STANFORD, Calif. (March, 21, 2008) -- A walkoff home run from freshman Caschjen Davis in the bottom of the seventh inning gave the BYU women's softball team a 7-6 win over East Carolina on Friday at the Stanford Invitational II, and improved the Cougars to a 17-11 record.

Davis, batting in the seventh hole, came up to bat with the score tied at six all. Her lead off homer is her first home run on the season, and the first walk-off bomb for BYU this year.

The Cougars started the game with a large lead over the Pirates. Freshman pitcher Paige Affleck controlled the early innings, giving BYU an opportunity to take the lead.

In the bottom of the second inning three hits brought in one run for BYU, while the third inning was more fruitful with three runs off of three hits. BYU leading batter Daniela Snow knocked in the first run of the inning, and Emi Snow-Willing and Stephanie Platt-Hopkins followed with RBI of their own.

Affleck started the fourth inning with a comfortable lead and had a no hitter going into the top of the fifth inning. A double put a runner in scoring position and a botched fielder's choice gave East Carolina its first run.

Christie Zinanti came in to relieve Affleck and she gave up triple with the bases loaded and a wild pitch allowed another runner to reach home, giving the Pirates a 6-4 lead. Christina Gwyn-Trice relieved Zinanti at the top of the sixth and allowed no runs.

Daniela Snow hit a two-RBI double down the left field line to tie the game 6-6. Snow had led the Cougars with three RBI. Gwyn-Trice retired three straight Pirate batters, bringing BYU to the bottom of the seventh with a tied ball game. Davis' home run gave the Cougars the one run needed to prevent the game from going into extra innings.

Riding on a five-game winning streak, the Cougars play a double header on Saturday at the Stanford Invitational II. They face No. 5 Stanford at 4 p.m. and Wisconsin at 6 p.m. Livestats for both games are available at www.byucougars.com, while live video for the Stanford game will be available.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                              East Carolina vs BYU
               Mar 21, 2008 at Stanford, CA (Smith Faily Stadium)
East Carolina 6 (21-11)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Sumner rf................  3  0  1  0   1  0  4  0   0
Merrida cf...............  2  1  0  0   1  2  2  0   0
 Jimenez ph..............  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0   0
Johnson 1b...............  3  0  0  0   0  2  3  0   2
St. Ledger 2b............  3  0  0  0   1  1  3  0   0
 Gallagher pr............  0  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Andrews lf...............  3  1  0  0   0  1  1  0   2
Aona 3b..................  4  1  1  3   0  1  0  3   0
Barrella dp..............  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Moreno c.................  2  1  1  0   1  0  5  1   0
Tom ss...................  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   1
Swann p..................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 Howell p................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 26  6  3  3   5  7 18  4   6
BYU 7 (17-11)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  3  1  0  0   1  1  2  3   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  2  1  1  0   1  1  0  0   0
VANCE, Amanda ss.........  3  2  1  0   0  0  2  1   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  4  2  3  3   0  0  8  0   1
 NIX, Whitney pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  2   0
WILLING, Emi c...........  4  0  2  1   0  0  6  1   1
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  2  1  1  1   2  0  1  0   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  3  0  2  2   0  0  2  0   0
TOKUNAGA, Brittany dp....  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   5
 PURCELL, Jessica dp.....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   2
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 ZINANTI, Christie p.....  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 TRICE, Christina p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 28  7 11  7   4  4 21  7   9
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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East Carolina....... 000 060 0 -  6  3  0
BYU................. 013 002 1 -  7 11  2
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E - AFFLECK; ZINANTI. LOB - E. Carolina 6; BYU 9. 2B - Sumner; Moreno;
VANCE; SNOW; WILLING. 3B - Aona. HR - DAVIS. HBP - Johnson; Andrews; VANCE.
SH - GONZALES. SB - Sumner 2; GONZALES; WILLING.
East Carolina          IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Swann...............  5.0  8  4  4  3  4 22 27
Howell..............  1.0  3  3  3  1  0  6  7
BYU                    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  4.0  1  2  0  3  4 14 18
ZINANTI, Christie...  1.0  1  4  0  1  1  5  7
TRICE, Christina....  2.0  1  0  0  1  2  7  8
Win - TRICE (7-3).  Loss - Howell (4-2).  Save - None.
WP - Swann; ZINANTI 3. HBP - by AFFLECK (Johnson); by Swann (VANCE); by ZINANTI
(Andrews).
Umpires - HP: Randy Goudy  1B: Vincent Price  3B: Ed Cooper
Start: 12 pm   Time: 2:12   Attendance:
Game: ECU1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                      East Carolina vs BYU - Play-by-Play
               Mar 21, 2008 at Stanford, CA (Smith Faily Stadium)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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East Carolina....... 000 060 0 -  6  3  0
BYU................. 013 002 1 -  7 11  2
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East Carolina starters: 14/rf Sumner; 7/cf Merrida; 3/1b Johnson; 6/2b St.
Ledger; 8/lf Andrews; 17/3b Aona; 15/dp Barrella; 2/c Moreno; 4/ss Tom; 9/p
Swann;
BYU starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 24/cf GONZALES; 6/ss VANCE; 22/1b SNOW; 33/3b
QUIOCHO; 18/c WILLING; 9/lf DAVIS; 5/rf HOPKINS; 8/dp TOKUNAGA; 12/p AFFLECK;
East Carolina 1st - Sumner walked. Sumner stole second. Merrida struck
out swinging. Johnson hit by pitch. St. Ledger struck out swinging. Andrews
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to 3b. GONZALES struck out swinging.
VANCE grounded out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
East Carolina 2nd - Aona grounded out to 2b. Barrella grounded out to
3b. Moreno walked. Tom out at first 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
BYU 2nd - SNOW singled to shortstop. QUIOCHO singled down the lf line;
SNOW advanced to second. WILLING fouled out to c. DAVIS fouled out to lf.
HOPKINS singled up the middle, RBI; QUIOCHO advanced to second; SNOW scored.
TOKUNAGA struck out swinging. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
East Carolina 3rd - Sumner grounded out to 1b unassisted. Merrida struck
out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Johnson struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 3rd - DELAHOUSSAYE walked. GONZALES out at first 3b to 2b, SAC,
bunt; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second. VANCE hit by pitch. SNOW singled to left
field, RBI; VANCE advanced to second; DELAHOUSSAYE scored. QUIOCHO popped up to
2b. WILLING singled to right field, RBI; SNOW advanced to third; VANCE scored.
WILLING stole second. DAVIS walked. HOPKINS singled to shortstop, RBI; DAVIS
advanced to second; WILLING advanced to third; SNOW scored. TOKUNAGA struck out
swinging. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
East Carolina 4th - St. Ledger walked. Andrews fouled out to rf. Aona
reached on a fielder's choice; St. Ledger out at second ss unassisted. Barrella
grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BYU 4th - DELAHOUSSAYE struck out looking. GONZALES singled to left
center. GONZALES stole second. VANCE grounded out to 3b; GONZALES advanced to
third. SNOW flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
East Carolina 5th - Moreno doubled to right center. Tom reached on a
fielder's choice, advanced to second on the throw; Moreno advanced to third on
an error by p, scored, unearned. ZINANTI to p for AFFLECK. Sumner grounded out
to 2b; Tom advanced to third. Jimenez pinch hit for Merrida. Jimenez walked.
Merrida to cf for Jimenez. Merrida advanced to second on a wild pitch. Johnson
struck out swinging. St. Ledger reached on an error by p; Merrida advanced to
third; Tom scored, unearned. Gallagher pinch ran for St. Ledger. Gallagher
advanced to second on a wild pitch. Andrews hit by pitch. Aona tripled down the
rf line, 3 RBI; Andrews scored, unearned; Gallagher scored, unearned; Merrida
scored, unearned. Aona scored on a wild pitch, unearned. Barrella grounded out
to 1b unassisted. 6 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 5th - St. Ledger to 2b for Gallagher. QUIOCHO lined out to cf.
WILLING doubled to left center. DAVIS walked. HOPKINS flied out to cf. PURCELL
to dp for TOKUNAGA. DAVIS advanced to second on a wild pitch; WILLING advanced
to third on a wild pitch. PURCELL flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
East Carolina 6th - TRICE to p for ZINANTI. Moreno popped up to 2b. Tom
flied out to rf. Sumner doubled to left center. Merrida walked; Sumner stole
third. Johnson popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
BYU 6th - Howell to p for Swann. DELAHOUSSAYE flied out to rf. GONZALES
walked. VANCE doubled to right field; GONZALES advanced to third. SNOW doubled
down the lf line, 2 RBI; VANCE scored; GONZALES scored. NIX pinch ran for SNOW.
QUIOCHO flied out to rf; NIX advanced to third. WILLING lined out to 2b. 2
runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
East Carolina 7th - SNOW to 1b for NIX. St. Ledger flied out to lf.
Andrews struck out swinging. Aona struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
BYU 7th - DAVIS homered to center field, RBI. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors,
0 LOB.

PROVO -- After playing a grueling 24 games on the road, the BYU women's softball team (13-11) opens its home season on March 17, against South Dakota State at 3 p.m.

The Cougars will play another home game against Utah State at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, before heading to the Stanford invitational to face Princeton, Eastern Carolina, Stanford and Wisconsin.

The first home contest of 2008 will mark the first time BYU and SDSU have played each other. The Jackrabbbits are 6-15 on the season and arrive in Provo after going 2-1 against Southern Utah. BYU defeated Southern Utah, 4-1, during its season opener.

In the all-time series against Utah State, the Cougars lead the Aggies 24-2. The two teams faced one another last season and BYU took the victory, 5-1.

The Cougars are 7-2 during the program's home opening games. Last year BYU defeated Idaho State, 3-1, during the home opener.