Men’s Track Title Shows Why Every Point Counts
HERMISTON, OR.– The Southern Oregon men’s Track and Field team are the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) champions for the third time in four seasons. Prior to last weekend’s CCC championships, SOU sprint coach Shannon Maas emphasized one particular message to the men’s team: “Every point counts. It doesn’t matter if you’re 1st or 8th, every […]
Freshman Shellmire Sizes Up Against CCC’s Best
He’s always been the shortest kid in all of his races. He’s always been the “lil guy.” Well now the lil guy is the fastest sprinter in the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC), at the ripe age of 19. That lil guy is Southern Oregon true freshman Julius Shellmire, and he owns the fastest 100 meter […]
SOU Softball Loses in Conference Semifinals
Southern Oregon University softball lost 3-2 in the semifinals to Great Falls in Sunday’s Cascade Conference Softball Tournament at University Field. The loss prevented the Raiders from advancing on to the championship game and receiving an automatic berth to the NAIA playoffs, but they still have a chance at receiving an at-large bid. During the […]
Singler Impresses in Raider Spring Game
We have a quarterback competition brewing in Ashland, folks. The #2 NAIA ranked Raider football team, fresh off its second consecutive national title game appearance hosted it’s annual Red versus White spring game Saturday evening at Raider Stadium. Team Red redshirt junior quarterback Jack Singler led his team to victory with an impressive outing: 14-18 for […]
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 […]
SOU Softball Rolling as CCC Title Race Heats Up
The Southern Oregon University softball team is in the midst of their best season in quite some time. The Lady Raiders are 27-11 overall and 13-5 in conference, and are nationally ranked (currently 25th) for the first time since 2006. SOU travels to rival Oregon Tech for a showdown on Saturday for a double header […]
Team Effort Propels SOU Into NAIA Title Game
40 minutes. Barring overtime, that’s all that remains for the Southern Oregon women’s basketball season. 40 minutes to determine who will be crowned NAIA Division II champions and who will be second place. With Monday evening’s 84-69 victory in Sioux City, Iowa over Goshen College, the SOU women advanced to their first national title game […]
SOU Advances to Final Four Despite Injury
The record-breaking 32-1 Southern Oregon women’s basketball team continues to make history in Sioux City, Iowa. With Saturday’s 73-67 victory over Tabor, the Lady Raiders advance to their first NAIA Division II Final Four since 1997. Southern will play Goshen College Monday evening at 6pm local time, streaming live on ESPN3. SOU’s veteran players and […]
SOU Women Make Track and Field History
Track and Field history was made last weekend at the NAIA Indoor Championships, as the Southern Oregon Women’s distance medley relay (DMR) team placed 5th in the final, with a time of 12:03.3. This was the best relay finish for a national meet women’s team in school history. The DMR consists of 4 legs: 400 meters, […]