Carroll College, Rocky Mountain College, University of Providence set for soccer conference tournament

(Editor’s note: Cascade Collegiate Conference release)

LA GRANDE, Ore. – The Eastern Oregon University women’s soccer team clinched the top seed in the 2018 CCC Women’s Soccer Championship presented by U.S. Bank, which is set to begin Nov. 7.

Eastern finished the year 13-1-2 overall, and 9-1-2 in conference play and shares the regular season title with Carroll College (10-6-2, 9-1-2 CCC). By virtue of the second tiebreaker criteria of fewest goals allowed during conference play, the Mountaineers receive the No. 1 seed and the first of two automatic qualifiers to the NAIA National Tournament. Carroll enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed.

Rounding out the top five of the seeding are No. 3 Oregon Tech (11-4-2, 8-3-1 CCC), No. 4 Southern Oregon University (9-4-3, 7-3-2 CCC) and No. 5 Northwest University (8-8-2, 7-3-2 CCC). Southern earned the tiebreaker over Northwest also using the second criteria of fewest goals allowed in CCC play.

The College of Idaho earned the sixth seed followed by Rocky Mountain College in seventh. COI defeated RMC during the regular season to win the tiebreaker. Corban University earned the eighth and final spot.

Tournament festivities will begin with a student-athlete banquet on Nov. 6 where all-conference awards will be announced. Games will get underway the following morning on Nov. 7. The tournament will again be held at Willamalane Sports Complex in Springfield, Ore. and hosted by Northwest Christian University.

Friday, Nov. 9 is an off day from competition but remaining teams will participate in a clinic with Eugene/Springfield Special Olympic athletes.

2017 Women’s Soccer Championships Schedule

A dominating 3-1 win on the road at Carroll College clinched the Cascade Collegiate Conference men’s soccer regular season title for No. 14 Southern Oregon University. With the win also comes the No. 1 seed in the upcoming 2018 CCC Men’s Soccer Championships presented by U.S. Bank.

Southern finished the year 14-2-2 overall, and 11-0-2 in conference. Along with the regular season championship, the Raiders will receive the first of two automatic qualifiers to the NAIA National Tournament.

Corban University, ranked No. 16 in the country, earned the second seed in the conference tournament, finishing the 2018 campaign 14-4-1 overall and 11-1-1 in the CCC. Rounding out the top four of the seeding are Rocky Mountain College (14-4, 10-3 CCC) and Eastern Oregon (10-3-4, 8-2-3 CCC).

Providence earned the fifth seed followed by The Evergreen State College at sixth, Carroll College in seventh and Oregon Tech the eighth and final spot. Even though OIT, CC and TESC each finished the regular season with 19 points, the comparison of head-to-head record resulted in the tiebreaker and order of sixth through eighth.

The winner of the tournament will earn the second automatic qualifier to the NAIA Championships that begin with Opening Rounds on Nov. 17. In the event the number one seed Southern Oregon is also the tournament champion the second automatic qualifier will go to the runner-up.

Tournament festivities will begin with a student athlete banquet on Nov. 6 where all-conference awards will be announced. Games will get underway the following day on Nov. 7. The tournament will again be held at Willamalane Sports Complex in Springfield, Ore. and hosted by Northwest Christian University.

Friday, Nov. 9 is an off day from competition but remaining teams will participate in a clinic with Eugene/Springfield Special Olympic athletes.

2018 Men’s Soccer Championships Schedule