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May 28, 2004 - Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels February 23, 2004 Raiders held out of No. 2 finish Wire Reports KLAMATH FALLS - The start of the second half on the road against Oregon Tech was the end of Southern Oregon University's efforts to capture second place in the Cascade Conference. Raider sophomore Shea Washington scored a game-high 23 points, but SOU fell to OIT 73-54 in Klamath Falls. Gary Thain | For the Tidings Oregon Tech broke open the game with a 25-9 run to start the second half on its way to a 73-54 victory over the Raiders at Miles Court Saturday. The setback allowed the 16th-ranked Owls (23-8, 14-4) to sew up second place and home-court advantage through at least the Cascade Conference tournament semifinals. The 24th-ranked Raiders (18-14, 13-5 Cascade) settled for third-place. SOU hosts sixth-place Eastern Oregon in the quarterfinals at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at McNeal Pavilion, while OIT hosts seventh-place Evergreen State at the same time. The Raiders, who led by as many as four points in the first half before falling behind 30-27 at the half, fell to 2-32 against OIT on the road since 1983. SOU shot 8-for-20 in the second half compared to a 17-for-28 effort by the Owls (61 percent). Sophomore forward Shea Washington was the lone Raider in double-digit scoring (a game-high 23) as freshman point guard Levell Hesia was a red-hot 9- for-11 for 22 points for OIT, including four 3-point makes. Women's Basketball Oregon Tech used an early second-half spurt to cruise to an 82-70 Cascade Conference triumph over Southern Oregon at McNeal Pavilion Saturday night. The Owls (19-9, 13-5), who finished the regular-season in a three-way tie for second-place in the 10-team league chase, used a 23-5 run over eight minutes straddling halftime that resulted in an insurmountable 56-39 lead with 13 minutes to play. The Raiders (8-17, 7-11), who finished in a seventh-place tie with Albertson, got no closer than nine the rest of the way. Junior reserve guard Paula Pritchard canned 4 of 6 3-point attempts for a team-best 12 points for SOU while senior guard Lindsey Hilaire scored 10 points in what will most likely be her final intercollegiate home game. Meanwhile, junior center Lindsey Aitchison scored nine and hauled in 10 rebounds in 14 minutes of action. OIT, which notched the pro-gram's first win in Ashland since 1989, received a game-high 24 points and 13 rebounds from junior transfer forward Nikki McElligott, and freshman guard Lindsey Carmichael came off the bench for four 3-point makes and 22 points. Both teams shot 42-percent for the game, but SOU's 44-41 rebounding edge was negated by 21 turnovers and 15 Owl steals. Southern led 16-11 in the opening moments and 34-33 with 1:07 left in the first half prior to the game-deciding Owl spurt. The Techsters host No. 5-seeded Western Baptist in the conference tournament quarterfinals Tuesday, Feb. 24, while the Raiders will be on the road at second-place Northwest the same night. Women's Tennis At Forest Grove, Southern Oregon opened the season by dropping just nine games in six singles matches and sweeping the three doubles bouts in a 9-0 win over Pacific on Saturday. The Raiders capped the opening weekend of the 2004 dual-meet season with a 9-0 loss at two-time defending Northwest Conference champion Linfield College on Sunday. The Raiders (1-1) were unable to convert a pair of close doubles matches into victories, and the Wildcats (4-2) cruised through the six singles events. In the win over Pacific, SOU's Annie Chaney defeated Lei Tokuda, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1 singles, then teamed up with Danielle Farber to earn a 9-8 decision in the No. 1 doubles match. The Chaney-Farber combo dominated the tie-breaker, 7-1, against Erin Milliron and Tokuda. SOU returns to action 2 p.m. Tuesday at home against Shasta College. Softball The Raiders split a twinbill with Shasta College on Saturday, taking Game 1 3-2 before losing the nightcap, 9-2. No official statistics were kept. SOU improved to 3-1 on the season and next faces Menlo on Thursday in the first day of the Menlo College Classic, at Atherton, Calif. DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams