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SALEM, Ore. – Megan Bartling (Medford, Ore./North Medford) and Sarah Holgen (Honolulu, Hawaii/Ashland) each posted 13 kills as No. 18 Southern Oregon swept Corban 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-17) in Cascade Collegiate Conference volleyball action Saturday night at Jeffers Sports Center.

With the win, Southern Oregon improves to 10-4 overall and 7-2 in the CCC. Corban falls to 8-9 overall and 2-7 in conference play. The Raiders return to action next weekend, when they head to Portland for conference matches against Concordia and Warner Pacific.

Corban took an early three-point lead at 8-5 and 9-6 in the opening set, but the Raiders used an 11-1 run to turn the three-point deficit into a seven-point lead at 17-10. The Warriors played SOU even the rest of the set, but Haley Fikso's kill closed out the 25-18 set victory.

The Warriors took an early lead in the second set as well, holding a four-point advantage at 12-8 following a Liz Madden (Manson, Wash./Manson) attack error. The Raiders countered with three straight points and eight of the next 10 to take a 16-14 lead on one of Bartling's 13 kills. Southern Oregon held a four-point lead and set point advantage at 24-20, but Corban scored three consecutive points to pull within one before another Fikso kill clinched the second set.

The third set was all SOU, as the Raiders took an early 7-2 lead and never looked back. Corban  climbed to within three points several times, with the latest coming at 18-15, but back-to-back kills for Bartling and Holgen stretched the lead to five, and SOU scored the final four points to earn the set and match victory.

Holgen and Bartling tied for the match-high in kills, with Bartling posting a .600 attack percentage in the match. Becky Johnstone (Lake Arrowhead, Calif./Rim of the World) led SOU with 10 digs, while Bethany Durre posted 12 digs for Corban. Caryn Westrick (Bonney Lake, Wash./Bonney Lake) finished with a match-high 22 assists for the Raiders in the victory.