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KIRKLAND, Wash. – Southern Oregon split two close sets before pulling away to bigger wins in the final two as the Raiders defeated Northwest 3-1 (26-24, 24-26, 25-15, 25-18) in Cascade Collegiate Conference volleyball action Friday night at NU Pavilion.

Southern Oregon, 9-7 overall and 5-1 in conference play, picked up its 18th consecutive win over Northwest, which falls to 9-6 overall and 3-3 in the CCC. The Raiders return to action Saturday, when they will travel to Olympia, Wash., to face Evergreen in a 4 p.m. conference match.

Haley Kasler (Grants Pass, Ore./Hidden Valley) led SOU with 17 kills and tallied a .406 attack percentage in the win, while Mona Goudarzian (Albany, Ore./West Albany) and Natalie Scheller (Bend, Ore./Bend) each added 15 kills for the Raiders. Caryn Westrick (Bonney Lake, Wash./Bonney Lake) posted her second double-double in the past three matches with 28 assists and 11 digs, and Renee Yomtob (Boise, Idaho/Centennial) added 23 digs. Olivia Vandlac led Northwest with 14 kills and 18 digs, and Breanna Covey added 11 kills in the loss.

Northwest led throughout most of the first set, leading by as many as five points late in the opener when Vandlac's kill made it 21-16. The Raiders used a 5-1 run to pull within one at 22-21, and following an NU point Southern Oregon closed the set on another 5-1 run to clinch the 26-24 victory on back-to-back kills by Kasler and Scheller.

The second set featured 11 tie scores and seven lead changes, and Southern Oregon earned a set-point advantage when a kill by Scheller made it 24-23. Northwest tied it up with a kill by Molly Boyle, and she followed that with a service ace to give the Eagles the set-point opportunity. An SOU ball-handling error gave the Eagles their third straight point and the 26-24 set win.

Southern Oregon jumped ahead to an early 8-2 lead to start the third set, and Northwest never pulled closer than three back the rest of the set as the Raiders closed out the 25-15 win on a kill by Kasler. The Raiders used a 7-1 run midway through the final set to take a six-point lead as they pulled away to the 25-18 victory to clinch the match.