CCC Beach Volleyball Championship presented by U.S. Bank
Thursday's Results
(2) Corban 3, (3) College of Idaho 1
(1) Southern Oregon 3, (4) Bushnell 1
Bushnell 3, College of Idaho 2 (CI eliminated)
Friday's Results
Southern Oregon 3, Corban 2
Corban 3, Bushnell 0 (Bushnell eliminated)
Southern Oregon 3, Corban 2 (championship)

ASHLAND – Much like the regular season, only a handful of points separated No. 2-ranked Southern Oregon and No. 3 Corban in the Cascade Conference Beach Volleyball Championship presented by U.S. Bank. Once again, those points belonged to the Raiders.

A week after winning its first CCC title, SOU got to celebrate another after taking the conference tournament with a pair of 3-2 victories against Corban on Friday at Raider Beach.

Maelle Garon and Andressa Ribeiro Soares, SOU's third pair, locked up dramatic clinchers in both. The first, in the teams' semifinal matchup, was a 15-12 tiebreaker-set win. When they met again in the championship round, Garon and Ribeiro Soares won the first set and avoided a tiebreaker by erasing a 20-19 deficit in the second, finishing off a 22-20 decision just seconds after the Warriors knotted the match score at 2-2.

The championship gave the Raiders (19-2 overall) the CCC's automatic-qualifier bid to the NAIA Invitational, which takes place April 23-25 in Mesa, Arizona. The Warriors (22-7) – who would've needed to beat SOU twice to win the double-elimination tournament – are still a near lock to receive an at-large bid and join SOU at the eight-team Invitational based on their ranking.

The Raiders will ride a 15-dual winning streak into the national playoffs.

"For us to be in this position in just four years says a lot about these women," said Paul Elliott, SOU's head coach since the program's launch in 2023. "We've been knocking on this door for a couple years, and we knocked it down. Now we're in front of another door, and I can't wait to see how we handle that."

The Raiders have won four in a row against Corban, including back-to-back 4-1 decisions during the last week of March to overtake the Warriors in the regular-season standings. Eight consecutive head-to-head losses to Corban preceded the streak, including setbacks in last year's CCC Tournament championship and NAIA semifinals.

The Raiders' No. 2 pair, Molly Grace and Kira Sandoval, and their No. 4 pair, Amanda Moffat and Kaitlyn Shilling, helped them survive the latest affairs. They gave SOU 2-0 leads through the first flights of both, using tiebreakers to do so in the championship.

No. 1 pair Emma Bischoff and Emmi Marks and No. 5 pair Jordan Faircloth and Rebecca Wilber supplied Corban's wins. The Warriors reached the championship with a 3-0 consolation-semifinal defeat of Bushnell in which their Nos. 2 and 4 pairs overcame respective tiebreaker deficits of 13-10 and 14-11.

The NAIA Invitational field will be announced Monday along with the final Top 10 coaches' poll.

Southern Oregon 3, Corban 2 (championship semifinals)
1. Emma Bischoff/Emmi Marks (CRB) def. Tessa Zimmermann/Grace Gulbrandsen (SOU) 19-21, 21-12, 15-12
2. Kira Sandoval/Molly Grace (SOU) def. Gabi Engels/Allyson Reid (CRB) 24-22, 21-17
3. Andressa Ribeiro Soares/Maelle Garon (SOU) def. Cammie Masanda/Alexis Adebodun (CRB) 21-15, 20-22, 15-12
4. Amanda Moffat/Kaitlyn Shilling (SOU) def. Erin Scott/Emily Blagg (CRB) 21-19, 14-21, 15-11
5. Rebecca Wilber/Jordan Faircloth (CRB) def. Natalie Perez/Kendal Hadwick (SOU) 16-21, 21-10, 15-8
Order of finish: 2-4-5-1-3

Corban 3, Bushnell 0 (consolation semifinals)
1. Emma Bischoff/Emmi Marks (CRB) led Kate Palelek/Hailey Hughes (BU) 16-9
2. Gabi Engels/Allyson Reid (CRB) def. Olivia Kelzenberg/Jazmyn Wilcox (BU) 10-21, 21-16, 15-13
3. Cammie Masanda/Alexis Adebodun (CRB) led Carly Hanna/Monet Panther (BU) 21-7
4. Erin Scott/Emily Blagg (CRB) def. Sydney Myhre/Laci Jespersen (BU) 13-21, 21-18, 17-15
5. Rebecca Wilber/Jordan Faircloth (CRB) def. Haley Engelbrecht/Isabella Jacobson (BU) 21-13, 21-18
Order of finish: 4-2-5

Southern Oregon 3, Corban 2 (championship)
1. Emma Bischoff/Emmi Marks (CRB) def. Tessa Zimmermann/Grace Gulbrandsen (SOU) 21-18, 17-21, 15-11
2. Kira Sandoval/Molly Grace (SOU) def. Gabi Engels/Allyson Reid (CRB) 21-18, 20-22, 15-13
3. Andressa Ribeiro Soares/Maelle Garon (SOU) def. Cammie Masanda/Alexis Adebodun (CRB) 21-13, 22-20
4. Amanda Moffat/Kaitlyn Shilling (SOU) def. Erin Scott/Emily Blagg (CRB) 17-21, 21-16, 15-12
5. Rebecca Wilber/Jordan Faircloth (CRB) def. Natalie Perez/Kendal Hadwick (SOU) 21-15, 11-21, 15-12
Order of finish: 2-4-5-1-3