PORTLAND – The Southern Oregon beach volleyball team swept three of University or Portland's pairs and pushed two more to tiebreaker sets to defeat the NCAA Division I squad 3-2 on Friday at the Names Family Foundation Courts.

The Raiders (2-3 overall) got straight-set victories from No. 1 pair Madi Gray and Tessa Zimmermann, No. 4 Kendal Hadwick and Skyy Nihipali-Botelho, and No. 5 Andressa Ribeiro Soares and Natalie Perez.

Their No. 2 pair of Linda Conceicao and Grace Gulbrandsen won their first set before dropping the next two, and No. 3 pair Lucretia Benolken and Kira Sandoval forced a third set before falling 15-4.

"We're focused on continuing to grow as a team and in pairs," SOU coach Paul Elliott said. "Today, we did that."

The Pilots fell to 0-4. The teams meet again at 11 a.m. Saturday.

SOUTHERN OREGON 3, PORTLAND 2
1. Madi Gray/Tessa Zimmermann (SOU) def. Leonie Freytag/Elin Larsson (UP) 21-18, 21-16
2. Emily Wood/Annika Stammberger (UP) def. Linda Conceicao/Grace Gulbrandsen (SOU) 21-16, 20-22, 15-10
3. Elizabeth Ortiz/Taylor Helle (UP) def. Lucretia Benolken/Kira Sandoval (SOU) 16-21, 21-12, 15-4
4. Kendal Hadwick/Skyy Nihipali-Botelho (SOU) def. Valerie Bruk/Elena Bullemer (UP) 25-23, 21-19
5. Andressa Ribeiro Soares/Natalie Perez (SOU) def. Michela Strati/Melissa Cormack (UP) 21-16, 21-10
Order of finish: 3-5-1-4-2