2016 BYU Cougars softball team

American college softball season March 2026 August 2023 softball 2016 BYU Cougars BYU Cougars logo.svg 150 West Coast Conference WCC 35–19 12–3 Gordon Eakin 14th Pete Meredith 3rd Kristin Delahoussaye 3rd Gail Miller Field 2016 WCC Champions NCAA, Columbia Regional The 2016 BYU Cougars softball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin entered the year as head coach of the Cougars for a 14th consecutive season. 2016 is the third season for the Cougars as members of the WCC in softball.http://www.wccsports.com/genrel/091312aac.html WCC Softball Begins Competition in 2014 West Coast Conference September 13, 2012 September 13, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130604044746/http://www.wccsports.com/genrel/091312aac.html 2013-06-04 dead The Cougars entered 2016 having won their last 7 conference championships and as the favorites in the WCC.http://fastpitchnews.org/byu-picked-to-win-2016-wcc-softball-title/ BYU Picked to Win 2016 WCC Softball Title fastpitchnews.org February 4, 2016 February 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207224408/http://fastpitchnews.org/byu-picked-to-win-2016-wcc-softball-title/ 2016-02-07 dead 2016 roster 2015 BYU Cougars Rosterhttp://byucougars.com/roster/w-softball/season/2015 2015 Softball Roster The Official Site of BYU Athletics 2016-04-06 2015-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150414012445/http://byucougars.com/roster/w-softball/season/2015 dead  Pitchers 5 McKenna Bull – junior 7 Arianna Paulson – sophomore 24 Olivia Sanchez – freshman Catchers 8 Emilee Erickson – freshman 10 Reyna Ae – freshman 21 Libby Sugg – freshman Infielders 3 Ashley Thompson – junior 9 Lauren Bell – junior 13 McKenzie St. Clair – junior 16 Alexa Strid – sophomore 18 Caitlyn Larsen – sophomore 25 Coco Tauali'i Bond – senior 27 Allie Hancock – freshman 28 Courtney Kelly – freshman Outfielders 2 Gordy Bravo – senior 8 Emilee Erickson – freshman 13 McKenzie St. Clair – junior 16 Alexa Strid – sophomore 22 Madison Merrell – sophomore 26 Lexi Tarrow – freshman 27 Allie Hancock – freshman 28 Courtney Kelly – freshman  Schedule yes yes no |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Kajikawa Classic February 11 2:00 PM w yes no San Jose State Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, AZ 8–0(6) N/A McKenna Bull (1–0) Katelyn Linford (0–1)   February 11 4:30 PM l yes no Tennessee 8 Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, AZ 3–15 206 Rainey Gaffin (1–0) McKenna Bull (1-1)   February 12 11:30 AM w yes no Wisconsin Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, AZ 5–4(9) 50 McKenna Bull (2–1) Kirsten Stewart (1–1)   February 13 9:00 AM w yes no Creighton Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, AZ 4–0 150 Olivia Sanchez (1–0) Micaela Whitney (0–2)   February 13 11:30 AM l yes no Notre Dame 24 Tempe Sports Complex Tempe, AZ 2–4(8) 412 Rachel Nasland (2–0) McKenna Bull (2–2)   |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Wilson/DeMari Desert Classic February 18 5:30 PM w yes no Hawaii Eller Media Stadium Las Vegas, NV 9–1 363 McKenna Bull (3–2) Brittany Hitchcock (2–2)   February 19 10:00 AM w yes no Grand Canyon Eller Media Stadium Las Vegas, NV 4–0 267 McKenna Bull (4–2) Bailey Bergman (2–1)   February 19 12:15 PM w yes no Boise State Eller Media Stadium Las Vegas, NV 8–0(5) 220 Olivia Sanchez (2–0) Nicole Wilson (0–1)   February 20 10:00 AM w yes no Colorado State Eller Media Stadium Las Vegas, NV 6–10(8) 352 Holly Reinke (2–0) Olivia Sanchez (2–1)   February 20 12:15 PM w yes no Robert Morris Eller Media Stadium Las Vegas, NV 7–2 322 McKenna Bull (5–2) Kaitlin Ellzy (2–3)   |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic February 25 2:00 PM l yes no New Mexico State Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, CA 1–2(8) 342 Karysta Donisthrope (5–1) McKenna Bull (5–3)   February 25 4:30 PM w yes no Bethune–Cookman Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, CA 3–0 150 Olivia Sanchez (3–1) Deidra Genera (3–4) McKenna Bull (1) February 26 4:00 PM l yes no UCLA 10 Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, CA 4–9 374 Johanna Grauer (3–2) McKenna Bull (5–4)   February 27 6:00 PM w yes no Cal State Fullerton Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, CA 7–6 200 McKenna Bull (6–4) Sydney Golden (5–1)   February 27 9:00 PM l yes no Missouri 12 Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, CA 6–16 85 Danielle Baumgartner (4–1) Olivia Sanchez (3–2)   |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Wildcat Invitational March 3 4:00 PM w no Mount St. Mary's Hillenbrand Stadium Tucson, AZ 15–6(6) 1,478 Arianna Paulson (1–0) Erin Sweeney (0–2)   March 3 6:00 PM w yes no Arizona 15 Hillenbrand Stadium Tucson, AZ 4–2 1,850 McKenna Bull (7–4) Danielle O'Toole (7–3)   March 4 6:00 PM l yes no Arizona 15 Hillenbrand Stadium Tucson, AZ 3–6 1,974 Danielle O'Toole (8–3) McKenna Bull (7–5)   March 4 8:00 PM w yes no UTEP Hillenbrand Stadium Tucson, AZ 8–0(6) 84 McKenna Bull (8–5) Danielle Pearson (2–3)   March 5 2:00 PM l yes no James Madison 10 Hillenbrand Stadium Tucson, AZ 6–10 247 Megan Good (9–1) McKenna Bull (8–6)   |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| University of Oklahoma Tournament March 11 12:15 PM w yes no Maryland OU Softball Complex Norman, OK 7–4 N/A McKenna Bull (9–6) Madison Martin (2–1)   March 11 4:45 PM l yes no Oklahoma 13 OU Softball Complex Norman, OK 0–8(5) 841 Paige Parker (4–2) McKenna Bull (9–7)   March 12 10:00 AM w yes no St. Louis OU Softball Complex Norman, OK 6–5 N/A McKenna Bull (10–7) Brianna Lore (4–4)   March 12 2:30 PM l yes no Oklahoma 13 OU Softball Complex Norman, OK 0–3 N/A Paige Parker (5–2) Olivia Sanchez (3–3)   |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season March 15 4:00 PM w yes no Utah Dumke Family Softball Stadium Salt Lake City, UT 5–4 320 McKenna Bull (11–7) Katie Donovan (8–6)   |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| San Diego Classic II March 17 11:30 AM w yes no Harvard SDSU Softball Stadium San Diego, CA 2–0 114 Olivia Sanchez (4–3) Kathleen Duncan (0–1) McKenna Bull (2) March 17 2:00 PM l yes no Long Beach State SDSU Softball Stadium San Diego, CA 0–6 129 Christina Clermont (10–2) McKenna Bull (11–8)   March 18 5:30 PM w yes no Fresno State 24 Sportsplex USA Santee San Diego, CA 6–3 510 McKenna Bull (12–8) Hannah Harris (3–4)   March 18 8:00 PM l yes no San Diego State Sportsplex USA Santee San Diego, CA 2–3 777 Alex Formby (5–4) Olivia Sanchez (4–4)   March 19 12:30 PM w yes no UC Santa Barbara Sportsplex USA Santee San Diego, CA 8–0(5) 65 McKenna Bull (13–8) Ashley Ludlow (4–5)   |- !colspan=10 style="background:#002654; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season March 22 5:00 PM w yes no Utah Valley Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 8–0(5) 262 McKenna Bull (14–8) Bailey Moore (2–12)   April 1 4:00 PM w yes no Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field Austin, TX 3–1 520 McKenna Bull (15–8) Kristen Clark (1–1)   April 2 5:00 PM l yes no Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field Austin, TX 0–5 1,062 Tiarra Davis (13–7) Olivia Sanchez (4–5)   April 2 7:30 PM l yes no Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field Austin, TX 0–7 1,062 Paige von Sprecken (8–1) McKenna Bull (15–9)   April 5 5:00 PM l yes no Southern Utah Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 5–6(8) 406 Kirsten Hostetler (3–5) McKenna Bull (15–10)   April 5 7:00 PM w yes no Southern Utah Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 14–6(5) 406 Olivia Sanchez (5–5) Hanna Wynn (1–3)   April 8 5:30 PM w no Loyola Marymount Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 4–0 2,552 McKenna Bull (16–10) Hannah Bandimere (11–8)   April 8 7:30 PM l no Loyola Marymount Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 4–9 2,552 Rachel Farrington (12–6) Olivia Sanchez (5–6)   April 9 12:30 PM l no Loyola Marymount Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 1–5 1,807 Hannah Bandimere (12–9) McKenna Bull (16–11)   April 13 6:00 PM w yes no Utah State Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 4–1 397 McKenna Bull (17–11) Alleyah Armendariz (0–3)   April 20 3:00 PM w yes no Utah Valley UVU Wolverine Softball Field Orem, UT 1–0 258 McKenna Bull (18–11) Bailey Moore (3–19)   April 22 5:00 PM w no Saint Mary's Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 7–0 2,445 McKenna Bull (19–11) Katie Moss (11–10)   April 22 7:45 PM w no Saint Mary's Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 13–2(5) 2,445 McKenna Bull (20–11) Lujane Mussadi (7–10)   April 23 12:00 PM w no Saint Mary's Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 1–0 N/A McKenna Bull (21–11) Katie Moss (11–11)   April 29 5:00 PM w no Pacific Bill Simoni Field Stockton, CA 5–3 184 McKenna Bull (22–11) Cassidy Gustafson (4–6)   April 29 7:00 PM w no Pacific Bill Simoni Field Stockton, CA 5–4 141 Olivia Sanchez (6–6) Marissa Young (8–7) McKenna Bull (3) April 30 1:00 PM w no Pacific Bill Simoni Field Stockton, CA 8–4 117 McKenna Bull (23–11) Cassidy Gustafson (4–7)   May 3 3:00 PM l yes no Southern Utah Kathryn Berg Field Cedar City, UT 5–6 50 Hanna Wynn (2–3) Olivia Sanchez (6–7)   May 6 5:40 PM w no Santa Clara Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 4–3 585 McKenna Bull (24–11) McCall James (4–18)   May 6 8:30 PM w no Santa Clara Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 15–4(5) 585 Olivia Sanchez (7–7) Micaela Vierra (4–19)   May 7 12:00 PM w no Santa Clara Gail Miller Field Provo, UT 9–1(5) 452 McKenna Bull (25–11) Micaela Vierra (4–20)   May 10 5:00 PM c yes no Utah State Johnson Softball Field Logan, UT         May 13 7:00 PM w no San Diego USD Softball Complex San Diego, CA 1–0(12) 219 McKenna Bull (26–11) Megan Sabbatini (14–17)   May 14 1:06 PM l no San Diego USD Softball Complex San Diego, CA 2–5 218 Megan Sabbatini (15–17) Olivia Sanchez (7–8) Grace Hernandez May 14 3:33 PM w no San Diego USD Softball Complex San Diego, CA 9–3 218 Arianna Paulson (2–0) Grace Hernandez (5–11)   May 19 5:30 PM l no Missouri 17 University Field Columbia, MO 0–9(5) N/A Paige Lowary (23–6) McKenna Bull (26–12)   May 20 3:40 PM w no Louisville University Field Columbia, MO 9–6 N/A McKenna Bull (27–12) Megan Hensley (15–6)   May 20 6:33 PM l no Nebraska University Field Columbia, MO 0–2 N/A Cassie McClure (17–10) McKenna Bull (27–13)   WCC no Mountain Time Zone TV, radio, and streaming information Feb. 11: Brian Rice (radio- Tennessee) Mar. 3: No commentators Mar. 3: Derrick Palmer & Mar. 4: Derrick Palmer & Mar. 5: No commentators Mar. 11: Chris Plank (radio-Oklahoma) Mar. 12: Chris Plank (radio-Oklahoma) Mar. 15: Krista Blunk & Kenzie Fowler Mar. 22: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide Apr. 1: Tyler Denning & Megan Willis Apr. 2: Tyler Denning & Megan Willis Apr. 2: Tyler Denning & Megan Willis Apr. 5: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide Apr. 5: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide Apr. 9: Robbie Bullough & Bailie Hicken Apr. 13: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide Apr. 20: Josh Monsen (WAC DN)Robbie Bullough & Bailie Hicken (radio) Apr. 22: Robbie Bullough & Bailie Hicken Apr. 22: Robbie Bullough & Bailie Hicken Apr. 23: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide Apr. 29: Paul Muyskens & Dustin Brakebill Apr. 29: Paul Muyskens & Dustin Brakebill Apr. 30: Paul Muyskens May 3: Josh Martinez & Colton Gordon May 6: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide May 6: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide May 7: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide May 19: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf May 20: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf May 20: Pam Ward & Cheri Kempf See also 2015 BYU Cougars football team 2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team 2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team 2015 BYU Cougars women's soccer team 2015 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team 2016 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team 2016 BYU Cougars baseball team 2016 BYU Cougars men's soccer team References 2 External links BYU Softball at byucougars.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160409133148/http://byucougars.com/schedule/w-softball/2016 2016-04-09 2016 team Category:2016 in sports in Utah Category:2016 West Coast Conference softball season Category:2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament participants