No. 2 Brookhaven Hosts No. 7 Richland Tuesday for DAC Championship
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas – They meet again to decide the Dallas Athletic Conference title.
Second-ranked Dallas College Brookhaven (8-2-3, 6-0-3 DAC) hosts No. 7 Dallas College Richland (8-2-2, 6-1-2) at 7 p.m. Tuesday to decide the conference regular season champion. The league champ will host the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III South District Tournament Oct. 22-26.
For the past nine years, Brookhaven and Richland have decided the conference and district championships.
The two teams tied, 1-1, in the first round of conference play Sept. 27 at Richland. The DAC powers have tied once in each of the past three seasons.
The Bears are riding a nine-game unbeaten streak, having won their past four, all by shutout. The Bears have allowed no more than one goal in all but one of their games this year – the season opener against NJCAA Division II Top 5-ranked Holmes Community College. The Thunderducks are unbeaten in their last eight games. Richland has allowed one goal in each of the last three games and four of the past five. The Thunderducks have two shutouts in their past six games. Brookhaven enters Friday's tilt riding four consecutive shutouts.
Brookhaven and Richland battled to a scoreless draw during the regular season last year before the Bears won the next two meetings – both one-goal verdicts, including the district championship game.
BROOKHAVEN-RICHLAND SERIES HISTORY (2015-PRESENT)
Sept. 27, 2024 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 1
Oct. 29, 2023 – Brookhaven 2, Richland 1 [South District Championship]
Oct. 13, 2013 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 0
Sept 26, 2023 – Richland 0, Brookhaven 0
Oct. 29, 2022 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 0 [Mid-South District Championship]
Oct. 4, 2022 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 0
Sept. 16, 2022 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 1
Oct. 12, 2021 – Brookhaven 3, Richland 0
Sept. 24, 2021 – Brookhaven 2, Richland 1
May 12, 2021 – Brookhaven 6, Richland 0
April 30, 2021 – Brookhaven 7, Richland 0
April 20, 2021 – Brookhaven 4, Richland 0
Oct. 28, 2019 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 0 [Region V Championship]
Oct. 4, 2019 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 0
Sept. 17, 2019 – Brookhaven 2, Richland 1 (OT)
Oct. 27, 2018 – Richland 2, Brookhaven 1 (OT) [Region V Championship]
Oct. 22, 2018 – Richland 1, Brookhaven 1 (2OT)
Sept. 28, 2018 – Brookhaven 1, Richland 0
Oct. 28, 2017 – Brookhaven 2, Richland 0 [Region Championship]
Oct. 6, 2017 – Richland 3, Brookhaven 1
Sept. 19, 2017 – Brookhaven 2, Richland 1 (OT)
Oct. 29, 2016 – Brookhaven 2, Richland 1 [Region V Championship]
Oct. 18, 2016 – Richland 0, Brookhaven 0 (2OT)
Sept. 30, 2016 – Brookhaven 0, Richland 0 (2OT)
Oct. 16, 2015 – Richland 3, Brookhaven 0
Sept. 29, 2015 – Richland 3, Brookhaven 1