UMPQUA BASIN – The high school volleyball season is entering its stretch run and most teams are wrapping up the regular season over the next week. As the season winds down post season berths are on the line and a number of local teams could punch their tickets on Thursday night.

The Roseburg volleyball team can clinch the Southwest Conference title with a win over South Eugene on Thursday night. The Indians have a slim one-game lead over the Lady Axers, but with two Southwest Conference matches left to play, Roseburg has a chance to put the conference crown out of reach for South Eugene and the rest of the conference.

Roseburg recently had some issues with the Axemen. The Indians lost to South Eugene in tournament play while in Bend last weekend. Previously, the Indians had dispatched South Eugene 3-1 in a conference game in September.

Thursday’s match-up from Eugene begins at 6:45 p.m.

Elsewhere, the Douglas Trojans are tied for first with Siuslaw in the Far West League volleyball standings and both teams are playing their final regular season matches on Thursday.

Douglas has the easier draw with a road match-up against 3-6 Marshfield. Siuslaw has to face 3rd place North Bend. A win for the Trojans means no worse than a share of the league title. A win for Douglas and a Siuslaw loss would mean that the Lady Trojans would claim the outright championship.

Douglas and Marshfield tipoff from the coast at 6:30 p.m.

South Umpqua volleyball hosts Brookings-Harbor with hopes of winning and staying high enough in the rankings to sneak into a play-in round game. The match starts at 6:30 p.m. in Tri-City.

In the Sky-Em League, Sutherlin volleyball visits Sweet Home to break a tie for third place. Both teams enter 4-4 on the year and tied for 3rd. The match begins at 6 p.m.

The 1st place Glide volleyball team hosts 2nd place Creswell in a Mountain Valley Conference game on Thursday night. A win for the Lady Wildcats will clinch no worse than a share of the conference crown. They tipoff at 7 p.m.

THURSDAY’S PREP VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE:

Southwest Conference:
Roseburg at SOUTH EUGENE 6:45pm

Far West League:
Brookings-Harbor at SOUTH UMPQUA 6:30pm
Douglas at MARSHFIELD 6:30pm

Sky-Em League:
Sutherlin at SWEET HOME 6:00pm

Mountain Valley Conference:
Creswell at GLIDE 7:00pm

Mountain View Conference:
Oakridge at OAKLAND 6:00pm
Canyonville Christian Acad. at MONROE 6:00pm
Bonanza at RIDDLE 6:00pm

Skyline League:
Umpqua Valley Christian / Melrose Christian at NORTH DOUGLAS 6:00pm
Camas Valley at GLENDALE 6:00pm
Powers at YONCALLA 6:00pm