Men’s Soccer: LBCC gets No. 12 seed for SoCal Playoffs, face ELAC in Round 1

The Long Beach City College men's soccer team has received an at-large bid into the 2011 Southern California Regionals Playoffs. The LBCC men earned the No. 12 seed and will travel to face No. 5 East Los Angeles College in a first-round match on Saturday (Nov. 19) at 6 pm. The playoff pairings were announced on Tuesday afternoon at the Southern California coaches postseason meeting at Fullerton College.

The Vikings closed out the regular season tied for fourth place in the South Coast Conference at 4-6-4  and enter the playoffs with a 7-7-6 overall record.

Long Beach returns to the postseason after a two-year absence. Under co-head coaches Cameron Beaulac and Pat Noyes, LBCC has reached the playoffs in six of the past eight seasons.

East Los Angeles finished third in the SCC with a 6-2-6 conference record and is 11-4-6 overall this season.

Long Beach and East Los Angeles met twice this season during conference play. On September 27, the two teams played to a 1-1 draw at LBCC and on October 21, the Huskies rolled to a 5-0 win over the Vikings at home.

The winner of Saturday's game will advance to face either No. 4 Oxnard or No. 13 Allan Hancock in a second-round game on November 22. Three wins in the SoCal playoffs will advance Long Beach to the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Soccer State Championships on November 2 and 4 at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento.