@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @MontanaWestern

It’s official. The Raiders will be at home on Saturday (11/21/15) for the first round of the 2015 NAIA FCS. Game time is 4 p.m.

Their opponent will be the #10 Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes. While the Coyotes record (10-1) and ranking look great, Massey Ratings has them at #46 (and SOU at #3). Massey thinks KS Wesleyan could only beat Montana Northern in the Frontier Conference. Massey has the Raiders “strength of schedule” at #5 in the country and KS Wesleyan at #82, hence their sparkly record. KS Wesleyan’s one loss came via Tabor, another program that Massey doesn’t think could beat anyone in the Frontier Conference other than Montana Northern.

But Massey, and their accurate predictions, aren’t what matter when it comes to selecting teams for the NAIA Football Championship Series. That’s why KS Wesleyan and Tabor are in the postseason and Montana Western is not. compughterratings.com thinks Montana Western could beat either team by more than 20 points on the road (and has SOU as 36 point favorites on Saturday).

Posted on November 15th, 2015 under people. Tags: dylan bratlie, football, jeremy scottow, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon, tanner trosin. Comments Off on Southern Oregon vs Kansas Wesleyan

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @LMcGowne @RinnieThePoooh @emmagassy

Congratulations to Emma Gasman, Corynn Kopra, Lauren McGowne, and Tyana Andrews. Full team listing here.

Lauren McGowne

Posted on November 15th, 2015 under people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on 2015 CCC Volleyball All-Conference

Posted on November 15th, 2015 under people. Tags: basketball, Raider Athletics. Comments Off on Gameday

Jaylenn Hart with the interception and #5 Tyler Rogers making a little running room for him

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

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.

Posted on November 14th, 2015 under people. Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Winning streak time

Lauren McGowne

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @LMcGowne

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.

Posted on November 13th, 2015 under people. Tags: Lauren McGowne, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Volleyball tonight (but not in Ashland)

@SOURaiders @SOUWomensSoccer @laurenaldana

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.

Posted on November 12th, 2015 under people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography. Comments Off on Semifinals tonight

Kylie Moltzen

@SOURaiders @SOUWomensSoccer @kyliecakes18

Details and post-game video interviews here.

Posted on November 11th, 2015 under people. Tags: kylie moltzen, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU women’s soccer extends season

Melvin Mason

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Sectionchamp2

Since losing to the Raiders on September 12, Eastern Oregon University has won, lost, won, lost, won, lost, and won–in that order. Since they won last week against College of Idaho, they are due for a loss this Saturday when SOU visits. Massey has Southern Oregon as a 4-point favorite. Compughterratings picks SOU by 11.

Posted on November 11th, 2015 under people. Tags: football, melvin mason, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Fun Football Fact

#8 Matt Retzlaff

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football Matt_Retzlaff

The new football rankings have been released, and they look almost identical to my prediction. Fortunately, SOU is in the top eight so a win at Eastern Oregon this Saturday will get them a home playoff game. Unfortunately, only two other teams ahead of the Raiders in the rankings have difficult matchups this weekend. Doane will likely drop out of the top eight. Montana Tech could if they lose at home to Western Montana. Therefore, it will likely take at least two upsets in the first round of the playoffs for the Raiders to earn more than one home playoff game.

Posted on November 9th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Matt Retzlaff, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on #8