SOU-Belhaven Boxscore
SOU-Indiana Tech Boxscore 

The Southern Oregon softball team opened up the 2009 season by splitting a pair of games during the first day of the Cal Baptist Lancer Invitational in Riverside, Calif.

The Raiders fell to Belhaven 3-2 in the opener and then rolled to a 9-1 victory over Indiana Tech in the second game.

SOU faces Cal Baptist and Belhaven on Friday.

The Raiders were a half-inning away from ending the first day undefeated.

Southern Oregon led 2-1 going into the top of the seventh inning, but Belhaven found a way to win.

Back-to-back hits put runners on corners for Belhaven and a throwing error on a steal attempt allowed Belhaven to tie the game and move a runner to third. After a strikeout and a walk, Belhaven scored what turned out to be the winning run on a single.

Despite being handed the setback in her first collegiate action, freshman pitcher Jordyn Kurtz (Tacoma, Wash./Stadium) struck out four and allowed just seven hits in her seven innings of action.

Junior Bailey Price (Napa, Calif./Vintage) went 2-for-2 to lead the SOU offense, while Justine Fulton (Reno, Nev./McQueen) and Karla Alvarez (Modesto, Calif./Johansen) both came away with an RBI.

In the second game, the SOU bats came alive as they pounded out 11 hits.

Kathryn Moy, Kurtz and Joelle Riekeman (Riddle, Ore./Riddle) all had a pair of hits. Price came off the bench for a pinch hit home run and Strohm Fouty (Polson, Mont./Polson) scored three runs and had two stolen bases.

Kurtz picked up her first collegiate victory by limiting Indiana Tech to just five hits, while striking out six.