Yes you absolutely can mine to a pool if you prefer and not take advantage of the built in solomining function.
Once logged in click on settings on the lower left side. The first page that pops up there is Pools which allows you to select from a pre-populated pool or choose a custom one so that you can enter in the pool info and mine to whatever pool you choose.
Thanks so much sledge. I've got everything hooked up and seems to be running...just need to wait and see if it syncs with Ocean.xyz (the one I chose).