Thursday, 1 p.m. – #6 SOU at #3 Corban, CCC quarterfinals – Live Stats – Live Stream

ASHLAND – If the Southern Oregon University women's soccer team feels it has any demons from the regular that need to be exorcised, the sixth-seeded Raiders' Cascade Conference quarterfinal game at third-seeded Corban is a good place to start.

SOU (5-10-1 overall, 4-4-1 CCC) and Corban (10-6-2, 5-3-1) will play at 1 p.m. on Thursday on the campus of Willamette University (the game was moved due to field conditions at Corban) with a spot in Saturday's semifinals on the line. If the Raiders win they'll travel to Kirkland, Wash., to face regular-season champion Northwest, which along with second-seeded Concordia has a first-round bye.

Fourth-seeded College of Idaho and fifth-seeded Warner Pacific are in the other quarterfinal on Wednesday.

The Raiders lost their Oct. 4 regular-season game at Corban, 1-0, in what was something of a microcosm of their season. They outshot the Warriors, 14-11, and put more shots on goal, 8-4, but Randi Donahue's goal in the 71^st minute was the only counter.

In nine CCC games the Raiders were outshot just once, by Concordia, and they matched Northwest and College of Idaho. SOU's shots and shots-on-goal percentages mirrored those of its opponents all season, but the goals didn't, indicating either bad luck, subpar finishing, or both.

The regular season ended on a high note, at least: The Raiders defeated Oregon Tech, 5-1, in their fifth multi-goal game of the season. They're 4-1 in those games.

"We've pretty much worked on a lot of finishing since then, that final third of the attacking part, just like we have a lot of the year," SOU coach Jenni Rosenberg said. "That, and we let them get their bodies refreshed a bit."

Playoff history: The CCC playoff field was expanded last year from four to six teams. SOU, the No. 4 seed, scored its first postseason win since 2008 against fifth-seeded Eastern Oregon, 2-0, before losing 2-0 in the semifinals at Concordia, the eventual NAIA champion. Corban was eliminated in a semifinal penalty shootout at Northwest.

The Warriors are 4-0 against the Raiders in the CCC tournament, but the teams haven't met in the playoffs since the Warriors' 1-0 double-overtime win of 2010. They're 2-2 against each other since then.

This is SOU's fifth straight appearance in the playoffs.

About Corban: Freshman Sadee Kallis owns a team-high five goals with two assists. Donahue, a junior, has four goals with three assists, including three game-winners, and Katelyn Fekkes has four goals and two assists.

The Warriors started the season 5-5-2, but they won five of six to end the season – starting with their win against SOU – and shut out every opponent in those wins. They outscored their last three opponents 8-0.

Senior goalkeeper Kaitlyn Mendenhall has eight shutouts to her credit this season.

SOU leaders: Junior forward Megan McArthur (San Jose, Calif./Presentation) had two goals and an assist in the win at Oregon Tech, giving her team-highs of five goals and three assists to end the season. Presley Lambert (Santa Clarita, Calif./Hart) has four goals and three assists, while Kendra Madaras-Kelly (Boise, Idaho/Mountain View) and Kelsey Randall (Concord, Calif./Concord) have three goals and two assists apiece.