Field Set for 2018 CCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
SAN RAMON, Calif. - The final horn has blown on the 2018 regular season and the six-team field for next week's CCAA Women's Soccer Tournament has been set.
The No. 1 seed belongs to three-peat CCAA Champion and tournament hosts, UC San Diego (15-1-2, 10-2 CCAA). The Tritons enter the postseason riding a string of six consecutive banners earned, dating back to the 2015 CCAA Tournament. San Diego is ranked No. 6 nationally in last week's poll, but the squad saw a six-match winning streak snapped on the final day of the regular season.
What proved to be a matchup of the tournament's top two seeds, No. 2 Chico State (10-1-5, 9-1-2 CCAA) upended the Tritons 1-0 on Saturday to earn a ticket straight to the semifinal round, as the top two seeds advance earn a first-round bye.
The Wildcats suffered but one loss on the year, at the hands of San Francisco State on Oct. 21 as the Gators clinched their postseason berth. Chico State (12-4-1, 9-3 CCAA) is riding high after a pair of victories in the final weekend of the regular season to clinch the second seed and guarantee a postseason trip to the Southland.
Sonoma State comes in at No. 3 and will play host to Cal State LA (10-5-2, 6-4-2 CCAA). The Seawolves and the Golden Eagles last met on Sept. 23, when Sonoma State prevailed on the road, 1-0. This marks back-to-back appearances as the third seed in the bracket for the Seawolves (10-3-3, 8-3-1 CCAA), the 2017 CCAA Tournament runners-up.
Earning its first postseason appearance since 2010, No. 4 San Francisco State has a first-round date against No. 5 Cal State San Marcos. Meanwhile, the newest school to join the CCAA, the Cougars (7-7-3, 6-4-2 CCAA) are enjoying its second-straight postseason appearance after advancing to the semifinal round last season. The Gators (9-5-2, 7-3-2 CCAA) beat the Cougars during the regular season, a 1-0 victory in San Francisco on Oct. 5.
Despite identical conference records, Cal State San Marcos edged out Cal State LA for the fifth seed by virtue of a 3-2 victory over the Golden Eagles on Oct. 21.
The first-round victors will join the Tritons and Wildcats in La Jolla for semifinal contests on Friday, Nov. 2, followed by Sunday's championship match. The winner of the 2018 CCAA Women's Soccer Tournament earns the league's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship field.
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2018 CCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
Tuesday, Oct. 31 - First Round (campus sites)
2 p.m: No. 6 Cal State LA at No. 3 Sonoma State
3 p.m.: No. 5 Cal State San Marcos at No. 4 San Francisco State
Friday, Nov. 2 - Semifinals at UC San Diego's Triton Stadium
11 a.m.: Winner of No. 3/6 match vs. No. 2 Chico State
1:30 p.m.: Winner of No. 4/5 match vs. No. 1 UC San Diego
Sunday, Nov. 4 - Final at UC San Diego's Triton Stadium
11:30 a.m.: Winner of semifinal 1 vs. Winner of semifinal 2