Baseball Earns No. 11 Seed, Hosts No. 14 Mt. San Jacinto in Regionals

TORRANCE, Calif. --- El Camino College earned the No. 11 seed and will host No. 14 Mount San Jacinto in the California Community College Athletics Association Baseball Southern California Regionals beginning Friday at Warrior Field.

The Warriors finished the season with a 27-12 overall record and claimed the sixth South Coast Conference championship in the program's history. It was also the Warriors first conference championship since 2019 and first outright title since 2010. They posted a 17-6 conference record.

The Warriors have now made the postseason for six straight seasons.

The Eagles finished second in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference with a 16-8 record, five games back of conference champion Chaffey, the No. 12 seed in the 2023 postseason. The Eagles finished with a 29-10 overall record.

The teams met one time during the regular season back on Feb. 4 at Warrior Field, the sixth game of the regular season for the Warriors. In that game, the Warriors overcame 3-1 and 6-3 deficits to score a walk-off 7-6 win thanks to a wild pitch that scored Julio Camarena from third base. It was the only time the Warriors held the lead in the entire game.

This season marks the first year of an expanded playoff field as 24 teams made the CCCAA postseason. It will also mark the first year of a three-team, double-elimination super regional round with four host sites.

The Warriors are on the top right side of the bracket with No. 2 Saddleback as the projected host of the super-regional round. The Bobcats host No. 23 Long Beach City in round one. No. 7 Glendale and No. 18 Pasadena City are the third matchup grouped in that super-regional bracket.

Palomar drew the No. 1 overall seed in the south with No. 3 Riverside and No. 4 Santa Ana rounding out the top four seeds and projected super-regional hosts should they all win regional matchups.