Men's, Women's CCC Soccer Semifinals Today
PORTLAND, Ore. -- It's down to the final four in both the men's and women's Cascade Collegiate Conference Soccer Championships, with semifinal action taking place in the form of doubleheaders in Beaverton, Ore., and Caldwell, Idaho Wednesday.
In Beaverton, Concordia's men's and women's teams will host back-to-back semifinal matches at the Tualatin Hills Park and Rec Complex, with the CU men taking on quarterfinal winner Cascade at 2:30 p.m. and the fifth-ranked and top-seeded CU women playing host to quarterfinal winner Corban at 5:30 p.m.
Farther to the east, in Caldwell, the College of Idaho will host women's and men's semifinal matches at Vallivue High School. At noon, the second-seeded Yotes will host a women's semifinal against fifth-seeded Southern Oregon, which defeated fourth-seeded Northwest Saturday evening. At 3 p.m., the College of Idaho men's team -- which went unbeaten and untied (12-0-0) in CCC regular season play -- will host Warner Pacific, the No. 2 seed from the North Division. The Knights are coming off a 6-1 win over Corban in a quarterfinal match on Saturday.
The winners of the men's and women's semifinal matches will meet in championship matches on Nov. 12. The CCC tournament champions will earn automatic berths to the NAIA Championships, which get underway with opening-round games Nov. 22.
MEN'S TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals (Saturday, Nov. 1)
Warner Pacific (#2 North) def. Corban (#3 South), 6-1
Cascade (#2 South) tied Northwest (#3 North) 1-1 (Cascade advanced on PKs, 5-3)
Semifinals (Wednesday, Nov. 5)
Cascade (#2 South) at Concordia (#1 North), 2:30 p.m., Tualatin Hills Park and Rec Complex
Warner Pacific (#2 North) at College of Idaho (#1 South), 3 p.m. MT, Vallivue High School
Championship (Wednesday, Nov. 12)
► Team with higher seed hosts
►If identical seeds from opposite divisions meet (i.e., #1 North vs. #1 South, #2 North vs. #2 South, etc.), the host will be the team that won the regular season meeting between the two teams
►If teams tied in regular-season meeting, then in even-numbered years the North team will be the host, in odd-numbered years the South team will be the host.
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT
Quarterfinals – Saturday, Nov. 1
Corban (#6 seed) def. Oregon Tech (#3 seed), 1-0
Southern Oregon (#5 seed) def. Northwest (#4 seed), 1-0
Semifinals – Wednesday, Nov. 5
Southern Oregon at College of Idaho (#2 seed), Noon MT (Vallivue High School)
Corban at Concordia (#1 seed), 5:30 p.m. (Tualatin Hills Park and Rec Complex)
Championship – Wednesday, Nov. 12
Lowest remaining seed at highest remaining seed