The Oxnard College baseball team was seeded No. 3 in the Southern California regional playoffs Sunday at the coaches' meeting at College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita.

The Condors (26-10) will host No. 14 Palomar College (22-13) in a Best-of-3 first-round series Friday and Saturday.

Palomar fell 6-5 to Ventura, which split four games with Oxnard in WSC North play, Feb. 26.

First pitch for Game 1 is 2 p.m.

Behind the rock-solid pitching rotation of J.C. Aguayo (7-2, 2.97 ERA), Justin Bricker (7-1, 3.84) and Bryan Willson (7-3, 2.57) and a balanced lineup led by Jonathan Erb (.414, 15 doubles, six home runs, 47 RBI) and Jake Mahan (.363, 12 extra base hits, 40 runs scored), Oxnard swept second-place Hancock to win its first WSC North title since 2005 by three games last week.

The Condors were ranked No. 4 in Southern California and No. 9 in the Western region in last week's polls, before rising to No. 3 in the final RPI Index Saturday.

Oxnard manager Jon Larson was hopeful of the No. 2 seed, since the top two seeds face the winners of Wednesday's play-in games, where winners can burn through their pitching staffs in a single must-win game. Plus, the top two seeds are in line to host the two Super Regionals, May 15-16.

"I was hoping to get the No. 2 seed because that's a huge advantage," said Larson.

No. 1 Santa Ana (28-8) and No. 2 San Diego City (26-7) are the top seeds.

Oxnard beat Santa Ana, 8-0, on April 6, becoming just the second team to shut out the three-time state champion in 162 games since Feb. 6, 2007.

2010 California Community College Baseball
Southern California May 2
Sd. Teams Conf. S.Rec,C.Rec.
1 Santa Ana Orange Empire 28-8, 18-3
2 San Diego Pacific Coast 26-7, 19-6
3 Oxnard West. St. North 26-10, 16-4
4 Chaffey Foothill 26-10, 23-1
5 El Camino South Coast 27-9, 16-5
6 Golden West Orange Empire 23-12, 14-7
7 Cypress Orange Empire 22-14, 13-8
8 LA Valley West. St.South 15-19-1, 14-7
9 Rio Hondo Foothill 26-10, 17-7
10 Desert Foothill 24-11, 16-8
11 Bakersfield West St. South 24-12, 13-8
12 LA Pierce West. St. South 25-11, 13-8
13 Hancock West. St. North 21-14, 13-7
14 Palomar Pacific Coast 22-13, 17-8
15 Orange Coast Orange Empire 19-16, 11-10
16 Cuesta West. St. North 19-17, 10-10
17 Southwestern Pacific Coast 22-14, 15-10
18 Compton South Coast 21-15, 15-6

Schedule
Play-In (Single Elimination) Games, May 4
#18 Compton at #15 Orange Coast
#17 Cosumnes River at #15 San Jose

Round 1 Playoff Games, May 7-8
Best-of-3 Series
#Lowest Seed Remaining at #1 Santa Ana
#Next-Lowest Seed at #2 San Diego
#14 Palomar at #3 Oxnard
#13 Hancock at #4 Chaffey
#12 LA Pierce at #5 El Camino
#11 Bakersfield at #6 Golden West
#10 Desert at #7 Cypress
#9 Rio Hondo at #8 LA Valley

Round 2 Playoffs (Super Regional Tournaments) May 14-16
Round 3 Playoffs (State Tournament) May 21-23 at Fresno City College