Toria Bradford

@SOURaiders @souwbb @toriabradford23

The Raiders continued their winning ways tonight against College of Idaho. They are now 16-0. The only team that may have a decent chance of stopping them is Eastern Oregon University in La Grande on Saturday night. A win for the Raiders on 1/16/16, and what became a possibility after the Warner Pacific blowout a couple weeks ago will become a probability, a 27-0 regular season.

No conference team has played the Raiders very tough yet, with only EOU remaining. The Raiders will get Oregon Tech and EOU at home during the second half of the regular season.

Posted on January 15th, 2016 under people. Tags: basketball, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Raider domination

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

Aspen Abbott and Jessie Rozario

@SOURaiders @JessieRozario @SOUTrackXC @runaspenrun

The schedule for the upcoming season can be found here. Your only chance to see college level athletes compete in Ashland is between April 21 and 23 in 2016.

Posted on January 11th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: aspen abbott, jessie rozario, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, track and field. Comments Off on 2016 SOU Track & Field Schedule

Autumn Durand

@SOURaiders @souwbb @ADurand25

Today’s final score was 115-40 over Walla Walla. Next weekend the Raiders travel to College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon. Massey thinks the Eastern Oregon University game will be the last decent chance a team has to beat Southern Oregon in the regular season. Even so, Massey gives SOU a 66% chance of victory and predicts a win for the Raiders by 5 points.

Posted on January 10th, 2016 under people. Tags: basketball, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Raider women go to 15-0 with another blowout win

All-American Eric Thompson prepares to enter game in Ashland for the last time in the second overtime in a victory over NCU on 2/25/15

@SOURaiders

SOU men’s and women’s teams play at Walla Walla today. You can follow the games beginning at noon here.

Posted on January 10th, 2016 under people. Tags: basketball, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Sunday flashback

Alejandro Sandoval

@SOUWrestling @SOURaiders @al3jandro4

Both the SOU men and women wrestlers will compete today (1/9/16) at Southwestern Oregon Community College.

Posted on January 9th, 2016 under people. Tags: Alejandro Sandoval, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, wrestling. Comments Off on Wrestling in Coos Bay today

Demi Sahlinger

@SOURaiders @souwbb @DemiSahlinger10

I began hinting about it after the blowout victory over previously unbeaten Warner Pacific. The team is probably forbidden from talking or thinking about it at this point in the season. However, Massey not only picks football; they also pick women’s basketball (and a bunch of other things).

Massey says the SOU women’s basketball team isn’t going to lose another game this regular season.

Massey Rankings predicting NAIA women’s basketball (specifically the Southern Oregon Raiders)

The coaches have SOU at #12. Massey has them at #7.

Posted on January 7th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, demi sahlinger, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 24-70mm Di VC USD. Comments Off on Massey predicts a 27-0 season for SOU

Paulla Pinheiro with the dig in 2014

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @paulla_op

Volleyball begins again in the Rogue Valley this Saturday. Ashland High School is hosting a jamboree on 1/9/16. The first real tournament for the Rogue Valley Volleyball Club (RVVCB) will be in Eugene from 1/16-1/18.

Posted on January 7th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: paulla pinheiro, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on TBT

Ashley Claussen is averaging over 20 points a game

@SOURaiders @souwbb

The #12 Raiders continued their winning ways this evening over #28 Oregon Tech. Why the coaches have SOU at #12, with only one other undefeated team (#1 Saint Xavier), is a mystery. The other question, which begins to loom large now that SOU has slaughtered 10-2 #24 Warner Pacific and beaten OIT on the road, is will the Raiders finish the regular season without a loss?

Posted on January 5th, 2016 under people. Tags: Ashley Claussen, basketball, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on 14-0