Last night, the Suffolk men’s soccer team clinched a playoff spot and the third seed in the conference with a 7-1 thrashing of Johnson & Wales. The Rams finished the season with a record of 8-5-2 and a GNAC record of 5-2-2, good for third place in the conference behind Lasell (6-1-2) and St. Joseph’s of Maine (6-2). In the latest installation of the “Cross-Common Rivalry”, the Rams will take on Emerson in an opening round playoff match on Saturday at 5 p.m. By virtue of being the higher seed, the Rams are the home team, so the game will be played at Dilboy Stadium in Somerville. Emerson finished the season with a record of 10-7 (5-4 GNAC) but beat the Rams at Dilboy by a score of 5-3 in their only meeting of the season back on Oct. 10.