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Kristen Schoenherr (far left) and Carly Meister (far right)
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Congratulations to Kristen Schoenherr and Carly Meister for maintaining a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale as a junior or senior while leading the Raiders to the Sweet 16 this year.
Justin Martin passes to Eric Thompson
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The SOU men’s basketball team landed four players on the 2014-15 Daktronics-NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athletes list. The players were Justin Martin, Eric Thompson, Tim Weber, and Joel Spear.
Details here.
SOU men’s basketball – Joel Spear
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The Southern Oregon men’s basketball team upset #10 Midland University earlier today to move on to the next round of the NAIA Championship Tourney. The SOU women won yesterday. The women will play at 6:30 a.m. PST on Friday (3/13/15), and the men will play at about 11:45 a.m. Details and links to live stats and video here.
As I mentioned before, with a large amount of NAIA teams (and NAIA headquarters) coming out of the middle part of the country, there is bias in the polling against teams not from the Midwest. This is especially true for football, where the Frontier Conference is routinely snubbed, but the CCC is showing this is true for basketball as well. The Cascade Conference is 5-1 in the tournament so far, and even the one loss could have gone the other way.
SOU will be the favorite in both of Friday’s games so hopefully there will be no upsets in the Round of 16. This is the first time both teams have been in the Sweet 16 in school history.
SOU women’s basketball – Kristen Schoenherr scored 10 and had 4 rebounds in the win
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With this morning’s 96-61 victory over Chicago’s Robert Morris University, the Lady Raiders move on the next round of the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship Tournament. Carly Meister had a big game, scoring 25 points with 9 rebounds. The Lady Raiders will play Friday morning (6:30 a.m. PST) against Tabor College; Tabor upset Marian University earlier in the day.
SOU women’s basketball – Autumn Durand
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Tip off is at 8:15 a.m. PST. Details and links to live stream and live stats here.
George McKay grabbing a photo of the SOU men’s basketball team
Once upon a time this blog was supposed to be only about Ashland and would include mostly landscapes, places, and street photography in town. As time has passed, most posts these days are about bands coming through town or athletics in Ashland.
Several years ago I met George. Neither one of us knew it prior to our meeting, but we had similar blogs going. George’s Life in Ashland blog has remained true to the Ashland street photography theme that “Ashland Daily Photo” once did on a more regular basis.
George is also on Instagram now. You can follow him here. I’m on Instagram too. I don’t post daily there like I do here, but you can follow me on Instagram here.
2015 Southern Oregon University women’s basketball team
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The first round of the NAIA national tournament will take place next Wednesday (3/11/15) morning in Sioux City, Iowa. The 26-4 Raiders are ranked #10 and will be the favorite against 21-6 Robert Morris University.
SOU men’s basketball – #21 Ben DeSaulnier
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The new rankings came out today and the Southern Oregon men’s basketball team came in at #21, meaning they will be selected for the 32-team national tournament. The women have also been chosen for the tournament as the #2 at-large team. Pairings for the first round will be announced soon.
SOU men’s basketball – Eric Thompson and Tim Weber
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Seniors Eric Thompson and Tim Weber were named to the CCC all-conference first team today. Junior Jordan West received an honorable mention. The Raiders find out today whether they will make the national tournament.
Jordan West
SOU women’s basketball – Carly Meister
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Southern Oregon was the only team in the CCC who had three players on the all-conference women’s basketball team the league announced today. Junior Carly Meister, senior Alexi Smith, and junior Ashley Claussen made the first team. Senior Kristen Schoenherr received honorable mention.
#44 Alexi Smith and #24 Ashley Claussen
Kristen Schoenherr with her family, Austin Dodge, and Coach Lynn Kennedy
Corban’s Tara Van Weerduizen, #33 pictured here, won the MVP award.