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ASHLAND, Ore. – Corban's women's volleyball team took the opening set from the nationally-ranked Raiders of Southern Oregon, but were unable to hold the lead falling in four sets, 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 15-20), Saturday inside Bob Riehm Arena.

With tonight's result, Corban falls to 3-12 overall and closes out the first half of the Cascade Collegiate Conference season at 1-8. Meanwhile, Southern Oregon improves to 12-7 overall and 8-1 in league play.

Senior Chandra Teague led the Warriors with 14 kills, while sophomore Claire Bailey added 12 kills and five blocks to go along with a nine-kill, eight-block showing by fellow sophomore Courtney Mulford. Sophomore setter Katherine Salness handed out a match-high 33 assists for the Warriors, while freshman libero Kiersten Hilt made her return defensively following a two-match absence to lead Corban with 15 digs.

The opening set would see Southern Oregon jump out to a quick 7-0 lead before Corban used a 15-8 run that tie things at 15-all thanks to a hitting error by the host Raiders. The two teams would battle back-and-forth over the next 12 combined points until Corban broke a 21-21 tie with a mini 3-0 run that included a combo block by Salness and junior Jenny Harman. Following a Corban service error, Teague would end the opening set with a kill en route to Corban earned the hard-fought 25-22 victory.

Set #2 would once begin with Southern Oregon pulling away with a 7-4 lead before Corban battled back to tie things at 14-all via a 10-7 run that concluded with another combo block by Harman and Salness. Neither team would earn more than a two-point lead the rest of the way, as Corban held a 23-21 advantage late before Southern Oregon scored the final four points en route to picking up the 25-23 victory that knotted the match at a set-apiece.

The third set would once again begin with Southern Oregon jumping out to a lead (4-1) before Corban stormed back to tie the score at 6-6 on a kill by Bailey. Unfortunately, the host Raiders would not allow Corban to get any closer using a 12-2 run that resulted in a 10-point lead (18-8) thanks to a combo block by Mona Goudarzian and Sam Boehnke. Despite scoring 12 of the set's final 19 points, Corban could not overcome the run made by the Raiders as Southern Oregon cruised to a five-point win (25-20).

In the fourth and final set, Southern Oregon broke a 6-6 tie with an 11-1 run that ended on a service ace by Angela Spieker for a 17-7 Raider lead. SOU would never relinquish its lead cruising to a 25-15 victory, as Jordan Crossley ended the night with a kill.

Natalie Scheller led all players with 16 kills for Southern Oregon, while Crossley and Haley Kasley added 14 and 11 kills, respectively. Spieker would team with fellow setter Caryn Westrick to hand out a combined 52 assists with Spieker leading the way with 31 for the Raiders, while Renee Yomtob anchored SOU's defense with a match-high 25 digs to go along with a four-block showing by Kasler and Nikki Keller.

Corban will return to action on Friday, October 5th, when the Warriors host the NAIA's No. 15-ranked Coyotes of The College of Idaho beginning at 7:00 p.m. inside the C.E. Jeffers Sports Center in Salem.