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 Home Opener 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) Feb 8 (Sat) Texas Arlington Loss 2-3 Easton Desert Classic (Las Vegas, Nevada) Feb 13 (Thu) Seattle Win 14-8 Feb 14 (Fri) Portland St. Win 5-4 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: 10-18, 0-0 WCC 2014 Record: 26-3, 3-0 Pac-12 Last Time: Lost to Utah 0-1 (9) Last Time: Beat Utah 14-3 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 Head Coach: Mike White Feb 21 (Fri) Fordham Won 5-2 Division I Career Record: 458-214 Division I Career Record: 173-66 Feb 22 (Sat) No. 2/3 Washington Loss 0-8 (5) Record at BYU : Same Record at Oregon: 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 • McKenzie St. Clair and Lauren Bell were both named to the Rainbow Wahine Classic All- Feb 28 (Fri) Fresno St. Cancelled Tournament Team after both finished with a .400 batting average and one RBI. Feb 28 (Fri) Ole Miss Cancelled • McKenna Bull had a career-high 14 strikeots against Valparaiso on Friday. It was also the Mar 1 (Sat) Colorado St. Cancelled first time a BYU pitcher had struck out 10 or more batters since Tori Almond struck out 10 Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic (Stanford, Calif.) Santa Clara batters on April 19, 2013. Mar 6 (Thu) No. 17/22 Stanford Loss3-5 • Tori Almond has struck out 428 batters in her career. She is now third all-time trailing Paige Mar 7 (Fri) Portland St. Win 4-3 (8) Mar 7 (Fri) North Dakota St. Loss 0-4 Affleck (803) and Christie Zinanti (524). Mar 8 (Sat) North Dakota St. Win 6-3 • BYU has played in seven straight games decided by two runs or fewer. It has been in 15 Mar 8 (Sat) No. 17/22 Stanford Loss 5-7 games decided by two runs or less this season and has a 3-12 record in those games. Rainbow Wahine Classic Tournament (Honolulu, Hawai’i) Mar 12 (Wed) James Madison Loss 1-3 Mar 12 (Wed) Oregon Loss 2-3 Mar 13 (Thu) Hawai’i Win 3-1 2014 NUMERICAL ROSTER Mar 14 (Fri) Valparaiso Loss 4-6 No. Name Pos HT YR B/T Hometown (Previous School) Mar 14-15 James Madison Loss 1-3 0 Mercedes O’Connor C, 3B 5-5 Fr. R/R Huntington Beach, CA (Edison HS) Mar 20 (Thu) @ Utah Loss 0-1 (9) 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 Coco 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 has faced a Pac-12 team five times this season and is 0-5 in those contests. The last game Softball Media Relations Director: Spencer Shamo 5 won against a Pac-12 team was Utah last season on May 11, 2013. BYU last defeated Oregon Office: (801) 422-8999 on Feb. 11, 2012. Cell: (801) 419-5374 Email: softball [email protected] Assistant Softball Media Relations: Ralph Zobell Tori Almond passed up Christina Gwyn Trice for third in career strickouts. She now has 428 Office: (801) 422-9769; Cell: (801) 367:3554 8 career strikeouts. She is also one win behind Summer Tobias (45) for third place in career wins. Email: [email protected] McKenna Bull appeared in four of BYU’s five games last week. She pitched 16.2 innings with Associate AD/Communications: Duff Tittle Office: (801) 422-8948; Cell: (801) 372-4401 31 a 2.10 ERA and 31 strikeouts. Against Hawai’i she did not allow a baserunner and struck out Email: [email protected] the final seven batters she faced. On Friday against Valparaiso she set a career-high with 14 strikeouts. Athletic Communications Fax: (801) 422-0633 Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 Halfway through her freshman season, Bull has totaled 87 strikeouts which is good for fourth 87 all-time amongst freshmen pitchers at BYU. She is nine strikouts behind Tori Almond’s (96) freshman season and 47 strikeouts from Paige Affleck’s freshman record (137). 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. Clair .321 .524 .396 15 27-84 3 1 4 17 10 2-2 Winning Seasons: 13 (last 2013) Bell .316 .355 .321 12 24-76 3 0 0 5 7 2-3 Conference Championships: 7 (last 2013) Total NCAA Appearances (record): 10 (14-20) Tauali’i .236 .444 .389 14 17-72 3 0 4 9 14 1-1 Last NCAA Appearance: 2013 Manuma .226 .393 .283 14 19-84 5 0 3 20 6 2-2 Result: Lost to Oregon twice and Wisconsin Thompson .294 .426 .407 14 20-68 3 0 2 18 13 1-1 In-State Opponent Record: 133-24 (.847) Broderick .296 .333 .375 10 24-81 3 0 0 9 11 3-3 Record vs.