EUGENE – The Cascade Conference volleyball title is back in Southern Oregon's possession, and the CCC Championships presented by U.S. Bank are returning to Ashland.

The 10th-ranked Raiders became co-champions Saturday at the Morse Event Center, steering free of drama with a 25-22, 25-19, 25-16 thumping of Northwest Christian on the final night of the regular season.

They improved to 24-3 overall and 17-3 in the CCC, earning a share of the crown for the first time since 2014 with Eastern Oregon. Because the Raiders won both head-to-head matchups against EOU, the tiebreaker swung in their favor – giving them the conference's first automatic bid to the NAIA Tournament, along with hosting rights for the last two rounds of the CCC Tournament.

The Raiders will play a semifinal opponent yet to be determined at 7 p.m. Friday inside Lithia Motors Pavilion, following the first semifinal match at 3:30 p.m. The championship match will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Beacons (12-17, 5-15) became SOU's 18th straight-set victim of the season. Sophomore middle Makayla Hoyt paved with way with 12 kills on 22 swings in addition to three blocks, while Dani Johnson (9 kills) and Elliott Cook (7) combined for 16 kills without an error.

The sailing was smooth after the first set, where SOU had to work out of an 18-17 hole. After a service error tied it, reserve Maddie Pernich stepped up with her biggest sequence of the season, slamming down two kills in a row and following those with a solo block to key a 5-0 run. Pernich finished with seven kills.

The Raiders wound up hitting .358, getting 20 assists from Hannah Bogatin and 19 from Natalie James. Emma Ryan (12 digs) and Kiley Barcroft (11) helped keep the Beacons at a .209 average.

The clincher occurred on the heels of an emotional Friday night. After SOU was swept at Corban, EOU appeared on its way to claiming the title outright with a 2-0 sets lead over College of Idaho. But C of I stormed back on the Mountaineers' home court, forcing a tiebreaker and winning it by a 16-14 score.

That opened the door for the Raiders to step in. They've won five titles since Josh Rohlfing took over in 2007 and will serve as the CCC Tournament final-site host for the first time since 2010.