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.