BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2 REDDING, Calif. – A pair of pitching gems gave Corban a shiny start to the NAIA West schedule as the visiting Warriors swept the Simpson Red Hawks, 3-0 and 9-0, on Friday night.

Corban improves its overall record to 10-7 while Simpson remains winless in 18 games this season.

CORBAN 3, SIMPSON 0

Jacob Kopra improved his season record to 3-0, going all nine innings and striking out a career-high 10 while allowing nine hits and a walk.

Meanwhile, Cameron Imhoff and Ryan Lombardi each threw three shutout innings for Simpson, sending the scoreless game into the seventh inning. The Warriors finally broke through against Alex Lee, getting to him for three runs on six hits.

In the seventh, Daniel Orr led off with a double and eventually scored on a balk. An inning later, Marc Gallegos reached on a two-out single and came home on a base hit by Orr, and in the ninth William Koenig singled to center and scored on a double by Landon Frost.

Corban managed a total of eight hits, led by Orr and Stockton Taylor with two apiece.

CORBAN 9, SIMPSON 0

As good as Kopra was, Austin Guzzon was even better, allowing just one hit while striking out 10 in a complete-game performance. He had a no-hitter and had walked only one through six innings before finally allowing only a leadoff single to Daniel Mills in the seventh. Guzzon, a left-hander, struck out the side in order in both the first and fifth innings and recorded 1-2-3 innings seven times.

His teammates gave him plenty of run support, scoring nine runs on 13 hits, but most of that came late in the game. The Warriors held a 1-0 lead, that coming courtesy of a third inning run scored on three walks and a hit batter, when they finally broke the game open with four runs in the seventh. Scott Dreier drove in the first run with a single and pinch hitter Jon Mercer added a two-out, three-run double.

They added three more runs in the eighth on a run-scoring double by Ben Straka, a bases-loaded walk to Jackson Smith and a sacrifice fly by Vince Gonzalez.

Straka was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI, Orr was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, and Dreier finished 2-for-2 with two RBI to lead Corban's offense.

"Game one was a dominate performance by Kopra," head coach Jeff McKay said. "He continues to improve with every outing. Guzzon threw a masterpiece, Orr continues to stay hot with the bat and Jon Mercer came off the bench with a big three-run double. It was a great way to start the conference."

The teams conclude the four-game NAIA West series with a Saturday doubleheader scheduled to start at 11 a.m.