2016 Summit League men's soccer season

2016 Summit League men's soccer season
2016 Summit League men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Reagan Dunk, Denver
Picked by	Real Salt Lake, 13th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Omaha
Runners-up	Denver
Season MVP	Offensive: Fazlo Alihodžić; Defensive: Reagan Dunk; Goalkeeper: Nick Gardner
Tournament
Champions	Denver
Runners-up	Omaha
Finals MVP	Andre Shinyashiki
Summit League men's soccer seasons
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2016 Summit League men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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


‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

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

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	—
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/Away	DEN	EIU	FWY	IPI	UNO	ORU	WIU
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

		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

Semifinals			Championship

1	Omaha	3

4	Eastern Illinois	1
			1	Omaha	1

			2	Denver	2
2	Denver	1

3	Western Illinois	0

NCAA tournament

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

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[17]
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

First Team	Second Team	Newcomer Team
2016 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[17]
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

References

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

[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. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[4] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[5] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[6] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[7] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[8] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 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. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[11] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[12] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[13] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[14] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[15] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[16] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

[awards-17] "League Announces #SummitMSOC Awards". Summit League. November 9, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2017.

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v t e Summit League men's soccer
Teams	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens (joining in 2025) Denver Pioneers Kansas City Roos Omaha Mavericks Oral Roberts Golden Eagles St. Thomas Tommies
Championships & awards	Summit League Tournament Summit League men's soccer individual awards
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Tournaments	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2023

v t e 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll