FORT COLLINS -- The BYU women's softball team (40-18, 12-6) recorded it's fourth consecutive 40-win season when it split a doubleheader against Colorado State (27-22, 7-11)on Thursday afternoon. A three-run homer gave Colorado State a 3-2 win and 11 runs off of 14 hits gave BYU redemption in games two.

Christina Gwyn-Trice received her seventh loss of the season during the Cougars' defeat. She allowed the first two runners on base in the bottom of the first, which was followed by a three-RBI homer to right field.

BYU's offense tried to respond and totaled seven hits during the remainder of the game. Sophomore Amanda Vance brought in one run in the top of the third and senior Emi Snow-Willing knocked in one run in the fourth.

Despite out hitting the Rams 7-6, BYU couldn't capitalize on scoring opportunities and left 10 batters stranded on base throughout the game.

During game two of the double header the first inning looked like a similar story, when the Cougars scored two runs, but allowed four runs off of three hits, including a leadoff homer, three walks and one hit batsman.

Despite the early scoring deficit, BYU claimed four runs of their own in the second inning. Stephanie Platt-Hopkins scored off of Vance's second single of the afternoon, Daniela Snow knocked in two runs when she reached on an error and Angeline Quiocho hit a sacrifice fly to bring in a run.

The game remained scoreless until the sixth inning when both team brought in two runs. Heading into the seventh inning BYU led 8-6, but brought in much needed insurance runs to cushion their lead.

Freshman Kristin Delahoussaye hit a three-run homer, her fourth home run in five games time. In the bottom half of the inning CSU hit into a double play with one out to leave BYU with a 11-6 win.

The Cougars continue the battle for the Mountain West Conference title on Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. with two games against New Mexico. The Cougars are currently second in MWC standings.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                 Brigham Young Univ. at Colorado State (Game 2)
                May 08, 2008 at Fort Collins, Colo. (Ram Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 11 (40-18,12-6 WMC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  5  3  2  3   0  0  4  5   1
GONZALES, Monica cf......  5  3  3  0   0  1  1  0   0
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  4  2  1  1   1  1  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  4  0  2  4   0  0  8  0   0
 NIX, Whitney pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  0  2  3   0  0  0  1   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   3
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  1   2
WILLING, Emi c...........  4  1  2  0   0  0  4  0   1
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  4  2  2  0   0  0  2  0   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 AFFLECK, Paige p........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 35 11 14 11   1  5 21  7   7
Colorado State 6 (27-22,7-11 WMC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CUSICK, L. 3b............  3  1  1  1   1  0  1  2   3
STEM, C. ss..............  4  0  1  0   0  2  5  2   0
MAJAM, A. cf.............  3  1  3  2   1  0  4  0   0
MUNOZ, A. c..............  4  0  0  0   0  1  5  0   2
PENLAND, R. p/dp.........  3  1  2  1   1  0  0  0   0
KLOPPE, J. 1b............  3  1  0  0   1  0  3  0   1
 REYNOLDS, M. pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
CAUSGROVE, S dp..........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
 KLABOUGH, K. p..........  2  1  1  0   0  0  0  1   0
 BILLMAN, C. p...........  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
MASK, R. 2b..............  3  1  1  1   1  0  2  0   2
SULLIVAN, S. rf..........  2  0  0  1   1  1  1  0   0
ALLEN, I. lf.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 28  6 10  6   6  4 21  5   8
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 240 002 3 - 11 14  0
Colorado State...... 400 002 0 -  6 10  2
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E - STEM, C.(25); KLOPPE, J.(5). DP - BY 3; CS 1. LOB - BY 7; CS 8. 2B -
SNOW(20); PENLAND, R.(11). HR - DELAHOUSSAYE(7); CUSICK, L.(19). HBP -
PURCELL; CAUSGROVE, S. SH - DAVIS(10). SF - QUIOCHO(2). SB - GONZALES(14);
QUIOCHO(13); MAJAM, A.(8).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  0.2  3  4  4  3  1  5  9
AFFLECK, Paige......  6.1  7  2  2  3  3 23 26
Colorado State         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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PENLAND, R..........  1.1  7  6  5  0  2 12 12
KLABOUGH, K.........  5.0  7  5  3  1  3 22 26
BILLMAN, C..........  0.2  0  0  0  0  0  1  1
Win - AFFLECK (13-3).  Loss - PENLAND, R. (8-5).  Save - None.
HBP - by ZINANTI (CAUSGROVE, S); by KLABOUGH, K. (PURCELL).
Umpires - HP: Dan Ringsby  1B: John Fochi  3B: Patty Costantinidis
Start: 4:35   Time: 2:30   Attendance: 204
Game: CSU4
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
         Brigham Young Univ. at Colorado State (Game 2) - Play-by-Play
                May 08, 2008 at Fort Collins, Colo. (Ram Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 240 002 3 - 11 14  0
Colorado State...... 400 002 0 -  6 10  2
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 24/cf GONZALES; 6/dp VANCE;
22/1b SNOW; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 9/lf DAVIS; 10/ss PURCELL; 18/c WILLING; 5/rf
HOPKINS; 14/p ZINANTI;
Colorado State starters: 6/3b CUSICK, L.; 23/ss STEM, C.; 16/cf MAJAM, A.; 33/c
MUNOZ, A.; 14/p PENLAND, R.; 19/1b KLOPPE, J.; 5/dp CAUSGROVE, S; 3/2b MASK,
R.; 20/rf SULLIVAN, S.; 11/lf ALLEN, I.;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE singled to right field. GONZALES
singled, bunt; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second. VANCE struck out. SNOW doubled
down the lf line, RBI; GONZALES advanced to third; DELAHOUSSAYE scored. QUIOCHO
reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; SNOW advanced to third; GONZALES scored.
QUIOCHO stole second. DAVIS struck out looking. PURCELL grounded out to 3b.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Colorado State 1st - CUSICK, L. homered to center field, RBI. STEM, C.
struck out. MAJAM, A. singled through the right side. MUNOZ, A. flied out to
rf. MAJAM, A. stole second. PENLAND, R. doubled to right center, RBI; MAJAM, A.
scored. KLOPPE, J. walked. CAUSGROVE, S hit by pitch; KLOPPE, J. advanced to
second; PENLAND, R. advanced to third. MASK, R. walked, RBI; CAUSGROVE, S
advanced to second; KLOPPE, J. advanced to third; PENLAND, R. scored. SULLIVAN,
S. walked, RBI; MASK, R. advanced to second; CAUSGROVE, S advanced to third;
KLOPPE, J. scored. AFFLECK to p for ZINANTI. CUSICK, L. popped up to 2b. 4
runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - WILLING singled through the right side.
HOPKINS singled up the middle; WILLING advanced to second. DELAHOUSSAYE reached
on a fielder's choice; HOPKINS advanced to second; WILLING out at third 3b
unassisted. GONZALES singled to left field; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second;
HOPKINS advanced to third. VANCE singled to center field, RBI; GONZALES
advanced to second; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third; HOPKINS scored. PENLAND, R.
to dp. KLABOUGH, K. to p for CAUSGROVE, S. SNOW reached on an error by 1b, 2
RBI; VANCE advanced to third; GONZALES scored; DELAHOUSSAYE scored. QUIOCHO
flied out to cf, SAC, RBI; VANCE scored, unearned. DAVIS grounded out to ss.
4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Colorado State 2nd - STEM, C. struck out. MAJAM, A. singled to catcher.
MUNOZ, A. hit into double play 2b to ss to 1b; MAJAM, A. out on the play. 0
runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - PURCELL hit by pitch. WILLING reached on a
fielder's choice; PURCELL out at second p to ss. HOPKINS flied out to cf.
DELAHOUSSAYE popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Colorado State 3rd - PENLAND, R. singled up the middle. KLOPPE, J.
grounded out to 2b; PENLAND, R. advanced to second. KLABOUGH, K. grounded out
to 2b; PENLAND, R. advanced to third. MASK, R. flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - GONZALES struck out looking. VANCE flied out
to cf. SNOW flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Colorado State 4th - SULLIVAN, S. grounded out to 1b unassisted. CUSICK,
L. walked. STEM, C. lined into double play 2b to 1b; CUSICK, L. out on the
play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - QUIOCHO singled up the middle. DAVIS out at
first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; QUIOCHO advanced to second. PURCELL struck out.
WILLING popped up to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Colorado State 5th - MAJAM, A. walked. MUNOZ, A. reached on a fielder's
choice; MAJAM, A. out at second ss unassisted. PENLAND, R. grounded out to 1b
unassisted; MUNOZ, A. advanced to second. KLOPPE, J. lined out to 1b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - HOPKINS popped up to ss. DELAHOUSSAYE flied
out to cf. GONZALES reached on an error by ss. GONZALES stole second. VANCE
walked. SNOW singled up the middle, RBI; VANCE advanced to second; GONZALES
scored, unearned. QUIOCHO singled up the middle, RBI; SNOW advanced to second;
VANCE scored, unearned. NIX pinch ran for SNOW. DAVIS struck out. 2 runs, 2
hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Colorado State 6th - SNOW to 1b for NIX. KLABOUGH, K. singled through
the right side. MASK, R. singled through the right side; KLABOUGH, K. advanced
to second. SULLIVAN, S. struck out. CUSICK, L. flied out to cf. STEM, C.
singled through the right side; MASK, R. advanced to second; KLABOUGH, K.
advanced to third. MAJAM, A. singled down the lf line, 2 RBI; STEM, C. advanced
to second; MASK, R. scored; KLABOUGH, K. scored. MUNOZ, A. struck out. 2
runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - PURCELL popped up to ss. WILLING singled to
left field. HOPKINS singled to right field; WILLING advanced to second.
DELAHOUSSAYE homered to left center, 3 RBI; HOPKINS scored; WILLING scored.
GONZALES singled to third base. BILLMAN, C. to p for KLABOUGH, K.. VANCE lined
into double play ss to 1b; GONZALES out on the play. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Colorado State 7th - PENLAND, R. walked. KLOPPE, J. reached on a
fielder's choice; PENLAND, R. out at second 3b to 2b. REYNOLDS, M. pinch ran
for KLOPPE, J.. BILLMAN, C. singled up the middle; REYNOLDS, M. advanced to
second. MASK, R. lined into double play 2b to 1b; BILLMAN, C. out on the play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
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Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                 Brigham Young Univ. at Colorado State (Game 1)
                May 08, 2008 at Fort Collins, Colo. (Ram Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 2 (39-18,11-6 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  1  0  0  0   3  1  0  0   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   5
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  4  0  0  1   0  0  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  4  0  1  0   0  0  4  1   2
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  0  1  0   1  0  0  1   0
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  4  1  1  0   0  0  1  1   2
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  2  0  1  0   1  1  0  0   1
WILLING, Emi c...........  2  0  2  1   0  0 10  0   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  3  1  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
TRICE, Christina p.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 26  2  7  2   5  3 18  5  10
Colorado State 3 (27-21,7-10 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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CUSICK, L. 3b............  2  1  0  0   2  0  2  3   1
STEM, C. ss..............  2  1  1  0   0  1  1  5   0
MAJAM, A. cf.............  2  1  1  3   0  0  0  0   0
MUNOZ, A. c..............  3  0  1  0   0  2  3  0   2
PENLAND, R. dp...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
KLOPPE, J. 1b............  3  0  2  0   0  0 12  0   0
BILLMAN, C. p............  3  0  1  0   0  2  0  1   0
 REYNOLDS, M. pr.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
MASK, R. 2b..............  2  0  0  0   1  0  2  4   2
KREUTZMAN, K rf..........  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   2
 SULLIVAN, S. rf.........  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
ALLEN, I. lf.............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0
Totals................... 23  3  6  3   3 10 21 13   7
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 100 0 -  2  7  0
Colorado State...... 300 000 X -  3  6  1
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E - MASK, R.(9). LOB - BY 10; CS 7. 2B - PURCELL(7); DAVIS(14); STEM,
C.(16). HR - MAJAM, A.(8). HBP - STEM, C.. SH - GONZALES(9). SF -
WILLING(2); MAJAM, A.(4).
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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TRICE, Christina....  6.0  6  3  3  3 10 23 28
Colorado State         IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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BILLMAN, C..........  7.0  7  2  1  5  3 26 33
Win - BILLMAN, C. (9-6).  Loss - TRICE (16-7).  Save - None.
WP - TRICE(16); BILLMAN, C.(8). HBP - by TRICE (STEM, C.).
Umpires - HP: Patty Costantinidis  1B: Dan Ringsby  3B: John Fochi
Start: 2 p.m.   Time: 2:02   Attendance: 187
Game: CSU3
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
         Brigham Young Univ. at Colorado State (Game 1) - Play-by-Play
                May 08, 2008 at Fort Collins, Colo. (Ram Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 001 100 0 -  2  7  0
Colorado State...... 300 000 X -  3  6  1
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 24/cf GONZALES; 6/dp VANCE;
22/1b SNOW; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 10/ss PURCELL; 9/lf DAVIS; 18/c WILLING; 5/rf
HOPKINS; 11/p TRICE;
Colorado State starters: 6/3b CUSICK, L.; 23/ss STEM, C.; 16/cf MAJAM, A.; 33/c
MUNOZ, A.; 14/dp PENLAND, R.; 19/1b KLOPPE, J.; 15/p BILLMAN, C.; 3/2b MASK,
R.; 8/rf KREUTZMAN, K; 11/lf ALLEN, I.;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE struck out looking. GONZALES
grounded out to ss. VANCE grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Colorado State 1st - CUSICK, L. walked. STEM, C. doubled, bunt; CUSICK,
L. advanced to third. MAJAM, A. homered to right field, 3 RBI; STEM, C. scored;
CUSICK, L. scored. MUNOZ, A. singled through the left side. PENLAND, R. struck
out swinging. KLOPPE, J. singled, bunt; MUNOZ, A. advanced to second. KLOPPE,
J. advanced to second on a wild pitch; MUNOZ, A. advanced to third. BILLMAN, C.
struck out swinging. MASK, R. grounded out to ss. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - SNOW singled through the left side. QUIOCHO
reached on a fielder's choice; SNOW out at second ss to 2b. PURCELL reached on
a fielder's choice; QUIOCHO out at second 3b to 2b. DAVIS struck out looking.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Colorado State 2nd - KREUTZMAN, K struck out swinging. CUSICK, L.
walked. STEM, C. hit by pitch; CUSICK, L. advanced to second. MAJAM, A. flied
out to cf, SAC; STEM, C. advanced to second; CUSICK, L. advanced to third.
MUNOZ, A. struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - WILLING singled up the middle. WILLING out at
first 1b unassisted, runner left early. HOPKINS singled up the middle.
DELAHOUSSAYE walked; HOPKINS advanced to second. GONZALES reached on an error
by 2b, SAC, bunt; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second; HOPKINS advanced to third.
VANCE reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; GONZALES advanced to second;
DELAHOUSSAYE out at third ss to 3b; HOPKINS scored, unearned. SNOW reached on a
fielder's choice; VANCE advanced to second; GONZALES out at third 3b
unassisted. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Colorado State 3rd - PENLAND, R. struck out looking. KLOPPE, J. singled
to left field. BILLMAN, C. struck out swinging. MASK, R. walked; KLOPPE, J.
advanced to second. KREUTZMAN, K struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0
errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - QUIOCHO grounded out to 3b. PURCELL doubled to
left center. PURCELL advanced to third on a wild pitch. DAVIS walked. WILLING
singled to third base, RBI; DAVIS advanced to second; PURCELL scored. HOPKINS
struck out swinging. DELAHOUSSAYE walked; WILLING advanced to second; DAVIS
advanced to third. GONZALES grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3
LOB.
Colorado State 4th - CUSICK, L. grounded out to 3b. STEM, C. struck out
swinging. MAJAM, A. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - VANCE grounded out to 2b. SNOW grounded out to
p. QUIOCHO singled to left center. PURCELL grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1
hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Colorado State 5th - MUNOZ, A. struck out looking. PENLAND, R. grounded
out to p. KLOPPE, J. flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - SULLIVAN, S. to rf for KREUTZMAN, K. DAVIS
doubled to center field. WILLING flied out to lf, SAC; DAVIS advanced to third.
HOPKINS grounded out to 3b. DELAHOUSSAYE walked. GONZALES grounded out to 2b.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Colorado State 6th - BILLMAN, C. singled up the middle. REYNOLDS, M.
pinch ran for BILLMAN, C.. MASK, R. reached on a fielder's choice; REYNOLDS, M.
out at second 1b to ss. SULLIVAN, S. struck out swinging. CUSICK, L. flied out
to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - BILLMAN, C. to p for REYNOLDS, M.. VANCE
grounded out to ss. SNOW fouled out to 1b. QUIOCHO walked. PURCELL popped up to
ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

PROVO -- The BYU women's softball team (38-17, 11-5) heads into the final week of regular season play looking to regain the Mountain West Conference lead.

BYU takes a conference break when the host Utah Valley on Tuesday at 5 p.m. The two teams have faced one another twice this season, and both times the Cougars have come out victorious.

Conference play resumes with a doubleheader in Fort Collins, Colo., against Colorado State on Thursday at 1:30. The Cougars swept the Rams two games played in Provo this year.

Friday and Saturday brings games against New Mexico, both beginning at 7 p.m. BYU opened its conference season with two games against New Mexico and split the games.

San Diego State leads the MWC standings with a 13-5 conference record. The Aztecs have two conference games remaining.

All the action for the last critical games of the season is available via livestats at www.byucougars.com.