By RHONDA HYATT Special to the Daily Press
SANTA MONICA — Under the leadership of coach Aaron Benditson, the Santa Monica College Women’s Soccer team will advanced to the postseason for the second consecutive year.
The Corsairs will take on the L. A. Pierce Brahmas in the first round of the southern regional playoffs. SMC finished the season with a 9-5-8 overall record, placing second in the Western State Conference and 12th in the South Region. LA Pierce finished the season at 15-4-3, finishing atop the Western State Conference and seventh in the Southern Region.
The two teams have met twice this season, with mixed results; early in the season, SMC held LAP scoreless at home, winning 1-0. Later in the season, LAP defeated SMC, 6-0, at Pierce College. The match will be hosted by LA Pierce at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18.
Rhonda Hyatt is the director of athletics for Santa Monica College.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 16, 2006. Read the original PDF.