Zak Woolley

@SOUMensSoccer @SOURaiders @zak_woolley

A bit of a strange weekend for SOU athletics at home. Instead of games on Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday the only game is men’s soccer on Sunday. Start time is 1 p.m.

Posted on August 30th, 2019 under only in ashland. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer, zak woolley. Comments Off on Soccer Sunday

Junior Rivas will be a junior in more ways than one this year

@SOUMensSoccer @SOURaiders @rivasjunior72

Tomorrow is the first competition for Southern Oregon University’s 2019-2020 athletics. There will be a men’s soccer game in Ashland at 2 p.m. The game doesn’t really count, but if you want to get a look at the latest version of a team that went 11-0-2 in conference and made it to the Sweet Sixteen at nationals last year, then head to Raider Stadium. The opponent will be Lane Community College.

Posted on August 14th, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens Nikon, junior rivas, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer. Comments Off on SOU fall sports set to begin

Carlos Magana

@SOUMensSoccer @SOURaiders #NAIAMSoccer @StraightUp_Omar

Posted on July 5th, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: carlos magana, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Carlos Magana!

Myla Norvell

@SOURaiders @SOUWomensSoccer @RaiderVB @MylaNorvell @tristvedt_10 @natjames14

Posted on January 3rd, 2019 under only in ashland, people. Tags: myla norvell, Raider Athletics, soccer. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Myla Norvell!

Men’s soccer earned SOU 53 points with a 9th place finish

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @LDirectorsCup @SOUMensSoccer @EmmaRyan_4 @elli_cook @KileyBarcroft @nillawafer_8 @tristvedt_10 @aguilar_luis18

Details here.

Volleyball earned SOU 73 points with a 5th place finish

Unfortunately, SOU has little chance of ever winning the NAIA Directors’ Cup for an entire year given the way the points are calculated. Standings are based on a school’s best 13 teams. The points are not weighted for things like number of sports or number of teams competing in a given sport. Therefore, schools with more teams and more teams in lower-participation sports (golf, tennis, swimming, cheer, dance, etc.) will score higher when all is said and done. If proper weighting was done (more points for higher-participation sports like softball and volleyball–there are over 220 volleyball teams in the NAIA but only 29 schools participating in swimming so if a school comes in 5th place in volleyball (like SOU did) they’ll score only half as many points as a school that comes in 5th place in both men’s and women’s swimming) and final points were divided by the number of teams that competed, Southern Oregon probably would have come in at #1 in each of the past four or five years. No team that has ranked higher than SOU in the final standings has only 13 teams (like SOU does). Most have 17 or more teams so they get to drop their lowest four or more teams a year. Last year’s winner, for instance, had 17 teams. The runner up had 22 teams!

Posted on December 22nd, 2018 under only in ashland. Tags: elli cook, emma ryan, kiley barcroft, luis aguilar, nila lukens, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography, Taylor Ristvedt, volleyball. Comments Off on Raiders rank #1 in NAIA after fall

Kayle Blackmore

@SOURaiders @SOUWomensSoccer @AislinnnWaite @RaiderVB @EmmaRyan_4 @KileyBarcroft @SOU_Football @TylerCox59 @SOUMensSoccer @kaylethewhale

Full list here.

#59 Tyler Cox

Emma Ryan and Kiley Barcroft

Paul Matyas

Aislinn Waite

Kadyn Jones

Isaac Hurd

Posted on December 19th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: aislinn waite, emma ryan, football, isaac hurd, kadyn jones, kayle blackmore, kiley barcroft, paul matyas, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography, track and field, tyler cox, volleyball. Comments Off on Fall Scholar Athletes @ SOU

Kelly Gieber

@SOUMensSoccer @SOURaiders #NAIAMSoccer

Game time is 11 a.m. More details and watch or follow along here.

Posted on November 25th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR lens Nikon, kelly gieber, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU men’s soccer set for Monday playoff

Wyatt Zabinski with a save against UC Merced

@SOUMensSoccer @SOURaiders #NAIAMSoccer @WyattZabinski

Massey Ratings bumped the Southern Oregon Men’s Soccer Team up a couple spots after yesterday’s playoff win. Massey has the Raiders’ defense ranked #1 in the NAIA. Massey also ranks Southern Oregon’s next foe as the #1 offense in the NAIA. Should be interesting…

SOU’s next opponent is Rio Grande, a team which has outscored its opponents 106-5. Not only have they not lost, they haven’t even tied. However, Massey indicates a much easier schedule for Rio Grande than the Raiders have gone through. For starters, the Cascade Conference has three teams in the final 16 teams. Rio Grande was the only team in the River States Conference to make the final 31.

Massey gives the Raiders a 38% chance of winning.

Posted on November 18th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, soccer, wyatt zabinski. Comments Off on Raiders up to #12 on Massey

Renee Resendez headed this ball off the post for a near goal

@SOUMensSoccer @SOURaiders @CCCSports #NAIAMSoccer

The Raiders won today over UC Merced and will move on to compete with the remaining fifteen teams for a national championship in Irvine, California. The Cascade Conference is represented by three teams.

Posted on November 17th, 2018 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, Raider Athletics, renee resendez, soccer. Comments Off on SOU men’s soccer earns spot in Sweet 16