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
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

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 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

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

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 The Summit League women's soccer season