Men’s Soccer: Rio Hondo gets No. 8 seed, hosts Santa Monica in SoCal Regionals

2017 CCCAA/SOCAL REGIONAL BRACKET

The Rio Hondo College Men's Soccer team has been named the No. 8 seed for the 2017 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Southern California Regional Playoffs and will host the No. 9 Santa Monica College Corsairs in an opening-round game on Saturday (Nov. 18) at 4 p.m.

The Rio Hondo College Soccer Complex will host a playoff doubleheader as the No. 3-seeded women's soccer team will take on either No. 14 Fullerton or No. 19 Ventura following the men's contest at 7 p.m.

Rio Hondo enters the postseason with an 11-5-6 overall record and recently finished in third place in the South Coast Conference North Division with a 4-3-1 mark. The Roadrunners will be making their sixth playoff appearance since 2010.

Santa Monica is 13-3-5 overall heading into the playoffs and was second in the Western State Conference North Division at 5-2-3.

Saturday's playoff game will mark the second meeting of the season between the two squads. On Sept. 22, Jose Maderos' goal in the 10^th minute proved to be the game winner for the Roadrunners in a hard-fought 1-0 non-conference battle in Whittier. The victory was part of an early-season nine-game unbeaten streak for the Roadrunners.

The winner of the opening-round game will advance to face No. 1 seed-Cerritos College (16-0-5) on Tuesday (Nov. 21). Three wins are needed to advance to the CCCAA Soccer State Championship on Dec. 1 & 3 at American River College in Sacramento.