2019 NAIA Softball National Champion

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Posted on June 4th, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR Lens, jessica pistole, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, rebecca velasquez, softball, Tiana Brown. Comments Off on The Champs

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You can watch the game in Ashland at Oaktree (and maybe the other usual places–Northwest Pizza, RedZone, etc.)

Note that Thursday’s game has been postponed until 7 a.m. PDT on Friday due to weather.

Posted on May 22nd, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, softball, Tiana Brown. Comments Off on NAIA Softball World Series begins tomorrow

2019 SOU softball starting lineup

@allie_stines @SOURaiders @SOU_Softball @__averymarie @quirkey_15 ‏@livvv_mackey @ShimekHannah @paigemleeper @taylerrwalkerr @HannahWessel1 ‏@tiiaannaa_

“Murderers’ Row” refers to the 1927 Yankees, who batted a combined .307–shy of the Tigers’ record .316 in 1921. League averages were much higher then (about .290–similar to the NAIA softball average–compared to about .260 in recent decades for MLB).

Flash forward almost one hundred years to this group. They are hitting a combined .369 as a team (and even higher for this starting crew of nine). That puts them at #2 in the NAIA among teams with over 1,500 plate appearances (and #4 if that number is lowered to 1,300). In the 10-team Cascade Conference they have five of the top 12 hitters and all nine are in the top 25.

We’ll find out later today what three teams will be coming to Medford next week to try to prevent the Raiders from moving on to the NAIA Softball World Series in Springfield, Missouri. Last year SOU went in as the #8-ranked team (and knocked off #15 St. Francis to move on). This year they will likely go in ranked #4 or #5 and face two teams lower in the rankings as well as an unranked team.

Posted on May 7th, 2019 under only in ashland. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens, allie stines, avery morehead-hutsell, hannah shimek, hannah wessel, lauren quirke, Nikon D500, olivia mackey, paige leeper, Raider Athletics, softball, tayler walker, Tiana Brown. Comments Off on Murderers’ Row

Mackenzie Evangelisti

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Seth Campbell

Tiana Brown

Erika Sonderstrom

Posted on April 26th, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: erika sonderstrom, mackenzie evangelisti, Raider Athletics, seth campbell, softball, sports photography, Tiana Brown, track and field. Comments Off on Academic All-CCC team

Tiana Brown

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According to the coaches, SOU is the #4 team in the NAIA. The Raiders went into the World Series as the #6 seed last year before finishing #3. The higher the seed the “easier” the path to a national championship. That said, the top six seeds all have to win the same number of games to win it all. Seeds lower than the top six have to win an extra game.

Posted on April 9th, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens Nikon, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, softball, Tiana Brown. Comments Off on Raiders slide to #4 in latest rankings

@SOURaiders @SOU_Softball @tiiaannaa_ @__averymarie @omacattackk

The #3 SOU softball team hosts Northwest Christian this Friday and Saturday at University Field in Ashland. Both doubleheaders will start at 11 a.m. The Raiders swept #9 Oregon Tech last weekend, and Gabby Sandoval was the National Player of the Week. Not many home games remain, and you don’t want to miss checking out this team.

Posted on March 21st, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens, avery morehead-hutsell, Nikon D500, olivia mackey, Raider Athletics, softball, Tiana Brown. Comments Off on Softball in Ashland this weekend

@SOURaiders @SOU_Softball @tiiaannaa_ @krissmauro

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Posted on April 1st, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: allie hancock, kristen mauroschadt, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, softball, sports photography, Tiana Brown. Comments Off on Team of the week

Natalie Berania and Kayle Blackmore

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Ben Stevens and Kevin Poteracke

Tristan Carpenter

Aaliyah Oliver

Tiana Brown

Kelsey Randall

Taylor Martinez

Rebecca Velasquez

Posted on May 2nd, 2017 under only in ashland, people. Tags: aaliyah oliver, ben stevens, kayle blackmore, Kelsey Randall, Kevin Poteracke, kevin vandyke, Natalie Berania, Raider Athletics, rebecca velasquez, softball, sports photography, taylor martinez, Tiana Brown, track and field, tristan carpenter. Comments Off on Academic All-Cascade Conference