KNOXVILLE -- With a 4-2 loss to Louisiana-Monroe and a 10-0 win against Wagner in the Tennessee Classic at Lee Softball Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., the BYU women's softball team advances to an 8-5 record.

The Cougars were originally scheduled to play ULM at 10 a.m. directly followed by a game against Virginia, but due to rain delay game times were pushed back to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., against Wagner instead of Virginia.

BYU took a heavy blow against ULM when the Cougars suffered their fourth loss in a row. Centerfielder Monica Gonzales and shortstop Amanda Vance both went 2-3 during the Cougars' first game.

After a scoreless first inning, BYU took the lead in the top of the second inning. Angeline Quiocho led off with a walk, and with two outs Caschjen Davis drilled a base hit to left field to score Quiocho for the lead.

ULM evened the score, 1-1, during the bottom of the second with a solo-shot off the Lee Stadium scoreboard.

BYU hurler Christie Zinanti walked three batters in four plate appearances to load the bases. A single up the middle allowed two runs to score, giving ULM a 3-1 lead. With runners on the corners, a stolen base attempt caused a first to second rundown and allowed the runner from third to score and extended BYU's deficit, 4-1.

A double to the left field wall from Vance mounted a BYU scoring threat. Monica Gonzales reached first with a hit to left field and put runners on first and third, but a hard shot from Kristin Delahoussaye knocked down by the pitcher forced the Cougars' opportunity to end.

In the top of the seventh, lead-off batter Davis walked, as did Erin Olander. With two runners on Gonzales singled to load the bases. A wild pitch brought Davis home and another walk loaded the bases. Jessica Purcell struck out and brought up BYU's leading slugger Quiocho. She lined out to the shortstop to end the game at 4-2.

The loss marked the end of Quiocho's 11-game hitting streak, and the end of BYU's 10-game home run streak. Quiocho is the nation's leading home run hitter with eight home runs on the season.

Zinanti received the loss for the Cougars and is now 2-3. She gave up three hits and six walks to allow four runs.

The Cougars came back in the following game against Wagner, with an eight-run rule, 10-0 game. Wagner is now 0-1 on the season.

Paige Affleck received the win for BYU and improved to 4-1. During the shut out, she struck out seven batters and allowed three hits.

BYU's offense came alive during the game with 12 hits, including two for Davis, Quiocho, Vance and Olander. Whitney Nix recorded her first home run of the year.

BYU took its lead in the first inning when Daniela Snow singled up the middle to bring in Davis from second. After the Seahawks recorded their first out, Quiocho reached first base on a fielder's choice from the pitcher to second base that forced Snow out. Quiocho stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch but Wagner forced another out to end the inning with the Cougars leading 1-0.

A big second inning propelled BYU to a 7-0 lead that Wagner would never make up. Gonzales recorded an RBI with a single, and a third base error allowed Snow to reach first and two unearned runs to score. Quiocho singled, driving in another run for BYU and a two RBI double from Amanda Vance topped off the Cougars' scoring rally.

In the third inning a two-run bomb from Nix advanced BYU's lead, 9-0. During the fourth inning Quiocho doubled and was brought home off of Brittany Tokunaga's at-bat.

In the top of the fifth inning, Wagner received its final chance to come back but was unable to do so with three ground-out plays to the pitcher.

The Cougars play Virginia at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Due to the rain delays, BYU's second game against No. 5 Tennessee is cancelled. Live stats of the Cougs final game at the Tennessee Classic is available at www.byucougars.com.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                                 Wagner vs BYU
            Feb 22, 2008 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Lee Softball Stadium)
Wagner 0 (0-1)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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PIERCE, E cf.............  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
STEVENS, K ss............  2  0  1  0   1  0  0  2   0
ESHELMAN, Ka 3b..........  3  0  1  0   0  1  3  1   2
LAZZARI, A 2b............  2  0  0  0   0  1  6  0   0
EL-AAZAMI, J c...........  1  0  0  0   0  1  1  1   2
 BATISTELLI c............  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
PINKUS, C 1b.............  1  0  0  0   1  0  1  0   0
 GALLIA, M 1b............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
VANORE, J dp.............  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
IWICKI, Ami rf...........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   2
 BAGNOLI, C lf...........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CORTHELL, H lf...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
OCHOA, H p...............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
 KRAFT, K p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 19  0  3  0   2  7 12  6   6
BYU 10 (8-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  2  2  2  0   1  0  0  0   0
 TRICE, Christina ph.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   3
GONZALES, Monica cf......  2  1  1  1   0  1  0  0   0
 HOPKINS, Stephanie ph...  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  1  1  1   0  0  9  0   1
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  2  2  1   0  0  0  0   0
VANCE, Amanda ss.........  3  0  2  2   0  0  1  1   1
WILLING, Emi rf..........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
 TOKUNAGA, Brittany rf...  1  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
OLANDER, Erin dp.........  2  0  2  0   1  0  0  0   0
JENKINS, Shaylyn c.......  1  2  0  0   2  0  4  3   0
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 NIX, Whitney 2b.........  2  1  1  2   0  0  1  0   0
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  3   0
Totals................... 24 10 12  8   4  1 15  7   6
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Wagner.............. 000 00 -  0  3  1
BYU................. 162 1X - 10 12  2
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E - ESHELMAN, Ka; DAVIS; VANCE. DP - Cougars 1. LOB - Seahawks 6; Cougars 6.
2B - DAVIS; QUIOCHO; VANCE. HR - NIX. SB - ESHELMAN, Ka; SNOW; QUIOCHO;
JENKINS.
Wagner                 IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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OCHOA, H............  2.1  8  9  4  3  1 16 19
KRAFT, K............  1.2  4  1  1  1  0  8  9
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  5.0  3  0  0  2  7 19 21
Win - AFFLECK (4-1).  Loss - OCHOA, H (0-1).  Save - None.
WP - OCHOA, H 2; KRAFT, K. PB - JENKINS.
Umpires - HP: Larry White  1B: Shelley Mangrum  3B: David Rheinecker
Start: 3:25 pm   Time: 1:49   Attendance:
Game: WAG1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                          Wagner vs BYU - Play-by-Play
            Feb 22, 2008 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Lee Softball Stadium)
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Wagner.............. 000 00 -  0  3  1
BYU................. 162 1X - 10 12  2
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Wagner starters: 14/cf PIERCE, E; 2/ss STEVENS, K; 4/3b ESHELMAN, Ka; 8/2b
LAZZARI, A; 25/c EL-AAZAMI, J; 24/1b PINKUS, C; 30/dp VANORE, J; 3/rf IWICKI,
Ami; 20/lf CORTHELL, H; 5/p OCHOA, H;
BYU starters: 9/lf DAVIS; 24/cf GONZALES; 22/1b SNOW; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 6/ss
VANCE; 18/rf WILLING; 20/dp OLANDER; 16/c JENKINS; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 12/p
AFFLECK;
Wagner 1st - PIERCE, E struck out swinging, reached first on a passed
ball. STEVENS, K grounded out to 1b unassisted; PIERCE, E advanced to second.
ESHELMAN, Ka singled to catcher, bunt; PIERCE, E advanced to third. LAZZARI, A
struck out swinging; ESHELMAN, Ka stole second. EL-AAZAMI, J struck out
swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 1st - DAVIS walked. DAVIS advanced to second on a wild pitch.
GONZALES struck out swinging. SNOW singled up the middle, RBI; DAVIS scored.
QUIOCHO reached on a fielder's choice; SNOW out at second p to 2b. QUIOCHO
stole second. QUIOCHO advanced to third on a wild pitch. VANCE out at first c
to 2b. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wagner 2nd - PINKUS, C reached on a fielding error by ss. VANORE, J
popped into double play 1b unassisted; PINKUS, C out on the play. IWICKI, Ami
struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
BYU 2nd - WILLING lined out to 2b. OLANDER singled through the left
side. JENKINS walked; OLANDER advanced to second. DELAHOUSSAYE reached on a
fielder's choice; JENKINS advanced to second; OLANDER out at third ss to 3b.
DAVIS singled up the middle; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second; JENKINS advanced
to third. GONZALES singled through the right side, RBI; DAVIS advanced to
second; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third; JENKINS scored. SNOW reached on a
fielding error by 3b; GONZALES advanced to third; DAVIS scored, unearned;
DELAHOUSSAYE scored, unearned. SNOW stole second. QUIOCHO singled through the
left side, RBI; SNOW advanced to third; GONZALES scored, unearned. VANCE
doubled to right center, 2 RBI; QUIOCHO scored, unearned; SNOW scored,
unearned. WILLING flied out to lf. 6 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Wagner 3rd - TOKUNAGA to rf for WILLING. NIX to 2b for DELAHOUSSAYE.
CORTHELL, H grounded out to c. PIERCE, E struck out swinging. STEVENS, K
singled to left field, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf. ESHELMAN,
Ka struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1
LOB.
BYU 3rd - BATISTELLI to c for EL-AAZAMI, J. OLANDER walked. JENKINS
reached on a fielder's choice; OLANDER out at second ss to 2b. JENKINS stole
second. NIX homered to left field, 2 RBI; JENKINS scored. DAVIS doubled down
the lf line. KRAFT, K to p for OCHOA, H. HOPKINS pinch hit for GONZALES. DAVIS
advanced to third on a wild pitch. DAVIS out at third 3b unassisted, runner
left early. HOPKINS singled to left field. SNOW grounded out to p. 2 runs, 3
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wagner 4th - HOPKINS to cf. LAZZARI, A popped up to ss. BATISTELLI
singled to right field. PINKUS, C walked; BATISTELLI advanced to second.
VANORE, J reached on a fielder's choice; PINKUS, C out at second ss to 2b;
BATISTELLI advanced to third. IWICKI, Ami struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 4th - GALLIA, M to 1b for PINKUS, C. BAGNOLI, C to lf for IWICKI,
Ami. CORTHELL, H to rf. QUIOCHO doubled to left center. VANCE singled to
pitcher; QUIOCHO advanced to third. TOKUNAGA reached on a fielder's choice,
RBI; VANCE out at second 3b to 2b; QUIOCHO scored. OLANDER singled to center
field; TOKUNAGA advanced to second. JENKINS walked; OLANDER advanced to second;
TOKUNAGA advanced to third. NIX popped up to 2b. TRICE pinch hit for DAVIS.
TRICE lined out to 3b. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Wagner 5th - TRICE to dp. OLANDER to lf. CORTHELL, H grounded out to p,
bunt. PIERCE, E grounded out to p. STEVENS, K walked. ESHELMAN, Ka grounded out
to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
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Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                            BYU vs Louisiana-Monroe
            Feb 22, 2008 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Lee Softball Stadium)
BYU 2 (7-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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GONZALES, Monica cf......  3  0  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  0  0  0   1  1  0  2   3
PURCELL, Jessica c.......  4  0  0  0   0  2  4  1   0
 TOKUNAGA, Brittany c....  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  1  0  0   1  1  1  1   3
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  3  0  1  0   0  0  6  0   0
 NIX, Whitney pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0
WILLING, Emi rf..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   2
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  2  1  1  1   1  0  0  0   0
VANCE, Amanda ss.........  3  0  2  0   0  0  3  1   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie dp....  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
 OLANDER, Erin rf........  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 25  2  6  1   4  6 18  6   8
Louisiana-Monroe 4 (5-5)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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J. Olguin ss.............  1  1  0  0   2  1  2  0   0
E. Darden 2b.............  2  0  0  0   0  1  4  0   0
 M. Rivera ph............  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
J. Liles 1b..............  1  1  1  0   2  0  3  0   0
B. Love rf...............  2  1  0  0   1  0  2  0   3
M. McNeill dp............  3  0  1  2   0  1  0  0   0
M. Farrell-F 3b..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  0  1   0
C. Baker cf..............  2  1  1  1   1  1  1  0   0
C. McDannell c...........  2  0  0  0   0  0  6  1   0
 B. Brassell ph..........  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
R. Biddle lf.............  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
 C. Cleveland lf.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
K. Causey p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  3   0
Totals................... 20  4  3  3   6  5 21  5   4
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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BYU................. 010 000 1 -  2  6  0
Louisiana-Monroe.... 013 000 X -  4  3  1
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E - B. Love. LOB - Cougars 8; Warhawks 4. 2B - SNOW; VANCE. HR - C. Baker.
SH - GONZALES; HOPKINS. SB - GONZALES; QUIOCHO. CS - DAVIS; M. McNeill.
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  6.0  3  4  4  6  5 20 26
Louisiana-Monroe       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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K. Causey...........  7.0  6  2  2  4  6 25 31
Win - K. Causey (3-1).  Loss - ZINANTI (2-3).  Save - None.
WP - K. Causey.
Umpires - HP: David Rheinecker  1B: Larry White  3B: Shelley Mangrum
Start: 1:03 pm   Time: 1:55   Attendance:
Game: ULM1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                     BYU vs Louisiana-Monroe - Play-by-Play
            Feb 22, 2008 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Lee Softball Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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BYU................. 010 000 1 -  2  6  0
Louisiana-Monroe.... 013 000 X -  4  3  1
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BYU starters: 24/cf GONZALES; 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 10/c PURCELL; 33/3b QUIOCHO;
22/1b SNOW; 18/rf WILLING; 9/lf DAVIS; 6/ss VANCE; 5/dp HOPKINS; 14/p ZINANTI;
Louisiana-Monroe starters: 9/ss J. Olguin; 10/2b E. Darden; 13/1b J. Liles;
4/rf B. Love; 11/dp M. McNeill; 17/3b M. Farrell-F; 14/cf C. Baker; 25/c C.
McDannell; 18/lf R. Biddle; 2/p K. Causey;
BYU 1st - GONZALES popped up to p, bunt. DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to rf.
PURCELL flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Louisiana-Monroe 1st - J. Olguin struck out swinging. E. Darden struck
out looking. J. Liles singled to left field. B. Love grounded out to 3b. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 2nd - QUIOCHO walked. SNOW popped up to 2b. QUIOCHO stole second.
WILLING struck out swinging. DAVIS singled to left field, RBI; QUIOCHO scored.
DAVIS out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Louisiana-Monroe 2nd - M. McNeill popped up to 1b. M. Farrell-F popped
up to ss. C. Baker homered to left field, RBI. C. McDannell flied out to rf.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - VANCE singled. HOPKINS out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; VANCE
advanced to second. GONZALES out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; VANCE advanced to
third. DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Louisiana-Monroe 3rd - R. Biddle grounded out to 1b unassisted. J.
Olguin walked. E. Darden popped up to 3b. J. Liles walked; J. Olguin advanced
to second. B. Love walked; J. Liles advanced to second; J. Olguin advanced to
third. M. McNeill singled up the middle, 2 RBI; B. Love advanced to third; J.
Liles scored; J. Olguin scored. M. McNeill out at second c to ss, caught
stealing; B. Love scored. 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 4th - PURCELL reached on a fielding error by rf. QUIOCHO struck out
swinging. SNOW flied out to cf. WILLING popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1
error, 1 LOB.
Louisiana-Monroe 4th - M. Farrell-F struck out swinging. C. Baker struck
out swinging. C. McDannell fouled out to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
BYU 5th - DAVIS flied out to rf. VANCE doubled to left center. HOPKINS
struck out swinging. GONZALES singled to left field; VANCE advanced to third.
GONZALES stole second. DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to p. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Louisiana-Monroe 5th - R. Biddle grounded out to p. J. Olguin walked. M.
Rivera pinch hit for E. Darden. M. Rivera reached on a fielder's choice; J.
Olguin out at second 2b to ss. J. Liles walked; M. Rivera advanced to second.
B. Love grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 6th - M. Rivera to 2b. PURCELL struck out swinging. QUIOCHO popped
up to 1b. SNOW doubled to left field. NIX pinch ran for SNOW. WILLING grounded
out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Louisiana-Monroe 6th - TOKUNAGA to c for PURCELL. NIX to 1b. WILLING to
dp. OLANDER to rf for HOPKINS. M. McNeill struck out swinging. M. Farrell-F
grounded out to ss. C. Baker walked. B. Brassell pinch hit for C. McDannell. B.
Brassell grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 7th - C. McDannell to c for B. Brassell. C. Cleveland to lf for R.
Biddle. DAVIS walked. VANCE popped up to 2b. OLANDER walked; DAVIS advanced to
second. GONZALES singled to shortstop; OLANDER advanced to second; DAVIS
advanced to third. HOPKINS to dp for OLANDER. GONZALES advanced to second on a
wild pitch; HOPKINS advanced to third on a wild pitch; DAVIS scored on a wild
pitch. DELAHOUSSAYE walked. PURCELL to c for TOKUNAGA. PURCELL struck out
swinging. QUIOCHO lined out to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

PROVO -- With a 7-3 record the BYU women's softball team heads to Knoxville, Tenn., to play No. 5 Tennessee, Louisiana Monroe and Virginia in the 2008 Tennessee Classic.

BYU kicks off the Classic on Thursday with its first game against Tennessee at 5 p.m. On Friday the Cougars play at 10 a.m. against Louisiana Monroe and 12:15 p.m. against Virginia on. At 10 a.m., on Saturday, BYU will face Virginia again before playing Tennessee again at 2:30 p.m.

"We are very excited to face another ranked opponent during the Tennessee Classic," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "It is always good to gain experience and to play."

The Cougars come to the Classic after a 2-3 weekend at the Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, where they faced two ranked opponents. They fell to No. 9 Oklahoma, 8-5, but defeated No. 22 Missouri, 4-0.

Angeline Quiocho leads BYU with an active 10-game hitting streak and a .586 batting average. She also leads the team with seven homeruns, including three multiple homerun games.

Christina Gwyn Trice leads the Cougars from the circle with a .60 ERA and 30 complete innings. She is has also 48 recorded strikeouts on the season.

All games will be played at EST and live stats are available for all five games at www.byucougars.com.