SOU takes down LC State in 5 to reach CCC semifinals

CALDWELL, Idaho — In the third five-set affair of the season between Southern Oregon and Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), backup pins Duda Leite and Maya Watters tipped the Cascade Conference Tournament quarterfinal scales in the Raiders’ favor on Thursday at the J.A. Albertson Activities Center. The No. 4-seeded Raiders won 19-25, 25-21, 25-17, 10-25, 18-16 by shaking off a miserable fourth set and rallying from down 9-5 in the fifth. Trailing 16-15, Leite pushed SOU to the finish line with kills on three consecutive points. SOU (22-9) advanced to play top-seeded and No. 5-ranked College of Idaho in Friday’s semifinals of the CCC Championships. That match will begin at 4 p.m. Pacific, following the other semifinal between No. 2 seed Eastern Oregon and No. 3 seed Corban. The Raiders and No. 5-seeded Warriors (19-9) had split their other two tiebreaker contests. Leite, a senior right-side, and Watters, a senior outside, gave the latest to SOU by combining for 29 kills.

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