CCC CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY U.S. BANK
Raider Beach | Ashland, Ore. | April 9-11
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CASCADE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Thursday's Results
Dual 1 — (2) Corban 3, (4) College of Idaho 1
Dual 2 — (1) Southern Oregon 3, (4) Bushnell 1
Dual 3 — Bushnell 3, College of Idaho 2 (CI eliminated)

Friday's Duals *revised schedule*
Dual 4 — Southern Oregon vs. Corban, 9 a.m. 
Dual 5 — Bushnell vs. loser of Dual 4 (loser eliminated), 11 a.m. 
Dual 6 — Winner of Dual 4 vs. Winner of Dual 5 (final round), 1 p.m. 

Saturday (If necessary)
Dual 7 — 9 a.m. 

ASHLAND — The top-seeded Southern Oregon beach volleyball team topped Bushnell 3-1 on Thursday in day one of the Cascade Conference Championship presented by U.S. Bank. 

The No. 2-ranked Raiders opened the double-elimination tournament with a straight set sweep, coming from their second pair of Kira Sandoval and Molly Grace (21-12, 21-15) before the Beacon's fourth pair defeated Amanda Moffat and Kaitlyn Shilling (21-19 and 21-17) to even the score 1-1. 

The No. 5 pair of Natalie Perez and Kendal Hadwick (21-9, 21-16) gave the Raiders a 2-1 edge and No. 3 pair Andressa Ribeiro Soares and Maelle Garon clinched the victory, winning 21-10, 21-17. 

The Raiders improved their win streak to 13 consecutive duals and upped their undefeated home record this season to 7-0. They haven't given up more than one match in over a month. 

Individual matches were stopped on Thursday as soon as a team clinched a dual victory, but SOU's top pair of Tessa Zimmermann and Grace Gulbrandsen was leading 21-18, 16-11 before their match ended. 

Southern Oregon (17-2) was slated to play No. 3-ranked Corban (21-5) at 4 p.m., but lightning strikes delayed play in the third dual of the day between College of Idaho (7-10) and Bushnell (9-13). Play resumed between the Yotes and Beacons at 5 p.m., but the SOU/Corban matchup was rescheduled to Friday at 9 a.m.  

In the first dual of the day, Corban won 3-1 over College of Idaho and in dual three, Bushnell bounced back from its loss against SOU by eliminating College of Idaho from the tournament, winning a 3-2 nail-biter. 

Southern Oregon 3, Bushnell 1
1. Tessa Zimmermann/Grace Gulbrandsen (SOU) led. Kate Palelek/Hailey Hughes (BU) 21-18, 16-11 (truncated)
2. Kira Sandoval/Molly Grace (SOU) def. Olivia Kelzenberg/Jazmyn Wilcox (BU) 21-12, 21-15 
3. Andressa Ribeiro Soares/Maelle Garon (SOU) def. Carly Hanna/Monet Panther (BU) 21-10, 21-17 
4. Sydney Myhre/Laci Jespersen (BU) def. Amanda Moffat/Kaitlyn Shilling (SOU) 21-19, 21-17
5. Natalie Perez/Kendal Hadwick (SOU) def. Haley Engelbrecht/Isabella Jacobson (BU) 21-9, 21-16
Order of finish: 2-4-5-3