Men’s soccer enters must-win situation for Halloween’s Senior Day game
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Pacific Union (3-6-3, 2-3-3) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Cal Maritime (1-12, 1-7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Cal Maritime (0-2-0, 0-0-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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UC Santa Cruz (9-6-1, 0-0-0) | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Game 13 – Senior Day
Pacific Union Pioneers (2-6-3, 1-3-3 Cal Pac)
at
Cal Maritime Keelhaulers (1-11. 1-6 Cal Pac)
Friday, Oct. 31 – 3:30 p.m.
Vallejo, Calif. – Bodnar Field
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Game 14
Cal Maritime Keelhaulers
at
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs (8-5-1)
Sunday, Nov. 2 – 1 p.m.
Santa Cruz, Calif. – Lower East Field
Bodnar Field — Game Day Information
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VALLEJO, Calif. – Even though Cal Maritime will play at UC Santa Cruz in Sunday's regular season finale, all attention is squarely focused on the Keelhaulers' home game Friday afternoon, and for good reason.
The last home game of the season is against Pacific Union, the school's California Pacific Conference rival, and both teams would love nothing more than to notch a win against the other.
Before Friday's 3:30 p.m. game kicks-off, the men's soccer program will honor its eight seniors — Gregg Aguilar, Noah Anderson, Luka Bilaver, Nico De Simas, Jose Diaz, Fabian Garcia, Matias Vidal-Mackay and Cade Weatherbie — in a pregame Senior Day ceremony.
Every student-athlete enters their respective competitions wanting to win, even more so when it's the last game for a team's senior class.
Entering this week's schedule, three teams are battling for the last two available postseason berths in the Cal Pac Men's Soccer Championship. As one of those three teams, Cal Maritime is not in complete control of its playoff destiny. However, it does know that it must win Friday's game since a tie or a loss against the Pioneers eliminates it from postseason contention.
Pacific Union and Cal Maritime each have one game remaining this season: Friday's matchup against one another. Simpson, the other team fighting for its postseason destiny, will face the league's top two teams, Stanton and Westcliff, on Thursday (12 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m.).
A loss or tie against the Pioneers ends Cal Maritime's season, regardless of what Simpson accomplishes against the Southern California schools. A victory gives the Keelhaulers six points, and then it becomes time to watch the scoreboard on Saturday for the Red Hawks' result against the Warriors.
Friday's game is equally important to the Pioneers since a win or tie secures a berth in the playoffs as either the #3 or #4 seed. A loss on Friday could drop the Pioneers out if it's by three goals or more (PUC beat Cal Maritime, 5-2, in the first meeting) AND if Simpson loses twice against the table-topping teams. Pacific Union could miss the playoffs if Simpson passes them in the standings or Cal Maritime wins big since a narrow loss of two goals or fewer to the Keelhaulers is enough to continue the season.
If you are a Keelhauler, Friday's mission is simple: control what you can control and win your rivalry game.
Cal Maritime's regular season finale will take the team to the coast to face UC Santa Cruz, and Division III program also competing in its final contest of the regular season before potential action continues in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference playoffs.
The Banana Slugs will face Jessup Wednesday on the road before hosting the 14th all-time meting against the Keelhaulers and third in as many seasons. Cal Maritime's lone win in the series took place in Santa Cruz, a 1-0 result earned in 1987.