TUCSON, Ariz. -- No. 9 Arizona split two games at the opening day at the Hillenbrand Invitational on Friday night, falling to USF, 4-1, before defeating Illinois-Chicago, 10-1 in five innings.

The Hillenbrand Invitational continues on Saturday with six more games beginning at 9 a.m. MST. Arizona is schedule to play No. 7 Alabama and New Mexico on Saturday beginning at 3:45 p.m. MST. The Tournament Central can be found HERE.

Game 1: South Florida 4, #9 Arizona 1

Taylor McQuillin became the third pitcher in the NCAA to strike out 16 batters this season, one off her career high, and did not surrender an earned run, but the Wildcats fell, 4-1 to USF in their first ever game in the renovated Hillenbrand Stadium.

USF scored four unearned runs, helped out by two Wildcat errors, in the top of the sixth inning.

Jessie Harper hit the first Arizona homer in the new stadium, a solo shot to lead off the bottom of the sixth. It was her third home run this season, all three coming in two games vs. USF, and 40th of  her career. Harper is now the third fastest Wildcat in UA history to hit 40 career homers, accomplishing the feat in 126 games.

The Cats were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position while USF capitalized on its first opportunity in the sixth.

Game 2: #9 Arizona 10, UIC 1 (5 innings)

Jessie Harper and Malia Martinez each hit home runs, accounting for five of Arizona's 10 runs, as the Cats run-ruled UIC, 10-1, in five innings.

Harper went 2-for-3 with four RBI, clouting her Pac-12-best-tying fourth home run to go along with an RBI double. Reyna Carranco and Joelle Krist also had two hits for the Cats.

Alyssa Denham (2-1) got the win, allowing one run on three hits with four strikeouts and no walks. Marissa Schuld made her Wildcat debut in the fourth, pitching two perfect innings with four strikeouts.

The Flames scored a run on two hits in the top of the first, but the Wildcats responded in a big way in the home half.

UA scored eight runs on six hits, sending eight to the plate before UIC recorded an out. Harper plated two with an RBI double, Malia Martinez hit a three-run homer, Ivy Davis had an RBI double, Alyssa Palomino notched an RBI single and Reyna Carranco reached on an RBI fielder's choice in the frame.

The Cats added two more in the third on Harper's two-run bomb.