PROVO , Utah. -- BYU will host conference-leading San Diego State on Friday starting at 2 p.m. The second game of the doubleheader will be televised on BYUTV live and rebroadcast locally on KBYU channel 11 at 11 p.m. Friday night. The Cougars were swept at San Diego during opening weekend on conference play and look to avenge their losses. Viewers from the San Diego area can pick up the game if they are subscribers of Dish Network 500 and Direct TV. For more information go to www.byutv.org
The Cougars will face conference foe UNLV on Saturday in a doubleheader starting at noon. All four home game will be broadcast via the Internet on the softball home page at www.byucougars.com under the new "webcast" link.
"We excited to be back home to play in front of our fans," head coach Mary Kay Amicone said.
BYU sophomore outfielder Oli Keohohou has been named Mountain West Conference Softball Player of the Week for her performance against Utah State and Utah last week.
Keohohou earned her second player of the week award of the season and fourth of her career going 6-for-9 (.667) from the plate, with two home runs, three doubles and seven RBI in four games last week for the Cougars. The Newbury, Calif. native had a hit in every game starting with her best performance of the week in game one of a doubleheader against Utah State. Keohohou went 2-for-2 from the dish and smashed a seventh-inning grand slam, powering the Cougars to a 7-3 victory. She finished the game with five RBI and one run scored while drawing three walks. In BYU's, 3-2, game two win over the Aggies, she went 2-for-3, with an RBI, and scored the winning run off an error by the pitcher. In a conference doubleheader against Utah, she went 2-for-4, with a home run in game two, an RBI and three runs scored while drawing five walks. The All-American currently leads the MWC in batting average (.442), slugging percentage (.962), home runs (16), on-base percentage (.642), runs scored (48), RBI (42), walks (59) and total bases (100).
Mountain West Conference Players of the Week
Feb. 12 - Molly McLean, Sr., CF, Utah
Feb. 19 -- Pauline Glenn, Fr., 3B, UNLV
Feb. 26 -- Sarah Hershman, Sr., 2B, San Diego State
Mar. 5 -- Brooke Cadiente, So., OF, BYU
Mar. 12 -- Kelly Glass, Jr., OF, New Mexico
Mar. 19 -- Kellie Nordhagen, Sr., OF, San Diego State
Mar. 26 -- Oli Keohohou, So., OF, BYU
Apr. 2 -- Melissa Stahnke, So., SS, Utah
Apr. 9 -- Tiffany Goudy, Sr., OF, San Diego State
Apr. 16 - Oli Keohohou, So., OF, BYU
USA Today Top 25 Rankings
School Record Pts. LW
1. Arizona (26) 38-5 674 1
2. UCLA (1) 37-6 648 2
3. Stanford 33-7 599 3
4. Nebraska 36-8 589 4
5. LSU 33-8 584 5
6. Arizona State 35-10 529 6
7. Cal State Fullerton 40-9 523 7
8. California 39-14 487 8
9. Washington 33-13 432 10
10. Florida Atlantic 50-7 426 11
11. Oklahoma 36-10 422 9
12. Michigan 32-8 362 12 (tie)
13. Fresno State 36-13 359 12 (tie)
14. Oregon State 32-13 311 14
15. Alabama 37-13 305 15
16. Texas 37-10 266 18
17. DePaul 27-7 246 16
18. Pacific 33-12 226 17
19. Louisiana-Lafayette 33-10 191 19
20. Florida State 38-13 143 21
21. Iowa 27-14 109 20
22. Ohio State 38-9 105 25
23. Baylor 41-13 68 22
24 Texas A&M 33-11 57 24
25. Georgia 45-11 50 23