Adidas Team of the Week Announced
LA GRANDE, Ore. –The Southern Oregon University volleyball team has been named the “Adidas Team of the Week” for August 17-23, the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
The No. 16 ranked Raiders went 4-0 at the Biola University Summer Slam held in La Mirada, California. SOU opened the tournament last Thursday with a (25-23, 25-17, 25-14) sweep of Menlo College (Calif.), last year's Cal Pac Conference co-champion. Following Menlo SOU took on No. 8 Vanguard University (Calif.) winning in four sets (26-24, 23-25, 25-17, 25-20). Vanguard, had knocked SOU out in the round-robin portion of last year's 2014 NAIA Championships,
On Friday the Raiders defeated two Nebraska foes dismissing Bellevue (Neb.) in straight sets (25-13, 25-18, 26-24), and No. 22 Hastings (Neb.) in five sets (25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 18-25, 15-9).
The 4-0 start equals a program best in the last 10 years and is one shy of 1000 victories.
Southern Oregon will take their undefeated 4-0 record back to California as they compete in the UC-Merced Tournament. The Raiders will face UC-Merced, Menlo and San Diego Christian.