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THIS WEEK:
The season is on the line for the Sea Lions men's soccer team this Saturday (Nov. 9) when the Azusa Pacific Cougars come to the PLNU Soccer Field for the regular season finale starting at 1:30 p.m.

NCCAA WEST REGIONAL:
The opportunity to advance to the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) West Regional will all rest on this match as the Sea Lions must finish as .500 or better to advance to the playoffs. The Sea Lions are currently 7-7-3 on the season and would need a result (either a win or a tie) on Saturday to qualify for the NCCAA playoffs for the first time.

The regional is expected to feature four teams. Currently there are five teams competing for four spots. In addition to PLNU the list includes Fresno Pacific, Azusa Pacific, Bethesda and Arizona Christian. The team ranked highest at the end of the regular season will be the host for the four-team, single-elimination regional.

FOLLOW ALONG:
Coverage of the match will be available for fans to track through live stats and live video stream. Live stats for the match are free of charge while the video is on a pay-per-view basis. Both the live stats and the live video may be accessed through Point Loma's website at www.plnusealions.com or by clicking the following links: [Live stats] [Live video] 

SENIOR DAY:
Saturday will be the final day six Sea Lions seniors will compete at home. Prior to the men's match there will be a ceremony to honor the six seniors, Austin Mobley, Carter Phillips, Carter Rhoad, Dylan Wingrove, Bernardo Zamora and Griffin Fuller.

A LOOK AT THE SEA LIONS:
Point Loma will be looking to rebound from back-to-back loss last week. PLNU is seventh in the Pacific West Conference standings with 18 points. It has gone 5-3-3 in conference and 7-7-3 overall. The Sea Lions are just one point back of sixth-place Hawaii Pacific and two points back of BYU-Hawaii and Academy of Art which are tied for fourth.

Daniel ten Bosch leads the PacWest with 11 assists. The sophomore from Irvine, Calif., has scored or assisted on 17 of the Sea Lions' 26 goals this season. He is also tied for the team lead in goals with Griffin Fuller at five. Nico Tagaloa has four goals to sit third on the team. Goalkeeper Carter Phillips is fourth in the PacWest with 70 saves and is tied for fourth with four shutouts.

POINT LOMA PACES WEST IN ACADEMIC SELECTIONS:
The Point Loma men's soccer team paced the NCAA 8th District with three student-athletes being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team. Carter Phillips was selected as the goalkeeper for the region while Daniel ten Bosch was picked as a forward and Matt Steinhaus as a midfielder. There are only 11 student-athletes throughout the region in Division II that are selected for the prestigious academic squad.

To be eligible for the award the nominee must be a starter or important reserve. They must maintain a 3.30 grade point average throughout their undergrad and graduate work. They also must have reached sophomore status and must have completed at least one calendar year at the institution. Phillips is a senior Applied Health Science major with a 3.74 cumulative grade point average. Ten Bosch has a 3.76 gpa as and Engineering Physics major (with an emphasis in Mechanics) and Steinhaus owns the best grades on the entire CoSIDA Academic All-District team with a 3.96 gpa as a Biology-Chemistry major.

A LOOK AT THE COUGARS:
Azusa Pacific paces the PacWest Conference with 27 points. It has a 13-4 record on the season and a 9-2 mark in the PacWest. APU has won seven of its last eight matches with its only hiccup coming at Fresno Pacific (3-2). Cougars' goalkeeper Chip Cox ranks second in the league with a .757 save percentage and third with 4.67 saves per match.