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The Pennsylvania College of Technology men's soccer team learned a tough lesson Wednesday night that coach Andy Richardson hopes will pay dividends one more time this season.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men's soccer team will host Penn State Hazleton at 6 p.m. Wednesday in an Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference/Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association semifinal match.

On the last day of the regular season Tuesday, the Penn College men's soccer team beat Harrisburg Area Community College while Northampton Community College beat Penn State Hazleton. That put Penn College into the playoff driver's seat as the top seed. The Wildcats will host fourth-seeded Harrisburg at 1 p.m.

Confidence can make or break a team, and, after struggling for much of the season, the Pennsylvania College of Technology women's soccer team heads into Wednesday's Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association playoff at 5 p.m. at Penn State Abington finally playing up to its potential.

Over the years, Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams have had their share of success, but nothing has come close to matching the achievements of the past week. Competing in the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference for the first time, six Penn College teams went into finals in four sports and five came out winners.

It's one thing to have talent, and another to make that talent work for you. Pennsylvania College of Technology golf coach Chet Schuman did both this season and the reward was not one, but two championships.

Postseason play continues for six Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports teams this week. All six are competing in the Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference playoffs for the first time, while the College's cross country teams also are participating in the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Conference finals.

While the Pennsylvania College of Technology golf and cross country teams prepare to go deeper into postseason play next week, the College's baseball, women's volleyball and men's soccer teams are set to get their first taste of playoff action.

The Wildcat golf team repeated as Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate ConferenceNorth team champion and finished at 320 to win the12-team EPCC Regional Championship at Golden Oaks County Club in Fleetwood on Monday. Penn College's Shaun McQuaywas the medalist in the regional win with a five-over-par 77.

A short regular season for the Pennsylvania College of Technology golf team was shortened even further as three of five scheduled matches were canceled by rain. But coach Chet Schuman remains optimistic as his team heads into tournament action next week. "It's unfortunate, because we've got a really good group of kids," Schuman said of the washouts.