The 13th-ranked Southern Oregon volleyball team opens up Cascade Conference play this weekend with a pair of road matches in Portland.

The Raiders travel to Warner Pacific Friday night and Concordia Saturday night. Both matches start at 7 p.m. and live video will be available on www.souraiders.com.

Southern Oregon (3-2) has had a week off after opening the season against some stiff competition at the annual Paul Elliott Invitational. The Raiders went 2-2 in the tourney, dropping matches to three-time National Champion and top-ranked Fresno Pacific and Embry-Riddle (Fla.), a team that was receiving votes in the preseason poll and has a chance to end up among the elite teams in the NAIA this year.

Junior Sarah Holgen (Honolulu, Hawaii/Ashland) has led the Raiders through the preseason, ranking fourth in the conference with 3.31 kills per set.

All-American setter Lindsey Stone (Ashland, Ore./Ashland) leads the conference in assists at 8.14 per set the combination of Lauren Swetland (Cottonwood, Calif./West Valley) and Megan Bartling (Medford, Ore./North Medford) rank third and fourth in the conference in blocks and have combined for 31 blocks on the season.

Warner Pacific comes into conference play with a 2-3 mark and Concordia sits at 2-4 overall.

After this weekend's matches, the Raiders return home next week for dates with Eastern Oregon and 16th-ranked College of Idaho.