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Sarah Holgen and Lauren Swetland block for SOU's women's volleyball team against Eastern Oregon
After defeating College of Idaho and Eastern Oregon University at home, the Southern Oregon volleyball team did it again to those same two teams on the road to win the Cascade Collegiate Conference championship tournament and move into the NAIA National Championships. They will be playing to win it all in Iowa later this month.
Let's see now, where were we? Oh yeah, the deciding match goes to 15, but you have to win by 2 points. The Coyotes made it to 15 first, but the Raiders tied it up once again.
16-16 score, games tied at 2 wins each
Angela Spieker saved this one with a diving effort
Things couldn’t have become, or stayed, any closer. This was some serious, nail-biting action.
Haley Fikso makes it 18-17 with this kill.
19-17 final score in 5th set
Everyone goes wild with the SOU, upset victory
Angela Spieker sets up another kill for the SOU Raiders
Megan Bartling with the kill. College of Idaho blockers can't make the block.
SOU celebrates the kill
Another celebration after a Natalie Scheller kill
From about 5-5 on in the deciding match no team could get more than a point ahead.
12-12 score, games tied at 2 wins each
14-14 score, games tied at 2 wins each
Sarah Holgen with the kill for the Raiders
SOU vs. College of Idaho Volleyball
Angela Spieker with the backwards set for SOU
Sarah Holgen prepares for the dig
Southern Oregon University volleyball team celebrate a point
Megan Bartling with the kill for SOU
Angela Spieker prepares to set another
SOU celebrates a win in set 3 to move to 1-2 at that point in the evening.
Natalie Scheller goes for the block. #3 on College of Idaho was relentless.
Tonight I watched one of the most exciting volleyball matches imaginable. The first set was close. SOU had the lead until late, but they ended up losing a close one. The second set was dominated by College of Idaho, and it looked like this would be a quick evening. The College of Idaho, BTW, was undefeated in league play going into tonight’s match up and had already defeated the Raiders at home earlier in the season. But then things got interesting…
The Lady Raiders won the third and fourth sets to force a deciding fifth set. I will tell you what the final result was in part 3. Suffice it to say, it was VERY close.
Caryn Westrick sets the volleyball for Southern Oregon University
Freeze the perfect moment in a volleyball match and the perfect set looks an awful lot like a carry. 😉
A lighter moment at a recent Ashland Middle School volleyball game
Megan Bartling and Natalie Scheller - Southern Oregon University Volleyball
This is how you block in volleyball.
Haley Fikso with the kill
It doesn’t always work out the way you planned.
Sarah Holgen goes for the kill
Classes begin at Southern Oregon University on Monday, but the fall sports are already well underway. Today’s photo is a scene from last night’s volleyball victory at the SOU McNeil Pavilion.
I tried out my new 80-200mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens and am happy with the results.
AMS volleyball game
Been watching a lot of volleyball the past week…
Southern Oregon University Women's Volleyball
I took this on 9/10/11. Next home game for the Lady Raiders is 9/23. I’m hoping the lens I have purchased since I took today’s photo (Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8D) will allow me to take a shot like this with less blur. I took this with settings of f/4.5 and 1/200 of a second (ISO 1600) with my 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikkor lens in poor, indoor, gymnasium lighting. With my new lens I should be able to do something like f/2.8 and 1/320 with better results. Stay tuned.