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RAIDER ROUNDUP: SOU women move into 2nd place By SOU Sports Information Oct 28, 2022 11:54 PM A A ASHLAND — Following a scoreless first half, the floodgates opened for Southern Oregon in the second of a 3-0 Cascade Conference women’s soccer win against Multnomah on Friday afternoon at Raider Stadium. Senior forward Sarah Mauk scored SOU’s first two goals, her seventh and eighth of the season, and Gabbie Johnson added the last as the Raiders (9-4-3, 8-1-2 CCC) brought their team-record unbeaten streak to 10 games heading into the final day of the regular season. They’ve won three in a row ahead of Saturday’s 12 p.m. match against Warner Pacific and are now tied for second place in the standings with College of Idaho, guaranteed no worse than the No. 3 seed in the CCC Tournament. The Yotes went down Friday against Northwest (Wash.), which clinched the regular-season title with the win. Multnomah (2-13-1, 1-9-1) only placed one shot on goal, but it wasn’t until their 17th shot of the game that the Raiders finally got a result. In the 57th minute, Mauk chased down Olivia Euverman’s long pass in the box, and after her first strike was deflected by keeper Camilla Meneses Thomas she followed the ball for a successful second attempt. Mauk scored again two minutes later on Madison Childers’ assist, taking a shot a few feet off the end line near the right corner with precision. In the 64th minute, Sophia Connell’s corner kick was redirected by Jordan Bell to Johnson, who shot into an open net. Both Connell and Bell were credited with assists. Johnson’s goal was her third of the year. Mauk has now tallied six times in SOU’s last six games. Keeper Ashlynn Hernandez was credited with the shutout. The Raiders have allowed just one goal during their 10-game streak. Men’s Soccer SOU 3, MULTNOMAH 0: At Ashland, Southern Oregon got two goals from Jeong Kang on the penultimate day of the regular season at Raider Stadium. SOU (12-5, 9-3 CCC) was in control all match, logging 23 shots to the Lions’ four, and went ahead in the eighth minute when Sam Walker crossed to Kang and he finished for his first goal as a Raider. Kang, a junior from Seoul, South Korea, tallied his second in the 51st minute as Evan Norconk’s pass got through a pair of defenders to set up a 10-yard shot in the box. Noah Addie made it a three-goal lead in the 54th with a sliding score set up by Norconk and Bryan Millan. The Raiders have won nine of their last 10 and sit in fourth place in the conference standings. Anthony Armenta made the only save necessary against the Lions, who fell to 7-9-1 overall and 4-8 in the CCC. The shutout was the Raiders’ seventh during conference play. Volleyball SOU 3, COLLEGE OF IDAHO 0: At Ashland, Southern Oregon inched closer to a playoff berth with a 25-17, 25-19, 25-19 victory at Lithia Motors Pavilion. Junior middle Sadie Byrd, the reigning Cascade Conference Defensive Player of the Week, dominated at the net again with seven assisted blocks and six kills on 12 swings. She and the Raiders (18-8 overall, 12-7 CCC) kept the Yotes (9-17, 8-11) at a .095 attacking average. College of Idaho amassed 16 unforced attacking errors and 13 service errors in the abbreviated match and was swept in Ashland for the first time since 2010. Hailey Van Well had a team-high nine kills for the Raiders and was in on four blocks. Simone Gordon, Carol Melo and Savannah Schwindt recorded five kills apiece, doing their parts efficiently on just 34 combined attempts. Taylor Russell distributed 14 assists, Gwen Sheldon had 12, and Taylor Jackson chipped in two service aces.