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SOFTBALL 2014 MWC MWC MWC MWC MWC MWC WAC PCSC NCAA Regionals 10 appearances Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions Champions including nine 2001 2005 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 straight from 2005-2013 Spencer Shamo, BYU Athletic Communications | O: (801) 422-4909 | C: (801) 419-5374 | [email protected] 2014 BYU COUGARS SCHEDULE Rainbow Wahine Classic Red Desert Classic (St. George, Utah) Feb 6 (Thu) Weber St. Loss 3-4 Feb 6 (Thu) Southern Utah Win 10-2 (5) Feb 7 (Fri) Nevada Loss 9-10 Feb 7 (Fri) East Carolina Win 13-5 (6) James Madison 2014 Record: 14-8 Feb 8 (Sat) Texas Arlington Loss 2-3 Last Time: BYU lost 4-7, 2/19/11 Easton Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nevada) Oregon 2014 Record: Feb 13 (Thu) Seattle Win 14-8 Last Time: BYU lost 5-4, 2/14/14 Feb 14 (Fri) Portland St. Win 5-4 Feb 14 (Fri) Chattanooga Loss 0-8 (5) VS Feb 15 (Sat) Nevada Loss 10-20 Hawai’i 2014 Record: Feb 15 (Sat) No. 22/24 Minnesota Loss 6-13 2014 Record: 7-10, 0-0 WCC Last Time: BYU won 6-3, 5/2/11 Last Time: Lost to SDSU 0-2 Mary Nutter Classic (Palm Springs, Calif.) Feb 20 (Thu) Virginia Win 9-0 (5) Valparaiso 2014 Record: Feb 20 (Thu) No. 24 Notre Dame Loss 0-6 Last Time: BYU won 6-3, 5/2/11 Feb 21 (Fri) Oklahoma St. Loss 5-6 (8) Head Coach : Gordon Eakin Feb 21 (Fri) Fordham Won 5-2 Division I Career Record: 453-205 Feb 22 (Sat) No. 2/3 Washington Loss 0-8 (5) Record at BYU : Same San Diego Classic BYU QUICK HITS Feb 27 (Thu) No. 2 Tennessee Win 6-3 Feb 27 (Thu) San Diego St Loss 2-0 • BYU will face the No. 2 ranked team for a third time this season when they face Oregon on Feb 28 (Fri) Fresno St. Cancelled Wednesday. Feb 28 (Fri) Ole Miss Cancelled • In the game against Portland State, Sydney Broderick became the third BYU player this Mar 1 (Sat) Colorado St. Cancelled season to go perfect from the plate with three official at bats. She also had the first walk-off Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic (Stanford, Calif.) hit of her career and caught two runners stealing. Mar 6 (Thu) No. 17/22 Stanford Loss 5-3 • Tori Almond appeared in all five games of the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic finishing Mar 7 (Fri) Portland St. Win 4-3 (8) Mar 7 (Fri) North Dakota St. Loss 4-0 2-1 with 19 strikeouts. Mar 8 (Sat) North Dakota St. Win 6-3 • Lacey Millett Hofstedt broke the career steals record (48) at BYU against North Dakota Mar 8 (Sat) No. 17/22 Stanford Loss 7-5 State. Rainbow Wahine Classic Tournament (Honolulu, Hawai’i) Mar 12 (Wed) James Madison 1:00 p.m. Mar 12 (Wed) Oregon 3:00 p.m. Mar 13 (Thu) Hawai’i 8:00 p.m. 2014 NUMERICAL ROSTER Mar 14 (Fri) Valparaiso 1:30 p.m. No. Name Pos HT YR B/T Hometown (Previous School) Mar 14-15 Bracket Play TBD 0 Mercedes O’Connor C, 3B 5-5 Fr. R/R Huntington Beach, CA (Edison HS) Mar 20 (Thu) @ Utah 6:00 p.m. 1 Lacey Millettt-Hofstedt OF 5-6 Jr. L/R Folsom, CA (Folsom HS) 2 Gordy Bravo OF, 2B 5-2 So. L/R Corona, CA (Eleanor Roosevelt HS) Mar 25 (Tue) Oregon 6:00 p.m. 3 Carly Duckworth OF, P 5-7 Sr. R/R Salt Lake City, UT (Olympus HS) Mar 28 (Fri) Idaho State 6:00 p.m. 4 Ashlee Robinson INF 5-6 Sr. R/R Vall, AZ (University of Arizona) Mar 29 (Sat) Idaho State (DH) 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. 5 McKenna Bull P 5-10 Fr. R/R Ogden, UT (Weber HS) Apr 2 (Wed) Utah State* 5:00 p.m. 8 Tori Almond P 6-1 Sr. R/R South Jordan, UT (Bingham HS) Apr 4 (Fri) @ San Diego 5:00 p.m. 9 Lauren Bell INF 5-9 Fr. L/R Murray, UT (Murray HS) Apr 5 (Sat) @ San Diego (DH) 12 p.m. & 2 p.m. 10 Karli Lehr INF 5-5 Fr. L/R Las Vegas, NV (Arbor View HS) 12 Megan Arnold C. 1B 5-8 Jr. R/R Yorba Linda, CA (Esperanza HS) Apr 8 (Tue) @Utah Valley 3:00 p.m. Apr 11 (Fri) Santa Clara* 6:00 p.m. 13 McKenzie St. Clair OF 5-5 Fr. R/R Peoria, AZ (Sunrisse Mountain HS) Apr 12 (Sat) Santa Clara (DH)* 12 p.m. & 2 p.m. 24 Jenna Goar 1B 5-9 Sr. L/R Littleton, CO (Heritage HS) 25 Coco Tauali’i C, 2B 5-4 So. R/R Torrance, CA (North HS) Apr 15 (Tue) Southern Utah 6:00 p.m. 27 Brittany Call OF 5-2 Fr. R/R Mission Viejo, CA ( HS) Apr 18 (Fri) Weber State* 5:00 p.m. 31 Katie Manuma 1B, P 5-8 Sr. R/R Ewa Beach, HI (James Campbell HS) Apr 25 (Fri) LMU* 6:00 p.m. 33 Ashley Thompson P, INF 6-2 Fr. R/R Connell, WA (Connell HS) Apr 26 (Sat) LMU (DH)* 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. 34 Sydney Broderick C, OF 5-4 Fr. L/L Ashburn, VA (Stone Bridge HS) Apr 30 (Wed) @ Weber State 2:00 p.m. Head Coach: Gordon Eakin (12th year) May 2 (Fri) @ Pacific (DH) 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. Assistant Coach: Pete Meredith (1st year) May 3 (Sat) @ Pacific 12:00 p.m. Assistant Coach: Kristin “House” Morrison (1st year) Athletic Trainer: Chris Linde (15th year) May 6 (Tue) Utah Valley 5:00 p.m. May 9 (Fri) Saint Mary’s* 5:00 p.m. May 10 (Sat) Saint Mary’s (DH) 12 p.m. & 2 p.m. Pronounciation Guide May 15-17 NCAA Regionals Jenna Goar Gore `Karli Lehr Leer All times listed are local to site Katie Manuma Mah-NEW-mah Coryn Tauali’i Tau-wa-lee-ee Bold signifies West Coast Conference opponent *Televised game on BYUtv www.BYUcougars.com 1 Twitter: @BYUsoftball BYU SOFTBALL NOTES MEDIA RELATIONS BY THE NUMBERS INFORMATION BYU will face No. 2/4 Oregon in the Rainbow Wahine Classic. It will be the third time the Cougars Softball Media Relations Director: Spencer Shamo 2 face a team ranked second in at least one of the major polls. BYU lost to then No.2/3 Washington Office: (801) 422-8999 8-0 in the Mary Nutter Classic and beat then No. 2 Tennessee 6-3 in the San Diego Classic. Cell: (801) 419-5374 Email: softball [email protected] Assistant Softball Media Relations: Ralph Zobell BYU is ranked in the top 100 in three different categories. BYU is No. 71 with .82 home runs per Office: (801) 422-9769; Cell: (801) 367:3554 3 game, No. 72 in scoring with 5.53 runs per game and No. 98 in slugging percentage at .422. Email: [email protected] Megan Arnold and McKenzie St. Clair both hit home runs in a 6-3 win over NDSU. Those two Associate AD/Communications: Duff Tittle Office: (801) 422-8948; Cell: (801) 372-4401 18 home runs gave BYU 18 on the year tying their total of the 2013 season. At the current pace of Email: [email protected] .82 home runs per game, the Cougars are on pace for the team’s 10th best home run total for a season. Athletic Communications Fax: (801) 422-0633 Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 Junior Lacey Millett-Hofstedt stole second against NDSU for the 48th steal of her career and 48 pass JC Clayton for the all-time steals record at BYU. She now has five steals on the season to lead the Cougars. BYU QUICK FACTS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROBABLE STARTERS Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Elevation: 4,553 feet Enrollment: 32,955 (Daytime) Founded: October 15, 1875 Owned: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Coco Tauali’i Nickname: Cougars Carly Duckworth Mascot: Cosmo CENTER FIELD McKenzie St Clair Colors: Blue and White Arena (capacity): Miller Park (2,100) Lacey Millet-Hofstedt Gordy Bravo Conference: Pacific Coast Softball Conference Carly Duckworth Sydney Broderick LEFT FIELD Lacey Millet-Hofstedt RIGHT FIELD Brittany Call President: Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1966) Sydney Broderick Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe (BYU, 1983) Athletic Website: byucougars.com Tickets: (801) 422-BYU1 or (800) 322-BYU1 BYU COACHING STAFF Lauren Bell McKenzie St. Clair Head Coach: Gordon Eakin Coco Tauali’i Coco Tauali’i Record at School (years): 449-200 (11th year) SHORTSTOP SECOND BASE Ashlee Robinson Career Div. I Record (years): Same Office phone for head coach: Call SID Best time/day to reach coach: Call SID Tori Almond or McKenna Bull or Associate Head Coach: PITCHER Ashley Thompson Assistant Coach: BYU TEAM INFO Katie Manuma Ashley Thompson Ashlee Robinson Katie Manuma 2013 Overall Record: 33-25 FIRST BASE THIRD BASE FIRST BASE Jenna Goar Conference Record/Finish: 19-5 / 1st 2012 Postseason: NCAA Oregon Regional, 0-2 record 2012 Final National Ranking: 106 Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 12/6 Jenna Goar Newcomers: 6 Sydney Broderick Mercedes O'Connor Megan Arnold Megan Arnold Mercedes O’Connor CATCHER DP BYU HISTORY First Year of Softball: 2000 (13 seasons) Overall All-Time Record: 530-276 (.658) AVG. SLG% OBP R H-AB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB-SA Gail Miller Field Record: 161-39 (.805) St.