2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

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2015 MVC men's soccer tournament
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Drake
Runner-up SIUE
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored5 (1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nic Jaimes–Drake (2)
Best playerKyle Whigham–Drake
  2014
2016  

The 2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 25th edition of the tournament. [1] It determined the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic berth in the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted the tournament at Ralph Korte Stadium on the SIUE campus.

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The third-seeded Drake Bulldogs won the tournament, besting the top-seeded SIUE Cougars in the championship match. [2] It was Drake's second MVC championship.

Qualification

2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
SIUE 5 1 012 4 2
Bradley 4 1 17 10 1
Drake3 1 213 5 3
Missouri State 3 2 16 6 5
Loyola Chicago 2 2 210 4 5
Central Arkansas 1 5 02 15 1
Evansville 0 6 03 13 0
As of November 22, 2015
Rankings from NSCAA

The top six teams in the Missouri Valley Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament. The SIUE Cougars, Bradley Braves, Drake Bulldogs, Missouri State Bears, Loyola Chicago Ramblers, and Central Arkansas Bears earned berths in the tournament. Top-seeded SIUE and second-seeded Bradley received first round byes.

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 SIUE Pk 4–30
4 Loyola 14 Loyola 0
5 Missouri State 0 1 SIUE 0
3 Drake 1
2 Bradley 0
6 Central Arkansas 0 3 Drake 1
3 Drake 2

Schedule

November 11, 2015Quarterfinals #6 Central Arkansas 0–2 #3 Drake Edwardsville, Illinois
12 NoonStricker Yellow card.svg 85' Report [3] LeMay Soccerball shade.svg18' A-Edel
Jaimes Yellow card.svg 27'
Jaimes Soccerball shade.svg58' A-Enna
Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 344
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: George Major & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Doug Gault
November 11, 2015Quarterfinals #5 Loyola 0–1 #4 Missouri State Edwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PMBarbero Yellow card.svg 84' Report [4] Lifka Soccerball shade.svg84' unassisted
Lifka Yellow card.svg 90'
Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Trevino
Assistant referees: Mike Dutt & Collin Pressey
Fourth official: Divanbeigi
November 13, 2015Semifinals #3 Drake 1–0 #2 Bradley Edwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PMJaimes Soccerball shade.svg10' A-Sunday
Edel Yellow card.svg 58'
Report [5] Kovacevic Yellow card.svg 15'
Emerson Yellow card.svg 48'
Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 359
Referee: David Jaworski
Assistant referees: Elvis Mahmutovic & Jacob Post
Fourth official: Craig Adams
November 13, 2015Semifinals #5 Loyola 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#1 SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
6:00 PMStevenson Yellow card.svg 81'
Stevenson Yellow card.svg 86' Yellow-red card.svg
Report [6] JambgaYellow card.svg 09'Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Landis Wiley
Assistant referees: Nemanja Pandzic & Tyler Turner
Fourth official: Mike Dutt
Penalties
Thomson, Hare, CollierMcHugh, Christianson, Bilyeu, Ledbetter
November 15, 2015MVC Final #3 Drake 1–0 #1 SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
1:00 PMPrusa Yellow card.svg 32'
Bartlett Yellow card.svg 40'
Ciszewski Soccerball shade.svg78' unassisted
Report [7] Danzy Yellow card.svg 63'Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 863
Referee: Jeremy Schroeder
Assistant referees: Ryan Ash & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Jacob Post

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerCollegeGoals [8]
1 Flag of the United States.svg Nic JaimesDrake2
2 Flag of the United States.svg Ben LeMayDrake1
Flag of Germany.svg Fabian LifkaLoyola
Flag of the United States.svg Paul CiszewskiDrake

Top goalkeepers

RankPlayerCollegeGamesSavesSave
%age
Goals
against
average [8]
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Darrin MacLeodDrake391.0000.000
2 Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Dal SantoSIUE26.8570.450
3 Flag of the United States.svg Tim DobrowolskiLoyola25.8330.450

All-tournament team

2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVPKyle Whigham, Drake

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alec Bartlett (Drake)
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Justin Bilyeu (SIUE)
GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Dal Santo(SIUE)
MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alex Garcia(Bradley)
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA James Grunert(Drake)
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Daniel Hare(Loyola)
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bradley(Bradley)
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Austin Ledbetter (SIUE)
GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Darrin MacLeod(Drake)
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rob Oslica(Missouri State)
FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Daylon Schiffel(Central Arkansas)
DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eric Schoendorf(Loyola)
MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Whigham(Drake)

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