BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 2012 SOFTBALL
7-Straight NCAA Tourney Appearances Softball SID Jordan Christiansen 7-Straight 40-Win Seasons Email [email protected] 3-Straight Conference Titles Phone 801.717.5217
2012 BYU Cougars Schedule Kajikawa classic (Tempe, AZ) Feb 9 (Thu) Oregon State L, 22-5 (5) EAKIN LOOKS FOR WIN Feb 10 (Fri) No. 15 Texas A&M w, 3-2 Feb 10 (Fri) Texas State L, 6-2 Feb 11 (Sat) No. 11 Oregon W, 2-1 No. 400 IN LOUISIANA Feb 11 (Sat) UC Santa Barbara w, 12-4 (6) Apr. 20-21, 2012 Louisville slugger desert classic (Las Vegas) Feb 16 (Thu) Portland State W, 4-1 Feb 17 (Fri) cal State Northridge w, 11-1 (6) Feb 17 (Fri) Memphis W, 14-8 Feb 18 (Sat) indiana W, 8-7 Feb 18 (Sat) dePaul L, 8-2 cathedral city classic (Cathedral City, CA) Feb 23 (Thu) No. 21 Oklahoma State l, 3-2 BYU cougars Feb 23 (Thu) Pacific W, 3-2 Feb 24 (Fri) No. 1 Florida L, 3-0 2012 Record: 28-12, 7-3 WAC Feb 24 (Fri) No. 14 Texas A&M l, 14-8 (8) Last Week: Idaho State (L 7-4), Utah Valley (W 3-1), Utah Feb 25 (Sat) liU Brooklyn W, 11-4 State (W 15-6, W 2-0, W 6-4) SAN DIEGO CLASSIC (San Diego) Mar 1 (Thu) san Diego State L, 1-0 Mar 2 (Fri) cal State Northridge w, 4-1 Mar 2 (Fri) st. Joseph’s W, 3-2 (8) Mar 3 (Sat) long Beach State W, 2-1 Mar 3 (Sat) charlotte W, 9-0 (5) JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC (Fullerton, CA) Mar 15 (Thu) Purdue W, 14-1 (5) Mar 15 (Thu) No. 5 Arizona State l, 3-0 LOUISIANA TECH Mar 16 (Fri) UC Davis W, 9-0 (6) Lady Techsters Mar 20 (Tue) idaho State* W, 5-2 2012 Record: 18-23, 5-6 WAC Mar 23 (Fri) New Mexico State* W, 3-2 Mar 24 (Sat) New Mexico State* W, 9-1 (5) Last Week: Northwestern State (L 3-0), Hawaii (L 9-1, L 9-1, L 8-0) New Mexico State* W, 6-3 Mar 27 (Tue) UMKC* W, 8-2 UMKC* W, 16-1 (5) Mar 30 (Fri) at Fresno State L, 3-1 Mar 30 (Fri) at Fresno State L, 10-9 Apr 3 (Tue) southern Utah W, 8-0 (5) Apr 3 (Tue) southern Utah* W, 6-4 Apr 7 (Sat) Hawaii* L, 1-0 Hawaii* W, 7-3 Apr 9 (Mon) at Idaho State L, 7-4 Apr 11 (Wed) Utah Valley* W, 3-1 (5) Cougar quick hits Apr 13 (Fri) Utah State W, 15-6 Utah State W, 2-0 Apr 14 (Sat) Utah State* W, 6-4 — BYU head coach Gordon Eakin is one win away from his 400th career victory and currently Apr 20 (Fri) at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. sits at a record of 399-172 in his 10th year as head coach. Apr 21 (Sat) at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m. at Louisiana Tech 3 p.m. Apr 24 (Tue) at Southern Utah 12 p.m. — BYU junior pitcher Hannah Howell is returning to her home state of Louisiana this week- at Southern Utah 2 p.m. Apr 27 (Fri) San Jose State* 6 p.m. end as the Cougars play in the state for the first time ever. Howell, the only BYU softball player Apr 28 (Sat) San Jose State* 1:30 p.m. to ever come out of the state, leads the Cougars with 13 wins in 19 starts in addition to having San Jose State* 3:30 p.m. two saves and 92 strikeouts on the year, all team highs. May 1 (Tue) Utah Valley 6 p.m. May 2 (Wed) at Utah Valley 5 p.m. May 4 (Fri) at Nevada 3 p.m. — Senior outfielder Delaney Willard was named on of the Top 25 finalists for the 2012 USA May 5 (Sat) at Nevada 1 p.m. at Nevada 3 p.m. Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Willard has emerged as an All-America candidate and is currently ranked in the NCAA top-20 in six different categories, including RBI per game (2nd, WAC TOURNAMENT (Las Cruces, NM) May 10-12 1.50), slugging percentage (6th, .939), batting average (11th, .447), home runs per game (13th, NCAA REGIONAL 0.35), on base percentage (15th, .542) and home runs (17th, 14). May 17-19
All times listed are local to site — With the newest RPI rankings released on Monday, BYU was ranked 36th, second-highest Bold signifies Western Athletic Conference opponent in the WAC. The Cougars have three wins over top-15 teams while all but one of BYU’s 12 *Televised game on BYUtv losses have been to teams ranked 65th or better.
www.byucougars.coM / @BYUATHLETICS BYU SOFTBALL 2012 QUICK FACTS 2012 Numerical Roster MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. B/T Hometown (Previous School) 1 Lacey Millett OF 5-6 So. L/R Folsom, CA / Folsom HS Softball Media Relations Director: Jordan Christiansen 2 Shelbi Everett C 5-7 Fr. R/R Murray, UT / Brighton HS Office: (801) 422-8999; Cell: (801) 717-5217 3 Carly Duckworth OF 5-7 So. R/R Salt Lake City, UT / Olympus HS Email: [email protected] 4 Ashlee Brawley 3B, SS 5-6 So. R/R Vail, AZ / Arizona 5 Alexandra Hudson OF 5-2 Jr. L/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Assistant Softball Media Relations: Ralph Zobell 6 Bailie Hicken OF 5-6 Jr. L/R Highland, UT / Dixie State Office: (801) 422-9769; Cell: (801) 367-3554 8 Tori Almond P 6-1 So. R/R South Jordan, UT / Bingham HS Email: [email protected] 10 Caroline Umphlett P 6-1 Fr. R/R Elizabeth City, NC / Northeastern HS 11 Hannah Howell P 5-3 Jr. R/R Winnfield, LA / Calvin HS Associate AD/Communications: Duff Tittle 12 Megan Arnold 1B, C 5-8 Fr. R/R Yorba Linda, CA / Esperanza HS Office: (801) 422-8948; Cell: (801) 372-4401 14 Anna Hudson C 5-5 Fr. R/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Email: [email protected] 16 JC Clayton SS 5-5 Jr. L/R Hollister, CA / San Benito HS 19 Jessica Dugas CF, 3B 5-4 Sr. L/R Bellflower, CA / Mayfair HS Athletic Communications Fax: (801) 422-0633 20 Tiffany Messerschmidt LF 5-6 Sr. L/R Thousand Oaks, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 21 Stacie Toney 2B 5-10 Sr. L/R Farmington, UT / Salt Lake CC 22 Krista Hicks 3B, SS 5-4 Sr. R/R Mesa, AZ / Dobson HS 2011 BYU quick facts 24 Jenna Goar 1B 5-9 So. L/R Littleton, CO / Heritage HS 28 Delaney Willard RF 5-7 Sr. L/R Camarillo, CA / Adolfo Camarillo HS 31 Katie Manuma 1B 5-8 So. R/R Ewa Beach, HI / Campbell HS Brigham young University Location: Provo, Utah 84602 33 Madisen Robb 3B, SS 5-3 So. R/R Vernal, UT / Uintah HS Elevation: 4,553 feet Enrollment: 32,955 (Daytime) Head Coach: Gordon Eakin (10th year) Founded: October 15, 1875 Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) Pronounciation guide Owned: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) Jessica Dugas DOO - gus Nickname: Cougars Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Mascot: Cosmo Graduate Coach: Kristin Delahoussaye (1st year) Jenna Goar Gore Colors: Blue & White Athletic Trainer: Chris Linde (13th year) Katie Manuma Mah-NEW-mah Arena (capacity): Gail Miller Field (2,100) Tiffany Messerschmidt Mez-er-shmit Conference: Western Athletic President: Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe Athletic Website: byucougars.com Tickets: 422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 Seniors (5) Pitchers (3) Arizona (2) Jessica Dugas Tori Almond Ashlee Brawley BYU Coaching Staff Krista Hicks Hannah Howell Krista Hicks Head Coach: Gordon Eakin Tiffany Messerschmidt Caroline Umphlett Record at School (years): 399-172 (10th year) Stacie Toney California (6) Career Div. I Record (years): same Delaney Willard Catchers (2) Megan Arnold Office phone for head coach: Call SID JC Clayton Best time/day to reach coach: Call SID Megan Arnold Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) Juniors (4) Shelbi Everett Jessica Dugas Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) JC Clayton Anna Hudson Tiffany Messerschmidt Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Bailie Hicken Lacey Millett Hannah Howell Infielders (8) Delaney Willard MEDIA RELATIONS Alexandra Hudson JC Clayton Softball SID: Jordan Christiansen Krista Hicks Colorado (1) Email: [email protected] Sophomores (7) Ashlee Brawley Jenna Goar Work: 801-422-8999 Tori Almond Jenna Goar Cell: 801-717-5217 Ashlee Brawley Katie Manuma Hawaii (1) Carly Duckworth Katie Manuma BYU Team Info Lacey Millett 2011 Overall Record: 40-18 Jenna Goar Madisen Robb Conference Record/Finish: 11-2 / 1st Katie Manuma Stacie Toney Louisiana (1) 2011 Postseason: NCAA Seattle Regional, 2-2 record Lacey Millett Hannah Howell 2011 Final National Ranking: NA Madisen Robb Outfielders (6) Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 Carly Duckworth North Carolina (1) Lettermen Returning/Lost: 14/4 Freshmen (3) Jessica Dugas Caroline Umphlett Newcomers: 5 Megan Arnold Bailie Hicken Shelbi Everett Alexandra Hudson Utah (6) BYU History Anna Hudson Tori Almond First Year of Softball: 2000 (12 seasons) Tiffany Messerschmidt Overall All-Time Record: 481-248 (.660) Caroline Umphlett Delaney Willard Carly Duckworth Gail Miller Field Record: 144-33 (.814) Shelbi Everett Winning Seasons: 11 (last 2011) Bailie Hicken Conference Championships: 5 (last 2011) Madisen Robb Total NCAA Appearances (record): 8 (12-16) Stacie Toney Last NCAA Appearance: 2011 Result: Defeated Auburn twice, lost to Washington twice Washington (2) in Seattle Regional Alexandra Hudson In-State Opponent Record: 124-23 (.844) Record vs. WAC Opponents: 46-14 (.767) Anna Hudson
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OPPONENT NOTES BYU SERIES RECORD VS. Louisiana Tech Overall Series Record: 2-0 LOUISIANA TECH BYU Record in Provo: 0-0 • BYU and Louisiana Tech have not played each other in 11 years. In the Cougars sec- BYU Record in Ruston: 0-0 BYU Record at Neutral Sites: 2-0 ond year as a D1 program, the two teams faced off with BYU winning both games at a BYU Record under Gordon Eakin: 0-0 tournament in Arlington, Texas. Longest BYU Win Streak: 2 (2001-present) • This is BYU’s first-ever trip to play in the state of Louisiana. Longest Louisiana Tech Win Streak: NA • The Lady Techsters are 7-2 at home this season, including two wins against Utah State Largest BYU Margin of Victory: 8 (twice in 2001) and a three-game sweep of New Mexico State. Largest Louisiana Tech Margin of Victory: NA • Janna Frandrup is the best hitter for LA Tech with 35 hits and 25 RBI on the season. Most Runs Scored by BYU: 11 (2001) She also draws more walks than almost anyone in the nation, having walked 34 times Most Runs Scored by Louisiana Tech: 3 (2001) this season on the way to a .514 on base percentage. Frandrup has also appeared 13 2/9/01 vs. Louisiana Tech 11-3 W times as a pitcher and has a 1.51 ERA. 2/10/01 vs. Louisiana Tech 8-0 W • Louisiana Tech’s go-to hurler is Michelle Jones who sits at a 2.87 ERA and 11-10 record. She has 53 strikeouts, 59 walks and 54 earned runs in 131.2 innings pitched. • The Lady Techsters have had trouble seeing the ball this season and are last in the WAC with a .238 team batting average overall and a .219 in conference games. The team is also last in the conference with a .947 overall fielding percentage. • BYU and Louisiana Tech have no common opponents outside of conference play. In the WAC, LA Tech is 5-6, having gone 2-1 vs. Utah State, 0-2 vs. SJSU, 3-0 vs. New Mexico State and 0-3 vs. Hawaii. Conversely, BYU is 3-0 vs. Utah State, 3-0 vs. New Mexico State and 1-1 vs. Hawaii.
Comparing the stats Overall BYU LA TECH Record 28-12 18-23 Runs Scored 230 155 Hits 311 248 Doubles 42 52 Home Runs 28 25 Total Bases 445 385 Stolen Bases 40 18 Batting Average .301 .238 Slugging Percentage .430 .370 On Base Percentage .397 .331
Runs Allowed 141 188 Hits Allowed 247 307 Home Runs Allowed 30 30 Total Bases Allowed 380 440 Stolen Bases Allowed 39 29 Strikeouts 213 86 Opponent Batting Average .255 .286
LAST WEEK PROVO, Utah - BYU swept its Western Athletic Conference series at home against Utah State last weekend, winning in a rout, 15-6, before edging out close wins by scores of 2-0 and 6-4 in the final two games.
Stacie Toney hit a walk-off home run in game three to cap a thrilling, final-inning come- back. Toney also hit a home run in the first game to end the contest in six innings.
Delaney Willard had 4 RBI in game one and hit the game-tying home run in the seventh inning of game three two batters before Toney’s walk-off.
In game two, Tori Almond pitched a complete game shutout with six strikeouts to help the Cougars, who also beat UVU and lost at Idaho State earlier in the week.
BYU improved to 28-12 and 7-3 in the WAC, good for third place in the conference.
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CLUTCH COUGARS How many games with... 2012 career BYU has six walk-off wins this season and seven wins overall in the seventh inning, including last perfect hitting % (Min. 3 AB) weekend in game three against Utah State when Stacie Toney hit walk-off home run to give BYU a 6-4 Jessica Dugas 1 6 victory. JC Clayton 4 Tiffany Messerschmidt 1 3 Delaney Willard 1 1 Opponent Score Going Into 7th Final Score How Won Katie Manuma 1 Stacie Toney 1 Oregon 1-1 2-1 Brawley reach on error, Duckworth run Krista Hicks 1 Indiana 5-7 8-7 Dugas walk-off, 2-RBI single 5+ Total bases Saint Joseph’s 1-2 3-2 Messerschmidt reach on error, Hudson run Delaney Willard 7 16 Carly Duckworth 1 5 Long Beach State 1-1 2-1 Duckworth walk-off, RBI-single Stacie Toney 4 4 Madisen Robb 2 New Mexico State 2-2 3-2 Goar walk-off, RBI double JC Clayton 2 New Mexico State 3-3 6-3 Willard walk-off, 3-RBI home run Tiffany Messerschmidt 2 Katie Manuma 1 2 Utah State 3-4 6-4 Toney walk-off, 2-RBI home run Megan Arnold 1 1 Alexandra Hudson 1 Krista Hicks 1 GETTING OUT EARLY...OR NOT 2+ HOME RUNS Delaney Willard 1 2 Of BYU’s 28 wins this season, the Cougars have won eight in less than seven innings so far this season due to the mercy rule. However, in the Cougars’ 16 other victories, seven have come by just a single run. 3+ hits JC Clayton 2 15 Jessica Dugas 4 11 GRAND OLE TIME Tiffany Messerschmidt 3 7 BYU players have hit four grand slams this season, including two by senior Delaney Willard (Cal State Delaney Willard 2 5 Stacie Toney 2 3 Northridge, Purdue) and one each by senior Stacie Toney (No. 14 Texas A&M) and freshman Megan Krista Hicks 2 Arnold (UMKC). The four grand slams is tied for third-most by a BYU team in a season behind five Alexandra Hudson 2 from the 2010 squad and six by the 2003 team. Carly Duckworth 1 1 Katie Manuma 1 SCORING ALL AT ONCE 3+ RBI Delaney Willard 8 15 Playing Cal State Northridge on Feb. 17, the Cougars scored all of their 11 runs in the fourth inning, Stacie Toney 4 6 giving them their second-highest run total in team history for a single inning. Earlier in April, the Carly Duckworth 2 6 Cougars scored nine in an inning against UMKC, tied for the sixth-highest total. The BYU record for Jessica Dugas 2 4 JC Clayton 1 4 most runs in an inning is 12 at Southern Utah on March 25, 2008. Megan Arnold 2 2 Alexandra Hudson 1 2 WIN STREAKS Katie Manuma 1 2 Jenna Goar 1 1 The Cougars have compiled 33 win streaks of five games or more in program history, including three Ashlee Brawley 1 1 this season. Last year, streaks of 12 and 11 games were the first time in school history a team has had Krista Hicks 1 two double-digit win streaks in the same season. In 2010, BYU matched a season high with five such 3+ Runs streaks, tying the 2005 Cougars. BYU set a program-high streak of 16 consecutive wins in both 2007 JC Clayton 3 9 and 2009. Delaney Willard 3 6 Jessica Dugas 2 5 Stacie Toney 2 3 Win streaks of 5+ games: Tiffany Messerschmidt 3 Carly Duckworth 2 Alexandra Hudson 1 2012 - 6, 5, 7 2006 - 7, 8 2011 - 5, 12, 11 2005 - 9, 8, 9, 5, 5 2+ WALKS Delaney Willard 6 13 2010 - 7, 6, 9, 9, 7 2004 - 6 JC Clayton 5 12 2009 - 5, 16 2003 - 5, 12 Tiffany Messerschmidt 3 11 2008 - 6, 5, 6 2002 - 7, 5, 5 Jessica Dugas 4 10 Stacie Toney 4 5 2007 - 5, 5, 16 2001 - 8 Alexandra Hudson 1 4 Krista Hicks 4 Carly Duckworth 1 3 Bailie Hicken 2 2 Katie Manuma 2 2 Ashlee Brawley 1 1 BYUtv TO TELEVISE 15 GAMES NATIONALLY Megan Arnold 1 1 The BYU softball team will play 15 nationally televised games on BYUtv during the upcoming 2012 regular season. 2+ stolen bases In addition, 10 games will be broadcast on BYU Radio. The 15-game national television schedule is unprecedented Lacey Millett 1 5 in college softball, giving Cougar fans around the country and around the world the chance to see BYU go for its Jessica Dugas 2 fourth-straight conference title and eighth-consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. JC Clayton 2 Delaney Willard 1 BYUtv is available on Dish Network channel 9403, DirecTV channels 374 and 68 and is also carried by nearly 600 5+ strikeouts cable TV providers nationwide. Fans can also watch BYU sports live in the United State and on demand anywhere Tori Almond 8 18 in the world on www.byutv.org. BYU Radio is available on SiriusXM Radio channel 143, Dish Network channel Hannah Howell 7 12 980 and at www.byuradio.org. Caroline Umphlett 1 1 7+ innings pitched 2012 Broadcast Schedule Tori Almond 3 4 Mar. 20 Idaho State 6 p.m. BYUtv / BYU Radio Hannah Howell 1 1 Mar. 23 New Mexico State 6 p.m. BYUtv Mar. 24 New Mexico State (DH) 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. BYUtv / BYU Radio Mar. 27 UMKC (DH) 5 p.m., 7 p.m. BYUtv Apr. 3 Southern Utah 6 p.m. BYUtv / BYU Radio Apr. 6 Hawai’i 6 p.m. BYU Radio Apr. 7 Hawai’i (DH) 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. BYUtv / BYU Radio Apr. 11 Utah Valley 6 p.m. BYUtv / BYU Radio Apr. 14 Utah State (DH) 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. BYUtv Apr. 27 San Jose State 6 p.m. BYUtv Apr. 28 San Jose State (DH) 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. BYUtv May 2 at Utah Valley 5 p.m. BYU Radio
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National Rankings BYU IN THE NATIONAL STATISTICS BYU is ranked in the top 100 nationally in a number of statistical categories: USA Today/NFCA Top 25 (Week 10) Category Actual Rank Rank, School Record Prev. Scoring 5.90 21st 1. California (24) 39-2 1 Batting Average .302 34th 2. Alabama (6) 40-2 2 Win/Lose Percentage .700 34th 3. Florida 38-5 3 4. Arizona State 36-5 4 Double Plays per Game 0.35 55th 5. Texas 35-5 5 Slugging Percentage .434 62nd 6. Oklahoma 35-6 6 Home Runs per Game 0.73 82nd 7. Louisiana-Lafayette 38-2 8 8. Tennessee 35-9 10 Earned Run Average 2.80 90th 9. Washington 35-9 7 10. Missouri 32-8 9 11. Louisville 38-2 12 12. Georgia 34-10 11 AGAINST THE TOP 25 13. Arizona 29-12 13 BYU has played nine games against teams ranked in the current Top 25. 14. Hawai’i 35-4 14 15. UCLA 29-12 16 Date Team Rank Then rank Now result 16. Stanford 32-12 15 17. South Florida 40-6 18 Feb. 9 Oregon State - 24 L, 5-22 18. Oregon 29-9 19 Feb. 10 Texas A&M 15 14 W, 3-2 19. Texas A&M 29-13 17 Feb. 11 Oregon 11 14 W, 2-1 20. Michigan 30-11 20 Feb. 23 Oklahoma State 21 - L, 2-3 21. North Carolina 32-10 24 Feb. 24 Florida 1 3 L, 0-3 22. Florida State 37-10 21 Feb. 24 Texas A&M 14 16 L, 8-14 23. LSU 29-13 22 Mar. 15 Arizona State 5 3 L, 0-3 24. Texas Tech 34-10 RV Apr. 7 Hawaii 15 14 L, 0-1 25. Baylor 26-14 23 Apr. 7 Hawaii 15 14 W, 7-3 Receiving votes: Georgia Tech 24, Tulsa 18, Oregon State 13, Syracuse 10, Kentucky 5, Northern Iowa 5 Among others receiving votes, BYU has also played and lost to DePaul and Fresno State.
BYU ANNOUNCES MOVE TO PCSC IN 2013 ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 PORTLAND, Ore. – Brigham Young University has accepted an invitation to join the Pacific Coast (Week 10) Softball Conference, PCSC Commissioner Ellen Moore announced Monday. The Cougars’ first year in the PCSC will be the 2013 softball season. The addition of BYU will give the PCSC seven teams for Rank, School Record Prev. 1. California (15) 39-2 1 the 2013 campaign. 2. Alabama (5) 40-2 2 3. Arizona State 36-5 3 “The Pacific Coast Softball Conference is excited to formally welcome Brigham Young University 4. Florida 38-5 4 softball into the PCSC family,” said Moore. “In BYU, we have added an institution with a strong 5. Oklahoma 35-6 6 academic reputation, a tradition of excellence in athletics -- specifically softball -- and a loyal and sup- 6. Texas 35-5 5 portive community of fans. We are thrilled to have them on board and can’t wait for them to join us 7. Tennessee 35-9 10 on the field in 2013. 8. Louisiana-Lafayette 38-2 7 9. Louisville 38-2 12 10. Missouri 32-8 9 “On behalf of the PCSC and our member institutions, I extend a very warm welcome to Coach 11. Washington 35-9 8 Gordon Eakin and the BYU Cougars!” 12. Arizona 29-12 13 13. Georgia 34-10 11 The PCSC will have 12 teams for the upcoming 2012 season. The Big Sky Conference will begin spon- 14. Oregon 29-9 15 soring softball in 2013, meaning the PCSC’s Big Sky core-members Idaho State, Northern Colorado, 15. UCLA 29-12 17 Portland State, Sacramento State and Weber State will leave the PCSC after this season. Seattle 16. Texas A&M 29-13 14 University will also be leaving the PCSC for the Western Athletic Conference following the 2012 cam- 17. South Florida 40-6 16 paign. 18. Hawai’i 35-4 19 19. Stanford 32-12 18 20. Michigan 30-11 20 Brigham Young was an original member of the Mountain West Conference, when the conference 21. North Carolina 32-10 24 formed in 1999. The Cougars left the MWC this past summer, playing as an NCAA FBS Independent 22. Florida State 37-10 22 in football with the majority of its other sports joining the West Coast Conference. While the WCC 23. LSU 29-13 21 does not sponsor softball, the Cougars will play the 2012 season in the WAC before joining fellow 24. Oregon State 27-14 23 WCC members Loyola Marymount, San Diego, Saint Mary’s and Santa Clara in the PCSC. 25. Texas Tech 34-10 RV “We are grateful to have found a conference home in the Pacific Coast Softball Conference for our Receiving votes: Syracuse 25, Baylor 16, Tulsa 13, Georgia Tech 9, DePaul 8, Fresno State 1, Kentucky 1, UAB 1, excellent softball team,” said BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe. “The PCSC provides an oppor- Virginia Tech 1 tunity for Coach Eakin and his team to strengthen the national status they have earned during his ten- ure. The PCSC membership includes West Coast Conference partners with whom we hope to build a great softball conference.”
“Our coaching staff and team are excited to have a new home in the PCSC,” Eakin said. “The PCSC has high quality coaching staffs and I have no doubt their programs will provide tough competition and push us to improve. We are also thrilled with the new venues and the great West Coast weather they provide. We look forward to being an active partner in strengthening and moving forward the PCSC.”
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BYU CAREER RECORDS BYU SEASON RECORDS BYU’S 2012 RECORD WHEN... Batting Average Batting Average At home ...... 13-1 1) .436 Oli Keohohou 2001-03 1) .458 Oli Keohohou 2001 On the road ...... 0-4 2) .391 JC Clayton 2010-pres. 2) .447 delaney Willard 2012 At a neutral field ...... 15-7 8) .330 Tifffany Messerschmidt 2009-pres. 3) .430 jc Clayton 2010 On Television ...... 10-1 Triples Runs Batted In On Monday ...... 0-1 1) 13 jennifer Whiteley 2004-07 1) 90 angeline Quiocho 2010 On Tuesday ...... 5-0 4) 7 angeline Quiocho 2007-10 6) 64 jessica Purcell Fitu 2011 On Wednesday ...... 1-0 T-5) 6 JC Clayton 2010-pres. 7) 60 delaney Willard 2012 On Thursday ...... 3-4 Home Runs Slugging Percentage On Friday ...... 9-5 1) 66 angeline Quiocho 2007-10 1) 1.016 Oli Keohohou 2003 On Saturday ...... 10-2 9) 35 daniela Urincho Snow 2005-08 3) .956 angeline Quiocho 2010 Coming off a win ...... 20-7 10) 31 delaney Willard 2009-pres. 4) .939 delaney Willard 2012 Coming off a loss ...... 9-3 Grand Slams On Base Percentage Playing the first game of a doubleheader . . 4-2 1) 5 jessica Purcell Fitu 2008-11 1) .636 Oli Keohohou 2001 Playing the second game of a doubleheader .5-1 T-2) 4 delaney Willard 2009-pres. 3) .609 Oli Keohohou 2003 BYU scores 15 or more runs ...... 2-0 4) .542 delaney Willard 2012 BYU scores between 10+ runs ...... 5-0 Runs Batted In 1) 235 jessica Purcell Fitu 2008-11 BYU scores between 6-9 runs ...... 10-2 7) 153 Oli Keohohou 2001-03 BYU scores between 3-5 runs ...... 8-2 8) 143 delaney Willard 2009-pres. WAC SEASON RECORDS BYU scores between 0-2 runs ...... 3-8 All Games Opponent scores between 10+ runs . . . . 0-3 Runs Scored Opponent scores between 6-9 runs . . . . . 3-3 1) 215 angeline Quiocho 2007-10 Batting Average 8) 134 ianeta Le’i 2003-06 1) .508 Nina Lindenberg, FSU 1996 Opponent scores between 3-5 runs . . . . . 7-3 9) 128 JC Clayton 2010-pres. 7) .449 scia Maumausolo, CS 1996 Opponent scores between 0-2 runs . . . . 19-2 8) .447 delaney Willard 2012 BYU leads after 6 innings ...... 11-0 Walks 9) .445 Kim Rondina, UNLV 1997 Opponent leads after 6 innings ...... 2-10 1) 200 Oli Keohohou 2001-03 BYU leads after 5 innings ...... 13-0 9) 79 Brooke Cadiente 2000-03 Runs Batted In 10) 76 delaney Willard 2009-pres. 1) 77 Nina Lindenberg, FSU 1998 Opponent leads after 5 innings ...... 2-9 10) 62 hoku Nohara, NMSU 2010 BYU leads after 4 innings ...... 20-1 Stolen Bases 7) 60 delaney Willard 2012 Opponent leads after 4 innings ...... 3-9 1) 46 angeline Quiocho 2007-10 BYU outhits opponents ...... 20-2 5) 31 Kristin Delahoussaye 2008-11 Runs Batted In Per Game Opponent outhits BYU ...... 2-10 6) 30 JC Clayton 2010-pres. 1) 1.50 delaney Willard 2012 7) 28 Jessica Dugas 2009-pres. 2) 1.30 hoku Nohara 2011 Hits are tied ...... 6-0 3) 1.22 Nina Lindenberg, FSU 1998 Versus ranked opponent ...... 3-5 Slugging Percentage 1) .968 Oli Keohohou 2001-03 Slugging Percentage 6) .604 andrea Ramirez 2006-10 1) 1.007 hoku Nohara, NMSU 2011 7) .602 delaney Willard 2009-pres. 2) .941 Kim Rondina, UNLV 1997 BYU MARGIN OF 3) .940 stacey Porter, UH 2003 VICTORY/DEFEAT On Base Percentage** 4) .939 delaney Willard 2012 1) .622 Oli Keohohou 2001-03 5) .919 Kelly Majam, UH 2010 2) .454 angeline Quiocho 2007-10 Margin Wins Losses 3) .452 Kristin Delahoussaye 2008-11 1 run ...... 7 ...... 4 .452 ianeta Le’i 2003-06 2 runs ...... 4 ...... 1 5) .456 JC Clayton 2010-pres. WAC SEASON RECORDS 3 runs ...... 4 ...... 3 6) .434 andrea Ramirez 2006-10 4 runs ...... 1 ...... 1 Conference Games Only 5 runs ...... 7) .432 Tiffany Messerschmidt 2009-pres. 6 runs ...... 2 ...... 2 8) .424 jessica Purcell Fitu 2008-11 Slugging Percentage 7 runs ...... 1 ...... 9) .416 Jessica Dugas 2009-pres. 1) 1.050 jessica Iwata, UH 2010 8 runs ...... 3 ...... 10) .419 delaney Willard 2009-pres. 3) 1.017 stacey Porter, UH 2003 9 runs ...... 3 ...... 11) .415 Stacie Toney 2011-pres. 4) 1.000 delaney Willard 2012 10 runs ...... 1 ...... 5) .980 devon Bridges, BSU 2011 11 runs ...... Saves 12+ runs ...... 2 (13, 15) . . . . . 1 (17) T-1) 7 Paige Affleck 2008-11 7 Hannah Howell 2010-pres. Strikeouts 7) 208 Brooke Boyce Humbert 2003-06 BYU HITTING STREAKS 8) 194 Hannah Howell 2010-pres. pLAYer cURRENT SEASON CAREER 9) 189 daniela Urincho Snow 2005-08 Megan Arnold 1 3 3 10) 183 Tori Almond 2011-pres. Ashlee Brawley 3 3 3 Earned Run Average JC Clayton 6 6 15 9) 2.70 christie Zinanti 2007-10 Carly Duckworth 3 4 10) 2.81 Tori Almond 2011-pres. Jessica Dugas 10 11 11) 2.86 Hannah Howell 2010-pres. Shelbi Everett 1 1 Jenna Goar 2 2 **In addition to five of the top 11 BYU players with the Bailie Hicken 2 2 best career on base percentage in program history currently Krista Hicks 2 9 playing this season, eight of the top 10 played together on the 2010 roster while another, Le’i, was and still is the Alexandra Hudson 5 5 Cougars’ assistant coach. Anna Hudson 2 2 2 Katie Manuma 1 5 6 Tiffany Messerschmidt 3 7 Lacey Millett 4 4 Madisen Robb 1 3 Stacie Toney 1 8 8 Delaney Willard 5 11 11
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EAKIN, ALVEY NAMED BYU HEAD COACH TO USA COACHES POOL GORDON EAKIN
P ROVO, Utah (Feb. 1, 2011) - BYU head coach Gordon Eakin BYU head coach Gordon Eakin is entering his 10th season as the and associate head coach Vaughn Alvey were both selected to Cougars’ head coach and his 13th season at BYU overall. the USA SoftballW omen’s National Team Coaching pool. Eakin was named head coach in July 2002 after working as an assistant Eakin and Alvey are two of 24 coaches who may be selected coach since the softball program’s inception in 2000. Since that time he as assistant coaches for the Women’s and Junior Women’s Na- has led the Cougars to five Mountain West Conference championships tional team events this summer. BYU is the only school to and seven NCAA tournament appearances. have two coaches in the pool. The MWC Coach of the Year three-straight years (2009, 2010, 2011) “We are thrilled to have a great cross section of coaches for Eakin has coached eight All-Americans, seven MWC Players of the the Women’s National team program for the next two years,” Year, three MWC Freshmen of the Year and two MWC Pitchers of the said ASA and USA Softball Executive Director Ron Radigon- Year during his tenure. da. “With the ISF change of World Championships every two years, we are excited to assist coaches in gaining international experience and opportunities.” In 2011, Eakin led BYU to its third-straight MWC championship and seventh-consecutive NCAA Regional berth as the Cougars finished with a 40-18 record. In 2010, Eakin guided the Cougars to 46 The placement is a stamp of approval for Eakin, who was wins, the most in school history, as BYU advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time ever the USA National Team hitting coach last summer. In 2010, with wins over East Carolina and host Texas before ending its season at national runner-up Arizona. Eakin helped the USA win tournaments around the world, including the World Championship in Venezuela and the Known as one of the best hitting coaches in the country, Eakin helped the Cougars finish 13th in scoring World Cup in Oklahoma. and 30th in batting average last season and second in the country in batting average, seventh in scoring and ninth in slugging percentage in 2010. Overall BYU has finished in the top-ten nationally in slug- A two-time Mountain West Coach of the Year, Eakin has led ging percentage six times, home runs per game six times, batting average four times and scoring four the Cougar softball program since 2003, compiling a 331-142 times under Eakin. (.700) record and the highest winning percentage in MWC history. In addition to his duties at BYU, Eakin has also been an assistant coach and the hitting coach for the USA National Team since 2009. In the summer of 2010, Eakin helped guide the National Team to a 17-2 Alvey, BYU’s top assistant and pitching coach for the last record as USA won the World Championship in Venezuela, the World Cup in Oklahoma and the Japan eight seasons, was selected to the coaching pool for the first Cup championship in Sendai, Japan. time. At BYU, Alvey has coached Paige Affleck and Christie Zinanti, two of the most accomplished pitchers in BYU his- Before entering the coaching ranks, Eakin was a successful baseball and softball player. After playing tory, helping the Cougars win four conference championships collegiate baseball at the University of Utah, Eakin signed with the Oakland Athletics organization in the last six years. where he played for three years.
Alvey is a member of the Utah Sports Hall of Fame and Eakin went on to join the United States All-Star team, playing in three U.S. Olympic sports festivals coached at Alta High in Utah for 17 seasons, leading the in 1986, 1993 and 1994, winning bronze, silver and gold, respectively. While on the team, Eakin was Hawks to eight state titles. He also coaches girls summer honored on the ISC All-World First Team and was an ASA All-American. programs, winning the AFA National Championship in 1992. He would later go on to play shortstop on the internationally ranked Larry H. Miller Toyota Fast Pitch team, eventually earning induction into the Utah Fast Pitch Hall of Fame in 1998.
Eakin is a native of Holladay, Utah, and graduated from Granite High. He currently resides in Sandy, Utah, and is married to Barbi. They are the parents of three children (Alicia, Ryan & Parker) and have four grandsons. EAKIN AT A GLANCE • Record of 399-172 (.699) in his 10th year as head coach • USA National Team hitting coach • Highest winning percentage in MWC history in MWC games (.750) and overall. • Guided BYU to five Mountain West Conference championships in the last seven years (2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) while never finishing lower than third in the conference • Three-time MWC Coach of the Year (2009, 2010, 2011) • Led BYU to first-ever NCAA Super Regional appearance in 2010 and seven-straight NCAA tour- nament appearances overall • Coached 8 All-Americans • Coached 7 Conference Players of the Year, 3 Conference Freshmen of the Year and 2 Conference Pitchers of the Year • Coached 17 All-Region and 22 All-Conference performers • Guided BYU to top-10 national finishes in slugging percentage six times, home runs per game six times, batting average four times and scoring four times • Coached two players who would go on to play professionally, including 2010 MWC Player of the Year Angeline Quiocho who finished first in the nation in home runs per game and RBI per game and is now a member of the NPF Diamonds
EAKIN COACHING SUMMARY School season Overall conference conference Finish NCAA BYU 2003 36-17 10-7 3rd - BYU 2004 34-18 11-8 3rd - BYU 2005 45-14 16-2 1st 1-2 BYU 2006 43-22 15-5 2nd 1-2 BYU 2007 43-20 16-4 1st 2-2 BYU 2008 44-20 14-6 2nd 1-2 BYU 2009 40-18 12-2 1st 1-2 BYU 2010 46-13 12-3 1st 3-2 BYU 2011 40-18 11-2 1st 2-2 BYU 2012 28-12 7-3 TOTALS 10th Season 399-172 (.699) 124-42 (.747) 5 Titles 11-14 (.440)
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WILLARD EARNS 2ND HITTER OF THE WEEK DENVER – Brigham Young’s Delaney Willard and Hawai‘i’s Stephanie Ricketts have been named the Verizon Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for March 19-25. This is the second honor of the season for Willard and the fourth of the season and 11th over- all for Ricketts.
Willard, a senior right fielder from Camarillo, Calif., hit .444 with a double, three home runs and seven RBI as the Cougars went 4-0 on the week, including a series sweep of New Mexico State. For the week, she posted a 1.556 slugging percentage and a .615 on-base percentage. In the series finale 2012 WAC STANDINGS (As of 4/15/12) against the Aggies, she became the first Cougar this season to hit two home runs in a game, the sec- ond of which was a three-run, walk-off game-winner. She also had five RBI in the game, tying a sea- WAC Overall Streak son high. Willard has hit safely in seven of the last eight games and has reached base all eight games. Hawai’i 9-2 35-4 W3 With four walks last week, she moved into 10th place all-time at BYU in career walks (67) and her 11 Fresno State 8-2 28-17 L1 home runs this season ties her total from last year in exactly half as many games played. BYU 7-3 28-12 W4 San Jose State 6-4 22-20 W1 WILLARD NAMED WAC HITTER OF THE WEEK Nevada 6-6 16-28 L1 DENVER – BYU softball’s Delaney Willard and Hawai‘i’s Stephanie Ricketts have been named the Louisiana Tech 5-6 18-23 L4 Utah State 2-10 14-28 L3 Verizon Western Athletic Conference Hitter and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Feb. 6-12. This New Mexico State 1-11 20-24 W1 is the first-ever honor for Willard and the first of the season and eighth overall for Ricketts.
Willard, a senior right fielder from Camarillo, Calif., led the Cougars to a 3-2 record at the Kajikawa 2012 WAC hittERS OF THE WEEK Classic last week, including wins over No. 15 Texas A&M and No. 11 Oregon. She was 9-for-17 Week 1 delaney Willard (Sr., OF) BYU (.529) with three home runs, two doubles, nine RBI, six runs scored and a 1.235 slugging percentage. Week 2 Tiare Jennings (Sr., UTL) NMST Week 3 Janna Frandrup (Jr., 1B) LaTech Willard had a career-high four hits vs. Texas State and scored four runs against UC Santa Barbara, Week 4 Ashley Butera (Fr., C) Nevada tying a BYU record. She also drove in all five of BYU’s runs in Thursday’s games and totaled 21 total Week 5 Leisha Li’ili’i (Fr., DP) Hawai’i bases on the week, an average of more than four per game. Week 6 Jessica Iwata (Jr., SS) Hawai’i Week 7 delaney Willard (Sr., OF) BYU BYU TABBED 4TH IN WAC PRESEASON POLL Week 8 vanessa House (Jr., OF) sjsU DENVER – The Western Athletic Conference softball coaches have picked the BYU softball team to Week 9 Brooke Ortiz (So., INF) FSU finish fourth and Fresno State to win the 2012 WAC regular-season crown. Week 10 Makani Duhaylonsod-Kaleimamahu (Sr., 1B) Hawai’i In addition, senior Jessica Dugas and sophomore Carly Duckworth were named to the preseason All- 2012 WAC PITCHERS OF THE WEEK WAC team. Both players earned All-Mountain West Conference honors following the 2011 season. Week 1 Stephanie Ricketts (Sr.) Hawai’i Week 2 Mackenzie Oakes (Sr.) FSU Week 3 Michelle Moses (Sr.) FSU In its first season as members of the WAC, the Cougars earned one first-place vote and 35 points. Week 4 Stephanie Ricketts (Sr.) Hawai’i Fresno State took the top spot in the preseason poll with 44 points and three first-place votes. Hawai‘i Week 5 Amanda Pridmore (Jr.) SJSU came in second, picking up two first-place votes and 42 points, followed by New Mexico State in third Week 6 Stephanie Ricketts (Sr.) Hawai’i place with 37 points and two first-place votes. Nevada was picked to finish fifth with 20 points, fol- Week 7 Stephanie Ricketts (Sr.) Hawai’i lowed by San Jose State and Louisiana Tech tied for sixth with 17 points apiece. Utah State rounded Week 8 Madison Fish (Fr.) SJSU out the poll in eighth place with 12 points. BYU took the MWC championship each of the last three Week 9 Michelle Jones (Jr.) LaTech seasons and has played in the NCAA tournament every year since 2005. Week 10 Kaia Parnaby (Jr.) Hawai’i
WAC STAT RANKINGS
CATegory sTAT RANK PER GAME RANK CATEGORY TOP BYU PLAYER ACTUAL rANK Batting Avg. .302 1st - - Batting Avg. Willard .447 1st Slugging Pct. .437 4th - - Toney .389 5th On Base Pct. .400 2nd - - Dugas .360 6th Runs Scored 236 2nd 5.90 2nd Slugging Pct. Willard .939 1st Hits 319 2nd 7.98 1st Toney .648 3rd RBI 201 3rd 5.03 2nd On Base Pct. Willard .542 1st Doubles 44 6th 1.10 6th Toney .484 5th Triples 4 5th 0.10 5th Runs Scored Clayton 35 2nd Home Runs 30 4th 0.75 4th Willard 33 3rd Total Bases 461 4th - - Dugas, Toney 31 5th Walks 158 1st 3.95 1st Hits Willard 51 2nd Sac Bunts 26 3rd - - Clayton 45 6th HBP 17 5th - - RBi willard 60 1st Stolen Bases 41 1st 1.03 1st Toney 31 5th ERA 2.80 3rd - - Doubles willard 12 2nd Opp. Batting Avg. .256 4th - - Triples clayton 2 4th Innings Pitched 254.2 7th - - Home Runs Willard 14 2nd Strikeouts 206 4th 5.66 3rd Walks willard 24 5th Wins 28 2nd - - Total Bases Willard 107 1st Saves 4 2nd - - Toney 70 7th Hits Allowed 255 2nd 7.01 4th Stolen Bases Clayton 13 2nd Runs Allowed 145 3rd 3.99 4th ERA Almond 2.47 6th Earned Runs Allowed 102 2nd 2.80 3rd Howell 2.64 7th Walks Allowed 110 5th 3.02 6th Strikeouts howell 92 5th Hit Batters 12 8th - - Strikeouts per game almond 7.94 1st Fielding Pct. .955 4th - - Wins howell 13 3rd Double Plays 14 2nd - - Hits Allowed per game almond 5.30 5th
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De at Opponent Location Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Results Feb. 9 vs. Oregon State ~ Tempe, AZ Denmore Almond (0-1) L, 22-5 (5) Feb. 10 vs. No. 15 Texas A&M ~ Tempe, AZ Umphlett (1-0) Sisk W, 3-2 Feb. 10 vs. Texas State ~ Tempe, AZ Taylor Almond (0-2) L, 6-2 Feb. 11 vs. No. 11 Oregon ~ Tempe, AZ Umphlett (2-0) Moore W, 2-1 Feb. 11 vs. UC Santa Barbara ~ Tempe, AZ Umphlett (3-0) Collins W, 12-4 (6) Feb. 16 vs. Portland State ! Las Vegas, NV Howell (1-0) Bertrand W, 4-1 Feb. 17 vs. Cal State Northridge ! Henderson, NV Umphlett (4-0) Pagano W, 11-1 (6) Feb. 17 vs. Memphis ! Henderson, NV Howell (2-0) Hummel W, 14-8 Feb. 18 vs. Indiana ! Henderson, NV Howell (3-0) Olson W, 8-7 Feb. 18 vs. DePaul ! Henderson, NV Verdun Howell (3-1) L, 8-2 Feb. 23 vs. No. 21 Oklahoma State @ Cathedral City, CA Espinosa Umphlett (4-1) L, 3-2 Feb. 23 vs. Pacific @ Cathedral City, CA Howell (4-1) Shepard W, 3-2 Feb. 24 vs. No. 1 Florida @ Cathedral City, CA Haeger Howell (4-2) L, 3-0 Feb. 24 vs. No. 14 Texas A&M @ Cathedral City, CA Ainsley Howell (4-3) L, 14-8 (8) Feb. 25 vs. LIU Brooklyn @ Cathedral City, CA Umphlett (5-1) Vondrak W, 11-4 Mar. 1 at San Diego State # San Diego, CA Arbino Howell (4-4) L, 1-0 Mar. 2 vs. Cal State Northridge # Santee, CA Almond (1-2) Pagano W, 4-1 Mar. 2 vs. Saint Joseph’s # Santee, CA Howell (5-4) Ashway W, 3-2 (8) Mar. 3 vs. Long Beach State # Santee, CA Howell (6-4) Carbajal W, 2-1 Mar. 3 vs. Charlotte # Santee, CA Almond (2-2) Watkins W, 9-0 (5) Mar. 15 vs. Purdue $ Fullerton, CA Almond (3-2) Hackney W, 14-1 (5) Mar. 15 vs. No. 5 Arizona State $ Fullerton, CA Bach Umphlett (5-2) L, 3-0 Mar. 16 vs. UC Davis $ Fullerton, CA Howell (7-4) Thweatt W, 9-0 (6) Mar. 20 Idaho State PROVO, UT Howell (8-4) Ott W, 5-2 Mar. 23 New Mexico State PROVO, UT Almond (4-2) Donisthorpe W, 3-2 Mar. 24 New Mexico State PROVO, UT Howell (9-4) Newman W, 9-1 (5) Mar. 24 New Mexico State PROVO, UT Almond (5-2) Donisthorpe W, 6-3 Mar. 27 UMKC PROVO, UT Almond (6-2) Friese W, 8-2 Mar. 27 UMKC PROVO, UT Howell (10-4) Sokolik W, 16-1 (5) Mar. 30 at Fresno State Fresno, CA Moses Howell (10-5) L, 3-1 Mar. 30 at Fresno State Fresno, CA Moses Umphlett (5-3) L, 10-9 Apr. 3 Southern Utah PROVO, UT Howell (11-5) Ostler W, 8-0 (5) Apr. 3 Southern Utah PROVO, UT Almond (7-2) Black W, 6-4 Apr. 7 No. 15 Hawai’i PROVO, UT Ricketts Howell (11-6) L, 1-0 Apr. 7 No. 15 Hawai’i PROVO, UT Almond (8-2) Parnaby W, 7-3 Apr. 9 at Idaho State Pocatello, ID Fitzsimmons Howell (11-7) L, 7-4 Apr. 11 Utah Valley PROVO, UT Howell (12-7) Mills W, 3-1 (5) Apr. 13 Utah State PROVO, UT Howell (13-7) Harmon W, 15-6 Apr. 14 Utah State PROVO, UT Almond (9-2) Chaplin W, 2-0 Apr. 14 Utah State PROVO, UT Almond (10-2) Chaplin W, 6-4 Apr. 20 at Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA Apr. 21 at Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA Apr. 21 at Louisiana Tech Ruston, LA Apr. 24 at Southern Utah Cedar City, UT Apr. 24 at Southern Utah Cedar City, UT Apr. 27 San Jose State PROVO, UT Apr. 28 San Jose State PROVO, UT Apr. 28 San Jose State PROVO, UT May 1 Utah Valley PROVO, UT May 2 at Utah Valley Orem, UT May 4 at Nevada Reno, NV May 5 at Nevada Reno, NV May 5 at Nevada Reno, NV May 10-12 WAC Tournament Las Cruces, NM May 17-19 NCAA Regional TBA
~ Kajikawa Classic, ! Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, @ Cathedral City Classic, # San Diego Classic, $ Judi Garman Classic
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Record: 28-12 Home: 13-1 Away: 0-4 Neutral: 15-7 WAC: 7-3
Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 28 Willard, Delaney . 4 4 7 40-40 114 33 51 12 1 14 60 107 . 9 3 9 24 2 17 0 . 5 4 2 2 1 3-6 30 1 2 . 9 3 9 21 Toney, Stacie . 3 8 9 40-38 108 31 42 8 1 6 31 70 . 6 4 8 16 4 14 1 . 4 8 4 0 3 3-3 99 50 6 . 9 6 1 16 Clayton, JC . 3 6 0 39-39 125 35 45 2 2 0 12 51 . 4 0 8 20 0 19 0 . 4 4 8 0 0 13-16 50 68 6 . 9 5 2 20 Messerschmidt, Tiffa . 3 3 3 28-23 60 15 20 0 0 0 5 20 . 3 3 3 11 0 17 0 . 4 3 7 0 4 3-4 9 3 1 . 9 2 3 19 Dugas, Jessica . 3 2 3 40-40 133 31 43 2 0 0 12 45 . 3 3 8 18 0 22 0 . 4 0 4 0 4 7-7 40 39 6 . 9 2 9 3 Duckworth, Carly . 2 8 6 33-25 70 18 20 3 0 3 17 32 . 4 5 7 11 3 23 0 . 4 0 0 1 2 2-2 25 2 0 1.000 31 Manuma, Katie . 2 6 8 38-33 97 15 26 5 0 3 21 40 . 4 1 2 19 0 19 0 . 3 8 8 0 2 0-0 211 6 5 . 9 7 7 4 Brawley, Ashlee . 2 5 0 27-23 56 10 14 2 0 0 9 16 . 2 8 6 5 1 12 0 . 3 2 3 0 3 1-3 20 60 8 . 9 0 9 6 Hicken, Bailie . 2 3 3 25-10 30 13 7 0 0 0 0 7 . 2 3 3 9 0 8 0 . 4 1 0 0 0 2-3 1 1 0 1.000 12 Arnold, Megan . 2 2 9 22-7 35 3 8 2 0 2 9 16 . 4 5 7 4 0 10 0 . 3 0 8 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 22 Hicks, Krista . 2 0 0 25-11 45 9 9 1 0 0 5 10 . 2 2 2 3 3 6 0 . 2 9 4 0 2 0-0 15 19 8 . 8 1 0 5 Hudson, Alexandra . 1 9 4 35-22 62 8 12 4 0 0 6 16 . 2 5 8 10 0 20 0 . 3 0 6 0 1 0-0 24 3 1 . 9 6 4 24 Goar, Jenna . 1 8 9 21-9 37 5 7 3 0 1 9 13 . 3 5 1 1 0 7 0 . 2 0 5 1 1 0-0 62 3 1 . 9 8 5 14 Hudson, Anna . 1 2 2 28-25 41 3 5 0 0 1 4 8 . 1 9 5 5 2 14 0 . 2 5 0 0 1 1-1 128 13 3 . 9 7 9 ------1 Millett, Lacey . 2 6 7 12-6 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 . 2 6 7 0 1 5 0 . 3 1 3 0 1 4-6 2 0 0 1.000 2 Everett, Shelbi . 2 1 4 10-7 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 . 2 1 4 1 1 2 0 . 3 1 3 0 1 2-3 36 2 1 . 9 7 4 33 Robb, Madisen . 2 1 4 11-2 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 . 2 1 4 1 0 2 0 . 2 6 7 0 0 0-0 2 2 0 1.000 Totals . 3 0 2 40 1056 236 319 44 4 30 201 461 . 4 3 7 158 17 217 1 . 4 0 0 4 26 41-54 764 317 51 . 9 5 5 Opponents . 2 5 6 40 996 145 255 38 3 30 128 389 . 3 9 1 110 12 206 4 . 3 3 6 3 20 39-47 740 312 61 . 9 4 5
LOB - Team (288), Opp (234). DPs turned - Team (14), Opp (7). CI - Team (0), Opp (1).
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)
Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 8 Almond, Tori 2 . 4 7 10-2 21 13 5 2/1 0 76.2 58 37 27 49 87 8 0 6 . 2 0 6 21 0 0 0 6 11 Howell, Hannah 2 . 6 4 13-7 32 19 9 1/1 2 130.0 144 70 49 30 92 23 2 17 . 2 7 7 9 8 0 1 12 10 Umphlett, Caroline 3 . 7 5 5-3 22 8 1 0/0 2 46.2 49 35 25 30 27 6 1 6 . 2 6 1 7 3 0 2 2 ------31 Manuma, Katie 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Duckworth, Carly 21.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 . 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 2 . 8 0 28-12 40 40 15 4/1 4 254.2 255 145 102 110 206 38 3 30 . 2 5 6 38 12 0 3 20 Opponents 5 . 1 9 12-28 40 40 18 4/1 2 246.2 319 236 183 158 217 44 4 30 . 3 0 2 16 17 10 4 26
PB - Team (10), Hudson, An. 4, Toney 4, Goar 1, Everett 1, Opp (11). 2012 BYU Cougars Overall Statistics for BYU (as of Apr 16, 2012) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)
Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 3 Duckworth, Carly 27 25 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 10 Umphlett, Caroline 10 1 9 0 1.000 0 9 2 . 8 1 8 0 0 33 Robb, Madisen 4 2 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Hicken, Bailie 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 1 Millett, Lacey 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Arnold, Megan 1 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 24 Goar, Jenna 66 62 3 1 . 9 8 5 3 0 0 - - - 1 0 14 Hudson, Anna 144 128 13 3 . 9 7 9 0 27 5 . 8 4 4 4 0 31 Manuma, Katie 222 211 6 5 . 9 7 7 6 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 Everett, Shelbi 39 36 2 1 . 9 7 4 0 2 1 . 6 6 7 1 0 11 Howell, Hannah 31 5 25 1 . 9 6 8 1 14 5 . 7 3 7 0 0 5 Hudson, Alexandra 28 24 3 1 . 9 6 4 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 21 Toney, Stacie 155 99 50 6 . 9 6 1 2 10 2 . 8 3 3 4 0 16 Clayton, JC 124 50 68 6 . 9 5 2 6 0 0 - - - 0 0 28 Willard, Delaney 33 30 1 2 . 9 3 9 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 19 Dugas, Jessica 85 40 39 6 . 9 2 9 3 0 0 - - - 0 0 20 Messerschmidt, Tiffa 13 9 3 1 . 9 2 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Brawley, Ashlee 88 20 60 8 . 9 0 9 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 8 Almond, Tori 16 3 11 2 . 8 7 5 1 16 1 . 9 4 1 0 0 22 Hicks, Krista 42 15 19 8 . 8 1 0 3 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 1132 764 317 51 . 9 5 5 14 39 8 . 8 3 0 10 0 Opponents 1113 740 312 61 . 9 4 5 7 41 13 . 7 5 9 11 1
Hitting minimums - 1 Games 0.8 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 0.5 IP/Game 2012 BYU Cougars Conference statistics for BYU (as of Apr 16, 2012) (WAC games only Sorted by Batting avg)
Record: 7-3 Home: 7-1 Away: 0-2 WAC: 7-3
Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 28 Willard, Delaney . 4 2 9 10-10 28 10 12 4 0 4 16 28 1.000 8 0 5 0 . 5 4 1 1 0 0-1 9 0 0 1.000 16 Clayton, JC . 4 0 6 10-10 32 9 13 0 1 0 6 15 . 4 6 9 5 0 3 0 . 4 8 6 0 0 5-5 14 17 0 1.000 19 Dugas, Jessica . 3 8 7 10-10 31 8 12 0 0 0 2 12 . 3 8 7 7 0 2 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 2-2 9 3 1 . 9 2 3 21 Toney, Stacie . 3 0 8 10-10 26 10 8 0 0 2 7 14 . 5 3 8 6 2 6 0 . 4 7 1 0 1 0-0 17 17 4 . 8 9 5 2 Everett, Shelbi . 2 8 6 4-3 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 . 2 8 6 0 0 1 0 . 2 8 6 0 1 1-1 14 2 0 1.000 12 Arnold, Megan . 2 7 3 7-3 11 1 3 1 0 1 4 7 . 6 3 6 3 0 2 0 . 4 2 9 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 31 Manuma, Katie . 2 6 9 10-8 26 4 7 2 0 0 11 9 . 3 4 6 4 0 6 0 . 3 6 7 0 1 0-0 66 0 1 . 9 8 5 4 Brawley, Ashlee . 2 5 0 9-8 20 2 5 1 0 0 2 6 . 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 . 2 8 6 0 1 0-0 8 28 4 . 9 0 0 3 Duckworth, Carly . 2 0 0 7-6 15 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 . 2 0 0 3 0 6 0 . 3 1 6 1 1 0-0 5 0 0 1.000 24 Goar, Jenna . 1 4 3 4-2 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 . 2 8 6 0 0 1 0 . 1 2 5 1 0 0-0 20 0 0 1.000 22 Hicks, Krista . 1 2 5 6-1 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 . 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 . 2 2 2 0 0 0-0 1 3 0 1.000 14 Hudson, Anna . 0 9 1 7-7 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 . 0 9 1 0 0 4 0 . 0 9 1 0 0 0-0 25 6 1 . 9 6 9 20 Messerschmidt, Tiffa . 0 0 0 9-7 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 . 2 6 3 0 1 1-1 4 0 1 . 8 0 0 6 Hicken, Bailie . 0 0 0 7-2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 5 Hudson, Alexandra . 0 0 0 7-3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 . 2 8 6 0 1 0-0 2 1 0 1.000 ------33 Robb, Madisen . 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Totals . 2 7 4 10 248 58 68 10 1 7 55 101 . 4 0 7 46 3 49 0 . 3 9 0 3 7 10-11 195 91 13 . 9 5 7 Opponents . 2 3 0 10 248 33 57 10 0 8 29 91 . 3 6 7 25 2 41 0 . 3 0 5 0 1 5-7 185 73 10 . 9 6 3
LOB - Team (64), Opp (48). DPs turned - Team (3), Opp (2).
(WAC games only Sorted by Earned run avg)
Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 8 Almond, Tori 1 . 2 1 5-0 6 4 2 1/0 0 29.0 20 9 5 10 25 2 0 2 . 1 9 0 7 0 0 0 1 11 Howell, Hannah 2 . 5 1 2-2 7 5 4 0/0 0 30.2 30 17 11 7 15 7 0 4 . 2 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 Umphlett, Caroline 9 . 1 9 0-1 3 1 0 0/0 0 5.1 7 7 7 8 1 1 0 2 . 3 6 8 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 2 . 4 8 7-3 10 10 6 1/0 0 65.0 57 33 23 25 41 10 0 8 . 2 3 0 7 2 0 0 1 Opponents 6 . 1 3 3-7 10 10 4 1/0 1 61.2 68 58 54 46 49 10 1 7 . 2 7 4 1 3 1 3 7
PB - Team (1), Hudson, An. 1, Opp (4). 2012 BYU Cougars Conference statistics for BYU (as of Apr 16, 2012) (WAC games only Sorted by Fielding pct)
Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 16 Clayton, JC 31 14 17 0 1.000 2 0 0 - - - 0 0 24 Goar, Jenna 20 20 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 2 Everett, Shelbi 16 14 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 28 Willard, Delaney 9 9 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 11 Howell, Hannah 6 0 6 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 3 Duckworth, Carly 5 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 22 Hicks, Krista 4 1 3 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 5 Hudson, Alexandra 3 2 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 10 Umphlett, Caroline 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 0 31 Manuma, Katie 67 66 0 1 . 9 8 5 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 14 Hudson, Anna 32 25 6 1 . 9 6 9 0 5 1 . 8 3 3 1 0 19 Dugas, Jessica 13 9 3 1 . 9 2 3 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 4 Brawley, Ashlee 40 8 28 4 . 9 0 0 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 21 Toney, Stacie 38 17 17 4 . 8 9 5 1 0 0 - - - 0 0 8 Almond, Tori 9 1 7 1 . 8 8 9 1 5 0 1.000 0 0 20 Messerschmidt, Tiffa 5 4 0 1 . 8 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 12 Arnold, Megan 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 6 Hicken, Bailie 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 33 Robb, Madisen 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 Totals 299 195 91 13 . 9 5 7 3 5 2 . 7 1 4 1 0 Opponents 268 185 73 10 . 9 6 3 2 10 1 . 9 0 9 4 0
Hitting minimums - 1 Games 0.8 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 0.5 IP/Game