MEN'S CCC TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY U.S. BANK
Monday – Quarterfinals (CCC records in parentheses)
11 a.m. – #1 Southern Oregon (12-1-0) vs. #8 Corban (4-4-5)
11 a.m. – #2 Warner Pacific (9-2-2) vs. #7 Providence (5-6-2)
2 p.m. – #3 College of Idaho (9-2-2) vs. #6 Evergreen (5-4-4)
2 p.m. – #4 Carroll (8-2-3) vs. #5 Oregon Tech (8-3-2)
Wednesday – Semifinals
4 p.m. – Highest remaining seed vs. lowest remaining seed
4 p.m. – Other quarterfinal winners
Friday – Championship
12 p.m. – Semifinal winners

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PLAYOFF PICTURE: After topping the Cascade Conference regular season table by a margin of seven points with a 12-1 record, No. 22-ranked Southern Oregon (16-2 overall) has already ensured its season will extend beyond the CCC Championships presented by U.S. Bank. The entirety of the eight-team tournament takes place at Les Schwab Sports Park in Springfield, beginning with Monday's quarterfinal round. As the top seed, the Raiders start with No. 8 seed Corban (4-6-7, 4-4-5) at 11 a.m., and if they advance will play the lowest remaining seed in the semifinals at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The final is set for noon Friday.

The tournament champion gets the CCC's second automatic bid for the NAIA Championships. SOU already secured the first bid by winning the regular season title, so if the Raiders win the tournament, the second will go to the other finalist. They'll appear in the NAIA Championships for the first time since 2018 on Nov. 16 or 18 in the first or (if they get a bye) second round; the 40-team field and matchups will be announced Nov. 13 at 11 a.m.

SOU VS. CORBAN: SOU handled the Warriors 5-1 at Raider Stadium in the teams' regular season matchup on Sept. 22, getting goals from five different players and leading 4-0 by the 47th minute. The Raiders are 4-3-2 overall in the series: They lost the first three meetings from 2015-17 but are unbeaten in six since. This will be the second game they've played in the CCC Tournament, the first being a 2-1 SOU overtime win for the 2017 title in which Logan Guler scored a 99th-minute golden goal.

HOW THEY GOT HERE: The Raiders enter the week on a nine-game winning streak, the longest in team history, and are the only team in the NAIA with 16 wins. They outscored opponents 41-6 in CCC play and were especially dominant at home, where they posted a goal differential of 33-5. Their only conference loss was a 1-0 decision Sept. 29 at College of Idaho, where they generated twice as many shots on goal as the Yotes. Adrian Villegas is the favorite to win CCC Offensive Player of the Year with totals of 12 goals and 11 assists. Others such as Evan Norconk (9 goals, 1 assist), Alan Gaytan (5 goals, 8 assists), Alex Hjulmand (6 goals, 5 assists) and Sky Charley-Bolyard (6 goals, 2 assists) give the Raiders a well-rounded offensive punch.

Corban finds itself in a rebuilding phase, having failed to post a winning CCC record for the first time since 2010, and snuck into the playoffs thanks to Rocky Mountain's season-ending forfeit. The Warriors have scored 29 goals and conceded 38, but they feature a dangerous forward in Irwin Leon (8 goals, 6 assists).

SOU TOURNAMENT HISTORY: Since winning their first tournament title in 2017, each of the Raiders' trips to Springfield have ended in heartbreak. They've been eliminated in penalty kicks four years in a row – in the championship game in 2018, and in the semifinals their last three appearances. Warner Pacific knocked them out last year and went on to win the title. The Raiders have still never lost a CCC Tournament game, going 8-0-5 since qualifying for the first time in 2016.