Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament

The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Summit League. The tournament has been held every year since 1994. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
Conference Soccer Championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceSummit League
Number of teams4
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCIBER Field
Current locationDenver, Colorado
Played1994–present
Current championDenver
Most championshipsDenver and Western Illinois (6)
TV partner(s)ESPN3
Official websiteTheSummitLeague.org

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Regular season champion
Bold italic Regular season co-champion

Finals

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue Tournament MVP
1994Central Connecticut 2–0 Buffalo UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY Everton Barrington (CCSU)
1995Central Connecticut (2) 3–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni FieldMacomb, IL Stephen Yanosy (CCSU)
1996Valparaiso 4–2 Central Connecticut Greene StadiumWashington, DC Tony Dal Santo (VALPO)
1997Howard 2–1 Central Connecticut Valparaiso, IN Mike Lawrence (HOW)
1998Howard (2) 4–1 UMKC Valparaiso, IN Greg Simmonds (HOW)
1999Oral Roberts 2–1* IUPUI Carroll StadiumIndianapolis, IN Trey Vaut (ORU)
2000IUPUI 2–1* Oakland MacKenzie Alumni FieldMacomb, IL Armando Femia (IUPUI)
2001UMKC 2–1 IUPUI ORU Soccer FieldTulsa, OK Beau Williams (UMKC)
2002Oakland 3–0 Western Illinois Oakland Soccer FieldRochester, MI not awarded
2003UMKC (2) 2–1 Oakland Oakland Soccer FieldRochester, MI not awarded
2004Western Illinois 4–0 Oral Roberts MacKenzie Alumni FieldMacomb, IL Nowaf Jaman (WIU)
2005Western Illinois (2) 4–3* Oakland Durwood Soccer StadiumKansas City, MO Nick Bohnenkamp (WIU)
2006Western Illinois (3) 2–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer FieldRochester, MI Matt Wieclaw (WIU)
2007Oakland (2) 2–0 IUPUI Carroll StadiumIndianapolis, IN Michael Reyes (OU)
2008UMKC (3) 1–1†
(4–3 pen.)
Oakland Oakland Soccer FieldRochester, MI Ken Cooper (UMKC)
2009Western Illinois (4) 1–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer FieldRochester, MI Stephen Paterson (WIU)
2010Oakland (3) 2–0 Oral Roberts Oakland Soccer FieldRochester, MI Jon Evans (OU)
2011Western Illinois (5) 2–1 Oral Roberts Durwood Soccer StadiumKansas City, MO Charlie Bales (WIU)
2012Western Illinois (6) 3–1 Oakland MacKenzie Alumni FieldMacomb, IL Nathan Bruinsma (WIU)
2013Denver 1–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni FieldMacomb, IL Reid Hukari (DU)
2014Denver (2) 3–1 Western Illinois CIBER FieldDenver, CO Taylor Hunter (DU)
2015Denver (3)2–0Oral Roberts CIBER Field • Denver, CO Dan Jackson (DU)
2016Denver (4) 2–1 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Andre Shinyashiki (DU)
2017Omaha 1–1†
(9–8 pen.)
Denver Al F. Caniglia FieldOmaha, NE Emmanuel Hamzat (UNO)
2018Denver (5) 1–0 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Scott DeVoss (DU)
2019Denver (6) 1–0 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Preston Judd (DU)

Performance by school

SchoolChampionshipsWinning years
Denver 6 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Western Illinois 6 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
Oakland 3 2002, 2007, 2010
UMKC 3 2001, 2003, 2008
Central Connecticut 2 1994, 1995
Howard 2 1997, 1998
IUPUI 1 2000
Omaha 1 2017
Oral Roberts 1 1999
Valparaiso 1 1996
TOTAL 25

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member

† No longer sponsor men's soccer

References

  • "The Summit League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). The Summit League. TheSummitLeague.org. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
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