OREM -- The final week of BYU's 2006 regular season began with its first loss in program history to Utah Valley State, 3-1, at Wolverine Field.

The Cougars, now 36-18, only mustered four hits as the Wolverines pitcher Jackie Roberts kept BYU hitters off balance all game. Roberts pitched a no hitter through 3.2 innings before Ashlyn Russell got a two-out single in the fourth.

Utah Valley started the scoring in the first. Cari Hamilton picked up a one-out single and was followed by a two-run home run by Rachel Hargrove.

Pitching dominated the middle innings as Roberts yielded only one unearned run. The Cougars run came in the fifth inning when Jodi Norton and Jennifer Whiteley each got aboard on a pair of errors. Freshman Andi ripped a RBI single to cut the Wolverines lead to 3-1.

After Monica Gonzales reached on an infield single to load the bases, Roberts got BYU star Ianeta Le`i to hit into an inning ending fielders choice to end the scoring threat. Roberts retired the next six batters to pick up the victory.

BYU wraps up its regular season on the road when it heads to San Diego and Las Vegas. The Cougars play in San Diego Thursday at 7 p.m. (PDT)

Brigham Young at Utah Valley State
May 02, 2006 at Orem, Utah (Wolverine Field)
Brigham Young 1 (36-18)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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RAMIREZ, Andrea 2b.......  4  0  1  1   0  0  1  1   0
 HOCH, Tracee 2b.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
GONZALES, Monica rf/lf...  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
LE`I, Ianeta 1b..........  2  0  0  0   1  0  6  1   3
RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b.......  3  0  1  0   0  0  1  1   1
SNOW, Emi cf/c...........  3  0  1  0   0  0  2  1   1
PARAMORE, Paige dp/rf....  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
URINCHO, Daniella lf/p...  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 CHAMBERLAIN, Krystle lf.  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
NORTON, Jodi ss..........  3  1  0  0   0  1  4  2   0
NIX, Cortney c...........  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  0   0
 WHITELEY, Jennifer cf...  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
TOBIAS, Summer p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke p..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 27  1  4  1   1  2 18  8   6
Utah Valley State 3 (15-34)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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JIMENEZ, Chris lf........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
HAMILTON, Cari cf........  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
HARTGROVE, Rachel ss.....  3  1  2  2   0  0  4  3   0
BOYER, Heidi dp..........  3  0  1  0   0  2  0  0   1
ZUPAN, Emily 2b..........  3  0  2  0   0  0  0  4   2
 PHELPS, Lindsey pr......  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
EPPICH, Laurin 3b........  3  0  1  0   0  1  1  1   1
ROSKELLEY, Sara c........  1  0  0  0   1  0  3  0   0
ROBERTS, Jackie p........  3  0  0  1   0  0  0  2   0
FORSYTH, Kaeleigh rf.....  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
 MARLOW, Holly ph........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
PAULSEN, Natalie 1b......  0  0  0  0   0  0 11  0   0
Totals................... 25  3  7  3   1  5 21 10   6
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 010 0 -  1  4  1
Utah Valley State... 200 100 X -  3  7  2
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E - RUSSELL; EPPICH 2. LOB - BYU Cougars 6; UVSC 6. HR - HARTGROVE(7). SH -
ROSKELLEY.
Brigham Young          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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TOBIAS, Summer......  3.0  4  2  2  0  3 13 13  45
BOYCE-HUMBER, Brooke  2.0  3  1  1  0  1  9 10  30
URINCHO, Daniella...  1.0  0  0  0  1  1  3  4  16
Utah Valley State      IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP
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ROBERTS, Jackie.....  7.0  4  1  0  1  2 27 28 107
Win - ROBERTS (9-15).  Loss - TOBIAS (19-9).  Save - None.
Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: TOBIAS 45/33; BOYCE-HUMBER
30/20; URINCHO 16/7; ROBERTS 107/73.
Umpires -
Start: 4:05   Time: 1:43   Attendance: 117
Brigham Young at Utah Valley State - Play-by-Play
May 02, 2006 at Orem, Utah (Wolverine Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young....... 000 010 0 -  1  4  1
Utah Valley State... 200 100 X -  3  7  2
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Brigham Young starters: 31/2b RAMIREZ; 24/rf GONZALES; 66/1b LE`I; 25/3b RUSSELL;
18/cf SNOW; 19/dp PARAMORE; 22/lf URINCHO; 8/ss NORTON; 10/c NIX; 12/p TOBIAS;
Utah Valley State starters: 3/lf JIMENEZ; 4/cf HAMILTON; 2/ss HARTGROVE; 8/dp BOYER;
0/2b ZUPAN; 16/3b EPPICH; 9/c ROSKELLEY; 5/p ROBERTS; 6/rf FORSYTH; 13/1b PAULSEN;
Brigham Young 1st - RAMIREZ grounded out to ss (0-2). GONZALES grounded out
to 2b (0-1). LE`I walked (3-2). RUSSELL popped up to 1b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Utah Valley State 1st - JIMENEZ lined out to 3b (2-2). HAMILTON singled to
second base (1-2). HARTGROVE homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); HAMILTON scored.
BOYER struck out swinging (0-2). ZUPAN singled through the right side (1-0). EPPICH
reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); ZUPAN out at second ss unassisted. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 2nd - SNOW grounded out to 3b (0-1). PARAMORE popped up to ss
(3-2). URINCHO fouled out to c (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah Valley State 2nd - ROSKELLEY grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2).
ROBERTS popped up to ss (0-2). FORSYTH struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young 3rd - NORTON lined out to ss (1-2). NIX grounded out to p
(2-1). RAMIREZ grounded out to p (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Utah Valley State 3rd - JIMENEZ grounded out to ss (1-2). HAMILTON grounded
out to ss (1-2). HARTGROVE singled down the lf line (0-2). BOYER struck out swinging
(2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 4th - GONZALES grounded out to 2b (1-1). LE`I grounded out to
ss (3-2). RUSSELL singled to left field (2-1). SNOW grounded out to 2b (2-0). 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Utah Valley State 4th - BOYCE-HUMBER to p for TOBIAS. ZUPAN singled to second
base (1-0). CHAMBERLAIN to lf for URINCHO. EPPICH singled, bunt (1-1); ZUPAN
advanced to second. ROSKELLEY out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt (1-1); EPPICH
advanced to second; ZUPAN advanced to third. PHELPS pinch ran for ZUPAN. ROBERTS
grounded out to 2b, RBI (0-0); EPPICH advanced to third; PHELPS scored. FORSYTH
grounded out to 3b (2-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 5th - ZUPAN to 2b for PHELPS. SNOW to c. WHITELEY to cf for
NIX. PARAMORE popped up to ss (0-2). CHAMBERLAIN struck out swinging (3-2). NORTON
reached on an error by 3b (0-1). WHITELEY reached on a throwing error by 3b (0-2);
NORTON advanced to third. RAMIREZ singled up the middle, RBI (1-2); WHITELEY
advanced to second; NORTON scored, unearned. GONZALES singled to pitcher (0-0);
RAMIREZ advanced to second; WHITELEY advanced to third. LE`I reached on a fielder's
choice (0-0); GONZALES advanced to second; RAMIREZ out at third 3b unassisted. 1
run, 2 hits, 2 errors, 3 LOB.
Utah Valley State 5th - HOCH to 2b for RAMIREZ. JIMENEZ struck out swinging
(2-2). HAMILTON reached on a fielding error by 3b (1-2). HARTGROVE reached on a
fielder's choice (2-1); HAMILTON out at second p to 2b to ss. BOYER singled through
the left side (0-0); HARTGROVE advanced to second. ZUPAN flied out to lf (0-0). 0
runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young 6th - RUSSELL popped up to ss (1-1). SNOW singled to first base
(2-1). PARAMORE flied out to lf (0-0). CHAMBERLAIN grounded out to 2b (1-2). 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Utah Valley State 6th - GONZALES to lf. PARAMORE to rf. URINCHO to p for
CHAMBERLAIN. /  for BOYCE-HUMBER. EPPICH struck out swinging (1-2). ROSKELLEY walked
(3-0). ROBERTS popped up to ss (3-2). MAROLOW pinch hit for FORSYTH. MAROLOW
grounded out to c (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young 7th - FORSYTH to rf for MAROLOW. NORTON struck out looking
(2-2). WHITELEY flied out to rf (2-2). RAMIREZ to 2b for HOCH. RAMIREZ grounded out
to ss (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

PROVO -- The regular season ends for BYU softball as the Cougars hit the road for five games this week beginning Tuesday night at Utah Valley State.

BYU (36-17, 11-5 MWC) will take on the Wolverines Tuesday at 4 p.m. for the second and final time of the season before wrapping up its Mountain West Conference regular season at San Diego State and UNLV.

The second-place Cougars will be battling for postseason positioning when it takes on the league leading Aztecs Thursday before taking on 2005 MWC runner-up UNLV on Saturday.

BYU is currently in a second-place tie with Utah. Each team remains four game behind San Diego State with each team having four games remaining.

Next week the Cougars will make a return trip to Las Vegas for the MWC Tournament.

BYU won both the MWC regular season and tournament titles in 2005.