CASCADE CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
All times Pacific | Presented by U.S. Bank
Tuesday, Nov. 10 – Play-in Round (at higher seeds)
(5) Lewis-Clark State 3, (8) Walla Walla 0
(6) Bushnell 3, (7) Oregon Tech 1
Thursday, Nov. 12 – Quarterfinals (Caldwell, Idaho)
1 p.m. – (3) Corban vs. (6) Bushnell
4 p.m. – (4) Southern Oregon vs. (5) Lewis-Clark State
Friday, Nov. 13 – Semifinals (Caldwell, Idaho)
1 p.m. – (2) Eastern Oregon vs. Highest remaining seed
4 p.m. – (1) College of Idaho vs. Lowest remaining seed
Saturday, Nov. 14 – Championship (Caldwell, Idaho)
2 p.m. – Semifinal winners

LIVE STREAMS | TOURNAMENT CENTRAL

PLAYOFF PICTURE: The No. 4-seeded Southern Oregon volleyball team (21-9 overall) is back at the six-team final site of the most loaded conference tournament in the NAIA this week, needing three wins in three days to reclaim the title. College of Idaho earned host duties for the first time since 2013 after sharing the regular-season championship with Eastern Oregon but taking the top seed on tiebreaker criteria. In attendance are five NAIA Top 25 squads – No. 2 EOU, No. 5 C of I, No. 6 Corban, No. 21 SOU and No. 25 Bushnell – and a Lewis-Clark State team that spent almost all season in the national rankings until dropping out late.

The champion will get the CCC's second automatic qualifying bid for the NAIA Tournament, but akk sux teams still alive are likely to be selected to the 48-team field with an at-large bid at worst. Due to their current ranking, the Raiders are currently in position to host an Opening Round match on Nov. 21, and a quarterfinal victory would almost certainly seal that fate. The Opening Round winners will advance to the final site – the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa – to play out the rest of the national tourney from Dec. 2-8.

SOU vs. LC STATE: The Raiders and No. 5-seeded Warriors (19-8) went to five sets in both of their regular-season matchups: SOU won on its home court on Sept. 4, overcoming a two-set deficit and climbing out of a 14-12 hole in the tiebreaker, and LC State returned the favor on Oct. 10 after SOU let a 15-11 lead slip away in what could have been a clinching fourth set. The Warriors are putting down the 10th-most kills per set (13.2) with the 18th-best attacking average (.233) in the NAIA with a trio of dangerous hitters in Taylor Boyce (3.3 kills), Mikale Roy (2.9) and Hadyn smith (2.6). In 10 sets against SOU this season, Boyce has dropped in 40 kills.

SOU leads the all-time series, 25-10. The Raiders won the only previous tournament matchup between the teams, a five-set quarterfinal in 2022.

SOU TOURNAMENT HISTORY: The Raiders have won eight all-time tournament titles, more than any other CCC team, and most recently triumphed in 2024 for the third time in six seasons on Eastern Oregon's home floor. They also have experience celebrating at C of I, doing so after capturing the 2011 championship on the road. As the No. 6 seed last season, they hosted Walla Walla (Wash.) in the play-in round and fell in five sets – though the Wolves would go on to retroactively forfeit that victory (along with all their others) after the season due to use of an ineligible player. The Raiders are seeking their sixth NAIA Tournament berth in eight seasons.