First softball home games of 2016
University Field panorama
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Doubleheader in Ashland today against Indiana Wesleyan. First game starts at 11.
Ashland Daily Photo - A picture a day from beautiful Ashland, Southern Oregon USA in the Rogue Valley
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10th place for SOU men’s wrestling
Tyler Cowger – 2016 runner up at 149
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Details here.
Coach Mike Ritchey and All-American Casey Coulter
All-American Ryan McWatters
All-American Hunter Hodges
3X All-American Tyler Cowger
Golden State National Qualifier
Day one is in the books for the NCVA 2016 Golden State National Qualifier, and the 18U Rogue Valley Volleyball Club went 3-0, improving their ranking from #19 to #2. A good day on Saturday will put them in the Gold Bracket on Sunday with a shot at nationals.
Golden State Qualifier
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Tomorrow begins the three-day Golden State Qualifier Volleyball Tournament in San Mateo, California. The last time we were down there the Rogue Valley Volleyball Club 18U team was seeded #13 but finished in 3rd place. This time the same team is seeded #19 so the competition should be better.
#5 Raiders draw Mount Mercey in first round
Tristen Holmes
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The final rankings and national tournament brackets were announced today. The SOU men’s basketball team is ranked #17 in the country and earned a #5 seed in the tournament. They will face Mount Mercey University (Iowa) in the first round. Massey Ratings (a computerized ranking and predicting system) gives the Raiders a 40% chance of victory over Mount Mercey. Massey predicts a final score of 85-82. The game will take place in Point Lookout, Missouri on March 9.
A victory in the first round for Southern Oregon will likely mean a meeting with the #1 team in the country in the Sweet Sixteen, St. Francis.
#1 Raiders draw Clarke in first round
Demi Sahlinger
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The final rankings and national tournament brackets were announced today. SOU is ranked #3 in the country and earned a #1 seed in the tournament. They will face Clarke University (Iowa) in the first round. Massey Ratings (a computerized ranking and predicting system) gives the Raiders a 91% chance of victory over Clarke. Massey predicts a final score of 83-68. The game will take place in Sioux City, Iowa on March 10.
The Raiders are in probably the toughest quadrant as (according to Massey) Briar Cliff is the best #4 seed and St. Francis is the best #2 seed.
All-Conference Team
Joel Spear
@joelspear @SOURaiders
Joel Spear and Ben DeSaulnier made the CCC men’s basketball first team. Jordan West received honorable mention. More details here.
Ben DeSaulnier
Jordan West
Final rankings before National Tournament
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The final edition of the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll comes out today. Previously #5 SOU’s standing will determine their seeding in the National Championship Tournament. According to Massey, the Raiders are #3. Whether they end up #2, #3, or #4 in the coaches’ poll won’t matter as all of those positions will receive a #1 seed. Marian was just behind the Raiders in the last poll, but they, like the teams ranked #2, #3, and #4, were unable to defend their conference titles in their conference tournaments. Therefore, they won’t be slipping by the Raiders as Southern Oregon moves up in the rankings. Only SOU and Morningside (of the teams in the top six) were able to win their conference tourneys. The Raiders are the only team with only one loss. Morningside is the only team with two losses. According to Massey, Morningside had a more difficult schedule.
The SOU men will also be in the national tourney. They will likely be a #4 or #5 seed. Last year they went in with an even lower seeding and made it to the Elite Eight.
Kenny Meyer
SOU wins conference tourney and the bulk of the awards
Ashley Claussen
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The Raiders won the Cascade Conference Tournament last night to go along with their regular season conference championship. Today the awards were announced, and, not surprisingly, Southern Oregon dominated them as well. Ashley Claussen won Player of the Year, Toria Bradford is the Defensive Player of the Year, Courtney Setzer is Freshman Player of the Year, and Alex Carlson is Coach of the Year. Autumn Durand and Carly Meister made the All-Conference Team (and could have each been Player of the Year as well were it not for Ashley). More details here.
Autumn Durand
Toria Bradford
Carly Meister
Alex Carlson
Courtney Setzer
The Whole Picture (part 23)
Autumn Durand
@SOURaiders @SOUWrestling @souwbb
Welcome to installment #23 in “The Whole Picture” in which I present the uncropped, higher resolution versions of photos that SOURaiders.com has published. For prior editions click here. For higher resolution click on the photo before saving. As always, these are best viewed on a big screen rather than a cell phone.
Gary Melvin
Ben DeSaulnier
Demi Sahlinger
Gary Melvin
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