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The OSAA rankings don’t mean much yet (anything really at this point), but in late October they are very meaningful. Last year several of Ashland’s victories in tournaments weren’t included in the calculation of the OSAA rankings (although all of the losses were). This resulted in Ashland having a lower ranking and travelling over five hours to play on the home court of the eventual state champion instead of having a home game in the playoffs.
Currently, Ashland is ranked #5 in the young season and Marist is ranked #1. The goal for a home playoff game is to be ranked #8 or better come October 24.
Tonight’s game is at Marist Catholic High School in Eugene. The winner will take over first place in the 7-team Midwestern League.

Ellie Case (and Oliva Rooney in the background) at the Seaside Beach Volleyball tournament earlier this year
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From Friday’s paper:
ASHLAND 3, GRANTS PASS 0: At Grants Pass, senior middle hitter Ellie Case posted 12 kills, four blocks and a pair of aces as Ashland sailed to a nonconference win, 25-12, 25-12, 25-18.
Senior setter Karlie Richardson tallied 25 assists, five kills and three aces for the Grizzlies (5-2) while senior outside hitter Olivia Rooney went for nine kills and five aces.
Myla Norvell, a junior libero, added 18 digs and three aces for the Grizzlies.
Ashland High School, a 5A school, has defeated both of its Southern Oregon 6A opponents so far. Tonight they play at Crater at 6:45.
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Southern Oregon defeated NCAA DII UC Merced in straight sets tonight. Tyana Andrews led the charge with a .517 percentage, 16 kills, and 7 digs. SOU will be heavy favorites in tomorrow’s matches against Menlo and William Jessup as they already swept Menlo earlier this year and UC Merced defeated William Jessup earlier today. These matches will be the final tune ups before the Raiders begin conference play in Ashland next weekend, likely with a 7-0 record.
More details on SOU’s 1,000th volleyball win can be found here.
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The SOU volleyball team ran their record to 4-0, including a defeat of another ranked team today. Previously 3-0 Hastings (ranked #22) was the first team to take the Raiders to five sets, but in the end Southern Oregon prevailed. Laura Morse had 8 digs, 7 kills, and a .462 hitting percentage in the earlier victory over Bellevue.
We are heading south for a volleyball camp at University of Redlands beginning tomorrow.
Today’s photo features Jordan Tilley who will be a Roughrider beginning this fall.
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Details here.