Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 REDDING – The Southern Oregon softball team bounced back from a morning loss to win the next two games during the first day of the season-opening Simpson Tournament on Friday.

Southern Oregon finishes the day with a 2-1 record, with the Raiders set to return to action on Saturday with three more games at the tournament. Box scores were not made available by Simpson.

Game One: British Columbia 5, Southern Oregon 1

Four runs in the seventh inning keyed the 5-1 win for British Columbia. Julia Willison (Reno, Nevada/McQueen) homered in the sixth inning to give the Raiders their lone run and one of their two hits in the game. Karlie Stephens (Eagle Point, Ore./Eagle Point) took the loss, giving up five runs on 11 hits in a complete-game loss.

Leigh Della Siega earned the win for the Thunderbirds, limiting SOU to the two hits in seven innings. Alana Westerhof finished 4-for-4 with a home run and two runs batted in. With the game tied to start the seventh inning, the Thunderbirds used four hits, a hit batter and an error to put four runs on the board and turn an even game into a 4-1 win.

Game Two: Southern Oregon 7, Simpson 5

Simpson scored five runs in the first three innings to take a 5-1 lead, but Southern Oregon scored three in the fourth and added three more in the top of the seventh to pick up the comeback victory.

The Raiders took advantage of four Simpson errors to score seven runs on only four hits. Lauren Keel (Fullerton, Calif./Rosary) finished with a pair of hits and a run batted in, and Sierra Anderson (Portland, Ore./Sunset) finished 1-for-2 with an RBI. Sydney White (Clovis, Calif./Clovis West) limited Simpson to two earned runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts to earn the win.

Game Three: Southern Oregon 2, Biola 1

A pitchers' duel went into the final innings as Biola took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth before the Raiders put together a two-out rally in the top of the seventh to claim the 2-1 win.

Irene Barrantas and Willison hit consecutive two-out singles, and Stephanie Vandenbusch (Fremont, Calif./American) lined a single into center to drive the duo home and give SOU its first lead of the contest. Chelsea Talbert (Sacramento, Calif./West Campus) earned the win with the complete-game performance, limiting Biola to the one run on seven hits.