ASHLAND – The Cascade Conference occupied the top three positions of Wednesday's latest NAIA Top 25 softball coaches' poll, which had Southern Oregon at No. 3.

The Raiders (21-9 overall, 4-5 CCC) received a plurality of first-place votes – five of 16 in total – but were supplanted at the top by Eastern Oregon (19-3, 8-1), which took over No. 1 for the first time in program history. Oregon Tech (23-3, 8-1) climbed from No. 4 to No. 2.

That CCC trio was among five teams that collected multiple first-place votes. No. 4 Oklahoma City (19-3) and No. 6 Southeastern (Fla.) (25-3) were the others.

British Columbia (14-8, 5-1), which took two of three CCC games at SOU last week, nearly cracked the Top 25 at No. 28 overall. College of Idaho (12-10, 1-5) also continued to receive votes.

The Raiders wrap up the first half of the conference schedule this weekend at Corban (2-16, 2-7).
 

RANK	LAST	SCHOOL [1st-place votes]	RECORD	POINTS
1	2	Eastern Oregon [4]	19-3	423
2	4	Oregon Tech [2]	23-3	417
3	1	Southern Oregon [5]	21-9	415
4	3	Oklahoma City [3]	19-3	413
5	T-6	Madonna (Mich.)	20-2	374
6	10	Southeastern (Fla.) [2]	25-3	370
7	T-6	Marian (Ind.)	13-2	339
8	9	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	21-4	334
9	5	Science and Arts (Okla.)	19-7	326
10	15	Missouri Baptist (Mo.)	16-5	306
T-11	14	Keiser (Fla.)	25-2	255
T-11	12	St. Thomas (Fla.)	19-6	255
13	11	Grand View (Iowa)	14-6	220
14	17	Evangel (Mo.)	20-4	219
15	13	Cumberlands (Ky.)	18-8	217
16	25	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	18-2	198
17	8	Central Methodist (Mo.)	13-8	171
18	20	Mobile (Ala.)	15-8	157
19	19	Midland  (Neb.)	18-8	137
20	16	LSU Alexandria (La.)	17-8	131
T-21	23	Texas A&M University -Texarkana	20-5	124
T-21	22	William Carey (Miss.)	17-8	124
23	18	Northwestern (Iowa)	15-8	106
24	RV	Tennessee Southern (Tenn.)	17-3	91
25	RV	Faulkner (Ala.)	17-6	89
Dropped from Top 25: Georgia Gwinnett, Hope International (Calif.)
Receiving Votes: Coastal Georgia 85; Benedictine (Kan.) 64; British Columbia 54; Georgia Gwinnett 36; Hope International (Calif.) 35; Arizona Christian 31; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 27; College of Idaho 26; Dordt (Iowa) 24; Reinhardt (Ga.) 17; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 10; Indiana Wesleyan 9; Ottawa (Kan.) 8; Avila (Mo.) 6; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 5; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 4; Morningside (Iowa) 2; Oklahoma Wesleyan 2