ST. GEORGE -- After defeating both Northern Colorado, 11-1, and Wisconsin, 3-1, Friday during the Red Desert Classic, the BYU women's softball team is now 3-0 on the season.

Christie Zinanti started the first game of the day for the Cougars and held the Bears to one run in the six-innings. She retired 11 batters before allowing anyone on base and only allowed four batters on base during the entire game.

BYU jumped ahead of Northern Colorado in the first inning. Freshman Jessica Purcell knocked in the first run of the day when she singled down the first-base line. Daniela Snow hit a two-run home run, furthering the Cougar lead to 3-0 at the close of the first inning.

Snow snagged another RBI in the third inning when she hit a sacrifice fly to left field to bring in Kristin Delahoussaye from third base.

The Cougs put two more runs on the board in the fifth inning when Stephanie Platt Hopkins hit her first home run of the season, bringing in Snow from first base.

BYU put up five runs in the sixth inning, four of which were earned runs.

Freshman pitcher Paige Affleck got her first collegiate start and win during the second game. She got into a rough spot during the first inning when the bases loaded, but the team's defense pulled out the inning to keep the game at 0-0.

During the second inning the Cougars fought offensively, scoring all three of their runs during that inning.

Quiocho hit a double to right field and advanced to third when Hopkins got out with an unassisted play by the first baseman. A wild pitch brought Quiocho in from third.

With two runners on base, Delahoussaye belted at double to right-center to knock in the remaining two runs.

The Cougars gave up one run in the third inning when Katie Soderberg hit a double to left field, and both advanced to third and scored off of a wild pitch.

Christina Gwyn Trice came in to relieve Affleck during the fourth inning and did not allow any more runs.

BYU will close the Red Desert Classic on Saturday when it plays Rhode Island at 11:00 a.m., and Loyola Marymount at 4:00 p.m. The Red Desert Classic is being held at the Canyons in St. George, Utah.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                        Brigham Young Univ. at Wisconsin
                 Feb 08, 2008 at St. George, Utah (The Canyons)
Brigham Young Univ. 3 (3-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DAVIS, Caschjen cf.......  4  0  3  2   0  1  0  0   0
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  4  0  0  0   0  2  1  2   2
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  2   1
WILLING, Emi c...........  4  0  0  0   0  0 10  1   1
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  5  0   0
 NIX, Whitney 1b.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  4  1  3  0   0  0  0  1   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   2
VANCE, Amanda lf.........  3  1  1  0   0  1  0  0   3
JENKINS, Shaylyn dp......  1  1  0  0   2  1  0  0   0
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 TRICE, Christina p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 29  3  8  2   3  7 21  7   9
Wisconsin 1 (0-2)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Daniels, Joey c..........  3  0  0  0   1  0  7  0   1
Soderberg, Katie cf......  4  1  2  0   0  2  1  0   0
Abney, Livi 2b...........  3  0  0  0   1  3  2  2   1
Robben, Ricci rf.........  2  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
 Hanewich, Ashley rf.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Garcia, Alexis 1b........  3  0  1  0   0  2  5  0   0
Raphael, Valyncia lf.....  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   5
Boruta, Theresa 3b.......  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  0   0
Whaley, Nichole dp.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 Hiteman, Tara dp........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Vanevenhoven, L. p.......  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  1   0
 Olivarez, Letty p.......  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
Anderson, Lynn ss........  0  0  0  0   0  0  4  2   0
Totals................... 25  1  4  0   4 12 21  5   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 030 000 0 -  3  8  0
Wisconsin........... 001 000 0 -  1  4  0
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LOB - BY 9; WIS 8. 2B - DAVIS 2; QUIOCHO; Soderberg, K; Garcia, A.. HBP -
PURCELL. SH - Hiteman, T.. SB - QUIOCHO; Soderberg, K 2; Robben, R.. CS -
Vanevenhoven.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  3.0  3  1  1  2  4 13 15
TRICE, Christina....  4.0  1  0  0  2  8 12 15
Wisconsin              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Vanevenhoven, L.....  5.0  8  3  3  2  5 23 26
Olivarez, Letty.....  2.0  0  0  0  1  2  6  7
Win - AFFLECK.  Loss - Vanevenhoven.  Save - TRICE (1).
WP - AFFLECK 2; TRICE; Vanevenhoven 3. HBP - by Vanevenhoven (PURCELL). PB -
WILLING 2.
Umpires - HP: Chuck Stanley  1B: Claire McBride  3B: Laura Head
Start: 4:19   Time: 2:51   Attendance: 75
Game: WIS1
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Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                Brigham Young Univ. at Wisconsin - Play-by-Play
                 Feb 08, 2008 at St. George, Utah (The Canyons)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 030 000 0 -  3  8  0
Wisconsin........... 001 000 0 -  1  4  0
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 9/cf DAVIS; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 10/ss PURCELL;
18/c WILLING; 22/1b SNOW; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 5/rf HOPKINS; 6/lf VANCE; 16/dp
JENKINS; 12/p AFFLECK;
Wisconsin starters: 3/c Daniels, J.; 8/cf Soderberg, K; 15/2b Abney, L.; 7/rf
Robben, R.; 25/1b Garcia, A.; 33/lf Raphael, V.; 14/3b Boruta, T.; 35/dp
Whaley, N.; 20/p Vanevenhoven; 5/ss Anderson, L.;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DAVIS doubled to left field. DELAHOUSSAYE
struck out looking. PURCELL struck out swinging. DAVIS advanced to third on a
wild pitch. WILLING flied out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wisconsin 1st - Daniels, J. grounded out to 2b. Soderberg, K singled to
pitcher. Abney, L. struck out looking; Soderberg, K stole second. Robben, R.
walked. Robben, R. stole second; Soderberg, K stole third. Garcia, A. struck
out swinging, reached first on a passed ball. Raphael, V. reached on a
fielder's choice; Garcia, A. out at second ss unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - SNOW grounded out to 2b. QUIOCHO doubled to
right field. HOPKINS grounded out to 1b unassisted; QUIOCHO advanced to third.
QUIOCHO scored on a wild pitch. VANCE singled to shortstop. JENKINS walked;
VANCE advanced to second. JENKINS advanced to second on a wild pitch; VANCE
advanced to third. DAVIS doubled to right center, 2 RBI; JENKINS scored; VANCE
scored. DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Wisconsin 2nd - Boruta, T. grounded out to 1b unassisted. Whaley, N.
struck out looking. Vanevenhoven struck out, reached first on a passed ball.
Vanevenhoven out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - PURCELL hit by pitch. WILLING flied out to ss.
SNOW reached on a fielder's choice; PURCELL out at second 2b to ss. QUIOCHO
singled to right field; SNOW advanced to third. QUIOCHO stole second. HOPKINS
grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Wisconsin 3rd - Daniels, J. grounded out to 2b. Soderberg, K doubled to
left field. Soderberg, K advanced to third on a wild pitch. Abney, L. walked;
Soderberg, K scored on a wild pitch. Robben, R. flied out to rf. Garcia, A.
doubled; Abney, L. advanced to third. Raphael, V. grounded out to ss. 1 run,
2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - VANCE lined out to 2b. JENKINS struck out
swinging. DAVIS singled to left center. DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to lf. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wisconsin 4th - TRICE to p for AFFLECK. Boruta, T. walked. Hiteman, T.
to dp for Whaley, N.. Hiteman, T. out at first p to 2b, SAC; Boruta, T.
advanced to second. Boruta, T. advanced to third on a wild pitch. Vanevenhoven
lined out to ss. Daniels, J. grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - PURCELL grounded out to ss. WILLING grounded
out to ss. SNOW singled to center field. QUIOCHO singled to left field; SNOW
advanced to second. HOPKINS walked; QUIOCHO advanced to second; SNOW advanced
to third. VANCE struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Wisconsin 5th - NIX to 1b for SNOW. Soderberg, K struck out looking.
Abney, L. struck out looking. Robben, R. grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - Hanewich, A. to rf for Robben, R.. Olivarez,
L. to p for Vanevenhoven. JENKINS walked. DAVIS struck out swinging.
DELAHOUSSAYE reached on a fielder's choice; JENKINS out at second 2b
unassisted. PURCELL flied out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wisconsin 6th - Garcia, A. struck out looking. Raphael, V. struck out
swinging. Boruta, T. singled to left field. Hiteman, T. struck out swinging.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - WILLING flied out to cf. NIX struck out
swinging. QUIOCHO flied out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wisconsin 7th - Olivarez, L. struck out looking. Daniels, J. walked.
Soderberg, K struck out looking. Abney, L. struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                    Brigham Young Univ. at Northern Colorado
                    Feb 08, 2008 at St. George (The Canyons)
Brigham Young Univ. 11 (2-0)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  2  1  1   1  0  1  1   1
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  4  2  3  1   0  0  3  1   0
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  4  0  2  1   0  0  0  4   0
WILLING, Emi cf..........  4  2  2  2   0  0  1  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  2  2  2  3   1  0  8  0   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  3  1  1  2   1  0  1  0   0
VANCE, Amanda lf.........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 TRICE, Christina ph.....  1  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
OLANDER, Erin dp.........  2  0  1  0   1  1  0  0   3
 NIX, Whitney pr/lf......  1  1  0  0   0  1  0  0   2
JENKINS, Shaylyn c.......  2  1  0  0   1  1  4  1   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 29 11 12 11   5  4 18  7   6
Northern Colorado 1 (1-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Schoepflin, Jessie cf....  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  0   0
Henderson, Kelli p.......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Van Otterloo, Hillar lf..  2  0  0  0   1  0  3  0   0
Barrett, Mackenzie ss....  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  1   2
Landorf, Katelyn 1b......  2  0  0  0   0  0  4  1   0
Buckley, Heather 2b......  2  0  0  0   0  2  2  0   0
James, Kaylyn rf.........  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
Lovato, Jaycee c.........  2  0  0  0   0  1  6  0   1
Dahlman, Morgan 3b.......  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
Totals................... 19  1  1  0   2  5 18  6   3
Score by Innings                R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 301 025 - 11 12  1
Northern Colorado... 000 001 -  1  1  3
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E - DELAHOUSSAYE; Landorf, K; Lovato, J; Dahlman, M. LOB - BY 6; UNCO 3. 2B
- DELAHOUSSAYE; WILLING; Schoepflin. HR - SNOW; HOPKINS. HBP - Dahlman, M.
SF - SNOW. SB - NIX.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  6.0  1  1  0  2  5 19 22
Northern Colorado      IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Henderson, Kelli....  6.0 12 11 10  5  4 29 35
Win - ZINANTI (1-0).  Loss - Henderson, K (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - Henderson, K 4. HBP - by ZINANTI (Dahlman, M). PB - Lovato, J.
Umpires - HP: Laura Head  1B: Terry Balser  3B: Claire Mc Bride
Start: 1:35   Time: 2:15   Attendance: 75
Game: UNC1
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Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
            Brigham Young Univ. at Northern Colorado - Play-by-Play
                    Feb 08, 2008 at St. George (The Canyons)
Score by Innings                R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 301 025 - 11 12  1
Northern Colorado... 000 001 -  1  1  3
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 33/3b QUIOCHO; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 10/ss PURCELL;
18/cf WILLING; 22/1b SNOW; 5/rf HOPKINS; 6/lf VANCE; 20/dp OLANDER; 16/c
JENKINS; 14/p ZINANTI;
Northern Colorado starters: 3/cf Schoepflin; 11/p Henderson, K; 18/lf Van
Otterloo; 2/ss Barrett, M; 15/1b Landorf, K; 7/2b Buckley, H; 21/rf James, K;
4/c Lovato, J; 8/3b Dahlman, M;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - QUIOCHO walked. DELAHOUSSAYE singled to left
field; QUIOCHO advanced to second. PURCELL singled to first base, advanced to
second on a fielding error by 1b, RBI; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third; QUIOCHO
scored. WILLING reached on a fielder's choice; PURCELL advanced to third;
DELAHOUSSAYE out at home 3b to c. WILLING advanced to second on a wild pitch;
PURCELL out at home c unassisted. SNOW homered, 2 RBI; WILLING scored. HOPKINS
grounded out to 3b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
Northern Colorado 1st - Schoepflin struck out, out at first c to 1b.
Henderson, K lined out to 2b. Van Otterloo flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - VANCE flied out to ss. OLANDER walked. JENKINS
struck out swinging. QUIOCHO grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Northern Colorado 2nd - Barrett, M struck out looking. Landorf, K
grounded out to ss. Buckley, H struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - DELAHOUSSAYE singled to pitcher. PURCELL
singled to left field; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second. WILLING singled to
shortstop; PURCELL advanced to second; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third. SNOW
flied out to lf, SF, RBI; DELAHOUSSAYE scored. WILLING advanced to second;
PURCELL advanced to third on a wild pitch. HOPKINS walked. VANCE struck out
looking. OLANDER struck out swinging. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Northern Colorado 3rd - James, K grounded out to 2b. Lovato, J struck
out swinging. Dahlman, M grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - JENKINS flied out to lf. QUIOCHO out at first
1b to 2b. DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Northern Colorado 4th - Schoepflin grounded out to 3b. Henderson, K
grounded out to ss. Van Otterloo walked. Barrett, M flied out to 3b. 0 runs,
0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - PURCELL flied out to rf. WILLING flied out to
lf. SNOW walked. HOPKINS homered, 2 RBI; SNOW scored. VANCE grounded out to p.
2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Northern Colorado 5th - Landorf, K grounded out to ss. Buckley, H struck
out swinging. James, K walked. Lovato, J flied out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - OLANDER singled to center field. NIX pinch ran
for OLANDER. NIX stole second. JENKINS walked; NIX advanced to third on a wild
pitch. QUIOCHO singled to left field, RBI; JENKINS advanced to second; NIX
scored. QUIOCHO advanced to second; JENKINS advanced to third on a passed ball,
scored on an error by c. DELAHOUSSAYE doubled to left center, RBI; QUIOCHO
advanced to third. PURCELL flied out to 3b. WILLING doubled, 2 RBI;
DELAHOUSSAYE scored; QUIOCHO scored. SNOW singled to center field; WILLING
advanced to third. HOPKINS flied out to 2b. TRICE pinch hit for VANCE. TRICE
reached on an error by 3b, RBI; SNOW advanced to second; WILLING scored,
unearned. TRICE advanced to second on a wild pitch; SNOW advanced to third. NIX
struck out swinging. 5 runs, 5 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Northern Colorado 6th - Dahlman, M hit by pitch. NIX to lf. Schoepflin
doubled to left field; Dahlman, M advanced to third. Henderson, K flied out to
rf. Van Otterloo lined out to 2b; Schoepflin advanced to third; Dahlman, M
scored on a throwing error by 2b, unearned. Barrett, M grounded out to ss. 1
run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

PLEASE NOTE THE RED DESERT CLASSIC IS BEING HELD AT THE CANYONS IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH

The BYU Women's Softball team opens the 2008 season by co-hosting the Red Desert Classic The Canyons Park in St. George, Utah.

It is the second year the Cougars have co-hosted the event with Utah Valley. This year's teams include Idaho State, Northern Colorado, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Loyola Marymount, Utah Valley, Southern Utah and BYU.

"We are eager to start our season," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "We are ready to play a real game."

Tournament play begins Thursday at 3 p.m., when the Cougars take on Southern Utah. The Cougars continue playing Friday when they play Northern Colorado at 1:30 p.m., and Wisconsin at 4:00 p.m.

On Saturday BYU faces Rhode Island at 1:30 p.m., and Loyola Marymount at 4:00 p.m.

2008 Red Desert Classic Tournament Schedule/Results
Teams:
BYU                 Utah Valley
Idaho State         Northern Colorado
Wisconsin           Rhode Island
Loyola Marymount    Southern Utah
Utah
Thursday, Feb. 7
                Field 5			
3:00 p.m.       BYU 4, SUU 1		
5:00 p.m.       LMU 3, SUU, 2 (12 innings)
Friday, Feb. 8
                Field 5         Field 1                 Field 4
11:00 a.m.      UV 4, UNC 5     URI 2, LMU 6            --
1:30 p.m.       BYU 11,UNC 1 (6)Utah 3, UW 1            SUU 6, ISU 3
4:00 p.m.       BYU 3, UW 1     UV 2, LMU 3             Utah 10, URI 3
Saturday, Feb. 9 
                Field 5         Field 1                 Field 4 
11:00 a.m.      UNC 3, UW 9     UV 11, URI 5            Utah 9, SUU 0
1:30 p.m.       BYU 9, URI 3    LMU 7, UW 5             UV 5, ISU 4
4:00 p.m.       BYU 10, LMU 0   SUU 7, UNC 5            Utah 4, ISU 1
Sunday, Feb. 10
                Field 5         Field 1                 Field 4
11:00 a.m.      UV 3, UW 4      UNC 0, Utah 6           URI 4, ISU 0