The Inland Valley Pirates finished the season in third place overall and will play the Ventura County Pirates in the first round of playoffs at Cal Poly Pomona on Wednesday at 3:00 PM. The Inland Valley Pirates finished with a league record of 16-9 (18-13-1 Overall) and finished second in the North division of the Sunset League behind the Ventura County Pirates. Ventura County and Inland Valley have played each other five times this season with Ventura County holding the edge 2-3. Below is the playoff schedule
Wednesday July 26th
- Game 1 – Number 2 Seed VC Pirates (Home) vs Number 3 Seed IV Pirates (Visitors) @ 3:00 pm
- Game 2 – Number 1 Seed Solana Beach Cardinals (Home) vs Number 4 Seed OC Surf (Visitors) @ 7:00 pm
Thursday July 27th
- Game 3 – Loser of Game 1 vs Loser of Game 2 @ 11:00 am (Loser of this game is eliminated)
- Game 4 – Winner of Game 1 vs Winner of Game 2 @ 3:00 pm (Winner of this game advances to Championship Game)
- Game 5 – Winner of Game 3 vs Loser of Game 4 @ 7:00 pm (Winner of this game advances to Championship Game)
- The Home team or Visiting Team will be determined on Thursday based on who was the Home Team or Visitor the day before. If both teams playing each other were Home or Visitors the day before, then a coin flip will determine who’s home or away.