2022 BYU Cougars softball team

The 2022 BYU Cougars softball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. Gordon Eakin entered the year as head coach of the Cougars for a 20th consecutive season. 2022 was the ninth season for the Cougars as members of the WCC in softball.[2] The Cougars entered 2022 having won their last 12 conference championships and having been picked as the favorites to win the 2022 WCC title.[3]

2022 BYU Cougars softball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record42–10 (13–2 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Pete Meredith (9th season)
  • AJ Taulai'i (5th season)
Home stadiumGail Miller Field
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 West Coast Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
BYU  ‍‍‍ 13 2   .867 42 10   .808
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍y 13 2   .867 37 17   .685
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 7 8   .467 21 30   .412
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 5 9   .357 20 34   .370
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 4 11   .267 16 31   .340
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 2 12   .143 12 37   .245
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2022[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

2022 roster

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2022 BYU Cougars Roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 15 Taryn Lennon - Sophomore
  • 18 Lexi Atcitty - Sophomore
  • 20 Autumn Moffat-Korth - RS Senior
  • 23 Violet Zavodnik - Sophomore
  • 28 Carley Brown - Junior
  • 33 Lo Salcedo - Sophomore
  • 38 Chloe Temples - Junior

Catchers

  • 8 Macy Simmons - Junior
  • 13 Bridget Fleener - Senior
  • 24 Natalie Sicairos - Sophomore
 

Infielders

  • 3 Marissa Chavez - Senior
  • 4 Mallory Barber - Senior
  • 5 Taylei Williams - Senior
  • 7 Alyssa Podhurcak - Junior
  • 8 Emma Andrewjeski - Freshman
  • 12 Lauren Flanders - Freshman
  • 16 Brooke Hill-Barrington - Senior
  • 17 Alexis Gilio - Freshman
  • 54 Huntyr Aca - Junior
  • 55 Martha Epenesa - Senior
 

Outfielders

  • 1 HannahJo Mills - RS Senior
  • 6 Morgan Sterner - Sophomore
  • 11 Jaelynn Lambert - Freshman
  • 12 Lauren Flanders - Freshman
  • 15 Taryn Lennon - Sophomore
  • 17 Alexis Gilio - Freshman
  • 23 Violet Zavodnik - Sophomore
 

Schedule

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2022 BYU Cougars Game Log
UNLV Rebel Classic
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
February 10 at UNLV Eller Media Stadium YouTube 3–5 Jenny Bressler (1–0) Autumn Moffat-Korth (0–1) Jasmine Martin (1) N/A 0–1
February 11 vs. Cal State Bakersfield Eller Media Stadium YouTube 13–4 (5) Carley Brown (1–0) Kirsten Martinez (0–1) None N/A 1–1
February 11 vs. Hawai'i Eller Media Stadium YouTube 2–1 Chloe Temples (1–0) Chloe Borges (0–1) None N/A 2–1
February 12 vs. Cal State Bakersfield Eller Media Stadium YouTube 11–2 (5) Carley Brown (2–0) Kaycie Kennedy (0–1) None 112 3–1
February 12 vs. Hawai'i Eller Media Stadium YouTube 4–1 Autumn Moffat-Korth (1–1) Brianna Lopez (1–2) None 251 4–1
Stanford Classic
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
February 17 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium P12+ STAN 4–3 Autumn Moffat-Korth (2–1) Alana Vawter (2–2) None 311 5–1
February 17 vs. San Jose State Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium P12+ STAN 8–5 Carley Brown (3–0) Lacie Ham (1–2) Autumn Moffat-Korth (1) 152 6–1
February 18 vs. UIC Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium P12+ STAN 6–1 Autumn Moffat-Korth (3–1) Carlee Jo-Clark (1–2) None 150 7–1
February 19 vs. Seattle U Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium P12+ STAN 5–2 Autumn Moffat-Korth (4–1) Carley Nance (0–1) None 110 8–1
Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
February 24 vs. Bethune-Cookman Big League Dreams Complex FloSoftball 7–0 Chloe Temples (2–0) Halyne Gonzales (2–1) None N/A 9–1
February 24 vs. #17 Tennessee Big League Dreams Complex FloSoftball 3–10 Ashley Rogers (3–0) Autumn Moffat-Korth (4–2) None N/A 9–2
February 25 vs. California Baptist Big League Dreams Complex FloSoftball 3–6 Alyssa Argomaniz (3–2) Autumn Moffat-Korth (4–3) Jordan Schuring (1) N/A 9–3
February 26 vs. Long Beach State Big League Dreams Complex FloSoftball 2–4 Sophia Fernandez (2–2) Chloe Temples (2–1) None 655 9–4
San Diego Classic
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
March 3 at San Diego State SDSU Softball Stadium SCS Pacific 2–1 (8) Chloe Temples (3–1) Dee Dee Hernandez (2–2) None 143 10–4
March 4 vs. Yale Triton Stadium 8–0(5) Carley Brown (4–0) Maddie Latta (0–1) None 137 11–4
March 4 at UC San Diego Triton Stadium ESPN+ 4–1 Chloe Temples (4–1) Kaia Simpson (3–3) None 133 12–4
March 5 vs. Cal USD Softball Complex 5–0 Autumn Moffat-Korth (5–3) Sona Halijian (8–1) None 48 13–4
Arizona State/Grand Canyon Invitational
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
March 10 at Arizona State Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium P12+ AZ 0–8 (5) Mac Morgan (8–1) Autumn Moffat-Korth (5–4) None 0 13–5
March 11 vs. Rutgers GCU Softball Stadium 11–2 (5) Autumn Moffat-Korth (6–4) Ashley Hitchcock (5–6) None 100 14–5
March 11 at Grand Canyon GCU Softball Stadium ESPN+ 0–2 Ariel Thompson (8–2) Chloe Temples (4–2) None 169 14–6
March 12 vs. Ball State GCU Softball Stadium 14–5 Carley Brown (5–0) Emma Eubank (1–2) None 157 15–6
March 12 vs. Kansas City GCU Softball Stadium Cancelled- KC flight cancelled due to bad weather
Regular season
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
March 15 Maine Gail Miller Field byutv.org 14–0 (5) Carley Brown (6–0) Gabbie Siciliano (1–4) None 175 16–6
March 17 Idaho State Gail Miller Field byutv.org 5–2 Autumn Moffat-Korth (7–4) Emma McMurray (3–4) Chloe Temples (1) 125 17–6
March 19 Southern Utah Gail Miller Field BYUtv 7–0 Chloe Temples (5–2) Capri Franzen (1–3) None 362 18–6
March 19 Southern Utah Gail Miller Field BYUtv 8–0 (6) Autumn Moffat-Korth (8–4) Keimon Winston (1–14) None 362 19–6
March 21 #12 Oregon Gail Miller Field byutv.org 3–9 Raegan Breedlove (2–0) Autumn Moffat-Korth (8–5) None 150 19–7
March 25 Iowa State Gail Miller Field byutv.org 11–3 (5) Carley Brown (7–0) Ellie Spelhaug (5–7) None 312 20–7
March 25 Iowa State Gail Miller Field byutv.org 5–0 Chloe Temples (6–2) Saya Swain (6–2) None 312 21–7
March 26 Iowa State Gail Miller Field byutv.org 11–7 Chloe Temples (7–2) Ellie Spelhaug (5–8) None 298 22–7
March 31 New Mexico Gail Miller Field byutv.org 3–8 Amber Linton (10–6) Autumn Moffat-Korth (8–6) None 106 22–8
March 31 New Mexico Gail Miller Field byutv.org 12–1 (5) Chloe Temples (8–2) Emma Guindon (9–4) None 106 23–8
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
April 1 New Mexico Gail Miller Field byutv.org 17–1 (5) Autumn Moffat-Korth (9–6) Amber Linton (10–7) None 386 24–8
April 5 at Utah Dumke Family Softball Field P12+ UTAH PPD until May 3
April 8 Loyola Marymount* Gail Miller Field BYUtv 4–0 Autumn Moffat-Korth (10–6) Jenna Perez (10–6) None 346 25–8 1–0
April 8 Loyola Marymount* Gail Miller Field BYUtv 4–8 Jessica Hubbard (5–0) Chloe Temples (8–3) None 346 25–9 1–1
April 9 Loyola Marymount* Gail Miller Field BYUtv 0–1 Jenna Perez (11–6) Autumn Moffat-Korth (10–7) None 325 25–10 1–2
April 12 Dixie State Gail Miller Field byutv.org Canceled due to snow
April 14 at Idaho State Miller Ranch Stadium ESPN+ Canceled due to rain and freezing temperatures
April 20 Utah Valley Gail Miller Field byutv.org 2–0 Chloe Temples (9–3) Brooke Carter (8–7) None 533 26–10
April 22 at San Diego* USD Softball Complex YouTube 5–0 Autumn Moffat-Korth (11–7) Courtney Rose (6–11) None 186 27–10 2–2
April 23 at San Diego* USD Softball Complex YouTube 7–4 Chloe Temples (10–3) McKenna Braegelmann (3–2) None 193 28–10 3–2
April 23 at San Diego* USD Softball Complex YouTube 11–0 (6) Autumn Moffat-Korth (12–7) Ashley Daugherty (1–9) None 194 29–10 4–2
April 26 at Dixie State Karl Brooks Field ESPN+ 8–6 Chloe Temples (11–3) Carissa Burgess (2–5) Chloe Temples (1) 243 30–10
April 27 at Southern Utah Kathryn Berg Field ESPN+ 12–0 (5) Carley Brown (8–0) Payton Goodrich (0–8) Lo Salcedo (1) 123 31–10
April 29 Santa Clara* Gail Miller Field byutv.org 20–1 (5) Autumn Moffat-Korth (13–7) Regan Dias (4–10) None 364 32–10 5–2
April 29 Santa Clara* Gail Miller Field byutv.org 3–2 Chloe Temples (12–3) Hannah Edwards (6–7) Autumn Moffat-Korth (2) 354 33–10 6–2
April 30 Santa Clara* Gail Miller Field BYUtv 4–2 Autumn Moffat-Korth (14–7) Sage Hager (8–4) Chloe Temples (2) 479 34–10 7–2
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record
May 3 at Utah Dumke Family Softball Field P12+ UTAH Cancelled- Snow
May 4 at Utah Valley Wolverine Field WAC DN 10–5 Chloe Temples (13–3) Katie Zuniga (8–9) None 311 35–10
May 6 at Pacific* Bill Simoni Field SCS Atlantic 3–0 Autumn Moffat-Korth (15–7) Amiyah Aponte (5–8) None 175 36–10 8–2
May 6 at Pacific* Bill Simoni Field SCS Atlantic 10–0 Chloe Temples (14–3) Hannah Glad (1–6) None 155 37–10 9–2
May 7 at Pacific* Bill Simoni Field WCC Net 11–0 (5) Autumn Moffat-Korth (16–7) Hannah Glad (1–7) None 112 38–10 10–2
May 10 Utah State Gail Miller Field byutv.org 9–1 (6) Autumn Moffat-Korth (17–7) Kapri Toone (12–8) None 378 39–10
May 13 Saint Mary's* Gail Miller Field BYUtv 15–0 (5) Autumn Moffat-Korth (18–7) Sofia Earle (9–13) None 465 40–10 11–2
May 13 Saint Mary's* Gail Miller Field BYUtv 6–1 Chloe Temples (15–3) Kayla Scott (4–13) None 465 41–10 12–2
May 14 Saint Mary's* Gail Miller Field byutv.org 10–0 (5) Autumn Moffat-Korth (19–7) Sofia Earle (9–14) None 589 42–10 13–2
Rankings from NFCA. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*West Coast Conference games

TV and streaming broadcast information

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  • UNLV: Wyatt Tomcheck
  • Cal State Bakersfield: No commentary
  • Hawai'i: No commentary
  • Cal State Bakersfield: No commentary
  • Hawai'i: No commentary
  • Stanford: Joaquin Wallace & Jenna Becerra
  • San Jose State: Jenna Becerra
  • UC Irvine: Joaquin Wallace
  • Seattle U: Joaquin Wallace & Jenna Becerra
  • Bethune-Cookman: Gavin Schall
  • Tennessee: Gavin Schall
  • California Baptist: Mike Barnes, Amanda Freed, & Chelsea Reber
  • Long Beach State: Mike Barnes, Amanda Freed, & Chelsea Reber
  • San Diego State: Nick Rice
  • UC San Diego: Ted Mendenhall
  • Arizona State: Simon Williams, Ashley Stevens, & Joseph Cena
  • Grand Canyon: Jack O'Hara
  • Maine: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • Idaho State: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • Southern Utah DH: Jarom Jordan & Gary Sheide
  • Oregon: Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • Iowa State DH: Spencer Linton & Jason Shepherd
  • Iowa State: Spencer Linton & Jason Shepherd
  • New Mexico DH: Jason Shepherd & Rylee Jensen
  • New Mexico: Spencer Linton & Rylee Jensen
  • Loyola Marymount DH: Spencer Linton & Rylee Jensen
  • Loyola Marymount: Spencer Linton & Rylee Jensen
  • Utah Valley: Spencer Linton & Jason Shepherd
  • San Diego: No commentary
  • San Diego DH: No commentary
  • Dixie State: Keric Seegmiller
  • Southern Utah: Spencer McLaughlin
  • Santa Clara DH: Spencer Linton & Rylee Jensen
  • Santa Clara: Spencer Linton & Rylee Jensen
  • Utah Valley: Ryan Pickens & Josh Kallunki
  • Pacific DH: Paul Muyskens
  • Pacific: Paul Muyskens
  • Utah State: Spencer Linton & Jason Shepherd
  • Saint Mary's DH: Spencer Linton & Rylee Jensen
  • Saint Mary's: Spencer Linton & Rylee Jensen

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WCC 2022 Softball Standings". D1 Softball. D1 Softball. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Cougars join the WCC" (Press release). Deseret News. July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "BYU Claims Top Spot in WCC Preseason Softball Coaches Poll" (Press release). WCC Sports. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Softball Roster". BYU Athletics. Archived from the original on April 16, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.