PROVO -- BYU (29-16, 8-2) extended its winning streak to nine games Saturday afternoon with a 6-5 victory over New Mexico (14-16, 4-3).

The win marks BYU's 14th straight win over the Lobos dating back to the 2004 season.

"This win is a huge builder for us," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "It shows we can win with our speed and our never die attitude. It's a great position to be in with an 8-2 record heading into the second half of conference play."

Like the night before, New Mexico got off to a fast start taking a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the first. Amy Ray hit the two-run home run that gave the Lobos the early lead. Mountain West Conference Player of the Week Analise Rubalcava put another one up for New Mexico in the third, a solo shot to left field that made it a 3-0 game.

The Cougars got on the board in the third when Andrea Ramirez hit a two-out double to score Jodi Norton. However, BYU's comeback would have to wait as Katie Gilmore's RBI-single in the fifth brought the Lobos' lead back to three. Dani Urincho-Snow walked in New Mexico's fifth and final run in the sixth.

Needing four runs to force extra innings, the Cougars worked themselves into a two-on-and-one-out situation in the bottom of the seventh. With runners at the corners, Ramirez cranked one out of the park to bring BYU within one run. After Urincho-Snow grounded out, Tracee Hoch reached on a fielding error by the Lobos' second baseman. Quiocho singled to keep the rally alive, and then Monica Gonzales loaded up the bases for Nix-Clark on a fielder's choice.

Nix-Clark delivered with a fielder's choice single. Quiocho beat the tag at third to allow Hoch to score the tying run. The play set the stage for the game's final at-bat. Senior Jennifer Whiteley took a full-count pitch into shallow right field for the game-winning RBI.

"The seventh inning was one of the funnest I've ever been involved with," Eakin said. "We said in the sixth inning that we weren't going to quit, and I think the girls took me seriously."

BYU stays home for a double-header on Tuesday, April 24, against Southern Utah. Game times are set for 3 p.m. (MST) and 5 p.m.

New Mexico at Brigham Young Univer
                Apr 21, 2007 at Provo, Utah (Gail Miller Field)
New Mexico 5 (29-17)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Samantha Hughes cf.......  3  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   0
Analise Rubalcava 3b.....  3  3  3  1   1  0  1  3   0
Amy Ray 2b...............  2  1  1  3   2  0  2  2   0
Lindsey Elcess 1b........  4  0  2  0   0  0  8  0   3
Katie Gilmore ss.........  3  0  1  1   1  0  0  2   0
Becky Dover dp...........  3  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   3
 Jennifer Deitrich pr....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Ashley Allen lf..........  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   2
 Sara Loeffelholz lf.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Erin Brandow c...........  3  0  0  0   1  2  6  1   1
Ryanne Hodgins rf........  3  1  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Caley Peterson p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 27  5  7  5   7  5 20  9   9
Brigham Young Univer 6 (14-16)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Cortney Nix-Clark c......  4  0  0  1   1  2  6  1   2
Jennifer Whiteley lf.....  5  1  3  1   0  0  2  0   0
Jodi Norton ss...........  1  1  1  0   3  0  3  2   0
 Jana Anderson pr........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Emi Snow rf..............  4  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   1
Andrea Ramirez dp/1b.....  4  1  2  4   0  1  3  0   1
Daniela Urincho 1b/dp....  3  0  1  0   1  1  2  0   0
Tracee Hoch 2b...........  4  1  0  0   0  1  3  3   3
Angeline Quiocho 3b......  3  1  2  0   1  1  1  1   0
Monica Gonzales cf.......  4  0  1  0   0  0  1  0   2
Christina Gwyn p/dp......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 32  6 11  6   6  6 21  8  12
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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New Mexico.......... 201 011 0 -  5  7  1
Brigham Young Univer 001 000 5 -  6 11  0
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Note: 2 outs, 3 runners LOB when the game ended.
E - RAY. DP - NM 1. LOB - NM 9; BYU Cougars 12. 2B - RUBALCAVA; RAMIREZ. HR
- RUBALCAVA; RAY; RAMIREZ. HBP - HUGHES. SB - HODGINS. CS - ALLEN;
NIX-CLARK.
New Mexico             IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Caley Peterson......  6.2 11  6  4  6  6 32 38
Brigham Young Univer   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Christina Gwyn......  5.2  7  5  5  4  5 23 28
Daniela Urincho.....  1.1  0  0  0  3  0  4  7
Win - URINCHO (5-2).  Loss - PETERSON (0-4).  Save - None.
HBP - by GWYN (HUGHES).
Umpires - HP: Bob Marcialis  1B: Clair McBride  3B: Brett Higgins
Start: 2:00 pm   Time: 2.5 hrs   Attendance: 435
Game: BYU_UNM2
Play-by-Play
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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New Mexico.......... 201 011 0 -  5  7  1
Brigham Young Univer 001 000 5 -  6 11  0
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New Mexico starters: 4/cf HUGHES; 2/3b RUBALCAVA; 8/2b RAY; 20/1b ELCESS; 24/ss
GILMORE; 44/dp DOVER; 1/lf ALLEN; 16/c BRANDOW; 13/rf HODGINS; 11/p PETERSON;
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;
New Mexico 1st - HUGHES struck out swinging. RUBALCAVA singled. RAY
homered, 2 RBI; RUBALCAVA scored. ELCESS singled. GILMORE walked; ELCESS
advanced to second. DOVER popped up to c. ALLEN struck out swinging. 2 runs,
3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 1st - NIX-CLARK struck out swinging. WHITELEY
singled. NORTON singled; WHITELEY advanced to second. SNOW hit into double play
3b to 1b; WHITELEY out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
New Mexico 2nd - BRANDOW struck out swinging. HODGINS grounded out to
ss. HUGHES struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 2nd - RAMIREZ struck out swinging. URINCHO singled.
HOCH struck out swinging. QUIOCHO singled; URINCHO advanced to second. GONZALES
grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
New Mexico 3rd - RUBALCAVA homered, RBI. RAMIREZ to 1b. URINCHO to dp.
RAY out at first p to 2b. ELCESS singled. GILMORE grounded out to 2b; ELCESS
advanced to second. DOVER grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 3rd - NIX-CLARK struck out looking. WHITELEY
grounded out to ss. NORTON walked. SNOW singled; NORTON advanced to second.
RAMIREZ doubled, RBI; SNOW advanced to third; NORTON scored. URINCHO walked.
HOCH flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
New Mexico 4th - ALLEN walked. BRANDOW struck out swinging; ALLEN out at
second c to ss, caught stealing. HODGINS grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 4th - QUIOCHO struck out swinging. GONZALES
grounded out to 3b. NIX-CLARK walked. NIX-CLARK out at second c to 2b, caught
stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico 5th - HUGHES flied out to lf. RUBALCAVA doubled. RAY walked.
ELCESS popped up to 2b. RAMIREZ to dp. URINCHO to 1b. GILMORE singled, RBI; RAY
advanced to third; RUBALCAVA scored. GILMORE advanced to second on the throw.
DOVER popped up to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 5th - WHITELEY grounded out to 2b. NORTON walked.
SNOW flied out to rf. RAMIREZ flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
New Mexico 6th - ALLEN grounded out to 3b. BRANDOW walked. HODGINS
reached on a fielder's choice; BRANDOW out at second 2b to ss. HODGINS stole
second. HUGHES hit by pitch. RAMIREZ to 1b. URINCHO to p. GWYN. RUBALCAVA
walked; HUGHES advanced to second; HODGINS advanced to third. RAY walked, RBI;
RUBALCAVA advanced to second; HUGHES advanced to third; HODGINS scored. ELCESS
popped up to 2b. 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 6th - LOEFFELHOLZ to lf for ALLEN. URINCHO struck
out swinging. HOCH grounded out to ss. QUIOCHO walked. GONZALES singled;
QUIOCHO advanced to second. NIX-CLARK grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
New Mexico 7th - GILMORE flied out to cf. DOVER walked. DEITRICH pinch
ran for DOVER. LOEFFELHOLZ popped up to ss. BRANDOW flied out to lf. 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univer 7th - DOVER to dp for DEITRICH. WHITELEY singled.
NORTON walked; WHITELEY advanced to second. ANDERSON pinch ran for NORTON. SNOW
reached on a fielder's choice; ANDERSON out at second 2b unassisted; WHITELEY
advanced to third. RAMIREZ homered, 3 RBI; SNOW scored; WHITELEY scored.
URINCHO grounded out to p. HOCH reached on an error by 2b. QUIOCHO singled;
HOCH advanced to second. GONZALES reached on a fielder's choice; QUIOCHO
advanced to second; HOCH advanced to third. NIX-CLARK reached on a fielder's
choice, RBI; GONZALES advanced to second; QUIOCHO advanced to third; HOCH
scored, unearned. WHITELEY singled, RBI; NIX-CLARK advanced to second; GONZALES
advanced to third; QUIOCHO scored, unearned. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3
LOB.

Watch Jennifer Whiteley's game-winning RBI

PROVO -- BYU (23-16, 4-2) will make up a postponed double-header against Southern Utah (18-22) in Cedar City, Utah on Tuesday then return to Provo for four consecutive home games.

Colorado State (23-20, 2-2) comes to Gail Miller Field for a nationally televised double-header on Thursday, while a weekend series against visiting New Mexico (12-14, 2-1) rounds out the week for BYU. With four Mountain West Conference games on their immediate calendar, the Cougars have a chance to gain some ground on MWC-leader UNLV. BYU head coach Gordon Eakin says his team needs to take care of business at home in order to do that.

"I feel very good about where we sit in the conference right now based on the fact we've been on the road the first six conference games," Eakin said. "We've gotten the pre-season first and second team picks and our arch rival all out of the way and all on the road, and we're still 4-2. I'm optimistic that we're positioned right where we want to be."

Fans can see the Cougars live in four of their six games this week at Gail Miller Field by purchasing tickets at the ticket office at the entrance of Miller Park. The Mtn. will broadcast Thursday's double-header against Colorado State, while all games except the SUU double-header will be available through live stats and/or live video.