Anonymous | Posted: 7 Mar 2003 | Updated: 7 Mar 2003

Cougs End Three-Game Skid Against Cal Poly

FRESNO -- After losing to three straight, the BYU women's softball team (10-7) managed to beat Cal Poly 5-1, taking the season series 2-1. The Cougars lost to No. 15 DePaul 6-1 in the early game of the day and will play St. Johns and host Fresno State tomorrow to finish the weekend.

In the first game of the day, DePaul took a quick 3-0 after two innings of play. BYU countered with a run in the fifth inning to bring the Cougars within two runs. All-American Oli Keohohou scored the only run of the day for the Cougars off an error by DePaul. Keohohou finished 3-4 on the day.

Sophomore Niki Andersen (4-3) picked up the loss in 5.1 innings on the mound while striking out three batters.

In game two. a big third inning put the Cougars up 3-0 and they never looked back. Freshman Ianeta Lei got things going with a single to start the inning. Junior Lindsey Gerhauser pinch ran for Lei and scored off two Matador errors. Sophomore Milli Jones then scored on a fielder's choice that junior Kate Walker was given credit for the RBI. Finally, freshman Ashlyn Russell doubled to score sophomore Lauren Watson, who reached on an error.

Cal Poly scored in the fifth inning to bring the gap to 3-1, but the Cougars responded in the sixth behind the bat of senior Brooke Cadiente. Attacking the first pitch, Cadiente smacked a two-run home run to score Keohohou, who reached on a walk. Cadiente now leads the team in home runs with five.

Senior Mandy Flint (3-1) picked up the win for the Cougars giving up only 1 run in seven innings and the mound while striking out three.

 GAME ONE 

BYU Softball

DePaul vs BYU

Mar 07, 2003 at Fresno, Calif. (Bulldog Diamond)

DePaul 6 (7-2)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Bouck 2b................. 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Bandauski 2b............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Martz cf................. 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1

Douglas, S. 1b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 1

Kukman 3b................ 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 0

Ramacci c................ 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0

Douglas, C. rf........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1

Chouinard p.............. 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0

Roberson dh.............. 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3

Parker cf............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Kenney lf................ 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Doezie ss................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Totals................... 30 6 8 6 2 4 21 9 7

BYU 1 (9-7)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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KEOHOHOU, Oli 1b......... 4 1 2 0 0 0 7 2 0

WATSON, Lauren rf........ 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1

RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b....... 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0

DODDS, Debbie pr........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

CADIENTE, Brooke lf...... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2

LEI, Ianeta cf........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia dh.. 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

WALKER, Kate ss.......... 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0

LAYNS, Arron c........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 3

GERHAUSER, Lindsey 2b.... 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1

ANDERSEN, Niki p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

BOYCE, Brooke p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 30 1 6 0 0 8 21 13 9

Score by Innings R H E

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DePaul.............. 210 003 0 - 6 8 4

BYU................. 000 010 0 - 1 6 4

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E - Bouck; Kukman; Chouinard; Doezie; LAYNS; GERHAUSER 2; BOYCE. LOB - Blue

Demons 7; Cougars 9. 2B - Martz; Kukman. HR - Roberson. SH - Bouck; Douglas,

S.; WATSON. SB - Bouck; Douglas, C.; Kenney. CS - Kukman; Kenney.

DePaul IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Chouinard........... 7.0 6 1 0 0 8 30 31

BYU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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ANDERSEN, Niki...... 5.1 7 5 4 2 3 24 27

BOYCE, Brooke....... 1.2 1 1 0 0 1 6 7

Win - Chouinard (4-2). Loss - ANDERSEN (4-3). Save - None.

PB - LAYNS.

Umpires - HP: Rod Roseling 1B: Dennis Wren 3B: Chris Ward

Start: 10:00 am Time: 2:07 Attendance:

Game notes:

Hedrick's Hallowell Chevrolet Classic -- Game 3

Game: DP-BY

GAME TWO

BYU Softball

BYU at Cal Poly

Mar 07, 2003 at Fresno, Calif. (Bulldog Diamond)

BYU 5 (10-7)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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WATSON, Lauren c......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

WALKER, Kate ss.......... 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0

RUSSELL, Ashlyn 3b....... 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0

KEOHOHOU, Oli cf......... 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0

CADIENTE, Brooke lf...... 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 2

DODDS, Debbie lf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

FALLOWFIELD, Cynthia dh.. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LEI, Ianeta rf........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

GERHAUSER, Lindsey pr... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LAYNS, Arron 1b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0

OSBORN, Belinda ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

JONES, Milli 2b.......... 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0

FLINT, Mandy p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Totals................... 25 5 4 4 2 1 21 7 2

Cal Poly 1 (13-16)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Green rf................. 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0

Dalena cf................ 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0

Sparrey 2b............... 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3

Stoufer ss............... 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 1

Ballard 1b............... 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0

Wilson pr............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Carrillo dh.............. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Payan pr................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brooks 3b................ 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2

Schubert c............... 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0

Ramos pr................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nazarenus lf............. 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2

Gelbart p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 26 1 6 0 2 3 21 7 8

Score by Innings R H E

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BYU................. 003 002 0 - 5 4 1

Cal Poly............ 000 010 0 - 1 6 3

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E - WALKER; Sparrey 2; Ballard. LOB - Cougars 2; Mustangs 8. 2B - RUSSELL.

HR - CADIENTE. SH - LAYNS; Carrillo; Nazarenus. SB - WATSON. CS - WATSON;

CADIENTE.

BYU IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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FLINT, Mandy........ 7.0 6 1 0 2 3 26 30

Cal Poly IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Gelbart............. 7.0 4 5 2 2 1 25 28

Win - FLINT (3-1). Loss - Gelbart (4-3). Save - None.

PB - WATSON.

Umpires - HP: Chris Ward 1B: Michael Cerri 3B: Craig Heilbut

Start: 2:45 pm Time: 1:57 Attendance:

Game notes:

Hedrick's Hallowell Chevrolet Classic -- Game 5

Game: BY-CPL3