WILLIAM JESSUP INVITATIONAL
11 a.m. Friday – SOU vs. Menlo (Calif.)
5 p.m. Friday – SOU vs. UC Merced
9 a.m. Saturday – SOU at William Jessup (Calif.)
3 p.m. Saturday – SOU vs. Simpson (Calif.)
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ASHLAND – One match into the season, the Southern Oregon University volleyball team climbed four spots to No. 21 in the first NAIA Top 25 coaches' poll of the regular season on Wednesday.

The Raiders swept their opener Thursday against Simpson (Calif.), 25-17, 25-10, 25-16, which was their first match since December 2019. They'll play four more on Friday and Saturday at the William Jessup Invitational in Rocklin, Calif., facing Menlo (Calif.), UC Merced, William Jessup and Simpson.

Those contests will set up their first Cascade Conference match, Sept. 3 at Lewis-Clark State (Idaho).

Elsewhere in the CCC, Corban (6-0) moved up eight spots to No. 7 and Eastern Oregon (2-2) dropped eight to No. 14. Bushnell is receiving votes.

Defending NAIA champion Missouri Baptist remains the unanimous No. 1.

The next poll will be released on Sept. 13, at which time the Raiders will have eight more matches under their belts.
 

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL [1st-place votes]	RECORD	POINTS
1	1	Missouri Baptist [20]	4-0	591
2	2	Jamestown (N.D.)	4-0	572
3	3	Midland (Neb.)	4-0	552
4	4	Park (Mo.)	0-0	534
5	5	Dordt (Iowa)	0-0	516
6	7	Concordia (Neb.)	0-0	487
7	15	Corban (Ore.)	6-0	455
8	10	Northwestern (Iowa)	0-0	447
9	13	Viterbo (Wis.)	6-0	439
10	14	Providence (Mont.)	4-0	428
11	11	Central Methodist (Mo.)	0-0	397
12	17	Bellevue (Neb.)	3-0	374
13	16	Marian (Ind.)	4-0	361
14	6	Eastern Oregon	2-2	350
15	9	Westmont (Calif.)	4-2	346
16	12	Indiana Wesleyan	0-0	323
17	NR	Montana Tech	6-1	262
18	18	Ottawa (Kan.)	0-0	251
19	19	Oklahoma City	0-0	237
20	NR	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	3-1	201
21	8	Grand View (Iowa)	0-4	164
21	25	Southern Oregon	1-0	164
23	23	College of Saint Mary (Neb.)	4-0	160
24	21	IU Kokomo (Ind.)	0-0	144
25	24	Bethel (Ind.)	3-1	130
25	NR	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	3-1	130

Dropped from the poll: Madonna (Mich.), Keiser (Fla.)
Receiving Votes: Life (Ga.) 121, Columbia (Mo.) 58, Ottawa (Ariz.) 42, Madonna (Mich.) 37, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 31, Carroll (Mont.) 25, CIU (S.C.) 20, Texas Wesleyan 11, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 10, Loyola (La.) 9, Bushnell (Ore.) 8, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) 7, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 6, Ave Maria (Fla.) 6, Kansas Wesleyan 5, Life Pacific (Calif.) 5, Evangel (Mo.) 4, Aquinas (Mich.) 3