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Courtney Macklin
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After last night’s win, the last ever in Riehm Arena after 58 years of use, the #19 Raiders were placed in Pool F for the 2015 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Final Site Pool Play. They need to finish in the top two of their pool to advance. The other teams in Pool F are:
#6 Vanguard (Calif.)
#7 Midland (Neb.)
#22 Coastal Georgia
Matches begin December 1 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Louis Macklin averaged almost 11 yards a carry in SOU’s first round victory
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Here are the 11/28/15 games:
Game 1 – Tabor @ Morningside
Game 2 – Southern Oregon @ Baker (Kan.)
Game 3 – Marian @ Grand View (Iowa)
Game 4 – Montana Tech @ Saint Francis (Ind.)
Predictions:
Game 1 – Morningside
Game 2 – Southern Oregon
Game 3 – Marian
Game 4 – Montana Tech
I was correct in 7 of my 8 first-round predictions. Tabor is the only team remaining that isn’t a top ten team (in my mind–not the coaches).
If my round two picks come true then SOU should be at Morningside for the semifinals, and Marian should be at Montanta Tech–setting up a possible all-Frontier Conference championship game in Daytona.
Sean Rogers applying the heat in SOU’s 52-8 victory
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Will the NAIA “powers that be” finally realize after today’s results what people have been saying for a couple years? As I mentioned a week ago, today’s #10 at #7 (according to the NAIA coaches) was really #46 at #3 (according to Massey Ratings). Not to disrespect Kansas Wesleyan, and their 10-2 season, but they couldn’t have beaten anyone in the Frontier Conference other than Montana Northern. That’s what I said, and Massey Ratings agreed, and yet the voting coaches thought KWU was more worthy of a post season birth than Montana Western. Ridiculous.
SOU shouldn’t be playing Montana Tech next week as the top four teams (according to the coaches) won. If the system is at all fair, things will play out so that SOU ends up playing Montana Tech in Daytona this year. SOU should have played Carroll College in Daytona last year. Carroll College should have ended up with the #2 ranking last year.
Things need to be fixed in the NAIA football ranking system soon. SOU and Montana Tech should be at home next weekend. Neither will be since they had to run the Frontier Conference gauntlet just to get to the postseason.
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Here are the games:
Game 1 – Saint Xavier (Ill.) (7-3) at Morningside (Iowa) (10-1)
Game 2 – Point (Ga.) (8-2) at Baker (Kan.) (10-1)
Game 3 – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (8-2) at Grand View (Iowa) (10-1)
Game 4 – Reinhardt (Ga.) (9-1) at Saint Francis (Ind.) (9-0)
Game 5 – Dickinson State (N.D.) (8-2) at Montana Tech (9-1)
Game 6 – Campbellsville (Ky.) (8-2) at Marian (Ind.) (8-2)
Game 7 – Kansas Wesleyan (10-1) at Southern Oregon (8-2)
Game 8 – Doane (Neb.) (9-1) at Tabor (Kan.) (10-1)
Here were my predictions:
Game 1 – Morningside (Iowa) by 20+
Game 2 – Slight edge to Baker (Kan.)
Game 3 – Slight edge to Grand View (Iowa)
Game 4 – Slight edge to Saint Francis (Ind.)
Game 5 – Montana Tech by 20+
Game 6 – Slight edge to Marian (Ind.)
Game 7 – Southern Oregon by 20+
Game 8 – Doane (Neb.) by 7+
Here are the results:
Game 1 – Morningside won
Game 2 – Baker (Kan.) won
Game 3 – Grand View (Iowa) won
Game 4 – Saint Francis (Ind.) won
Game 5 – Montana Tech won by 34
Game 6 – Marian (Ind.) won
Game 7 – Southern Oregon won by 44
Game 8 – Tabor won
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Southern Oregon will host a first round match this weekend in the 2015 NAIA volleyball tournament. Their opponent will be La Sierra from Riverside, California.
Basketball and wrestling have already seen their last events in Riehm Arena in McNeal Pavilion. This Saturday’s contest will be the last event ever in McNeal. The building is coming down to make way for a new facility which will be ready in 2017.
Today’s photo comes not from Riehm Arena but from the gym at Eastern Oregon University.
Isiah Carter, David Weider, and Sam Woods before yesterday’s victory over Eastern Oregon University
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Here are the games:
Game 1 – Saint Xavier (Ill.) (7-3) at Morningside (Iowa) (10-1)
Game 2 – Point (Ga.) (8-2) at Baker (Kan.) (10-1)
Game 3 – Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) (8-2) at Grand View (Iowa) (10-1)
Game 4 – Reinhardt (Ga.) (9-1) at Saint Francis (Ind.) (9-0)
Game 5 – Dickinson State (N.D.) (8-2) at Montana Tech (9-1)
Game 6 – Campbellsville (Ky.) (8-2) at Marian (Ind.) (8-2)
Game 7 – Kansas Wesleyan (10-1) at Southern Oregon (8-2)
Game 8 – Doane (Neb.) (9-1) at Tabor (Kan.) (10-1)
Here are the predictions:
Game 1 – Morningside (Iowa) by 20+
Game 2 – Slight edge to Baker (Kan.)
Game 3 – Slight edge to Grand View (Iowa)
Game 4 – Slight edge to Saint Francis (Ind.)
Game 5 – Montana Tech by 20+
Game 6 – Slight edge to Marian (Ind.)
Game 7 – Southern Oregon by 20+
Game 8 – Doane (Neb.) by 7+
For SOU to host a second round game they will likely need three of the top six teams to lose in the first round. Morningside and Montana Tech will probably be victorious, but three of the other four games could go to the visiting team. If that doesn’t happen, SOU may be traveling to Montana Tech for the second round.
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Congratulations to Emma Gasman, Corynn Kopra, Lauren McGowne, and Tyana Andrews. Full team listing here.
Lauren McGowne
Jaylenn Hart with the interception and #5 Tyler Rogers making a little running room for him
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SOU’s 7-game winning streak came to end last weekend. Today seems like a great time to begin a new, 5-game winning streak.
Lauren McGowne
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Assuming the car functions properly and the weather gods play nice, I will be shooting my first, ever away volleyball game for the SOU Raiders tonight in La Grande, Oregon. I’ve never been to La Grande before, but the combination of SOU volleyball tonight, Raider football tomorrow, and nothing else going on this weekend has compelled me to take a road trip.
The winner of tonight’s semifinal match will likely play Eastern Oregon University tomorrow night for the 2015 Cascade Collegiate Conference Volleyball Tournament Championship.
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The Raiders take on the #1 seed (Carroll College) tonight in CCC semifinal action. The game is in Springfield and begins at 7 p.m. The Raiders started the season slowly but have won eight of their last ten games. Details from last night’s marathon can be found here.