SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – Oregon Tech clinched a spot in the Cascade Conference Men's Soccer Championships with a 4-0 victory in the rain at Bushnell University.
 
The Owls (10-1-2, 9-1-1 CCC) can clinch the CCC regular-season title with wins next weekend at home vs. Multnomah and Warner Pacific and a WPU loss or draw at Southern Oregon.
 
Four different OIT players scored goals, with Joel Witts recording his sixth shutout victory of the season – facing just one shot on frame.
 
Tech broke a scoreless tie in the 31st minute, as a Ryan Pearson throw-in found an unmarked Rosendo Juarez-Flores, knocking home the eventual game-winner.
 
The visitors broke the game wide open with three second half goals in a 20-minute window. John Sarna drove home a cross from Kevin Rodriguez in the 64th minute, Ryan Pearson lobbed a 40-yard shot in the 70th minute over the head of Beacons (4-12-1, 2-10) keeper Diego Montes Carrera, while Rodriguez capped the scoring in the 84th minute, bending home a corner kick.
 
OIT had a 14-11 edge in total shots and a 4-1 margin in corner kicks.