HOUSTON -- Pitching led to a BYU victory over Texas State, 1-0, in the Cougars weather-decided tournament finale Saturday afternoon at the Crowne Plaza Classic.

BYU (10-4) won its early morning game but was unable to finish its scheduled last game against Rhode Island due to rain. The Cougars game was cancelled in the third inning because of a 5 p.m. flight home.

BYU got a pitching gem out of Summer Tobias against Texas State. The Cougar bats only mustered one run, but it was plenty as Tobias pitched her second complete-game shut out of the season. Overall, Tobias has been part of all three of BYU's shutout victories. Tobias gave up only four hits while striking out five and walking none in the victory.

The Cougars appeared to be off to a good start when they loaded the bases with two outs in the first inning. Texas State pitcher Katie Ann Trahan was able to strike out the side to prevent BYU from starting with a big inning.

In the second inning, BYU once again got two runners aboard with one out but were once again unable to come up with the hits when they mattered and came up empty. Meanwhile, Tobias was already in cruise control having retired the first eight batters she faced.

It wasn't until the fifth inning when BYU played small ball to get a run. Jennifer Whiteley led off the inning with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and took third on a wild pitch. Krystle Chamberlain was able to get the ball up in the air for a sacrifice fly as Whiteley scored the game's only run.

Tobias only game up one more hit the rest of the game to seal the victory from the pitcher's circle.

BYU will make a return trip to Texas when it heads to the Texas A&M Invitational beginning next Thursday.

Texas State vs #25 BYU
Feb 25, 2006 at Houston, Texas (Cougar Softball Stad)
Texas State 0 (10-6)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Hromadka, Am lf..........  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
Kloesel, Jil rf..........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
 Giroux, Chel ph.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Newton, Alex ss..........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Gunter, Kris 1b..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  6  0   0
Trahan, Kati p...........  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  2   1
 McCormack, A ph.........  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Krueger, Amy pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Peters, Asht dp..........  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Taylor, Kare c...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  8  1   0
 Henley, Oliv pr.........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Keller, Tama 3b..........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  2   0
Kos, Ryan 2b.............  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  1   1
Weinheimer, cf...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 24  0  4  0   0  5 18  6   4
BYU 1 (10-4)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea dp.......  2  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf..  2  0  0  1   0  2  1  0   2
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  2  0  1  0   0  1  9  0   0
 PLATT, Stephanie pr.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  1  0  0  0   2  1  2  7   0
 NIX, Cortney pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
PARAMORE, Paige rf.......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
 KENNEDY, Lindi rf.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
SNOW, Emi c..............  3  0  0  0   0  2  6  1   3
HOCH, Tracee 2b..........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  1   0
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
WHITELEY, Jennifer cf....  2  1  2  0   0  0  1  0   0
TOBIAS, Summer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 21  1  5  1   2  8 21 11   7
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Texas State......... 000 000 0 -  0  4  1
BYU................. 000 010 X -  1  5  0
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E - Keller, Tama. LOB - Texas State 4; BYU 7. HBP - Newton, Alex; LE`I. SH -
RAMIREZ. SF - CHAMBERLAIN. SB - Newton, Alex. CS - Kos, Ryan.
Texas State            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Trahan, Kati........  6.0  5  1  1  2  8 21 26
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TOBIAS, Summer......  7.0  4  0  0  0  5 24 25
Win - TOBIAS (6-2).  Loss - Trahan, Kati (5-3).  Save - None.
WP - Trahan, Kati; TOBIAS. HBP - by Trahan, Kati (LE`I); by TOBIAS (Newton,
Alex).
Umpires - HP: James Martarona  1B: Rodney Smith  3B: Wyman Stevens
Start: 8:58am   Time: 1:58   Attendance:
Game notes:
Texas State vs #25 BYU - Play-by-Play
Feb 25, 2006 at Houston, Texas (Cougar Softball Stad)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Texas State......... 000 000 0 -  0  4  1
BYU................. 000 010 X -  1  5  0
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Texas State starters: 13/lf Hromadka, Am; 21/rf Kloesel, Jil; 22/ss Newton, Alex;
14/1b Gunter, Kris; 19/p Trahan, Kati; 20/dp Peters, Asht; 12/c Taylor, Kare; 5/3b
Keller, Tama; 1/2b Kos, Ryan; 11/cf Weinheimer,;
BYU starters: 31/dp RAMIREZ; 1/lf CHAMBERLAIN; 66/1b LE`I; 25/3b RUSSELL; 19/rf
PARAMORE; 18/c SNOW; 4/2b HOCH; 8/ss NORTON; 3/cf WHITELEY; 12/p TOBIAS;
Texas State 1st - Hromadka, Am struck out swinging. Kloesel, Jil struck out
swinging. Newton, Alex lined out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 1st - RAMIREZ singled to left field. CHAMBERLAIN struck out swinging,
bunt. LE`I struck out swinging. RUSSELL walked; RAMIREZ advanced to second. PARAMORE
reached on a fielding error by 3b; RUSSELL advanced to second; RAMIREZ advanced to
third. SNOW struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB.
Texas State 2nd - Gunter, Kris fouled out to c. Trahan, Kati grounded out to
p. Peters, Asht grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 2nd - HOCH struck out swinging. NORTON singled through the left side.
WHITELEY singled to left field; NORTON advanced to second. RAMIREZ reached on a
fielder's choice; WHITELEY advanced to second; NORTON out at third p to 3b.
CHAMBERLAIN struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Texas State 3rd - Taylor, Kare flied out to lf. Keller, Tama grounded out to
3b. Kos, Ryan singled to right center. Hromadka, Am singled to center field; Kos,
Ryan advanced to second. Kos, Ryan out at third c to 3b, caught stealing. 0 runs,
2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 3rd - LE`I hit by pitch. PLATT pinch ran for LE`I. RUSSELL struck out
swinging. PLATT out at first c to 1b, picked off. PARAMORE flied out to cf to right
center. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas State 4th - LE`I to 1b for PLATT. Kloesel, Jil struck out looking.
Newton, Alex hit by pitch. Gunter, Kris struck out swinging. Newton, Alex stole
second. Trahan, Kati struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 4th - SNOW struck out swinging. HOCH struck out swinging. NORTON grounded
out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Texas State 5th - Peters, Asht singled to center field. Weinheimer, pinch ran
for Peters, Asht. /  for Weinheimer,. Taylor, Kare reached on a fielder's choice;
Weinheimer, out at second ss to 2b. Keller, Tama grounded out to 2b; Taylor, Kare
advanced to second. Kos, Ryan grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
BYU 5th - Peters, Asht to dp for Weinheimer,. Weinheimer, to cf. WHITELEY
singled up the middle. RAMIREZ grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; WHITELEY advanced to
second. WHITELEY advanced to third on a wild pitch. CHAMBERLAIN fouled out to lf,
SAC, RBI; WHITELEY scored. LE`I singled up the middle. RUSSELL walked; LE`I advanced
to second. NIX pinch ran for RUSSELL. PARAMORE grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
Texas State 6th - RUSSELL to 3b for NIX. KENNEDY to rf for PARAMORE.
Hromadka, Am grounded out to 3b. Giroux, Chel pinch hit for Kloesel, Jil. Giroux,
Chel grounded out to 3b. Newton, Alex flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors,
0 LOB.
BYU 6th - Kloesel, Jil to rf for Giroux, Chel. SNOW grounded out to 1b
unassisted. HOCH grounded out to 3b. NORTON lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Texas State 7th - Gunter, Kris flied out to rf to right center. McCormack, A
pinch hit for Trahan, Kati. McCormack, A singled to left field. Krueger, Amy pinch
ran for McCormack, A. Krueger, Amy advanced to second on a wild pitch. Peters, Asht
grounded out to 3b. Henley, Oliv pinch ran for Taylor, Kare. Henley, Oliv grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

PROVO -- After winning four of five games in each of its first two tournaments, No. 25 BYU Softball heads to Houston to play in the Crowne Plaza Classic.

The Cougars (8-2) will be tested right away when they take on host-school Houston (10-1) on Thursday evening before playing four games in two days. BYU head coach Gordon Eakin anticipates continual improvement in his team.

"We look forward to the competition we'll have this weekend," Eakin said. "We'll be playing a hot Houston squad right out of the shoot."

In addition to Houston, the Cougars will get another shot at one of the two teams that beat them when they take on Texas State (8-4) Saturday at 10 a.m. (MST)

BYU will also have games against Wichita State (4-4) and Iowa State (1-3), Friday and Rhode Island (0-0) on Saturday.

Live stats for all of the tournament games will be available. Links are provided on the schedule page at www.byucougars.com/softball.