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PROVO -- The BYU women's softball team split a double head against San Diego State 2-10, 6-3 at Gail Miller Field, Friday. The Cougars improve to 27-19, 4-8 on the season and San Diego in now 34-20-1, 9-3. The Cougars host UNLV tomorrow at noon in a doubleheader available on webcast.
In game one of the doubleheader, San Diego State scored first with a run in the third inning. Senior Kari Pringle hit a two-run double in the fourth inning to give the Cougars a 2-1 lead. The Aztecs tied it up in the fifth on a Cougar error. Both teams were unable to score to send the game in extra innings. With two out and bases loaded in the top of the eight, the Aztecs reeled off four straight hits and eventually scored eight runs to seal the win 10-2.
Freshman Niki Andersen (7-8) picked up the loss for the Cougars. Senior Liz VanderLinden went 2-3 with one run scored. Pringle finished the game 2-5 with two RBI. MWC Pitcher of the Week Bre DeSanta picked up the win to improve to 13-8
In game two on KBYU, the Aztecs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning. BYU responded with two solo-home runs in the second. All-American Oli Keohohou hit her 17th home run of the season. She was followed by freshman Lauren Watson's third home run of the season. In the fourth inning, Kate Walker brought in Watson on a single up the middle. VanderLinden drove in Walker as the Cougars took a 4-1 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, pitcher Cynthia Fallowfield hit the fence for a two-run double to help the Cougars build a five-run lead 6-1. The Aztecs scored two runs in the sixth with no outs to cut the lead to three, but the Aztecs were got any closer. Fallowfield picked up a save in relief for Capra (9-4).
We regrouped well from the first game to play a solid second game," head coach Mary Kay Amicone said.
The second game will be re-broadcast on KBYU channel 11 at 11 p.m. tonight. Set those VCR's to record your own personal copy, not to be distributed for profit.
PROVO , Utah. -- BYU will host conference-leading San Diego State on Friday starting at 2 p.m. The second game of the doubleheader will be televised on BYUTV live and rebroadcast locally on KBYU channel 11 at 11 p.m. Friday night. The Cougars were swept at San Diego during opening weekend on conference play and look to avenge their losses. Viewers from the San Diego area can pick up the game if they are subscribers of Dish Network 500 and Direct TV. For more information go to www.byutv.org
The Cougars will face conference foe UNLV on Saturday in a doubleheader starting at noon. All four home game will be broadcast via the Internet on the softball home page at www.byucougars.com under the new "webcast" link.
"We excited to be back home to play in front of our fans," head coach Mary Kay Amicone said.
BYU sophomore outfielder Oli Keohohou has been named Mountain West Conference Softball Player of the Week for her performance against Utah State and Utah last week.
Keohohou earned her second player of the week award of the season and fourth of her career going 6-for-9 (.667) from the plate, with two home runs, three doubles and seven RBI in four games last week for the Cougars. The Newbury, Calif. native had a hit in every game starting with her best performance of the week in game one of a doubleheader against Utah State. Keohohou went 2-for-2 from the dish and smashed a seventh-inning grand slam, powering the Cougars to a 7-3 victory. She finished the game with five RBI and one run scored while drawing three walks. In BYU's, 3-2, game two win over the Aggies, she went 2-for-3, with an RBI, and scored the winning run off an error by the pitcher. In a conference doubleheader against Utah, she went 2-for-4, with a home run in game two, an RBI and three runs scored while drawing five walks. The All-American currently leads the MWC in batting average (.442), slugging percentage (.962), home runs (16), on-base percentage (.642), runs scored (48), RBI (42), walks (59) and total bases (100).
Mountain West Conference Players of the WeekFeb. 12 - Molly McLean, Sr., CF, Utah
Feb. 19 -- Pauline Glenn, Fr., 3B, UNLV
Feb. 26 -- Sarah Hershman, Sr., 2B, San Diego State
Mar. 5 -- Brooke Cadiente, So., OF, BYU
Mar. 12 -- Kelly Glass, Jr., OF, New Mexico
Mar. 19 -- Kellie Nordhagen, Sr., OF, San Diego State
Mar. 26 -- Oli Keohohou, So., OF, BYU
Apr. 2 -- Melissa Stahnke, So., SS, Utah
Apr. 9 -- Tiffany Goudy, Sr., OF, San Diego State
Apr. 16 - Oli Keohohou, So., OF, BYU
USA Today Top 25 Rankings
School Record Pts. LW
1. Arizona (26) 38-5 674 1
2. UCLA (1) 37-6 648 2
3. Stanford 33-7 599 3
4. Nebraska 36-8 589 4
5. LSU 33-8 584 5
6. Arizona State 35-10 529 6
7. Cal State Fullerton 40-9 523 7
8. California 39-14 487 8
9. Washington 33-13 432 10
10. Florida Atlantic 50-7 426 11
11. Oklahoma 36-10 422 9
12. Michigan 32-8 362 12 (tie)
13. Fresno State 36-13 359 12 (tie)
14. Oregon State 32-13 311 14
15. Alabama 37-13 305 15
16. Texas 37-10 266 18
17. DePaul 27-7 246 16
18. Pacific 33-12 226 17
19. Louisiana-Lafayette 33-10 191 19
20. Florida State 38-13 143 21
21. Iowa 27-14 109 20
22. Ohio State 38-9 105 25
23. Baylor 41-13 68 22
24 Texas A&M 33-11 57 24
25. Georgia 45-11 50 23
