By Inessa Villanueva, SOU Sports Info Student Assistant

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Southern Oregon softball coach Jessica Pistole became a 500-game winner as the No. 2-ranked Raiders took both ends of a doubleheader Friday evening at Arizona Christian.

Katie Machado was on the winning end of a pitchers' duel in a 1-0 Game 1 decision, then picked up an eight-out save after SOU's offense came alive for a 5-1 victory in Game 2. The sweep made the Raiders 5-2 overall, and brought Pistole's record with the team to 378-116 in her ninth season. The three-time NAIA Coach of the Year split the other 122 wins between five combined seasons at Biola (Calif.), Jessup (Calif.) and University of San Diego.

Machado pitched a complete-game shutout in the opener, allowing only two hits with three strikeouts and no walks. The Raiders pushed the lone run across in the sixth after Piper Love led off with a double down the right-field line. She moved to third base on a bunt and later scored via Kennedy Kila's deep sacrifice fly into center.

Love, who went 4-for-6 on the day, started Game 2 by driving in a run with a single in the first inning. Still leading 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth, the Raiders called for a pitching change with two on as Mayze Menefee came on for Kila and got a strikeout to end the threat. In SOU's next at-bat, Lina Sanchez added another run with an RBI blooper into right field.

Machado entered in relief in the fifth with runners on the corners and one out and escaped the jam. In the top of the sixth, Hailey Seva's double down the third-base-line drove in two runs. Hannah Clavelle added more insurance in the seventh with an RBI single off the left-field wall.

Machado, who improved to 3-0 on the season with the Game 1 win, closed out her save by allowing just an unearned run over the final two innings. Menefee got the decision.

SOU stays in Arizona on Saturday, taking on Ottawa (Ariz.) and Park Gilbert (Ariz.).