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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 Washington Regional 2014 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) Washington 2014 Record: 33-13 Feb 8 (Sat) Texas Arlington Loss 2-3 Last Time: BYU lost 8-0, 02/22/14 Easton Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nevada) Feb 13 (Thu) Seattle Win 14-8 Northwestern 2014 Record: 33-16 Feb 14 (Fri) Portland St. Win 5-4 Last Time: BYU lost 4-1, 02/23/13 Feb 14 (Fri) Chattanooga Loss 0-8 (5) VS Feb 15 (Sat) Nevada Loss 10-20 Feb 15 (Sat) No. 22/24 Minnesota Loss 6-13 2014 Record: 33-21, 12-2 WCC Iona 2014 Record: 24-22 Last Time: Defeated SMC 3-0 Last Time: BYU won 8-0, 03/16/11 Mary Nutter Classic (Palm Springs, Calif.) Feb 20 (Thu) Virginia Win 9-0 (5) Feb 20 (Thu) No. 24 Notre Dame Loss 0-6 Feb 21 (Fri) Oklahoma St. Loss 5-6 (8) Head Coach : Gordon Eakin Feb 21 (Fri) Fordham Won 5-2 Division I Career Record: 482-221 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 0-2 • BYU is riding a 15-game winning streak into the postseason after taking home the inaugural WCC championship. Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic (Stanford, Calif.) • Seniors Tori Almond, Carly Duckworth and Katie Manuma will play in their last NCAA Mar 6 (Thu) No. 17/22 Stanford Loss3-5 Mar 7 (Fri) Portland St. Win 4-3 (8) Regional round where they played their first as freshmen--in Washington. Mar 7 (Fri) North Dakota St. Loss 0-4 • BYU made it to the championship game against Washington three years ago, but was Mar 8 (Sat) North Dakota St. Win 6-3 unable to overcome the Huskies to move on to the super regionals. Mar 8 (Sat) No. 17/22 Stanford Loss 5-7 • Tori Almond finished the season with a 2.14 ERA tied with Summer Tobias for the second Rainbow Wahine Classic Tournament (Honolulu, Hawai’i) lowest in a single season at BYU. Mar 12 (Wed) James Madison Loss 1-3 • Mar 12 (Wed) No. 2/3 Oregon Loss 2-3 Sydney Broderick was named the Co-Freshman of the Year as well as All-WCC first team. Mar 13 (Thu) Hawai’i Win 3-1 Six more Cougars made the All-WCC teams. Mar 14 (Fri) Valparaiso Loss 4-6 Mar 14-15 James Madison Loss 1-3 2014 NUMERICAL ROSTER Mar 20 (Thu) @ Utah Loss 0-1 (9) No. Name Pos HT YR B/T Hometown (Previous School) Mar 25 (Tue) No. 2/3 Oregon Win 6-5 0 Mercedes O’Connor C, 3B 5-5 Fr. R/R Huntington Beach, CA (Edison HS) Mar 28 (Fri) Idaho State Loss 4-6 1 Lacey Millettt-Hofstedt OF 5-6 Jr. L/R Folsom, CA (Folsom HS) Mar 29 (Sat) Idaho State (DH) Win 11-10 & 9-2 2 Gordy Bravo OF, 2B 5-2 So. L/R Corona, CA (Eleanor Roosevelt HS) 3 Carly Duckworth OF, P 5-7 Sr. R/R Salt Lake City, UT (Olympus HS) Apr 2 (Wed) Utah State* Win 5-4 (8) 4 Ashlee Robinson INF 5-6 Sr. R/R Vall, AZ (University of Arizona) Apr 4 (Fri) @ San Diego Loss 0-4 Apr 5 (Sat) @ San Diego (DH) Win 2-1 & 4-3 5 McKenna Bull P 5-10 Fr. R/R Ogden, UT (Weber HS) 8 Tori Almond P 6-1 Sr. R/R South Jordan, UT (Bingham HS) Apr 8 (Tue) @Utah Valley Win 9-0 (5) 9 Lauren Bell INF 5-9 Fr. L/R Murray, UT (Murray HS) Apr 11 (Fri) Santa Clara* Win 3-2 10 Karli Lehr INF 5-5 Fr. L/R Las Vegas, NV (Arbor View HS) Apr 12 (Sat) Santa Clara (DH)* L 2-1 & W 5-0 12 Megan Arnold C. 1B 5-8 Jr. R/R Yorba Linda, CA (Esperanza HS) Apr 15 (Tue) Southern Utah (DH) Won 10-2, 8-2 13 McKenzie St. Clair OF 5-5 Fr. R/R Peoria, AZ (Sunrisse Mountain HS) Apr 18 (Fri) Weber State* Won 7-3 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 25 (Fri) LMU(DH)* Win 13-5 & 8-1 27 Brittany Call OF 5-2 Fr. R/R Mission Viejo, CA ( HS) Apr 26 (Sat) LMU* Cancelled 31 Katie Manuma 1B, P 5-8 Sr. R/R Ewa Beach, HI (James Campbell HS) Apr 30 (Wed) @ Weber State Win 6-1 33 Ashley Thompson P, INF 6-2 Fr. R/R Connell, WA (Connell HS) May 2 (Fri) @ Pacific (DH) Win 3-2 & 8-0 (5) 34 Sydney Broderick C, OF 5-4 Fr. L/L Ashburn, VA (Stone Bridge HS) May 3 (Sat) @ Pacific Win 9-6 Head Coach: Gordon Eakin (12th year) May 6 (Tue) Utah Valley (DH) Win 7-2 & 11-8 Assistant Coach: Pete Meredith (1st year) May 9 (Fri) Saint Mary’s(DH)* Win 14-2 & 5-1 Assistant Coach: Kristin “House” Morrison (1st year) May 10 (Sat) Saint Mary’s Win 3-0 Athletic Trainer: Chris Linde (15th year) May 15-17 NCAA Regionals All times listed are local to site Pronounciation Guide Bold signifies West Coast Conference opponent *Televised game on BYUtv Jenna Goar Gore `Karli Lehr Leer Katie Manuma Mah-NEW-mah Coryn Tauali’i Tau-wa-lee-ee www.BYUcougars.com 2 Twitter: @BYUsoftball BYU SOFTBALL NOTES MEDIA RELATIONS BY THE NUMBERS INFORMATION BYU has a chance to become the first NCAA Division 1 program to win four different conference titles in four different conference in four consecutive years. With conference realignment shaking Softball Media Relations Director: Spencer Shamo 4 things up, BYU softball left the Mountain West Conference in 2011 to join the Western Athletic Office: (801) 422-8999 Conference in 2012. The Cougars joined the Pacific Coast Softball Conference in 2013 and Cell: (801) 419-5374 Email: softball [email protected] finally landed in the West Coast Conference for the sport’s inaugural season in the conference. Assistant Softball Media Relations: Ralph Zobell BYU is appearing in its 10th consecutive NCAA Regional. BYU head coach Gordon Eakin holds a Office: (801) 422-9769; Cell: (801) 367:3554 10 13-18 record in regionals. BYU traveled to Seattle for the 2011 NCAA Regional. It was the first Email: [email protected] regional for the current seniors and the last for assitant Kristin “House” Morrison Associate AD/Communications: Duff Tittle Office: (801) 422-8948; Cell: (801) 372-4401 BYU is riding a 15 game winning streak heading into the NCAA Regional. The Cougars last loss Email: [email protected] 15 was to Santa Clara on April 12. Since defeating No. 1 seed Oregon 6-5 in Provo, BYU is 23-3. Athletic Communications Fax: (801) 422-0633 Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 Katie Manuma has 49 RBI this season to lead the West Coast Conference and is also a career 49 high. Manuma hit a two-run home run against Utah Valley to surpass her old career high of 44 RBI in a season. She also has a career-high 12 home runs. 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 Carly Duckworth Nickname: Cougars or Coco Tauali’i Mascot: Cosmo CENTER FIELD Colors: Blue and White Arena (capacity): Miller Park (2,100) Mercedes O’Connor Gordy Bravo Conference: Pacific Coast Softball Conference or Carly Duckworth Lacey Millett Hofstedt Laceyor Millet-HofstedtLacey Millet-Hofstedt Brittany Call President: Cecil O. Samuelson (Utah, 1966) LEFT FIELD Sydney Broderick RIGHT FIELD 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 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 Associate Head Coach: PITCHER Ashley Thompson Assistant Coach: BYU TEAM INFO Ashlee Robinson Ashley Thompson Katie Manuma 2013 Overall Record: 33-25 FIRST BASE or Katie Manuma THIRD BASE FIRST BASE 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 Katie Manuma Newcomers: 6 Sydney Broderick Mercedes O'Connor or Ashley Thompson Megan Arnold Megan Arnold CATCHER BYU HISTORY DP 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.