ASHLAND – Southern Oregon landed at No. 5 in Wednesday's NAIA softball Top 25 coaches' poll, dropping two spots despite an active nine-game winning streak.

Oregon Tech (30-4 overall) became the third different Cascade Conference team this season to take over No. 1, replacing Eastern Oregon (25-5) in that spot. Madonna (Mich.) (28-2) and Oklahoma City (29-3) were tied at No. 2 and EOU fell to No. 4.

The Raiders stand at 29-9 overall and 10-5 in the CCC, three games behind first-place OIT in the conference standings. They're off this week before visiting the Owls for a four-game set April 10-11 in Klamath Falls.

During the Raiders' winning streak, they've outscored opponents 79-5 combined. They were one of six teams to receive first-place votes.
 

Rank	Last	School [1st-place votes]	Record	Points
1	2	Oregon Tech [6]	30-4	481
T-2	5	Madonna (Mich.) [4]	28-2	468
T-2	4	Oklahoma City [1]	29-3	468
4	1	Eastern Oregon [5]	25-5	464
5	3	Southern Oregon [2]	29-9	455
6	6	Southeastern (Fla.) [1]	30-4	439
7	8	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	27-4	392
8	9	Science & Arts (Okla.)	29-7	373
9	T-11	Keiser (Fla.)	34-2	372
10	10	Missouri Baptist	22-7	368
T-11	16	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	25-3	322
T-11	7	Marian (Ind.)	19-6	322
13	14	Evangel (Mo.)	30-4	315
14	18	Mobile (Ala.)	21-8	251
15	T-11	St. Thomas (Fla.)	24-10	240
16	T-21	William Carey (Miss.)	25-8	212
17	13	Grand View (Iowa)	20-10	197
18	17	Central Methodist (Mo.)	23-10	195
19	24	Tennessee Southern	24-4	185
20	15	Cumberlands (Ky.)	20-12	180
21	T-21	Texas A&M University - Texarkana	26-7	161
22	19	Midland (Neb.)	23-9	156
23	RV	Coastal Georgia	29-5	149
24	20	LSU Alexandria (La.)	21-12	105
25	RV	Benedictine (Kan.)	23-9	101
Dropped from Top 25: Northwestern (Iowa), Faulkner (Ala.)
Receiving Votes: Northwestern (Iowa) 77; Saint Xavier (Ill.) 64; College of Idaho 50; Faulkner (Ala.) 38; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 36; Arizona Christian 28; Indiana Wesleyan 28; Dordt (Iowa) 16; Georgia Gwinnett 14; Avila (Mo.) 13; Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 13; British Columbia 12; Hope International (Calif.) 11; Indiana Tech 7; Ottawa (Kan.) 6; Reinhardt (Ga.) 4; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 4; Morningside (Iowa) 2