CCC TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY U.S. BANK
FRIDAY'S MATCHES
Quarterfinals – (5) College of Idaho 3, (4) Bushnell 0
Quarterfinals – (3) Southern Oregon 3, (7) Oregon Tech 1
Semifinals – (1) Eastern Oregon vs. (5) College of Idaho, 4 p.m.
Semifinals – (2) Corban vs. (3) Southern Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY'S MATCH
Championship – 3 p.m.

LA GRANDE – The No. 7-ranked Southern Oregon volleyball team knocked out Oregon Tech in a tight quarterfinal match in the Cascade Conference Championships presented by U.S. Bank, winning 25-23, 26-24, 20-25, 26-24 on Friday afternoon at Quinn Coliseum.

CCC Player of the Year Megan Perry put up a match-high 17 kills on 35 attempts and assisted two blocks in the effort, which required SOU to duck a tiebreaker by ending the fourth set on a 7-2 run.

The win put the Raiders (26-3 overall), seeded No. 3 in the tournament, in the 7:30 p.m. semifinal round against No. 2-seeded and No. 8-ranked Corban. Eastern Oregon meets College of Idaho in the other semifinal for the right to play in Saturday's 3 p.m. championship match.

The Raiders were originally announced last week as the tourney's No. 2 seed, which would have given them a bye to the semifinals. But the CCC discovered on Wednesday that the tiebreaker had been misapplied, and what they got instead was a game Owls (19-13) squad fresh off a first-round upset at Lewis-Clark State (Idaho).

The Owls didn't win a set in the two regular-season matchups between the teams but were in all four the third time around, led by Molly Grace's 16 kills and a .259 attack that kept SOU to a season-low block total of three.

The first set was tied 23-23 before Perry and Hannah Stadstad gave it to the Raiders with back-to-back kills. Perry delivered consecutive kills in the second to break a 24-24 tie, and in the fourth the Raiders trailed 22-19 when Conceicao sparked them with three kills during their match-ending surge.

Stadstad finished with 16 kills, Conceicao had seven with two blocks, and Marin Mackey recorded 11 kills, nine digs and two service aces. Vitoria Mattos and Annie Hite combined for 54 assists to help SOU hit .261, and Kayla Neidigh chipped in five along with a match-high 18 digs.