ELLISVILLE – It is down to a one-game playoff to see if the Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcat soccer team will make the MACJC State Tournament.

First, the Lady Bobcats whipped Co-Lin Community College, 6-0, during the afternoon here Wednesday at Bobcat Soccer Field.

Then came the waiting.

Gulf Coast and Pearl River finished their game about an hour later with the Lady Wildcats posting a 3-2 victory. Pearl River is the top team in the South Division and is assured of a playoff spot.

Jones and Gulf Coast are both 9-3 in division play and finished the season with 27 points. On the head-to-head tiebreaker, Jones and Gulf Coast remain tied. Jones beat Gulf Coast 2-1 and lost to them 1-0 in the regular season.

The next tiebreaker is point differential in the division. Both teams ended up with a +11.

MACJC rules call for a coin flip to determine the playoff participant.

However, MACJC officials, along with school officials from JCJC and Gulf Coast, agreed on Thursday morning to a play-in game to determine who makes the playoffs. That will be held at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, at Bobcat Soccer Field.

In the men’s game, the Bobcats led 5-0 at intermission and knocked off Co-Lin, 6-4. The JCJC men had already wrapped up a playoff spot.

The state tournament will take place Saturday and Sunday at the site of the North Division women’s winner, which will be Hinds. Times are still to be determined.

The JCJC men will face Hinds on Saturday, while Gulf Coast will meet Itawamba.

On the women’s side, Pearl River will face the No. 2 team from the North – Itawamba, while either Jones or Gulf Coast will take on the top seed from the North – Hinds.

The championship games will be on Sunday.

Lady Bobcats 6, Lady Wolves 0

Jones got on the board first when Brittany Wentworth scored on a free kick at the seven-minute mark. Bridget Dennis scored in the 21st minute to make it 2-0 and Wentworth added another free kick in the 25th minute to make it 3-0. Lauren Williams scored in the 32nd minute to extend the lead to 4-0 and Lanie Jenkins scored in the 35th minute to give the Lady Bobcats a 5-0 lead. Lenzi Weems scored on a header off a Dana Ivey corner kick in the 72nd minute to end the scoring.

Ivey, Dennis, Williams and Arlette Cochran had assists for JCJC.

JCJC improves to 11-3 overall and 7-3 in the division. Co-Lin is now 1-8-1 and 1-7 in the league.

Bobcats 6, Wolves 4

The Bobcats received two goals each from Johnny Jones and Patrick Coates and one goal each from Julio Espinosa and Brock Gaubert. Gaubert had three assists with Jones, Jerret Chism and Coates getting one each.

JCJC is now 11-3 overall and 8-2 in the division. The Wolves are 3-11 overall and 2-6 in the division.