The still-undefeated SOU women’s basketball team plays in the national quarterfinal round Saturday for the third time in program history — and the first time since the NAIA’s two divisions merged — after a 67-60 victory over Xavier on Thursday.
To the stunned chagrin of another upset victim, the Southern Oregon men’s basketball team is no longer just happy to be here. The No. 11-seeded Raiders have made themselves at home in the NAIA National Tournament after knocking off No. 3 seed The Master’s (Calif.), 76-71, in Saturday’s second round at the MacArthur Center.
With a 78-51 win Saturday, the No. 2-seeded Southern Oregon University Raiders women’s basketball team went to 33-0 on the year, matching the program’s single-season wins record and advancing to the final site in Sioux City, Iowa, for the first time since the NAIA’s two divisions merged and the bracket expanded to 64 teams three years ago.
For the fourth year in a row, the Southern Oregon women’s basketball team is through to the second round of the NAIA National Tournament. In Friday night’s 86-52 first-round win over UC Merced at Lithia Motors Pavilion, the Raiders made it look routine. The task gets taller, literally and figuratively, in Saturday’s 5 p.m. second-round matchup against No. 7 seed Wayland Baptist (Texas).
On Tuesday night in front of a packed-in Lithia Motors Pavilion crowd, the SOU Raiders women’s basketball team stamped their historic run through the circuit by defeating No. 25 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), 56-49, in the title game of the CCC Championships for the third time in four seasons. At 31-0, they’ll be the first team in CCC history to enter the NAIA National Tournament with an unbeaten record.
The NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship’s first and second rounds are returning to Lithia Motors Pavilion. SOU, like last season, was among 12 hosts named Thursday by the national office.
The resurgent Southern Oregon men’s wrestling team, for the first time since 2018, is back on top of the Cascade Conference. With 10 automatic qualifiers pushed through to the NAIA Championships, the Raiders are set up to reestablish themselves on the national stage, too.
The Southern Oregon women’s basketball team became the first in Cascade Conference history to finish the regular season undefeated after an 87-65 victory over Multnomah on Saturday at Lithia Motors Pavilion.
If the first-ever three-way tie for the regular-season volleyball title left things feeling unsettled, Southern Oregon provided some resounding closure for everyone in the Cascade Conference Championships. After sweeping one co-champion in the tournament semifinals, the No. 7-ranked Raiders swept another in Saturday’s title match.
How’s your Monday going? Southern Oregon University football team players’ week got off to a good start. When they came in early Monday morning, each player found in their cubby a new pair of black Nike cleats, donated by Heisman Trophy-winner and quarterback for the Washington Commanders Marcus Mariota.
A wealth of tips to help protect Ashland homes and yards from wildfire risk was the hot topic during the latest Better Prepared Wildfire Series installment on Wednesday.
Ashland City Council will consider and be asked to vote on a $5-per-meter monthly charge for electricity to support Ashland Parks & Recreation programs during its Tuesday business meeting.
This summer, a small group of local high school students will have the opportunity to learn about restoration of the Southern Oregon landscape and wildfire prevention.
Herbert Rothschild: Trump is only the latest Republican who has told working-class white males that they lost their power because women and especially peoples of color have been given advantages they didn’t have.
The Ashland Citizens’ Budget Committee Wednesday recommended a $373 million biennial city budget that avoids drastic cuts to parks and throws a lifeline to a preschool grant program.
Plans are moving ahead to replace the two oldest chairlifts at the Mt. Ashland Ski Area.
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