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The University of Utah Athletics
Wednesday, May 4
Provo, Utah
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BYU Slides Past Softball In Seventh
5/4/2005 12:00 AM | Softball
May 4, 2005
PROVO, Utah - The University Utah softball team rallied from a 3-0 deficit but fell victim to last-inning heroics as Brigham Young tallied an RBI single in the seventh to top the Utes in the Mountain West Conference finale, 4-3.
Debbie Dodds hit a single to left field in the seventh, scoring Jennifer Whitely from second for the one-run win. It upped BYU's record to 40-11 overall and to 16-2 in conference play. The Utes tumble to 18-27 and 6-12.
Brianna Gourdin got the start in the night cap. She had three strikeouts, four walks and allowed six BYU hits. She falls to 10-13 on the year. Daniella Urincho (13-2) got the win for BYU.
Six Utes tallied at least one hit in game two. Meghan Crouse led the way with a 2-for-3 effort. Jackie Wong (2-for-4) also bagged a pair of hits. Whitely's 2-for-2 outing led all Cougars.
Utah pounced all over BYU's mental mistakes and fielding errors to post three runs of its own in the sixth. The Utes got on the board with a bases-loaded walk to Ivette Hernandez. It scored Kelly Matthews. Bryanne Durrence plated the second run on a suicide squeeze play. However, she was safe on an error that allowed Diana Phillips to cross the plate. A sacrifice fly by Lynsey Wall knotted the game up at 3-3. A deep shot to right-center allowed Hernandez to trot home safely from third.
The home team broke the 4.5 innings of scoreless ball in the bottom of the fifth. With runners on first and second, Debbie Dodds belted a one-out double to the gap in left-center. It plated both base runners, lifting BYU to a 2-0 lead. A sac fly to right field moments later gave the Cougars a three-run cushion.
The Utes had a chance to break it open in the second. They had the bases loaded with one out, however Gourdin lined into a double play that ended the inning.
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