Affleck Says No-No

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (May 9, 2008) -- BYU freshman Paige Affleck threw her first collegiate no-hitter in the softball team's (41-18, 13-6) 4-0 win over New Mexico on Friday night.

Affleck faced 25 batters and struck out nine, while walking four to combine for the complete-game no-hitter. She is now 14-3 in her rookie season.

"Affleck threw really well tonight," BYU head coach Gordon Eakin said. "As a team, we did a nice job."

The Cougars combined for four runs. Senior Daniela Snow recorded two RBI when she hit a two-run homer with in the top of the first inning.

Junior Stephanie Platt-Hopkins led off the third inning with a solo-shot and freshman Kristin Delahoussaye reached home on a wild pitch to bring BYU's lead to 4-0.

The four runs were all the Cougars needed with Affleck's dominating performance.

BYU concludes their regular season with one more game at New Mexico, Saturday at 7 p.m. Saturday will mark the final day of Mountain West Conference play, as BYU still remains in the fight for the Conference title.

Box Score
                            The Automated ScoreBook
                    Brigham Young Univ. at New Mexico Lobos
                 May 09, 2008 at Albuquerque, N.M. (Lobo Field)
Brigham Young Univ. 4 (41-18,13-6 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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DELAHOUSSAYE,Kristin 2b..  4  1  2  0   0  1  2  1   0
GONZALES, Monica cf......  4  0  3  0   0  0  0  0   0
VANCE, Amanda dp.........  3  1  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
SNOW, Daniela 1b.........  2  1  1  2   1  0  8  0   0
QUIOCHO, Angeline 3b.....  3  0  0  0   0  0  1  1   3
PURCELL, Jessica ss......  3  0  1  0   0  1  0  4   0
DAVIS, Caschjen lf.......  2  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0
WILLING, Emi c...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  9  0   0
HOPKINS, Stephanie rf....  3  1  1  1   0  0  1  0   1
AFFLECK, Paige p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  2   0
Totals................... 27  4  8  3   1  6 21  8   4
New Mexico Lobos 0 (25-25,7-12 MWC)
Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB
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LOEFFELHOLZ, Sara lf.....  2  0  0  0   1  0  1  1   0
HUGHES, Samantha cf......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
ELCESS, Lindsey 1b.......  2  0  0  0   1  1  9  0   0
GILMORE, Katie 2b........  3  0  0  0   0  2  2  3   1
PARRA, Gabriella rf......  1  0  0  0   2  1  0  0   0
GEORGE, Tianna ss........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  4   2
BRANDOW, Erin c..........  3  0  0  0   0  1  6  1   1
RUBALCAVA, Analise 3b....  2  0  0  0   0  1  1  5   0
MACHAC, Madelyn p........  2  0  0  0   0  2  1  2   0
NINEMIRE, Kelly dp.......  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0
Totals................... 21  0  0  0   4  9 21 16   4
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 202 000 0 -  4  8  0
New Mexico Lobos.... 000 000 0 -  0  0  1
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E - BRANDOW. DP - Lobos 1. LOB - BYU 4; Lobos 4. 2B - PURCELL. HR - SNOW;
HOPKINS. SH - DAVIS. SB - VANCE; WILLING 2; PARRA.
Brigham Young Univ.    IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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AFFLECK, Paige......  7.0  0  0  0  4  9 21 25
New Mexico Lobos       IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF
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MACHAC, Madelyn.....  7.0  8  4  4  1  6 27 29
Win - AFFLECK (14-3).  Loss - MACHAC (6-7).  Save - None.
WP - MACHAC.
Umpires - HP: Ray Rosalez  1B: Kevin Davis  3B: John Baca
Start: 7:00 pm   Time: 2:00   Attendance: 528
Game: NM3
Play-by-Play
                            The Automated ScoreBook
             Brigham Young Univ. at New Mexico Lobos - Play-by-Play
                 May 09, 2008 at Albuquerque, N.M. (Lobo Field)
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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Brigham Young Univ.. 202 000 0 -  4  8  0
New Mexico Lobos.... 000 000 0 -  0  0  1
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Brigham Young Univ. starters: 4/2b DELAHOUSSAYE; 24/cf GONZALES; 6/dp VANCE;
22/1b SNOW; 33/3b QUIOCHO; 10/ss PURCELL; 9/lf DAVIS; 18/c WILLING; 5/rf
HOPKINS; 12/p AFFLECK;
New Mexico Lobos starters: 12/lf LOEFFELHOLZ; 4/cf HUGHES; 20/1b ELCESS; 24/2b
GILMORE; 21/rf PARRA; 7/ss GEORGE; 16/c BRANDOW; 2/3b RUBALCAVA; 10/p MACHAC;
9/ NINEMIRE;
Brigham Young Univ. 1st - DELAHOUSSAYE out at first p to 2b to 1b.
GONZALES singled to center field. VANCE reached on a fielder's choice to second
base; GONZALES out at second 2b to ss. SNOW homered to left field, 2 RBI; VANCE
scored. QUIOCHO grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos 1st - LOEFFELHOLZ grounded out to 1b unassisted. HUGHES
grounded out to 2b. ELCESS struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 2nd - PURCELL struck out. DAVIS struck out looking.
WILLING struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos 2nd - GILMORE struck out. PARRA walked. PARRA stole
second. GEORGE struck out. BRANDOW struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 3rd - HOPKINS homered to center field, RBI.
DELAHOUSSAYE singled through the right side. GONZALES singled, bunt;
DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second. VANCE reached on a fielder's choice to
shortstop; GONZALES out at second ss to 2b; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to third.
VANCE stole second. SNOW walked. SNOW advanced to second on a wild pitch; VANCE
advanced to third on a wild pitch; DELAHOUSSAYE scored on a wild pitch. QUIOCHO
flied into double play lf to c; VANCE out on the play. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos 3rd - RUBALCAVA grounded out to ss. MACHAC struck out.
LOEFFELHOLZ popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 4th - PURCELL doubled to right field. DAVIS out at
first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; PURCELL advanced to third. WILLING struck out,
reached first on an error by c; PURCELL out at home c to p. WILLING stole
second. WILLING stole third. HOPKINS grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1
error, 1 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos 4th - HUGHES grounded out to ss. ELCESS walked. GILMORE
grounded out to p; ELCESS advanced to second. PARRA walked. GEORGE out at first
p to 3b to 1b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 5th - DELAHOUSSAYE singled up the middle. GONZALES
singled to left field; DELAHOUSSAYE advanced to second. VANCE reached on a
fielder's choice to shortstop; GONZALES advanced to second; DELAHOUSSAYE out at
third ss to 3b. SNOW grounded out to 3b; VANCE advanced to second; GONZALES
advanced to third. QUIOCHO grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
LOB.
New Mexico Lobos 5th - BRANDOW popped up to 3b. RUBALCAVA struck out.
MACHAC struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 6th - PURCELL grounded out to 3b. DAVIS struck out
looking. WILLING grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
New Mexico Lobos 6th - LOEFFELHOLZ walked. HUGHES reached on a fielder's
choice to second base; LOEFFELHOLZ out at second 2b unassisted. ELCESS grounded
out to ss; HUGHES advanced to third. GILMORE struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Brigham Young Univ. 7th - HOPKINS grounded out to 3b. DELAHOUSSAYE
struck out looking. GONZALES grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
New Mexico Lobos 7th - PARRA struck out looking. GEORGE grounded out to
ss. BRANDOW flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.