ASHLAND, ORE -- The Southern Oregon volleyball team opened up Cascade Conference play with a 25-15, 29-27, 25-15 sweep of Warner Pacific tonight at McNeal Pavilion.

The Raiders have now won six in a row and improved to 7-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play. The Knights dropped to 3-2 overall and 0-1 in conference action.

The Raiders host Concordia Saturday night at 7 p.m.

Junior Leah Bergstrom had a match-high 10 kills to lead the Raiders, while Megan Bartling, Natalie Scheller and Chelsea Hartman all had six kills. Scheller had zero errors and Bartling had one error.

Becky Johnson had a match-high 22 digs for SOU.

SOU jumped out quick on the Knights in the opening set, taking a 9-2 lead on a Becky Johnstone ace.

Despite hitting .341 in the second set, the Raiders struggled passing the ball and the Knights hung tough with a pair of opportunities to win the set before a pair of Warner Pacific errors gave the victory to the Raiders.

In the third set, SOU jumped out of the gate again with a 13-1 run and never looked back.

Megan Marineau led the Knights with 10 kills.