30 Weeks to Save the World: The 2016 ASSOU Presidential Election
Trump, Clinton, and Sanders are not the only presidential candidates students should be concerned with this week. Elections for student government kick off next week and with a whopping 3 candidates running for Associated Students of Southern Oregon University president, the race is sure to be heated. “My advice to the winner is to utilize […]
Perkinson Claims SOU Record At Raider Invite
Battling a wildly inconsistent weekend of weather, the Southern Oregon Track and Field team got back into action after a week layoff from competition at the 2nd annual Raider Invitational. It was a bountiful weekend for the squad, with four national qualifying “A” marks hit and new school records established. The first school record came […]
Raider Lax Wins PNCLL South Division Title
On a breezy and wet night, the Southern Oregon Men’s Lacrosse team secured its second ever Pacific Northwest Collegiate Lacrosse League (PNCLL) South division championship with a 15-13 victory against the Western Oregon University Wolves. The win caps off a dominating regular season, in which the Raiders finished 11-2 and a perfect 4-0 record in […]
Lady Raiders Win First CCC Title Since 2007-08
For the first time in eight seasons, the Southern Oregon University women’s basketball team are Cascade Conference Champions. To secure the title, SOU defeated Eastern Oregon on Saturday, 83-63 and College of Idaho on Sunday, 92-48. With the two victories, the Lady Raiders move to 24-1 overall and 17-1 in conference, and clinch an automatic […]
Durand, Lady Raiders Storm Back to Defeat OIT
On Tuesday evening, the Southern Oregon University women’s basketball team took the next step in claiming their first regular season conference title in 8 seasons. In front of a packed Mountain Avenue Gymnasium, the lady Raiders stormed back from a nine-point halftime deficit, to triumph over rival Oregon Tech 71-64. The first half was one […]
Lady Raiders Stay Hot at Home
Despite serving as just a temporary home for the Raiders, Ashland High has been kind to the Southern Oregon women this season; SOU’s average margin of victory in six home conference games is 38.8 points. This weekend’s tilt against Northwest University and Evergreen State was no different, as the lady Raiders won handily both nights, […]
Raider Men Resilient in Consecutive Victories
A pair of pivotal conference games saw the Southern Oregon men’s basketball team come out unscathed, with wins Saturday against Northwest University and Sunday versus Evergreen State College. The Raiders now sit at 16-6 overall, and 10-2 in the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC), which has the first place Northwest Christian Beacons looking over their shoulders. […]
Men’s Basketball Doubles Down On Weekend Wins
The Southern Oregon men’s basketball team conquered crunch-time in the opening weekend of Cascade Conference play, defeating Corban University 86-84 on Saturday and Northwest Christian University 80-75 on Sunday. Following the weekend action, coach Brian McDermott echoed the importance of being in close games. “It can only help you. It’s a little maddening going through […]
Football Returns to the Big Stage
Snow, wind, cold, and a win were all in attendance at Saturday’s NAIA semi-final matchup between the No. 1 ranked Morningside College Mustangs and the No. 7 ranked Southern Oregon Raiders. If the players blood wasn’t already pumping from the chilly 37° degree weather, the game got it going. It came down to the wire, […]
SOU Women Runners Place 14th, Men’s Race Lost To Illness
The flu bug proved to be too mountainous for the number two ranked Southern Oregon University Men’s Cross Country team. Three of SOU’s runners—including consistent 1st and 2nd runners Jared Hixon and Ray Schireman—came down with the flu overnight and weren’t able to race in Saturday’s championship. Schireman was this year’s Cascade Conference champion and […]