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SOU football vs Eastern Oregon – senior Blakelyn Birks
@BlakelynB @SOU_Football @SOURaiders
Note that today’s game time has been changed. The game will start at 3 p.m. and end under the lights. Temperatures could be in the 30s by the end of the game so plan accordingly.
Tyler Cowger
@SOUWrestling @SOURaiders
Tyler Cowger, and nine other wrestlers from Southern Oregon University, will be squaring off against Oregon State University tonight on the Pac-12 Network. I have DirecTV so I do not get the Pac-12 Network, but if you have Dish or another decent cable provider you may. The Beavers are looking for their 1,000th win. It will be interesting to see how many wrestlers from the Raiders’ team pull off upsets.
Southern Oregon University Raiders football – Sean Tow and Max Proudfit
@SOU_Football @SOURaiders @Seantow17
Eastern may look like a foe that the Raiders don’t have much to worry about, given their 3 losses, but they have one of the most difficult schedules in the NAIA. They are 5-3 against ranked teams. Give them an easy schedule like #1 Morningside (who has yet to face a ranked team), #3 Grand View (3-1 against ranked teams), or #5 Georgetown (1-1 against ranked teams), and they would likely be one of the top five teams in the country.
This will be a good one. The weather forecast isn’t great so be sure to get there early to sit under cover just in case.
Autumn morning on the SOU campus
SOU volleyball – Motade Atanda
@tadeatanda @SOURaiders @RaiderVB
She had 43 kills on Friday and Saturday to propel SOU to the conference championship and a bye for the first round of the playoffs tomorrow night.
Southern Oregon University crowd
SOU football – #11 Dylan Young, #15 Jeremy Scottow, #8 Matt Retzlaff
@Matt_Retzlaff @SOU_Football @SOURaiders
The regular season will be wrapped up this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Raider Stadium against 16th-ranked Eastern Oregon. A home game or two should come to Ashland in the NAIA playoffs, but apparently there are no guarantees even for teams in the top four of the rankings.
Raider Stadium football runout
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As mentioned previously, and as Hensley Ratings predicted, #4 Faulkner was beaten this past weekend. This means SOU will likely be the #4 team heading into their final game against Eastern Oregon. While a victory over Eastern will be no easy feat (Hensley rates them as #3 in the country even though the Midwest-biased coaches have them way back at #21), the Raiders have beaten them on the road already this year so Southern will be the clear favorite this Saturday at home.
If SOU wins they will have home field advantage for their first NAIA playoff game. Should they win that game, if the NAIA has any sense of fairness or justice, they may also have a home game in the quarterfinals given their likely rise to #4 on Monday, November 10.
Hang in there Raiders. Just five more wins to go until you are National Champions.
2014 Senior Night – SOU volleyball
(L to R) Paulla Pinheiro, Brookelynn Cole, Nikki Keller, Shelby Young, Motade Atanda, Kelsea MacPhee, Sam Boehnke
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SOU volleyball – Motade Atanda, Paulla Pinheiro, Sam Boehnke, Brookelynn Cole (seniors) Emma Gasman, Lauren McGowne (next year’s veterans)
Although the regular season is over, this season is far from over. The Cascade Conference and NAIA tournaments await.
SOU football – Joseph Lealofi
@SOU_Football @SOURaiders
The Raiders won their 9th game of the season, tying their previous record of most wins. They still have a regular-season game to go (and hopefully four post-season games after that). Lealofi picked up a fumble and ran with it for a touchdown in today’s victory.
SOU volleyball – Paulla Pinheiro
@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @paulla_op
Tonight’s come-from-behind victory against 3rd place Concordia had a familiar feel to it. The Raiders were down 2 games to 1 after getting hammered in the third set by Eastern Oregon University a little over a month ago. The same thing happened earlier this evening. With a flair for the dramatic, they came roaring back this time too for a five-set nail biter.
A win Saturday night (in Ashland @ 5 p.m.) means a bye in the first round of the Cascade Conference playoffs next week.