POMONA, Calif. – With four regular season games remaining, the Cal Poly Pomona women's soccer team aims to finish strong in order to secure a spot in the conference playoffs.
The top six teams in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) will advance to the postseason and right now, CPP holds the No. 6 spot in the standings.
Next up for the Broncos are a pair of road matches, with Friday at Cal State Monterey Bay and Saturday at San Francisco State. CPP owns a 7-4-2 overall record and a 4-3-1 mark in league play. This week's opponents – the Otters and Gators – have tallied two wins apiece in CCAA action.
The Broncos' offense continues to be productive as CPP ranks fourth in the league for goals scored in conference matches with 14. Freshman
Sydney Yates put together a set of impressive performances last week, notching a goal and two assists in the matches against Cal State San Bernardino and Chico State to earn BroncoAthletics.com Athlete of the Week honors.
Friday's 12:30 p.m. matchup against CSUMB will be a tough test for the CPP offense as the Otters are one of just five CCAA teams with a goals against average under 1.0 this year. Kickoff on Sunday in San Francisco is set for 11:30 a.m.
Serving as the HostCal Poly Pomona will serve as the hosts of the CCAA Soccer Championships coming up in early November. The conference postseason for women's soccer and men's soccer includes the top six teams, with first-round matches between the numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 seeds to be played at campus sites on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The winners of the first-round matches will face the top two seeds at Kellogg Field at Cal Poly Pomona on Friday, Nov. 6 at 11:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The Championship contests will be played on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Beyond the CCAA ChampionshipsOnce the conference postseason wraps up, the NCAA will unveil its tournament field on Monday, Nov. 9. The top six teams from the West Region will advance and the first rankings were
announced this Wednesday on NCAA.com.
Parking SituationThe nearest parking lot available to Kellogg Field is Lot B. To get to Lot B, use the following address in Google Maps: "660 Kellogg Drive, Pomona, CA." Turning left into the parking lot, turn left again and follow the road as it curves around toward the east side of Kellogg Field.