# 2014 BYU Cougars softball team

The 2014 BYU Cougars softball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2014 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin entered the year as head coach of the Cougars for a 12th consecutive season. The Cougars entered 2014 being in their fourth conference in four years time. In 2011 the Cougars were part of the Mountain West Conference. In 2012, they joined the Western Athletic Conference for softball only. In 2013, they were part of the Pacific Coast Softball Conference, and in 2014 they joined the West Coast Conference. The WCC was in its first season hosting softball after Pacific joined the conference, giving them the six members needed to host softball for the conference. The Cougars had won their last 3 conference championships and entered 2014 as the favorites in the WCC. The Cougars won the conference championship with a sweep of Saint Mary's on April 9 and qualified for their tenth consecutive NCAA softball tournament. After upsetting Northwestern on Thursday, the Cougars lost twice on Friday to be eliminated from the Eugene region with a 34–23 overall record.

## Coaching staff

BYU entered the 2014 season with two new assistants. At the end of the 2013 season assistant coach Vaughn Alvey announced his retirement after 11 seasons with the Cougars. Meanwhile, Ianeta Le'i left BYU to pursue other interests after 7 seasons with the Cougars. To replace the departing assistants, Gordon Eakin would interview and hire former Cougar alum Kristin Delahoussaye, who had been serving as an assistant softball and strength coach at Dixie State College and Salt Lake City Pitching Academy head coach Peter Meredith.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher |
| Red Desert Classic ||||||||
| February 6* | 2:00 PM | Weber State Wildcats | The Canyons Complex • St. George, UT | L 3–4 | 250 | Kylee Colvin (1-0) | McKenna Bull (0-1) |
| February 6* | 4:00 PM | Southern Utah Thunderbirds | The Canyons Complex • St. George, UT | W 10–2$^5$ | 250 | Ashley Thompson (1-0) | Jordan Theurer (0-1) |
| February 7* | 11:00 AM | Nevada Wolfpack | The Canyons Complex • St. George, UT | L 9–10 | 220 | McKenna Isenberg (1-0) | Katie Manuma (0-1) |
| February 7* | 1:55 PM | East Carolina Pirates | The Canyons Complex • St. George, UT | W 13–5$^6$ | 220 | Ashley Thompson (2-0) | Lydia Ritchie (0-1) |
| February 8* | 11:00 AM | Texas–Arlington Mavericks | The Canyons Complex • St. George, UT | L 2–3 | 175 | Shannon Carrico (1-0) | McKenna Bull (0-2) |
| Easton Desert Classic ||||||||
| February 13* | 7:50 PM | Seattle Redhawks | Eller Media Stadium • Las Vegas, NV | W 14-8 | 386 | Katie Manuma (1-1) | Alyssa Reuble (0-2) |
| February 14* | 2:30 PM | Portland State Vikings | Stephanie Lynn Craig Softball Complex • Henderson, NV | W 5-4 | 140 | Katie Manuma (2-1) | Karyn Wright (0-3) |
| February 14* | 5:15 PM | Chattanooga Mocs | Stephanie Lynn Craig Softball Complex • Henderson, NV | L 0–8$^5$ | 140 | Liana Rodrigues (1-0) | McKenna Bull (0-3) |
| February 15* | 12:25 PM | Nevada Wolfpack | Stephanie Lynn Craig Softball Complex • Henderson, NV | L 10–20 | 168 | Megan Dortch (4-0) | Katie Manuma (2-2) |
| February 15* | 3:40 PM | #22 Minnesota Golden Gophers | Stephanie Lynn Craig Softball Complex • Henderson, NV | L 6–13 | 85 | Sara Moulton (5-0) | Ashley Thompson (2-1) |
| Mary Nutter Classic ||||||||
| February 20* | 11:00 AM | Virginia Cavaliers | Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA | W 9–0$^5$ | 44 | McKenna Bull (1-3) | Aimee Chapdelaine (1-8) |
| February 20* | 1:30 PM | #24 Notre Dame Fighting Irish | Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA | L 0–6 | 115 | Laura Winter (4-1) | Ashley Thompson (2-2) |
| February 21* | 11:30 AM | Oklahoma State Cowgirls | Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA | L 5–6$^8$ | 100 | Simone Freeman (5-2) | McKenna Bull (1-4) |
| February 21* | 5:30 PM | Fordham Rams | Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA | W 5–2 | 240 | Ashley Thompson (3-2) | Michele Daubman (3-5) |
| February 22* | 9:00 PM | #2 Washington Huskies | Big League Dreams Complex • Cathedral City, CA | L 0–8$^5$ | N/A | Bryana Walker (8-1) | McKenna Bull (1-5) |
| San Diego Classic ||||||||
| February 27* | 3:00 PM | #2 Tennessee Lady Volunteers | SDSU Softball Stadium • San Diego, CA | W 6–3 | N/A | McKenna Bull (2-5) | Cheyanne Tarango (1-1) |
| February 27* | 6:15 PM | San Diego State Aztecs | SDSU Softball Stadium • San Diego, CA | L 0–2 | 330 | Danielle O'Toole (10-2) | Tori Almond (0-1) |
| February 28* | 3:00 PM | Fresno State Bulldogs | SDSU Softball Stadium • San Diego, CA | Canceled | | | |
| February 28* | 5:30 PM | Ole Miss Rebels | SDSU Softball Stadium • San Diego, CA | Canceled | | | |
| March 1* | 3:00 PM | Colorado State Rams | SDSU Softball Stadium • San Diego, CA | Canceled | | | |
| Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic ||||||||
| March 6* | 6:00 PM | #17 Stanford Cardinal | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA | L 3–5 | 302 | Madi Schreyer (15-3) | Tori Almond (0-2) |
| March 7* | 11:00 AM | Portland State Vikings | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA | W 4–3$^8$ | 132 | Tori Almond (1-2) | Karyn Wright (1-5) |
| March 7* | 1:35 PM | North Dakota State Bison | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA | L 0–4 | 156 | Katie Thun (2-1) | Ashley Thompson (3-3) |
| March 8* | 11:00 AM | North Dakota State Bison | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA | W 6–3 | 205 | Tori Almond (2-2) | Krista Menke (8-3) |
| March 8* | 1:15 PM | #17 Stanford Cardinal | Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium • Stanford, CA | L 5–7 | 403 | Madi Schreyer (16-4) | McKenna Bull (2-6) |
| Pepsi Rainbow Wahine Classic ||||||||
| March 12* | 5:00 PM | James Madison Dukes | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI | L 1–3 | N/A | Heather Kiefer (8-4) | Tori Almond (2-3) |
| March 12* | 7:00 PM | Oregon Ducks | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI | L 2–3 | N/A | Cheridan Hawkins (11-2) | Ashley Thompson (3-4) |
| March 13* | 11:00 PM | Hawaii Rainbow Wahine | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI | W 10–6 | 514 | McKenna Bull (3-6) | Loie Kesterson (6-4) |
| March 14* | 5:30 PM | Valparaiso Crusaders | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI | L 4–6 | N/A | Taylor Weissenhofer (3-5) | McKenna Bull (3-7) |
| March 15* | 5:00 PM | James Madison Dukes | Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium • Honolulu, HI | L 1–3 | N/A | Heather Kiefer (9-5) | Tori Almond (2-4) |
| Deseret First Duel ||||||||
| March 20* | 6:00 PM | Utah Utes | Utah Softball Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT | L 0–1$^9$ | 527 | Kayce Nieto (6-7) | Tori Almond (2-5) |
| Regular Season ||||||||
| March 25* | 6:00 PM | #2 Oregon Ducks | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 6–5 | 200 | McKenna Bull (4-7) | Jasmine Smithson-Willett (3-1) |
| March 28* | 6:00 PM | Idaho State Bengals | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | L 4–6 | 303 | Haley Douglas (12-7) | McKenna Bull (4-8) |
| March 29* | 1:00 PM | Idaho State Bengals | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 11–10 | 321 | Katie Manuma (3-2) | Jessica Tolmie (2-2) |
| March 29* | 4:15 PM | Idaho State Bengals | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 9–2 | 321 | McKenna Bull (5-8) | Haley Douglas (12-8) |
| April 2* | 4:00 PM | Utah State Aggies | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 5–4$^8$ | 303 | McKenna Bull (6-8) | Noelle Johnson (12-11) |
| April 4 | 6:00 PM | San Diego Toreros | USD Softball Complex • San Diego, CA | L 0–4 | 175 | Cassidy Coleman (7-8) | McKenna Bull (6-9) |
| April 5 | 12:45 PM | San Diego Toreros | USD Softball Complex • San Diego, CA | W 2–1 | 156 | Tori Almond (3-5) | Jenny Lahitte (7-8) |
| April 5 | 3:15 PM | San Diego Toreros | USD Softball Complex • San Diego, CA | W 4–3 | 168 | McKenna Bull (7-9) | Cassidy Coleman (7-9) |
| April 8* | 3:00 PM | Utah Valley Wolverines | UVU Wolverine Softball Field • Orem, UT | W 9–0$^5$ | 405 | McKenna Bull (8-9) | Josi Summers (6-12) |
| April 11 | 6:00 PM | Santa Clara Broncos | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 3–2 | 578 | McKenna Bull (9-9) | Ciara Gonzales (2-9) |
| April 12 | 12:00 PM | Santa Clara Broncos | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | L 1–2 | 367 | Ciara Gonzales (3-9) | Tori Almond (3-6) |
| April 12 | 2:10 PM | Santa Clara Broncos | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 5–0 | 367 | McKenna Bull (10-9) | Ciara Gonzales (3-10) |
| April 15* | 4:00 PM | Southern Utah Thunderbirds | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 10–2$^5$ | 241 | McKenna Bull (11-9) | Jordan Theurer (5-7) |
| April 15* | 6:20 PM | Southern Utah Thunderbirds | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 8–2 | 241 | Tori Almond (4-6) | Katie Greenburg (3-5) |
| April 18* | 5:00 PM | Weber State Wildcats | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 7–3 | N/A | Tori Almond (5-6) | McCauley Flint (9-7) |
| April 25 | 3:30 PM | Loyola Marymount Lions | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 13–5$^6$ | 113 | McKenna Bull (12-9) | Rachael Farrington (6-10) |
| April 25 | 6:30 PM | Loyola Marymount Lions | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 8–1 | 113 | Tori Almond (6-6) | Stephanie Crist (1-11) |
| April 26 | 12:00 PM | Loyola Marymount Lions | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | Canceled | | | |
| April 30* | 6:30 PM | Weber State Wildcats | Wildcat Softball Field • Ogden, UT | W 6–1 | 378 | McKenna Bull (13-9) | Jasmine Ioane (5-7) |
| May 2 | 5:00 PM | Pacific Tigers | Bill Simoni Field • Stockton, CA | W 3–2 | 300 | Tori Almond (7-6) | Tori Shephard (7-13) |
| May 2 | 7:45 PM | Pacific Tigers | Bill Simoni Field • Stockton, CA | W 8–0$^5$ | 300 | McKenna Bull (14-9) | Dani Bonnet (12-7) |
| May 3 | 1:00 PM | Pacific Tigers | Bill Simoni Field • Stockton, CA | W 9–6 | 295 | Tori Almond (8-6) | Tori Shephard (7-14) |
| May 6* | 5:00 PM | Utah Valley Wolverines | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 7–2 | 1,065 | McKenna Bull (15-9) | Kailey Christensen (2-5) |
| May 6* | 8:00 PM | Utah Valley Wolverines | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 11–8 | 1,065 | Katie Manuma (4-2) | Bailey Moore (2-13) |
| May 9 | 5:00 PM | Saint Mary's Gaels | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 14–2$^5$ | 1,112 | Tori Almond (9-6) | Lujane Mussadi (13-14) |
| May 9 | 7:00 PM | Saint Mary's Gaels | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 5–1 | 1,112 | McKenna Bull (16-9) | Sarah Lira (7-8) |
| May 10 | 12:00 PM | Saint Mary's Gaels | Gail Miller Field • Provo, UT | W 3–0 | 1,169 | Tori Almond (10-6) | Lujane Mussadi (13-15) |
| 2014 NCAA Regionals ||||||||
| May 15* | 5:30 PM | Northwestern Wildcats | Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA | W 7–2 | 1,066 | Tori Almond (11-6) | Kristen Wood (18-10) |
| May 16* | 2:00 PM | #12 Washington Huskies | Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA | L 0–9$^5$ | 790 | Bryana Walker (19-8) | Tori Almond (11-7) |
| May 16* | 6:30 PM | Northwestern Wildcats | Husky Softball Stadium • Seattle, WA | L 3–8 | 790 | Sammy Albanese | Tori Almond (11-8) |
| *Non-Conference Game. All times are in Mountain Time Zone. ||||||||

## TV, Radio, and Streaming Information

During the 2014 season BYUtv broadcast 8 home games: Apr. 11 & 12 (DH) vs. Santa Clara, Apr. 18 vs. Weber State, Apr. 25 (DH) vs. Loyola Marymount, and May 9 (DH) vs. Saint Mary's. Spencer Linton acted as the play-by-play man for these games while former Cougar softball coach Vaughn Alvey provided the analysis.
TheW.tv streamed 11 home games: Mar. 25 vs. Oregon, Mar. 28 & 29 (DH) vs. Idaho State, Apr. 2 vs. Utah State, Apr. 15 (DH) vs. Southern Utah, Apr. 26 vs. Loyola Marymount, May 6 (DH) vs. Utah Valley, and May 10 vs. Saint Mary's. Robbie Bullough provided play-by-play for 9 games while Ty Brandenburg provided play-by-play for the Utah Valley double header. Bailey Higgins provided analysis for all but the Oregon game.
The Mar. 20 game at Utah was broadcast by Pac-12 Network with Krista Blunk providing play-by-play and Teri Goldberg providing the analysis.
BYU Radio would provide a game broadcast for two road games during the season. The Apr. 8 game at Utah Valley and the Apr. 30 game at Weber State would have a radio only broadcast with Ty Brandenburg providing the call. They would also simulcast all BYUtv games.
Road games at Pacific (Pacific Portal), at San Diego State (MW Network), at Weber State (Watch Big Sky), and at Utah Valley (YouTube) had streams available through the opponents athletic websites. All games during the Rainbow Wahine Classic would stream on BigWest.tv.
The NCAA Regional games vs. Northwestern had an audio broadcast online via NUsports.com with Doug Meffley providing the call. Mike Brown provided the NCAA Regional game vs. Washington on Gohuskies.com.