LA MIRADA, Calif. -- Azusa Pacific claimed both games of Saturday's Cornerstone Cup softball doubleheader at Biola, winning the opener when Brielle Fraijo fielded a base hit on the run and threw to the plate for the final out to preserve a 1-0 win before the Cougar offense powered a 9-2 win in the nightcap.

Kat Ung fired the complete-game shutout in the opener, and Fraijo sparked the sixth-inning rally for the game's only run with an infield single. She came around to score on Amanda Woods' two-out single through the left side. With runners at first and second for Biola with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Fraijo charged Andi Hormel's soft liner into center field, fielding it on the short hop and firing home to Jenna Gorman, who applied the tag for the final out.

In the second game, Azusa Pacific scored nine runs on 11 hits, with Megan Tucker providing the final exclamation point with a two-run home run in the seventh inning to close out the scoring on the 9-2 win.

With the sweep, Azusa Pacific is on a season-high six-game winning streak, improving to 19-13 overall and 12-7 in Pacific West Conference play. Biola falls to 16-12 overall, 11-7 PacWest.

What's Next: The Cougars will make up a doubleheader against No. 8-ranked UC San Diego which was rained out on Feb. 13, visiting the Tritons at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10. Following that non-conference twinbill, Azusa Pacific heads back out on the road for its second PacWest road trip to the Bay Area for 10 games in five days.

How It Happened (Game 1): Starting pitchers Kat Ung and Biola's Paige Austin dueled for five scoreless innings before Fraijo beat out an infield single with one out in the top of the sixth inning. Austin got an infield popup for the second out but Becca Jewett was hit by pitch to give the Cougars runners at first and second with two outs in the sixth. Amanda Woods singled through the left side to score Fraijo from second base, giving Azusa Pacific a 1-0 lead.

Biola's leadoff batter in the bottom of the sixth reached on an error, but the Cougars erased the miscue when Cayla Broussard fielded a grounder up the middle and stepped on second before throwing to first for the double play, and Ung got another groundout to get out of the sixth with the shutout intact.

In the bottom of the seventh, Caitlin Fowble and Madison Blossey hit consecutive one-out singles to put runners at first and second, but Morinishi lined out to left field for the second out. Hormel's two-out single to center was fielded cleanly on a short hop by Fraijo, and her throw to catcher Jenna Gorman was right on target, beating Fowble by a couple of steps as Gorman applied the tag to clinch the victory.

Cayla Broussard registered a pair of singles off Austin, as she was the only Azusa Pacific batter to reach base in the first four innings, and Emily Moran registered a one-out double in the fifth. Ung limited Biola to two hits through the first six innings before getting out of trouble in a three-hit seventh, and she walked one and struck out two in her eighth complete-game of the season. Austin nearly matched Ung's stellar performance, surrendering just one run on five hits while striking out seven.

How It Happened (Game 2): Azusa Pacific scored the first seven runs of the game, plating three in the first, three in the third, and one more in the fifth to take a 7-0 lead. Biola pushed across one run in the fifth and another in the sixth, cutting the margin to 7-2, but Megan Tucker's two-run home run down the left field line in the top of the seventh extended the lead back to seven runs.

Cayla Broussard drew a leadoff walk and stole second base to help get the three-run first inning started. After a sacrifice bunt moved Broussard to third, Melanie Abzun drove in Broussard with a single to center. Becca Jewett followed with a single, and an error by the right fielder allowed Abzun to score and moved Jewett to third, where she scored on Amanda Woods' RBI single to center.

Two innings later, Emily Moran was hit by pitch to lead off the top of the third, and Jewett hit a one-out double to left-center to open up another three-run frame. Racqual Espinoza, Daniella Toschi, Megan Tucker, and Brielle Fraijo combined for four consecutive two-out singles, extending the lead to 6-0. Moran drove in a run with a two-out single in the fifth inning to push the lead to 7-0.

Jewett, Toschi, and Tucker each recorded two hits to lead Azusa Pacific's nine-run, 11-hit attack, and Espinoza allowed just two runs on four hits with one walk and a pair of strikeouts in six innings of work to pick up the win. Megan Mejia fired a perfect seventh inning to close out the win.

Cornerstone Cup Update: The Cornerstone Cup rivalry series presented by West Coast Sand & Gravel tracks head-to-head rivalry competition between Azusa Pacific and Biola throughout the year, and Azusa Pacific now holds a commanding 95-20 lead in the yearlong rivalry competition between the athletic programs of each school. Saturday's doubleheader was the first of two regular-season doubleheaders between the rival programs, and the Cougars' sweep ensured at least a split of the 10 points at stake for softball in the overall Cornerstone Cup standings.

Along with the remaining doubleheader in softball, the only sports left to meet with Cornerstone Cup points at stake are the men's and women's track and field programs, with the higher-finishing teams at the Pacific West Conference Track & Field Championship meet claiming the 10 points for each gender. Azusa Pacific hosts the PacWest Championships, which take place April 26-27.

Inside The Box Score: Woods hit safely in both games of Saturday's doubleheader, running her hitting streak to 11 games… Broussard has reached safely in 18 consecutive games, leading three players who have at least a 10-game streak of reaching base safely (Woods has an 11-game streak while Fraijo has a 10-game streak)… Seven different players are now batting .300 or better this season, and Broussard leads the way with a team-high average of .393 (42-for-107), which ranks fifth in the PacWest.