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RAIDER ROUNDUP: SOU rolls on, sweeps Beacons by SOU Sports Information Sunday, March 24th 2019 A A Print ASHLAND — With another sweep in the books, Southern Oregon ran its winning streak to eight games on Saturday by peppering Northwest Christian with 21 hits and getting three stellar pitching performances in 10-0 and 6-3 victories at University Field. The third-ranked Raiders (25-4 overall, 11-1 Cascade Conference) gave up just three earned runs in the four-game series. Gabby Sandoval turned in her seventh shutout in Game 1, a one-hitter that the Raider lineup enabled her to finish in five innings, while Jordyn Ragan and Morgan Jones combined to keep the Beacons (4-17, 1-8) down in Game 2. Rebecca Velasquez had the last of SOU’s four extra-base hits in the opener — her second home run of the season, a two-run shot that made her 2-for-2 and the score 10-0 in the fourth. But for the second game in a row, the Raiders put eight on the board through the first three innings as Hannah Shimek went 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI, Tayler Walker stroked a pair of RBI singles, Tiana Brown went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple and Allie Stines drove in two runs and scored another. Shimek finished the series 7-for-12 with six runs and six RBI. Brown, Stines, Walker and Lauren Quirke totaled five hits apiece. It was more than enough support for Sandoval, whose ERA shrunk to 1.07 and record shot to 16-1, including 10-0 in conference play. She fanned seven more Beacons, giving her 17 strikeouts compared to two walks in two days. Ragan held NCU to one run through the first three innings and Jones was charged with one earned through the last four in Game 2. Tied 1-1 in the third inning, SOU took control with two-run doubles off the bats of Walker and Paige Leeper. Quirke was the only Raider with multiple hits, going 2-for-3 and slashing a run-scoring triple in the first. Brown went 1-for-2 with a walk and scored twice. NCU’s Jessica Garner went 3-for-4 while Tra Kucera and Alexis Westbrooks both recorded run-scoring singles. The Raiders have scored 10 or more runs on 10 occasions since the last time they gave up 10. They ended the week right where they started it — tied in first place with 14th-ranked Corban, which they’ll visit next Friday and Saturday for a four-game set. Track and Field HUMBOLDT INVITATIONAL: At Arcata, California, Sydnee Kizziar, Gabe Loader and Ben Stevens turned in runner-up finishes as a chunk of SOU’s distance crew competed on Saturday. Kizziar, a freshman, ran her first-ever attempt at the 800 meters in 2 minutes 28.05 seconds to win her heat and come in second of 16 in overall in the race. Madison Willhoft (2:31.29) and Ciara Jones (2:32.64) were fifth and sixth. Jones was also fifth (4:57.27) and Kizziar seventh (5:00.82) of 17 in the 1,500. For the Raider men, Loader, a junior, was two seconds off the pace as he clocked in at 4:03.00 for second of 13 in the 1,500, and Seth Campbell came in fourth at 4:05.77. Stevens, a senior, rank the 5K for the first time in three years and took second of 11 with a personal best of 15:48.06. WILLAMETTE INVITATIONAL: At Salem, Rhett Gonzalez pocketed the seventh national-qualifying mark of the season for the Southern Oregon men’s track and field team in the 110-meter hurdles on Saturday, giving the Raiders one of their five event wins at the meet. Gonzalez’s time of 14.52 seconds in the 10-person field was a personal best and made him SOU’s third automatic qualifier for the NAIA Championships on the men’s side. He easily slid under the ‘A’ standard of 14.75 with the No. 3 time on the national performance list, while teammate Bryce Goggin was third in the race at 15.44. Arianna Daniel, already a provisional qualifier in the 200 and the owner of an auto time in the 400 on the women’s side, ran the 100 for the first time this season and topped a field of 27 with a time of 12.21 seconds and later won a 25-person 200 in 25.09. Savannah Greenwade was next in for the Raiders in both races, placing fifth in the 100 (12.55) and fourth in the 200 (25.67). SOU’s other victories came in the men’s field — Zach Beltz in the long jump and Adam O’Brien in the pole vault. Beltz, the reigning NAIA Men’s Field Athlete of the Week, posted a long of 23 feet 3 inches. O’Brien missed a season best by six inches but still had the top vault at 14-6. Eli Chapman led SOU in the men’s sprints, running the top 200 time in the Cascade Conference this season at 22.31 for third place and placing fourth in the 100 at 11.14. He edged out Chris Rosero by eight-hundredths of a second in the latter race, and Rosero was also fifth in the 200 in 22.50. Will Gross ran the 400 for the first time this season in 50.08 seconds for fourth place. In the women’s field events, Loghan Sprauer notched SOU’s top finish by clearing 5-2 in the high jump to tie for second and KiAshe Hobby shot to the top of the CCC’s shot put performance list at 40-0. News In Photos Loading ...