2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season

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2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Soccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams7
Regular season
Season champions North Florida
  Runners-up Florida Gulf Coast
Tournament
ChampionsFlorida Gulf Coast
  Runners-up Jacksonville
Atlantic Sun men's soccer seasons
 2015
2016 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
North Florida 5 0 19 4 2
No. 20 FGCU4 1 114 4 3
Lipscomb 3 2 110 6 2
NJIT 3 2 18 6 4
Jacksonville 2 4 08 10 0
Stetson 1 5 04 10 2
USC Upstate 1 5 03 10 0
As of 13 December 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season was the 39th season of men's varsity soccer in the ASUN Conference, and also the first under the league's current "ASUN" branding. [1]

Contents

The North Florida Ospreys are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

Changes from 2015

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Fort Myers, Florida FGCU Soccer Complex 1,000
Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville, Florida Ashley Sports Complex 500
Lipscomb Bisons Nashville, Tennessee Lipscomb Soccer Complex 250
North Florida Ospreys Jacksonville, Florida Hodges Stadium 9,400
NJIT Highlanders Newark, New Jersey Mal Simon Stadium 1,200
Stetson Hatters DeLand, Florida Stetson Soccer Field 900
USC Upstate Spartans Spartanburg, South Carolina County University Soccer Stadium 3,000

Personnel

TeamHead CoachCaptainShirt supplier
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Flag of the United States.svg Bob Butehorn TBA Adidas
Jacksonville Dolphins Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Pratt TBANike
Lipscomb Bisons Flag of the United States.svg Charles Morrow TBANike
NJIT Highlanders Flag of the United States.svg Fernando Barboto TBANike
North Florida Ospreys Flag of Cuba.svg Derek Marinatos TBANike
Stetson Hatters Flag of the United States.svg Logan Fleck TBANike
USC Upstate Spartans Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hooks TBANike

Regular season

Results

Team/opponent FGC JAX LIP NJT UNF STE USC
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 4–1
Jacksonville Dolphins 2–10–1
Lipscomb Bisons 1–22–0
NJIT Highlanders 1–41–0
North Florida Ospreys
Stetson Hatters 0–22–1
USC Upstate Spartans 1–2

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]
Florida Gulf CoastCRVRV151212112022212020
JacksonvilleC
LipscombCRV
NJITC
North FloridaCRVRVRVRVNRRVRVNR
StetsonC
USC UpstateC

Postseason

A-Sun tournament

SemifinalsFinal
      
1 North Florida 0
5 Jacksonville 1
5 Jacksonville
2 Florida Gulf Coast
2 Florida Gulf Coast (2OT) 3
4 Lipscomb 2

NCAA tournament

SeedRegionSchool1st round2nd round3rd roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
1 Florida Gulf Coast T, 2–2 (W, 3–0 pen.) vs. South Florida(Tampa)L, 2–3 OTvs. #9 North Carolina(Chapel Hill)

All-Atlantic Sun awards and teams

2016 A-Sun Men's Soccer Individual Awards [17]
AwardRecipient(s)
Player of the YearAlbert Ruiz, FGCU
Defensive Player of the YearJay Bolt, North Florida
Goalkeeper of the YearPaul Ladwig, Stetson
Coaching Staff of the YearNorth Florida
Freshman of the YearAdrian Nunez, North Florida*
2016 A-Sun Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [17]
First TeamSecond TeamRookie Team

GK – Paul Ladwig, Stetson
D – Nicolas Samayoa, FGCU
D – Joe Kerridge, Lipscomb
D – Jay Bolt, North Florida
MF – Kamar Marriott, FGCU
MF – Ivan Alvarado, Lipscomb
MF – Joshua Castellanos, North Florida
F – Albert Ruiz, FGCU
F – Arion Sobers-Assue, FGCU
F – Logan Paynter, Lipscomb
F – Adrian Nunez, North Florida

GK – Juanes Fajardo, North Florida
D – Eli Roubos, FGCU
D – Scout Monteith, Lipscomb
D – Victor Kausch, NJIT
D – Simen Solstad, North Florida
MF – Dylan Sacramento, FGCU
MF – Alberto Escobedo, Jacksonville
MF – Micah Smoak, North Florida
MF – Luke Ferreira, Stetson
F – Ivan Sakou, Lipscomb
F – Mamadou Guirassy, NJIT
F – Milan Kovacs, North Florida

F – Adrian Nunez, North Florida
MF – Miguel Perez, FGCU
MF – Kai Bennett, Jacksonville
F – Rene White, NJIT
F – Gabriel Diniz, Stetson
F – Shak Adams, FGCU
GK – Jared Brown, FGCU
D – Austin Eager, Lipscomb
MF – Andrew Nino, NJIT
GK – Victor Pujades, NJIT
MF – Cormac Begley, North Florida
F – Joel Bunting, USC Upstate

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