Fresno City wins third straight CVC championship; FCC, Clovis, Taft earn playoff berths

Fresno City College - 2018 Central Valley Conference champions
Fresno City College - 2018 Central Valley Conference champions

CENTRAL VALLEY CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S SOCCER REPORT / NOV. 15, 2018
CONTACT: CHRIS RUIZ, SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICES, cvcsportsinfo@gmail.com

This Week's Schedule:
Saturday, Nov. 17 – Northern California Regional Playoffs, Round 1
No. 14 Taft (12-7-2) at No. 3 Clovis (15-3-3)
No. 13 West Valley (12-4-5) at No. 4 Fresno City (17-2-3)

Standings – http://centralvalleyconference.com/sports/wsoc/2018-19/standings
With an 11-1-0 conference record, Fresno City captured its third consecutive Central Valley Conference championship. Clovis was right behind in second at 9-2-1 with Taft finishing third with an 8-3-1 mark.

Regional Playoffs Brackethttp://www.cccaasports.org/sports/wsoc/2018-19/files/NorCalW.pdf
Thanks to a higher overall power points ranking, Clovis received the conference's top seed for the Northern California Regional Playoffs. No. 3 Clovis will battle a CVC rival in its first-round game, facing No. 14 Taft. CVC champion Fresno was seeded No. 4 and hosts No. 13 West Valley. Both first-round games are scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 17 with winners advancing to second-round games on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Three wins are needed to advance to the CCCAA Soccer State Championship on Nov. 30 & Dec. 2 at Ventura College.

Rankings:
State – http://www.cccaasports.org/sports/wsoc/2018-19/Rankings
National – http://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/JUNIOR_COLLEGE/JC_DIII_WOMEN/web/Rankings/Junior_College/JC_DIII_WOMEN.aspx?hkey=e7b94d6c-191c-4036-87db-6df7e167d44b

No. 4 Fresno City is the top-ranked CVC team in the CCCSIA State Rankings final regular-season rankings while Clovis is listed at No. 13. In the United Soccer Coaches Junior College Division III National Poll, FCC is No. 6 with Clovis at No. 13.

Statistics:
Team – http://centralvalleyconference.com/sports/wsoc/2018-19/teams?sort=name&r=0&pos=
Individual – http://centralvalleyconference.com/sports/wsoc/2018-19/leaders