LONG BEACH -- The BYU softball team’s pitching staff led the Cougars at the Mayfair Invitational with a 5-0 win over Iowa State, followed by an 8-2 win against Wisconsin on Friday. The Cougars are now 9-9 on the season.

The pitchers combined for 14 innings with no earned runs. Junior Christie Zinanti tossed the complete-game shutout over Iowa State. She allowed four hits with five strikeouts, while only walking one batter.

Sophomore Paige Affleck led the attack against the Badgers in the nightcap striking out a season-best 12 batters to tie her career record.

In the second inning against Iowa State, Caschjen Davis got the Cougars on the board with an RBI single. Senior Monica Gonzales brought in Davis on a bunt single. Both Gonzales and freshman Coreen Lopez scored to give BYU a 4-0 lead after two innings.

Gonzales extended the BYU lead in the fifth inning, on a bunted ball from freshman Tiffany Messerschmidt to finish the game 5-0.

Against Wisconsin the Cougars jumped ahead with one run in the first inning. Messerschmidt scored when an error at second base kept sophomore Jessica Purcell alive.

Wisconsin took the lead in the third inning, scoring two unearned runs, but Affleck held the team scoreless for the remainder of the game.

The Cougars tied the score in the fifth inning, scoring the only earned run of the game. Purcell singled to left field, with two runners on.

In the sixth inning BYU extended its lead in the sixth inning by capitalizing on the Badgers’ mistakes to score five unearned runs on a total of four hits.

Davis led off the eighth inning with a double and pinch-hitter Stephanie Hopkins brought her home, giving the Cougars an 8-2 win.

BYU continues plat at the Mayfair Invitational on Saturday when they face Cal State Northridge at 8:45 a.m. (PST) followed by Long Beach State at 1:15 p.m.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                        Brigham Young Univ. vs Wisconsin
           Feb 27, 2009 at Long Beach, Calif. (Lisa Fernandez Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 8 (8-9)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi ss/2  5  0  0  0   0  2  0  2   1
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiffa dp..  4  3  4  0   0  0  0  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  1  1  2   1  0  0  2   0
PURCELL, Jessica c.......  4  0  2  4   0  1 12  0   1
 HOLT, Amy pr............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
RAMIREZ, Andrea 1b.......  2  0  0  0   2  1  7  0   3
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  4  2  2  0   0  1  0  0   2
LOPEZ, Coreen 2b.........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  1   0
 HICKS, Krista ph/ss.....  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   0
WILLARD, Delaney rf......  2  1  0  0   1  0  0  0   1
 DUGAS, Jessica ph/cf....  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  3  1  0  1   0  1  1  0   0
 HOPKINS, Stephanie ph/rf  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0
Totals................... 33  8  9  7   4  9 21  6   8
Wisconsin 2 (5-9)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Vanevenhoven lf/cf.......  3  1  2  0   0  0  0  0   0
Krueger cf/2b............  3  1  1  0   0  0  2  2   0
Olivarez p...............  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0
 Hansen p................  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Whaley dp................  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Powell 3b................  3  0  2  0   0  1  1  1   0
Abney 2b/dp..............  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   1
 Raphael lf..............  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  0   1
Garcia 1b................  3  0  0  0   0  3  6  2   0
Boruta c.................  3  0  0  0   0  2  9  0   1
Soderberg ss.............  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  2   0
 Rasmussen ph............  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Hanewich rf..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 26  2  5  0   0 12 21  7   4
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 100 015 10 -  8  9  2
Wisconsin........... 002 000 0X -  2  5  3
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E - QUIOCHO; AFFLECK; Olivarez; Abney; Soderberg. LOB - Cougars 8; Badgers
4. 2B - MESSERSCHMID; QUIOCHO; PURCELL; DAVIS 2. SH - Abney. SB -
MESSERSCHMID; PURCELL.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  7.0  5  2  0  0 12 26 27
Wisconsin              IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Olivarez............  5.2  8  7  1  4  7 27 31
Hansen..............  1.1  1  1  0  0  2  6  6
Win - AFFLECK (5-4).  Loss - Olivarez (3-8).  Save - None.
WP - Olivarez.
Umpires -
Start: 4:00 pm   Time: 2:00   Attendance: 210
Weather: 62, partly sunny
Game: WIS1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                Brigham Young Univ. vs Wisconsin - Play-by-Play
           Feb 27, 2009 at Long Beach, Calif. (Lisa Fernandez Field)
Score by Innings                   R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 100 015 10 -  8  9  2
Wisconsin........... 002 000 0X -  2  5  3
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/ss DELAHOUSSAYE; 20/dp MESSERSCHMID; 33/3b
QUIOCHO; 10/c PURCELL; 31/1b RAMIREZ; 9/lf DAVIS; 7/2b LOPEZ; 11/rf WILLARD;
24/cf GONZALES; 12/p AFFLECK;
Wisconsin starters: 20/lf Vanevenhoven; 4/cf Krueger; 12/p Olivarez; 35/dp
Whaley; 32/3b Powell; 15/2b Abney; 25/1b Garcia; 14/c Boruta; 8/ss Soderberg;
24/rf Hanewich;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. MESSERSCHMID
singled down the lf line. QUIOCHO lined out to 3b. MESSERSCHMID stole second.
MESSERSCHMID advanced to third on a wild pitch. PURCELL reached on an error by
2b, RBI; MESSERSCHMID scored on the error, unearned. PURCELL stole second.
RAMIREZ walked. DAVIS grounded out to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Wisconsin 1st - Vanevenhoven singled down the lf line. Krueger grounded
out to 2b; Vanevenhoven advanced to second. Olivarez struck out swinging.
Whaley struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - LOPEZ struck out swinging. WILLARD popped up
to 2b. GONZALES struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Wisconsin 2nd - Powell struck out looking. Abney popped up to 1b. Garcia
struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - Vanevenhoven to cf. Krueger to 2b. Raphael to
lf for Abney. DELAHOUSSAYE fouled out to 1b. MESSERSCHMID singled to second
base. QUIOCHO out at first 1b to 2b, bunt; MESSERSCHMID advanced to second.
PURCELL struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Wisconsin 3rd - Boruta struck out looking. Soderberg struck out
swinging. Vanevenhoven singled to second base. Krueger singled, advanced to
second on an error by p, scored, unearned; Vanevenhoven scored on the error,
unearned. Olivarez reached on an error by 3b. Raphael to lf for Whaley. Whaley
to dp for Raphael. Raphael struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - RAMIREZ walked. DAVIS struck out swinging.
LOPEZ struck out swinging. WILLARD grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Wisconsin 4th - Powell singled down the rf line. Abney to dp for Whaley.
Abney grounded out to p, SAC, bunt; Powell advanced to second. Garcia struck
out swinging. Boruta struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - GONZALES popped up to ss. DELAHOUSSAYE lined
out to p. MESSERSCHMID doubled to left field. QUIOCHO walked. PURCELL singled
to left field, RBI; QUIOCHO advanced to second; MESSERSCHMID scored. RAMIREZ
grounded out to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Wisconsin 5th - Soderberg struck out looking. Vanevenhoven popped up to
2b. Krueger grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - DAVIS doubled to left center. LOPEZ out at
first 1b to 2b. WILLARD walked. GONZALES reached on a fielder's choice, RBI;
WILLARD advanced to second; DAVIS scored on an error by p, unearned.
DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. MESSERSCHMID singled to third base, bunt;
GONZALES advanced to second; WILLARD advanced to third. QUIOCHO doubled to left
field, 2 RBI; MESSERSCHMID advanced to third; GONZALES scored, unearned;
WILLARD scored, unearned. PURCELL doubled to right center, 2 RBI; QUIOCHO
scored, unearned; MESSERSCHMID scored, unearned. Hansen to p for Olivarez. HOLT
pinch ran for PURCELL. RAMIREZ struck out swinging. 5 runs, 4 hits, 1 error,
1 LOB.
Wisconsin 6th - PURCELL to c for HOLT. Hansen grounded out to ss.
Raphael flied out to cf. Powell singled to third base. Abney struck out
swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - HICKS pinch hit for LOPEZ. DAVIS doubled to
right center. HICKS struck out looking. DUGAS pinch hit for WILLARD. DUGAS
grounded out to 3b; DAVIS advanced to third. HOPKINS pinch hit for GONZALES.
HOPKINS reached on an error by ss; DAVIS scored on the error, unearned.
DELAHOUSSAYE grounded out to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Wisconsin 7th - DELAHOUSSAYE to 2b. HICKS to ss. DUGAS to cf. HOPKINS to
rf. Garcia struck out swinging. Boruta grounded out to 3b. Rasmussen pinch hit
for Soderberg. Rasmussen grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 8th - Soderberg to ss for Rasmussen. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
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Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                       Iowa State vs Brigham Young Univ.
                Feb 27, 2009 at Lakewood, Calif. (Mayfair Park)
Iowa State 0 (13-3)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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Kidwell, K. cf...........  3  0  1  0   0  0  3  0   0
Berry lf.................  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   0
Wray 2b..................  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  0   0
Johnson c................  3  0  0  0   0  0  7  1   1
Jones 1b.................  3  0  0  0   0  0  4  0   1
Beatty 3b................  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  3   0
 Lopez pr................  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Monroe ss................  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  2   1
Bradberry dp.............  3  0  1  0   0  0  0  0   0
Kidwell, H. rf...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   3
Zabriskie p..............  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 26  0  4  0   1  5 18  6   6
Brigham Young Univ. 5 (8-9)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE, Kristi ss..  3  0  1  0   0  2  0  4   0
MESSERSCHMIDT, Tiffa lf..  3  0  0  1   0  1  0  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  1   0
PURCELL, Jessica c.......  3  1  1  0   0  0  5  0   2
RAMIREZ, Andrea 1b.......  2  0  0  0   0  1 10  0   0
 NIX-THOMAS, Whitney pr..  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
DAVIS, Caschjen rf.......  3  1  1  1   0  1  2  0   0
LOPEZ, Coreen 2b.........  3  1  1  0   0  0  3  4   0
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  2  2  2  0   0  0  1  0   0
ZINANTI, Christie p......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 24  5  6  2   0  7 21  9   2
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Iowa State......... 000 000 0 -  0  4  3
Brigham Young Univ.. 040 010 X -  5  6  1
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E - Beatty; Zabriskie 2; DELAHOUSSAYE. LOB - IS 6; BYU 2. 2B - Monroe;
PURCELL. SH - RAMIREZ. SB - DELAHOUSSAYE; MESSERSCHMID.
Iowa State            IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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Zabriskie...........  6.0  6  5  2  0  7 24 25
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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ZINANTI, Christie...  7.0  4  0  0  1  5 26 27
Win - ZINANTI (4-5).  Loss - Zabriskie (7-2).  Save - None.
PB - Johnson.
Umpires -
Start: 11:15 am   Time: 1:50   Attendance: 100
Weather: 57 degrees, partly cloudy
Game: IS1
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
               Iowa State vs Brigham Young Univ. - Play-by-Play
                Feb 27, 2009 at Lakewood, Calif. (Mayfair Park)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Iowa State......... 000 000 0 -  0  4  3
Brigham Young Univ.. 040 010 X -  5  6  1
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Iowa State starters: 11/cf Kidwell, K.; 8/lf Berry; 12/2b Wray; 21/c Johnson;
7/1b Jones; 10/3b Beatty; 0/ss Monroe; 22/dp Bradberry; 15/rf Kidwell, H.; 9/p
Zabriskie;
Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/ss DELAHOUSSAYE; 20/lf MESSERSCHMID; 33/3b
QUIOCHO; 10/c PURCELL; 31/1b RAMIREZ; 9/rf DAVIS; 7/2b LOPEZ; 6/dp VANCE; 24/cf
GONZALES; 14/p ZINANTI;
Iowa State 1st - Kidwell, K. grounded out to 1b unassisted. Berry
struck out swinging. Wray struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. MESSERSCHMID
grounded out to 3b. QUIOCHO struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Iowa State 2nd - Johnson flied out to rf. Jones flied out to rf. Beatty
walked. Monroe grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - PURCELL doubled to center field. RAMIREZ out
at first 3b to 2b, SAC, bunt; PURCELL advanced to third. DAVIS singled to left
field, RBI; PURCELL scored. LOPEZ singled to left field; DAVIS advanced to
second. VANCE flied out to cf. GONZALES singled, bunt, advanced to second on a
throwing error by p; LOPEZ advanced to third; DAVIS scored, unearned. GONZALES
advanced to third on a passed ball, scored on an error by p, unearned; LOPEZ
scored on a passed ball, unearned. DELAHOUSSAYE struck out swinging. 4 runs,
4 hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
Iowa State 3rd - Bradberry grounded out to ss. Kidwell, H. grounded out
to 2b. Kidwell, K. lined out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - MESSERSCHMID struck out swinging. QUIOCHO
struck out swinging. PURCELL flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Iowa State 4th - Berry singled to center field. Wray struck out
swinging. Johnson grounded out to 2b; Berry advanced to second. Jones grounded
out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - RAMIREZ reached on an error by 3b. NIX-THOMAS
pinch ran for RAMIREZ. DAVIS struck out swinging. LOPEZ flied out to rf.
NIX-THOMAS runner left early, out at first 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1
error, 0 LOB.
Iowa State 5th - RAMIREZ to 1b for NIX-THOMAS. Beatty struck out
looking. Monroe doubled to left field. Bradberry grounded out to 2b; Monroe
advanced to third. Kidwell, H. grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - VANCE grounded out to ss. GONZALES singled,
bunt. DELAHOUSSAYE singled to right field; GONZALES advanced to third.
MESSERSCHMID reached on a fielder's choice, bunt, RBI; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to
second; GONZALES scored. MESSERSCHMID stole second; DELAHOUSSAYE stole third.
QUIOCHO reached on a fielder's choice; DELAHOUSSAYE out at home c to ss to 3b
to 1b. PURCELL flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Iowa State 6th - Kidwell, K. singled, bunt. Berry grounded out to ss;
Kidwell, K. advanced to second. Wray popped up to 2b. Johnson flied out to cf.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - RAMIREZ struck out looking. DAVIS lined out to
cf. LOPEZ lined out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Iowa State 7th - Jones grounded out to ss. Beatty reached on a throwing
error by ss. Lopez pinch ran for Beatty. Monroe reached on a fielder's choice;
Lopez out at second 2b unassisted. Bradberry singled to right field; Monroe
advanced to second. Kidwell, H. struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error,
2 LOB.

PROVO -- With four games slated at the Mayfair Invitational, the BYU softball team looks to improve its talented young team in Long Beach, Calif. beginning Friday.

Holding a 7-9 record on the season, BYU head coach Gordon Eakin is optimistic when looking toward the Invitational.

“We’ve worked out a lot of early kinks for our young team with our competitive schedule,” Eakin said. “We are working on improving and taking the games inning-by-inning.”

The Cougars will take on Iowa State at 11:15 a.m. (PST) in the day’s first game. Iowa State will prove to be a difficult opponent as the team heads to the Invitational with a 13-2 record. The meeting will be the first since BYU defeated Iowa State 4-1 in 2006.

The Friday nightcap finds the Cougars taking on Wisconsin at 3:45 p.m. (PST). The Cougars beat Wisconsin both times the two met. Wisconsin is 5-8 on the season.

The Invitational concludes with an early morning game against Cal State Northridge at 8:45 a.m. (PST) and finishes with a 1:15 (PST) match up against the hosting Long Beach State 49s.

The all-time series between BYU and Cal State Northridge is split at 1-1, while the meeting between the Cougars and the 49s will be the first.

Livestats for selected games are available at www.byucougars.com.

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