ELLISVILLE – The Jones County Junior College men’s soccer team wrapped up a playoff berth with a convincing, 8-0 victory over the Southwest Mississippi Community College Bears here Monday afternoon at Bobcat Soccer Field.

Coach Oleg Baleyev’s team is now 10-3 overall and 7-2 in the South Division. They will be the second seed from the South behind Gulf Coast in the MACJC State Tournament, which takes place this weekend, Oct. 24-25.

The tournament will be played at the North Division women’s champion – either Hinds or Itawamba – and that will not be determined until Hinds and Itawamba meet on Wednesday.

The JCJC Lady Bobcats are also still alive for a playoff spot. Coach Dolores Deasley’s team whipped SMCC, 6-0, to improve to 10-3 overall and 6-3 in the division. JCJC must beat Co-Lin in its final game on Wednesday and Pearl River must beat Gulf Coast on Wednesday night for Jones to have a chance.

That would put Jones in a tie with Gulf Coast and then tiebreaker rules come into play. The Lady Bobcats and Gulf Coast split their head-to-head meeting by the same margin. The next tiebreaker is point differential in the division and that will not be determined until Wednesday night.

The Bobcat soccer teams will conclude regular season play at home on Wednesday against Co-Lin. The men’s game begins at 1 p.m., followed by the women’s game at 3 p.m.

Bobcats 8, Bears 0

It was close for one half until the Bobcats launched an assault on the Southwest goal in the second half.

Juan Benitez got the scoring started for JCJC with a goal in the eighth minute. Johnny Jones scored in the 40th minute as the Bobcats took a 2-0 lead at intermission. Johnny Jones followed with a goal in the 48th minute and Fabiel Martinez scored in the 54th minute to make it 4-0. Julio Espinosa’s goal in the 68th minute made it 5-0 and Martinez followed with another in the 72nd minute to make it 6-0. Espinosa scored again in the 74th minute and Trequan Hollingsworth’s goal in the 79th minute ended the scoring.

Patrick Coates added three assists, while Espinosa added two assists and Martinez had one assist.

The Bears fall to 5-7-1 overall, 3-5 in division play. Southwest hosts East Central Wednesday and ends the season at Co-Lin on Friday.

Lady Bobcats 6, Lady Bears 0

The Lady Bobcats set the tone quickly in beating Southwest.

Lanie Jenkins scored just four minutes into the game to make it 1-0. Janna Sullivan followed with a goal in the 21st minute. Jenkins then scored her second goal in the 39th minute. Lenzi Weems ended the first half scoring in the 40th minute as JCJC took a 4-0 halftime lead.

Brittany Wentworth scored in the 60th minute for JCJC and Dana Ivey ended the scoring with a goal in the 80th minute. Lauren Williams had three assists for the Lady Bobcats, while Weems, Ivey, Jenkins and Wentworth were also credited with assists.

Southwest falls to 5-7 overall and 2-6 in division play.