BYU Athletic Communications 30 Smith Fieldhouse • Provo, Utah • 84602 801-422-8999 • fax 801-422-0633 Softball Contact: Brent Johnson OFTBALL May 18-20, Week 13 S NCAA Regionals, Provo Regional BYU 2006 Schedule/Results Regionals in Provo Date Opponent Time/Results FEB 9 Southern Mississippi* W, 5-4 For the first time in its six-year softball history, BYU will host the NCAA post sea- Loyola Marymount* W, 2-1 FEB 10 Texas State* L, 4-6, 8 inn. son this weekend. The Cougars invite seeded Washington, Kansas and Hawai`i* W, 4-0 Southern Utah to the Provo Regional. FEB 11 Texas Arlington* W, 5-2 FEB 16 UC Davis# W, 11-0 , 5 inn. FEB 17 Notre Dame# L, 3-8 This season’s NCAA bid was the Cougars’ first at-large bid. “We are a good Purdue # W, 5-2 FEB 18 Cal St. Fullerton# W, 5-2 team and I thought we would get a NCAA bid,” BYU head coach Gordon Eakin Kansas# W, 2-1 FEB 23 Houston^ L, 0-4 said. “The nice surprise was being able to host.” FEB 24 Witchita State^ L, 3-6 Iowa State^ W, 4-1 Probable Starters FEB 25 Texas State^ W, 1-0 Rhode Island ^ Cancelled/Rain C- Cortney Nix or Emi Snow MAR 2 No. 14 Texas A&M$ L, 2-3 MAR 3 College of Charleston$ W, 2-1 1B- Ianeta Le`i No. 14 Texas A&M$ W, 8-0, 5 inn. MAR 4 Texas Southern$ W, 20-0, 5 inn. 2B- Tracee Hoch College of Charleston$ W, 5-4 3B- Ashlyn Russell MAR 9 Middle Tennessee State** W, 4-0 MAR 10 Miami (Ohio)** W, 10-0 SS- Jodi Norton or Andrea Ramirez Pacific** Cancelled/Rain LF- Monica Gonzales or Krystle Chamberlain MAR 11 Wisconsin** W, 7-6, 11 inn. No. 5 Stanford** L, 0-8, 6 inn. CF- Jennifer Whiteley MAR 23 No. 22 DePaul-DH! L, 2-4; W, 7-5 MAR 24 @Oregon-DH L, 1-2; Canc./Rain RF- Lindi Kennedy or Stephanie Platt MAR 25 Akron< L, 0-1 DP- Paige Paramore @No. 8 Oregon State L, 1-2, 8 inn. MAR 30 UNLV-DH W, 13-7, W 9-1 MAR 31 San Diego State-DH L, 1-8, L, 0-10 Probable Starting Pitchers APR 4 Utah State-DH W, 7-0, L, 7-11, 8 APR 8 Utah-DH W, 3-1, W, 4-2 Summer Tobias (25-11, 2.53 ERA) APR 11 Southern Utah-DH L, 5-10, W, 10-1 APR 13 @New Mexico-DH W, 11-1, W, 12-10 Daniella Urincho (10-7, 2.78 ERA) APR 15 @Colorado State-DH W, 14-10, W, 16-13 Brooke Boyce-Humbert (7-2, 3.82 ERA) APR 18 @Utah State-DH W, 10-0, W, 9-6 APR 20 Utah Valley State W, 4-0 APR 22 @Utah-DH L, 5-8, L, 2-7 Last Week Recap APR 25 @Southern Utah-DH W, 11-3, W, 6-0 APR 28 Colorado State-DH W, 2-1, L, 3-9 BYU placed third in the Mountain West Conference tournament. After losing APR 29 New Mexico-DH W, 9-8, W, 16-1 MAY 2 @Utah Valley State L, 1-3 their first game, the Cougars won games against Colorado State and San Diego MAY 4 @# 24SanDiego StateDH W, 4-0, W, 5-3 State before losing the losers bracket championship game to SDSU, 11-7. MAY 6 UNLV-DH W, 10-0, W, 12-6 MAY 11 Utah L, 0-1## MAY 12 Colorado State W, 3-1## Where they Rank Nationally MAY 12 San Diego State W, 8-4## MAY 13 San Diego State L, 7-11## Several BYU players rank nationally in statistical categories: MAY 18 Kansas 4 p.m. MAY 25-27 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Ianeta Le`i First in RBI per game (82 total, 1.32 per game) Key: * indicates the Paradise Classic played in Honolulu, HI 20th in hitting (.423) # indicates the Louisville Slugger Tournament played in 14th in home runs per game (20 total, 0.32 per game) Las Vegas, NV ^ indicates the Crowne Plaza Tournament played in Ninth in slugging percentage (.816) Houston, TX $ indicates the Texas A&M Invitational played in College Summer Tobias Station, TX 19th in pitching wins (25) ** indicates the Stanford Classic played in Palo Alto, CA ! indicates games played in Eugene, OR Ashlyn Russell < indicates games played in Corvallis, OR Fifth in walks per game (48 total, 0.84 per game) ## indicates MWC Tournament played in Las Vegas, NV ^^ indicates NCAA Regionals played in Provo, UT Jodi Norton All times Local to Game Site / Subject to Change 29th in home runs per game (15 total, 0.25 per game) 30th in RBI per game (53 total, .92 per game) BYU Softball Page 2 BYU Quick Facts BYU, as a team, ranks: General Information 10th in hitting (.312) Location: Provo, Utah 84602 Ninth in scoring (5.84 runs per game) Enrollment: 28,300 (Daytime) Founded: Oct. 15, 1875, by The Church of Jesus 13th in home runs per game (63 total, 1.02 per game) Christ of Latter-day Saints 15th in slugging percentage (.475) Colors: Blue and White 13th in double plays per game (26 total. 0.42 per game) Nickname: Cougars Mascot: Cosmo (the Cougar) This Weeks’ Possible Opponents Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mountain West No. 17 Washington (32-23) 14th Seed Field: Gail Miller Field (2,100) Field Surface/Dimensions: Grass/210-220- “Washington comes from the toughest conference in the nation,” 210 BYU head coach said of the Huskies. “They have very tough pitching President: Cecil O. Samuelson and some power hitters in their line up.” Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe Softball Information All but one team in the Pac-10 are currently ranked nationally. BYU has struggled Head Coach: Gordan Eakin against the Pac-10 this season, losing its three games this season. The last Pac-10 Office Phone: (801) 422-1158 opponent the Cougars defeated was in the 2005 Regionals (California). Washington Best time to call: Mornings (Contact SID) posted a 6-15 conference record. The Huskies are led by Ashley Charters with a Record at BYU/Yrs: 115-49/3 Career Record: same .380 batting average while posting a 1.88 team ERA. Assistant Coach: Vaugn Alvey Office Phone: (801) 422-1157 No. 24 Kansas (34-24) Assistant Coach: Mindy Hanson BYU will open the Provo Regional against No. 24 Kansas. The Office Phone: (801) 422-1739 Jayhawks come into the Regional red-hot, having won the Big 12 Media Information Tournament. The Cougars and Jayhawks are familiar with each other Primary Contact: Brent Johnson having already played each other this season. BYU won 2-1 on Office Phone: (801) 422-8999 February 18 in Las Vegas. BYU also leads the overall series 2-1. Mobile Phone: (801) 361-7551 Email: [email protected] Power hitter Serena Settlemeir leads Kansas in nearly all offensive categories. She Web Site: www.byucougars.com sports a .348 averages while hitting 22 homers and driving in 61 runs. Secondary Contact: Norma Collett Southern Utah (34-30) Team Information BYU is most familiar with in-state foe Southern Utah. The Cougars 2005 Record/MWC: 45-14/16-2 and Thunderbirds played four times this season with BYU winning 2005 Post Season: 1-2 NCAA Regionals three. Most recently the Cougars swept a doubleheader with SUU Starters Returning/Lost: 9/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/5 in Cedar City, Utah. Newcomers: 8 The Thunderbirds won the Mid-Continent conference. Southern Utah is led by Marci Letter Winners Returning (2005 Stats) Pratt with a .390 average and 13 home runs. Pratt also leads the nation in triples. Brooke Boyce-Humbert, P (8-4, 3.57 ERA, 4 Sv) Krystle Chamberlain, OF (.287, 37 Runs, 11 SB) From the circle, SUU is led by Amy Sauer who sports an 18-7 record and 2.26 ERA. Lindi Kennedy, OF (.597 SLG, 5 HR, 14 RBI) Ianeta Le`i, 1B (.346, 10 HR, 53 RBI, 11 2B) Final MWC Standings Jodi Norton, SS (.299, 13 2B, 21 RBI) Paige Paramore, C (.348, 13 2B, 8 HR, 50 RBI) Team MWC Record Overall Record Ashlyn Russell, 3B (.667 SLG, 17 HR, 47 RBI) 1. San Diego State 15-3 30-11 Emi Snow, OF/C (.333, HR) 2. BYU 15-5 42-20 Summer Tobias, P (19-7, 1.73 ERA, 17 CG) Daniella Urincho, P/INF (16-3, 1.89 ERA; 8 HR) 3. Utah 10-8 34-19 Jennifer Whiteley, OF (.257, 4 3B, 12 SB) 4. UNLV 8-12 24-35 5. Colorado State 6-14 26-24 Newcomers (Previous School) 6. New Mexico 4-16 23-29 Jana Anderson, UTL (Alta H.S. Sandy, Utah) Karlie Fitch, OF (Mountain View H.S. Orem, Utah) Kacey Garziano, OF (Newbury Park (Calif.) H.S.) Le`in’ Her Name in the Record Book Monica Gonzales, OF (Westlake (Calif.) H.S.) Ianeta Le`i won the 2006 Mountain West Conference Player of the year. She is one Christina Gwyn, P/1B (Univ. of Texas) Tracee Hoch, 2B (Salt Lake C.C.) of only four players to be honored as All-MWC all four seasons. Cortney Nix, C (Univ. of Arizona) Stephanie Platt, UTL (Pineview H.S. St George, Utah) Two-time MWC Player of the Year Ianeta Le`i is having her best season ever. Le`i’s Andrea Ramirez, SS (Royal H.S. Simi Valley, Calif.) season is reflected in the BYU record book.