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Southern Oregon University wrestlers Brock Gutches and Max Hane
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#2 SOU faces off against #10 Menlo following the volleyball game. Brock Gutches is ranked #1 in the country. The excitement may come at the end of the evening when two, Top-5 heavyweights (Scott Brasil and Clayton Burtis) go at it.
SOU volleyball – Championship weekend
SOU basketball – Ben DeSaulnier
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…to catch the SOU men’s basketball team in Ashland is tonight. After tonight they will hit the road until December 19. That’s a long time so you should probably be there tonight. Game time is 7:30. Come early as the women will be playing at 5:30, also against Simpson. Both Southern Oregon University teams are 2-0 on the young season.
SOU football – Nathan Torres-Walker interception sequence
Nathan Torres-Walker, Julius Rucker, Tyler Rogers
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Nathan Torres-Walker had his second pick of the season this past Saturday, part of the reason Southern Oregon University is now 8-1. Rocky Mountain was the victim this time, and they are no longer listed in the coaches’ poll. The #5 Raiders could use some help from them this weekend, though, as Rocky Mountain will be facing #2 Carroll College.
Hensley Rankings still has Rocky Mountain as one of the best 11 teams in the country even if the coaches are not impressed with their four losses. Hensley, which looks at schedule strength and where the wins and losses happen, unlike the coaches, predict losses for the #3 and #4 ranked teams this weekend. If just one of those things occur, the Raiders will crack the top four in the coaches’ poll and be in a position for two home post-season games.
SOU soccer – Haylee Eckart
SOU volleyball – Lauren McGowne
Lauren Aldana, Serena DeChristofaro
Elise De Jesse
Paige Kilpatrick
Presley Lambert
Southern Oregon University soccer – Allyson Ward, Lisa Elledge
Tyana Andrews
Kendra Madaras-Kelly
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Full list and criteria here.
SOU Women’s Rugby Club
Men’s Rugby vs. OIT today on the field off of Iowa Street at 11 a.m.
SOU football – Tyler Rogers #5
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As I predicted on Saturday, the Raiders are back to #5 in the national rankings. If they can crack the top four by the end of the regular season they can have home games for the first round and quarterfinals of the NAIA playoffs. #3 Grand View may lose next week in a tough road match up. #4 Faulkner has a difficult road game the following week too. Things look good if the Raiders continue to win.
This Saturday’s game is in Ashland against #21 Rocky Mountain.
SOU Soccer – Kelsey Randall
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Kelsey Randall had two goals and an assist to lead the Raiders to a 5-1 win over OIT this afternoon. The Raiders will be on the road (Corban) for the first round of the Cascade Conference tournament on November 5.
SOU football – Melvin Mason
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The Southern Oregon University football team had no problem breaking the College of Idaho’s undefeated-at-home winning streak today. Details of the game can be found here. Melvin Mason averaged nearly 7 yards per carry while rushing the ball 12 times today.
It’s that time of the season in which scoreboard watching comes into play. If the Raiders can crack the top four in the rankings by the end of the season, they will earn the right to host several possible playoff games. Currently SOU sits at #7 in the coach’s poll, the only poll that counts. #2 Baker lost today and #6 Georgetown barely won against an unranked, previously 2-5 team. The odds look pretty good that the Raiders will come in at #5 when Monday’s poll is released with three regular season games to play.
SOU volleyball – Emma Gasman
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Raiders won last night. Story here. Tonight’s game in Ashland is at 5 p.m.
Ashland High School hosts a volleyball tournament today too. They play beginning at 11 a.m. State championship playoffs begin Tuesday night in Ashland.