The Brookhaven Academy boys’ soccer team will be on the road Monday in the opening round of the MAIS Division II soccer playoffs.

The Cougars and coach Alex Brown play St. Joseph Catholic in Madison at 5:30 p.m.

The Cougars (18-1) finished with a 7-1 record in South Region play as did their division rivals at Copiah Academy. The schools decided to share the district championship as co-champs.

Copiah Academy (13-1) won the right to host the first-round playoff match via a coin toss.

Copiah is hosting Central Hinds Academy in the first round. The top half of the bracket has Starkville Academy hosting St. Aloysius (Vicksburg) and Bayou Academy (Cleveland) hosting Lamar School (Meridian).

A win for BA against Madison-St. Joe on Monday would put them into the semifinals on Thursday against the winner between Copiah and Central Hinds. Copiah Academy won a regular season matchup between the schools 9-2 on Jan. 6.

BA met up with St. Joe way back on Nov. 18 and that match was a 2-1 win for the Cougars in Madison.

Brown’s team closed out the regular season with a couple of blowout home wins on Monday (9-0 over Cathedral) and Tuesday (8-1 against Oak Forest).

Freshman Yojan Hernandez had a double hat trick of sorts against Cathedral School as he notched three goals and three assists. Senior Corey Case scored two goals and had one assist, senior Yosvin Hernandez scored two goals, junior Enrique Hernandez had a goal and an assist and senior Logan Alexander scored one goal in the win.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jaden Lea had three saves for BA.

Yosvin Hernandez scored three goals and had one assist against Oak Forest Academy on Tuesday. Alexander had two goals and an assist as did Case. Yojan Hernandez scored a goal, Enrique Hernandez had two assists and Sam Smith had one assist for the Cougars against the Green Wave from Natchez.

The championship match for Division II is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. and the game will be played at Madison-Ridgeland Academy.