RSC Men's & Women's Soccer Postseason Update
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Saturday, Nov. 2 was the scheduled final day of the regular season for River States Conference Men's & Women's Soccer. But weather had other ideas as postponements on Thursday and Saturday have extended things into next week.
With final scores of games completed on Saturday, several playoff spots remain open, and just a few seeds are solidified. That includes both men's and women's soccer. Playoff qualification and seeding are based on a point system with three points for a win and one for a tie. With three women's games and two men's games to be made up Nov. 4-6, playoff brackets are still to be determined.
The top six teams in the RSC men's and women's soccer standings will qualify for the RSC Championships. The quarterfinals will be Nov. 9 with the semifinals Nov. 13 and the finals Nov. 16. The first- and second-place teams will receive byes. Quarterfinal matchups feature sixth place at third place and fifth place at fourth place.
In RSC men's soccer, WVU Tech (9-0 RSC) has clinched the regular-season title with 27 points, and Rio Grande (Ohio) (8-1 RSC) is locked into the regular-season runner-up spot with 24. IU East (6-3 RSC) and Brescia (5-4 RSC) have clinched playoff spots as well with 18 and 15 points, respectively. With Point Park (7-2 RSC) and Cincinnati Christian (4-5 RSC) not participating the playoffs, the final two postseason spots come down to Asbury (Ky.) (2-6 RSC), Ohio Christian (1-6 RSC) and Midway (Ky.) (1-7 RSC). Ohio Christian at Midway (Monday) and Ohio Christian at Asbury (Wednesday) are makeup games scheduled for this coming week.
RSC women's soccer has IU East (6-1-3 RSC) in the lead with 21 points. Asbury (6-2-1 RSC) is next with 19 points followed by Ohio Christian (5-1-2 RSC) and WVU Tech (5-2-2 RSC) both with 17 points. Asbury and WVU Tech each have one game remaining while Ohio Christian has two to play. All four of those top teams have clinched playoff spots, but the regular-season title is still up for grabs in the makeup games.
Cincinnati Christian (5-4-1 RSC) has 16 points but will not be participating in the playoffs. That leaves four other teams still alive for the remaining two playoff spots. That includes Point Park (Pa.) (4-5-1 RSC) with 13 points, Rio Grande (Ohio) (4-6 RSC) with 12 points ,IU Kokomo (3-4-2 RSC) with 11 points and one game to play and Midway (Ky.) (3-5-1 RSC) with 10 points and one game to play. The women's soccer season concludes with Ohio Christian at Midway (Monday), WVU Tech at IU Kokomo (Tuesday) and Ohio Christian at Asbury (Wednesday) this coming week.
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