Cal State San Bernardino's women's soccer team has eight matches remaining in the regular season, starting Friday at Cal State Monterey Bay, and the Coyotes' goal is to cement a place among the top six teams in the NCAA West Region. 
    The Coyotes were ranked No. 5 in the first official regional poll of the NCAA championships committee that was released this week. The top six teams in the final poll advance to the regional tournament on Nov. 8-11 at a site to be determined. 
    CSUSB, 6-5-1 overall and 5-2-1 in the CCAA, will take on the Otters at their Seaside field at 3 p.m. Friday. Monterey Bay is 1-6-1 in the conference and 2-8-2 overall. On Sunday, the Coyotes take on San Francisco State, 1-5-2 in CCAA play and 3-6-3 overall. 
    The Coyotes are currently sitting in fourth place in the CCAA South Division standings with 16 points. If CSUSB is among the top four teams in points accumulated in conference play they could advance to the CCAA championship tournament. 
    Ahead on the schedule are home matches against Chico State, currently ranked No. 3 in the West Region, on Oct. 16, and Cal Poly Pomona, currently No. 9, on Oct. 30. Also ahead is a road match at No. 4 UC San Diego on Oct. 23. 
    The Coyotes have defeated or tied four of the region's top 10 teams thus far. The team posted wins over No. 2 Cal State L.A., No. 6 Humboldt State, No. 8 Cal State Dominguez Hills and No. 10 Montana State-Billings. The tie came in the second meeting against L.A. 
    CSUSB is also ranked No. 5 in the unofficial National Soccer Coaches Association of America regional poll. 
    NCAA REGIONAL POLL – 1. Seattle Pacific; 2; Cal State L.A.; 3. Chico State; 4. UC San Diego; 5. COYOTES; 6. Humboldt State; 7. Western Washington; 8. CS Dominguez Hills; 9. Cal Poly Pomona; 10. Montana State-Billings. 
    NSCAA REGIONAL POLL – 1. Seattle Pacific; 2. UC San Diego; 3. Cal State L.A.; 4. Chico State; 5. COYOTES; 6. Western Washington; 7. Humboldt State; 8. Cal State Dominguez Hills; 9. Sonoma State; 10. Cal Poly Pomona. 
    YOTES NOTES – Junior Unity Beddingfield ranks No. 3 in the CCAA in assists with six…Kristina Gomez, the team's leading scorer, ranks No. 8 in goals scored with four….senior goalkeeper Laura Lyons ranks No. 5 in the CCAA in goals against average (0.96) and No. 4 in save percentage (.831) and is No. 4 in total saves (54), an average of 4.5 per match….Beddingfield is the team leader in points with 12 on 3 goals and 6 assists….junior Katie Liby has 3 goals and 1 assist for seven points….CSUSB has just 16 goals in 11 matches and has been shut out four times….the team is 5-1-1 over its last seven matches…..the team has a big edge over opponents in corner kicks (54-30) but has found converting them into goals difficult….