LAYNS; 0/2b JONES; 0/p
Boyce;
Univ. of New Mexico starters: 6/cf GLASS; 15/2b KENNEDY; 44/ss VANBOXMEER;
0/dh OGAS; 2/1b SHARTZER; 1/3b HENSLEY; 23/c KORSAK; 19/rf BRADLEY; 4/lf
SANDBERG; 13/p DUMAS;
Brigham Young - inning 1
KEOHOHOU homered to center field, RBI. WALKER flied out to cf. WATSON
walked. CADIENTE singled through the left side; WATSON advanced to
second. LEI struck out looking. RUSSELL struck out swinging. 1 run, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 1
GLASS singled, bunt, advanced to second on an error by 3b, scored,
unearned. KENNEDY grounded out to 2b. VANBOXMEER flied out to cf. OGAS
singled to right field. SHARTZER reached on a fielder's choice; OGAS out
at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 2
OSBORN singled to shortstop. LAYNS out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt;
OSBORN advanced to second. JONES grounded out to ss; OSBORN advanced to
third. KEOHOHOU intentionally walked. KEOHOHOU advanced to second. WALKER
lined out to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 2
HENSLEY singled to left field. KORSAK struck out swinging. BRADLEY fouled
out to 1b. SANDBERG grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 3
WATSON flied out to lf. CADIENTE flied out to rf. LEI grounded out to ss.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 3
GLASS lined out to 2b. KENNEDY grounded out to p, bunt. VANBOXMEER
homered to left center, RBI. OGAS lined out to 1b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 4
RUSSELL reached on an error by 2b. BARNES pinch ran for RUSSELL. OSBORN
popped up to ss. LAYNS popped up to 2b. JONES grounded out to p. 0 runs,
0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 4
RUSSELL to 3b for BARNES. SHARTZER singled down the lf line. SENA pinch
ran for SHARTZER. HENSLEY grounded out to 3b; SENA advanced to second.
KORSAK reached on a fielder's choice; SENA out at third ss to 3b. BRADLEY
grounded out to p; KORSAK advanced to second. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 5
SHARTZER to 1b for SENA. KEOHOHOU walked. WALKER out at first p to 2b,
SAC, bunt; KEOHOHOU advanced to second. WATSON grounded out to 1b
unassisted; KEOHOHOU advanced to third. CADIENTE singled to left field,
RBI; KEOHOHOU scored. LEI singled up the middle; CADIENTE advanced to
second. RUSSELL grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 5
SANDBERG grounded out to 3b. GLASS out at first 3b to 2b. KENNEDY
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 6
OSBORN singled to second base. LAYNS singled to left field; OSBORN
advanced to second. GERHAUSER pinch ran for LAYNS. FALLOWFIELD pinch hit
for JONES. FALLOWFIELD reached on a fielder's choice; GERHAUSER out at
second rf to ss; OSBORN advanced to third. JONES to 2b for FALLOWFIELD.
KEOHOHOU intentionally walked; JONES advanced to second. WALKER grounded
into double play 3b to c to 1b; OSBORN out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 6
LAYNS to c for OSBORN. VANBOXMEER singled through the left side. OGAS
struck out looking. SHARTZER homered to center field, 2 RBI; VANBOXMEER
scored. HENSLEY grounded out to p. KORSAK flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 7
WATSON walked. CADIENTE flied out to lf. LEI struck out looking. RUSSELL
flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
GAME 2
BYU Softball
Brigham Young at Univ. of New Mexico
Apr 10, 2003 at Albuquerque, NM (Lobo Field)
Brigham Young 5 (26-9,4-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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KEOHOHOU, Oli cf/ss...... 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0
WALKER, Kate ss.......... 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3
DOBBS cf................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DODDS, Debbie cf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
WATSON, Lauren c......... 4 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 0
CADIENTE, Brooke lf...... 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 0
LEI, Ianeta 1b........... 4 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 0
BARNES, Katy pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b....... 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1
GERHAUSER, Lindsey pr... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OSBORN, Belinda rf....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia dh.. 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
JONES, Milli 2b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 3
ANDERSON p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Totals................... 31 5 11 5 5 4 21 12 10
Univ. of New Mexico 2 (17-27-1,2-6)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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GLASS cf................. 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
HENSLEY 3b............... 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 0
VANBOXMEER ss............ 2 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 0
OGAS dh/p................ 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
SENA pr................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CRANMER 1b.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
SHARTZER 1b/p............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
KENNEDY 2b............... 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
KORSAK c................. 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0
SANDBERG lf.............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
BYNUM rf................. 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
DUMAS p.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 21 2 4 2 5 2 21 4 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 100 031 0 - 5 11 1
Univ. of New Mexico. 000 020 0 - 2 4 0
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E - ANDERSON. DP - Cougars 1; Lobos 1. LOB - Cougars 10; Lobos 6. 2B -
WATSON; JONES; VANBOXMEER. HR - KEOHOHOU; WATSON; LEI. SH - GLASS; SHARTZER;
KENNEDY. SB - LEI. CS - SANDBERG.
Brigham Young IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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ANDERSON............ 7.0 4 2 2 5 2 21 29 -
Univ. of New Mexico IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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DUMAS............... 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 4 4 -
OGAS................ 3.2 4 3 3 4 4 15 19 -
SHARTZER............ 3.0 4 1 1 1 0 12 13 -
Win - ANDERSON (7-3). Loss - DUMAS (11-12). Save - None.
WP - OGAS. Pitches/strikes: None.
Umpires - HP: Barrett 1B: Hensen 2B: Whitford
Start: 3:35 Time: 2:15 Attendance: 330
OGAS faced 3 batters in the 5th.
Game: NM-BY3
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Play-by-Play
BYU Softball
Brigham Young at Univ. of New Mexico - Play-by-Play
Apr 10, 2003 at Albuquerque, NM (Lobo Field)
Score by Innings R H E
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Brigham Young....... 100 031 0 - 5 11 1
Univ. of New Mexico. 000 020 0 - 2 4 0
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Brigham Young starters: 0/cf KEOHOHOU; 0/ss WALKER; 0/c WATSON; 0/lf
CADIENTE; 0/1b LEI; 0/3b RUSSELL; 0/rf OSBORN; 0/dh FALLOWFIELD; 0/2b
JONES; 0/p ANDERSON;
Univ. of New Mexico starters: 6/cf GLASS; 1/3b HENSLEY; 44/ss VANBOXMEER;
0/dh OGAS; 2/1b SHARTZER; 15/2b KENNEDY; 23/c KORSAK; 4/lf SANDBERG; 5/rf
BYNUM; 13/p DUMAS;
Brigham Young - inning 1
KEOHOHOU flied out to lf. WALKER singled to right field. WATSON doubled
to right field; WALKER advanced to third. CADIENTE singled to right
field, RBI; WATSON advanced to third; WALKER scored. OGAS to p. / for
DUMAS. LEI reached on a fielder's choice; CADIENTE out at second ss to
2b. LEI stole second. RUSSELL walked. OSBORN reached on a fielder's
choice; RUSSELL out at second ss unassisted. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3
LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 1
GLASS grounded out to p, bunt. HENSLEY struck out swinging. VANBOXMEER
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 2
FALLOWFIELD popped up to cf. JONES struck out looking. KEOHOHOU walked.
WALKER struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 2
OGAS walked. SENA pinch ran for OGAS. SHARTZER out at first 3b to 2b,
SAC, bunt; SENA advanced to second. KENNEDY out at first p to 2b, SAC,
bunt; SENA advanced to third. KORSAK walked. SANDBERG flied out to cf. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 3
OGAS to p for SENA. WATSON grounded out to p. CADIENTE singled to
pitcher. LEI lined out to 2b. RUSSELL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 3
BYNUM singled through the left side. GLASS grounded out to 3b, SAC, bunt;
BYNUM advanced to second. HENSLEY reached on a fielder's choice, advanced
to second; BYNUM advanced to third on an error by p. VANBOXMEER
intentionally walked. OGAS grounded into double play 1b to c to 2b; BYNUM
out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 4
OSBORN popped up to ss. FALLOWFIELD struck out looking. JONES doubled to
left center. KEOHOHOU intentionally walked. KEOHOHOU advanced to second
on a wild pitch; JONES advanced to third on a wild pitch. WALKER grounded
out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 4
SHARTZER flied out to lf. KENNEDY grounded out to p. KORSAK grounded out
to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 5
WATSON homered to center field, RBI. CADIENTE walked. LEI homered to
center field, 2 RBI; CADIENTE scored. CRANMER to 1b for OGAS. SHARTZER to
p. RUSSELL flied out to lf. OSBORN grounded out to 1b unassisted.
FALLOWFIELD singled to right field. JONES popped up to 3b. 3 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 5
OGAS to dh for CRANMER. CRANMER to 1b. SANDBERG singled through the left
side. SANDBERG out at second c to ss, caught stealing. BYNUM walked.
GLASS reached on a fielder's choice; BYNUM out at second ss unassisted.
HENSLEY singled up the middle; GLASS advanced to second. VANBOXMEER
doubled to center field, 2 RBI; HENSLEY scored; GLASS scored. OGAS flied
out to lf. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 6
KEOHOHOU homered to left field, RBI. WALKER lined out to p. WATSON
singled to right field. CADIENTE hit into double play 3b to 1b; WATSON
out on the play. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 6
SHARTZER flied out to rf. KEOHOHOU to ss. DOBBS to cf for WALKER. DODDS
to cf for DOBBS. KENNEDY grounded out to ss. KORSAK walked. SANDBERG
fouled out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young - inning 7
LEI singled through the left side. BARNES pinch ran for LEI. RUSSELL
walked; BARNES advanced to second. GERHAUSER pinch ran for RUSSELL.
OSBORN popped up to c. FALLOWFIELD reached on a fielder's choice;
GERHAUSER advanced to second; BARNES out at third 3b unassisted. JONES
popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Univ. of New Mexico - inning 7
LEI to 1b for BARNES. RUSSELL to 3b for GERHAUSER. BYNUM out at first 3b
to 2b. GLASS flied out to cf. HENSLEY struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.