CCAA Announces Sites and Schedules for 2016-17 Conference Championships
SAN RAMON – The sites and schedules for 2016-17 California Collegiate Athletic Association post-season competition have been finalized after approval by the Council at its annual spring meetings in Santa Rosa.
The details are:
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
The 6-kilometer and 8-kilometer races move to southern California where Cal Poly Pomona will host the event off-campus at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park in Ontario on Saturday, October 22.
The meet, which determines the Conference’s individual and team champions, will include 12 women’s teams and eight men’s teams. The men’s 8K shotgun is set to go off first at 9:00 a.m., followed by the women’s 6K race at 10:00 a.m.
Chico State has swept the men’s and women’s team awards for the past eight teams, with the men winning the CCAA’s post-season race since for 14 consecutive years. The Wildcat women have won eight-straight Championship banners.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SOCCER
This year’s Tournament returns to Warrior Stadium on the campus of Stanislaus State for the sixth time in eight years and seventh time in school history.
For the third straight year the Tournament will follow a six-team, single-elimination format. First-round matches between the No. 3, 4, 5, and 6 seeds will be played at campus sites on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. The winners of the first-round matches will face the top two men’s seeds and top two women’s seeds at Warrior Stadium in the semifinal round on Friday, November 4. The CCAA Tournament final will be played on Sunday, November 6, 2016.
Last season, Cal Poly Pomona served as host for the first time in school history with the Broncos men’s soccer team snagging the tournament title for the second-straight year. On the women’s side, UC San Diego claimed its Conference-best ninth tournament banner.
2016 CCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Tournament
November 1, 2016 (campus sites)
November 4 & 6, 2016 (Warrior Stadium; Turlock, Calif.)
Tuesday, November 1 - (campus sites)
W1: Seed #6 at Seed #3
W2: Seed #5 at Seed #4
M1: Seed #6 at Seed #3
M2: Seed #5 at Seed #4
Friday, November 4 - semifinals
W3: Winner of W1 vs. Seed #2
W4: Winner of W2 vs. Seed #1
M3: Winner of M1 vs. Seed #2
M4: Winner of M2 vs. Seed #1
Friday, November 4 - championships
W5: Winner of W3 vs. Winner of W4
M5: Winner of M3 vs. Winner of M4
• schedule and times subject to change based on final seedings
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Still new, in its second year the Women’s Volleyball Championship will remain in southern California and will be hosted on the campus of Cal State San Bernardino from November 17-19, 2016.
The single-elimination event will include eight teams playing in four matches on Thursday, November 17. The winners of Thursday’s quarterfinal matches will advance to one of Friday’s two semifinal matches with the winners of those two contests advancing to the Championship match on Saturday, November 19.
Two-time defending CCAA Champion Sonoma State claimed the Conference’s first-ever tournament title in 2015 after defeating Cal State San Bernardino in five sets. With the initiation of divisional play in 2016, the Tournament winner will also be the Conference Champion.
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Thursday, November 17 - quarterfinals
M1: Seed #6 vs. Seed #3
M2: Seed #7 vs. Seed #2
M3: Seed #5 vs. Seed #4
M4: Seed #8 vs. Seed #1
Friday, November 18 - semifinals
M5: Winner of M1 vs. Winner of M2
M6: Winner of M3 vs. Winner of M4
Saturday, November 19 - championship
M7: Winner of M5 vs. Winner of M6
* schedule may change based on final seedings
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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The 2016-17 Men’s and Women’s basketball tournament will relocate to the home of the Conference’s newest member — Cal State San Marcos, which is ineligible to compete in the event due to their NCAA provisional member status.
The Tournament field remains at 16 teams (eight men’s teams and eight women’s teams) with first-round games to be played at campus sites on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The four winning men’s teams and four winning women’s teams will advance to the semifinal and final rounds, which are scheduled for March 3-4 at the brand new 1,400 seat Sports Center.
Last year, Cal State East Bay’s women’s basketball team captured not only the program’s, but also the institution’s, first-ever CCAA Tournament Championship. Humboldt State, which was seeded fourth overall, won the men’s bracket, taking home the program’s second Tournament title since joining the Conference in 2007.
2016-17 Men’s and Women's Basketball Tournament
February 28, 2017 (campus sites)
March 3-4, 2017 (The Sports Center; San Marcos, Calif.)
Tuesday, February 28 – (campus sites)
W1: Seed #5 at Seed #4
W2: Seed #8 at Seed #1
W3: Seed #6 at Seed #3
W4: Seed #7 at Seed #2
M1: Seed #5 at Seed #4
M2: Seed #8 at Seed #1
M3: Seed #6 at Seed #3
M4: Seed #7 at Seed #2
Friday, March 3 - semifinals
W5: Winner of W1 vs. Winner of W2
W6: Winner of W3 vs. Winner of W4
M5: Winner of M1 vs. Winner of M2
M6: Winner of M3 vs. Winner of M4
Saturday, March 4 - championships
W7: Winner of W5 vs. Winner of W6
M7: Winner of M5 vs. Winner of M6
MEN’S GOLF
Men’s Golf will wrap-up the Southern California tour with Cal State Dominguez Hills hosting this year’s nine-team event from April 24-26 at the prestigious Industry Hills Golf Club, located in the City of Industry.
This year’s Championship remains a three-day event, but has expanded by another 18-holes of stroke play. The format will include two rounds of 18-hole stroke play on Monday, April 24, followed by a single-round of stroke play Tuesday morning to determine the individual champion. The top four teams after 54-holes of stroke play will advance to Tuesday’s semifinal medal/match round. The Championship medal/match round will be played on Wednesday, April 26.
Cal State East Bay snagged both the individual and team championships. Junior Adam Stone won the individual medalist honors after winning a playoff with former Chico State senior Justin Wiles. The Pioneers won the team championship after defeating Stanislaus State in the medal/match semifinals and Championship-host Sonoma State in the medal/match final.
SOFTBALL
The softball teams are keeping it familiar and taking the CCAA Tournament back to Arnaiz Stadium in Stockton for the nine-consecutive year. The three-day tournament is one of two that return to Stockton this season.
The four-team tournament is set to begin Friday, May 5 with the Championship scheduled for Sunday, May 7.
In 2016, UC San Diego, which entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed, took home the program’s second Tournament Champion banner since the Tournament’s start in 2007.
2017 Softball Tournament
May 5-7, 2017
Arnaiz Stadium; Stockton, Calif.
Friday, May 5
G1: Seed #4 vs. Seed #1
G2: Seed #3 vs. Seed #2
Saturday, May 6
G3: Winner of G1 vs. Winner of G2
G4: Loser of G1 vs. Loser of G2
G5: Loser of G3 vs. Winner of G4
Sunday, May 7
G6: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G5
G7: If-necessary
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Next up on the host rotation for the Conference’s Track and Field Championships is Chico State. The Wildcats will
host the event on the University Stadium’s brand new track surface from May 4-6, 2017.
The Championship meet will determine the individual champions in 22 events and the overall men’s and women’s team champions.
The Wildcats’ women’s track and field program has captured the last seven Championship titles, while the men’s team has won 12 of the last 13 post-season meets.
2016 CCAA Individual Champions
BASEBALL
The 2017 CCAA Baseball Tournament with the help of Visit Stockton returns to Banner Island Ballpark for the fourth time in five years.
The six-team double-elimination event will be held over a four-day period, from May 10-13, 2017. The top three teams in the final CCAA standings from each division will qualify for the tournament with the winner of the event earning the Conference’s Championship banner and automatic qualification for the NCAA Division II Baseball West Region Tournament.
Chico State won the event in 2016, the programs fourth overall Tournament title and first since 2006.
2017 Baseball Championship
May 10-13, 2017
Banner Island Ballpark; Stockton, Calif.
Wednesday, May 10
G1: Seed #6 vs. Seed #1
G2: Seed #5 vs. Seed #2
G3: Seed #4 vs. Seed #3
Thursday, May 11
G4: Loser of G1 vs. Loser of G2
G5: Winner of G1 vs. Loser of G3
G6: Winner of G2 vs. Winner of G3
Friday, May 12-Saturday, May 13
schedule varies based on how many teams remain