Courtney Setzer had 17 points in just 21 minutes for the Raiders in the semifinals

@courtney_setzer @SOURaiders @souwbb #NAIADIIWBB

You can watch the game on ESPN3 here. RedZone Sports Bar, Omars, Northwest Pizza, and Medford’s Higher Education Center’s Presentation Hall will all have the game on as well. 5 p.m. PDT is the start time.

Posted on March 15th, 2016 under people. Tags: basketball, Courtney Setzer, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on National Championship tonight!

Ashley Claussen

@courtney_setzer @SOURaiders @souwbb @ADurand25 @CarlyMeister34

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

Posted on March 1st, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: alex carlson, Ashley Claussen, autumn durand, basketball, Carly Meister, Courtney Setzer, Raider Athletics, sports photography, toria bradford. Comments Off on SOU wins conference tourney and the bulk of the awards

Courtney Setzer

@courtney_setzer @SOURaiders @souwbb

The new coaches poll has the last undefeated team in the #8 spot (up from #12 last week).

Here is where unbiased Massey Ratings have the 15-0 Raiders, #6:

Massey Ratings as of 1/12/16

A few things to note:

– Massey shows the Raiders with one loss since Massey counted the exhibition game against San Jose State (an NCAA D-I opponent).
– The Raiders need to get to a top four spot in the coaches poll by the middle of March in order to be one of the four #1 seeds in the national tournament. (12 more wins should get them there.)
– SOU’s strength of schedule (SoS) isn’t nearly as high as the other top 10 teams according to Massey. Concordia’s departure to NCAA D2 (and being replaced by 0-8 Walla Walla and 1-7 Multnomah in the Cascade Conference) isn’t helping.

Posted on January 12th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Courtney Setzer, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU women’s basketball up to #8 in new poll