2016 Summit League men's soccer season

The 2016 The Summit League men's soccer season was the 11th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Summit League men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickReagan Dunk, Denver
Picked byReal Salt Lake, 13th overall
Regular Season
Season championsOmaha
Runners-upDenver
Season MVPOffensive: Fazlo Alihodžić
Defensive: Reagan Dunk
Goalkeeper: Nick Gardner
Tournament
ChampionsDenver
  Runners-upOmaha
Finals MVPAndre Shinyashiki
2016 Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Denver ‡ 5 –0 –1  20 –1 –3
Omaha 5 –0 –1  10 –5 –4
Western Illinois 3 –3 –0  8 –10 –1
Eastern Illinois 2 –4 –0  5 –12 –1
Fort Wayne 2 –4 –0  9 –9 –0
Oral Roberts 2 –4 –0  6 –10 –2
IUPUI 1 –5 –0  2 –15 –1
As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The Denver Pioneers are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.[1]

Changes from 2015
  • None

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Denver Pioneers Denver, Colorado University of Denver Soccer Stadium 2,000
Eastern Illinois Panthers Charleston, Illinois Lakeside Soccer Field N/A
Fort Wayne Mastodons Fort Wayne, Indiana Hefner Stadium 2,000
IUPUI Jaguars Indianapolis, Indiana Carroll Stadium 12,100
Omaha Mavericks Omaha, Nebraska Al F. Caniglia Field[2] 3,097
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Tulsa, Oklahoma Case Soccer Complex 1,000
Western Illinois Leathernecks Macomb, Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field 1,000
  • North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State do not sponsor men's soccer

Regular season

Results
Home/AwayDENEIUFWYIPIUNOORUWIU
Denver Pioneers 4–3 Oct. 22 Oct. 15
Eastern Illinois Panthers 0–1 Oct. 23 Oct. 29
Fort Wayne Mastodons Oct. 29 Oct. 15 3–1
IUPUI Jaguars 0–1 Nov. 5 0–2
Omaha Mavericks 1–1 2–0 3–1
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles 3–2 Oct. 15 Nov. 5
Western Illinois Leathernecks Nov. 5 Oct. 22 4–0

Rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll
  Pre[3] Wk
1[4]		 Wk
2[5]		 Wk
3[6]		 Wk
4[7]		 Wk
5[8]		 Wk
6[9]		 Wk
7[10]		 Wk
8[11]		 Wk
9[12]		 Wk
10[13]		 Wk
11[14]		 Wk
12[15]		 Final[16]
Denver C 20 13 11 8 8 8 7 5 5 4 6 4 4 3
Eastern Illinois C
Fort Wayne C
IUPUI C
Omaha C
Oral Roberts C
Western Illinois C

Postseason

Summit League Tournament
Main article: 2016 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Championship
      
1 Omaha 3
4 Eastern Illinois 1
1 Omaha 1
2 Denver 2
2 Denver 1
3 Western Illinois 0

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
6 Clemson Denver BYE W 3–0 vs. UNLV – (Denver) W 2–1 vs. #11 Washington – (Denver) W 1–0 vs. #3 Clemson – (Clemson) vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Houston)

All-Summit League awards and teams
2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Fazlo Alihodžić, Omaha
Defensive Player of the Year Reagan Dunk, Denver
Goalkeeper of the Year Nick Gardner, Denver
Coach of the Year Jamie Franks, Denver
Newcomer of the Year Emmanuel Hamzat, Omaha
2016 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[17]
First Team Second Team Newcomer Team

Fazlo Alihodzic (M), Sr., Omaha
Jacob Bevan (F), Sr., Western Illinois
Reagan Dunk (D), Sr., Denver
Kortne Ford (D), Jr., Denver
Nick Gardner (GK), So., Denver
Joseph Ghitis (GK), Jr., Omaha
Sam Hamilton (M), Sr., Denver
Emmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., Omaha
Karsten Hanlin (F), Sr., Denver
Seth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., Omaha
Zach Tom (M), So., Fort Wayne

Scott DeVoss (D), So., Denver
Blake Elder (F), Jr., Denver
Ben Fiddes (D), Jr., Western Illinois
Mark Moulton (M), Sr., Omaha
Mike Novotny (GK), Jr., Eastern Illinois
Fernando Pacheco (M), Jr., Western Illinois
Santiago Riveros (M), Jr., Oral Roberts
Andre Shinyashiki (F), So., Denver
Graham Smith (M), Jr., Denver
Oscar Uyamadu (F), Jr., Fort Wayne
Jacob Weiler (D), Jr., Omaha

Alex Castaneda (F), Fr., Eastern Illinois
Daniel Collins (M), Sr., Western Illinois
Blake Elder (F), Jr., Denver
Fred Frimpong (M), Fr., Omaha
Thibaut Giquel (GK), So., Oral Roberts
Emmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., Omaha
Jonathan Huerta (M), Fr., Eastern Illinois
Tyler LaCourse (D), Fr., Oral Roberts
Anton Olsson (D), Fr., Eastern Illinois
Seth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., Omaha
Graham Smith (M), Jr., Denver

See also

References
  1. "No. 8/7 Denver Wins Third-Straight Summit League Title". Denver Pioneers. November 14, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  2. "Caniglia Field". University of Nebraska–Omaha Athletics. October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
  3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
  4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
  5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
  6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
  7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
  8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
  9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
  10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
  11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
  12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
  13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
  14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
  15. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.
  16. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016.
  17. "League Announces #SummitMSOC Awards". Summit League. November 9, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
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