2016 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament

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2016 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Matches5
Site Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium
Radford, Virginia
Champions Radford (3rd title)
Winning coachMarc Reeves (1st title)
BroadcastBig South Network, ESPN3
Big South Conference men's soccer tournament
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The 2016 Big South Conference men's soccer tournament, was the 33rd edition of the tournament. It determined the Big South Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

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Regular season champions, [1] Radford won their third Big South title, defeating in-state rival, Longwood, 1–0 in the championship match. [2] Radford's Sivert Daehlie scored the match-winning header in the 85th minute of play. It was Radford's first conference championship since 2000. Longwood was in their first Big South Conference championship, and were in their first conference championship since they reached the Atlantic Soccer Conference Tournament championship in 2011. [3]

Qualification

The top six teams in the Big South Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Radford (C)8701132+1121 NCAA Tournament, Big South Semifinals
2 High Point 8521175+1217Big South Semifinals
3 UNC Asheville 8503612615Big South Quarterfinals
4 Liberty 84131916+313
5 Presbyterian 84041110+112
6 Longwood 8305161829
7 Gardner–Webb 821591237
8 Winthrop 82060006
9 Campbell 82060006
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2016.
Source: http://bigsouthsports.com/standings.aspx?path=msoc&standings=53
(C) Champion

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1Radford (pen.)  1 (4) 
4 Liberty 1 5 Presbyterian  1 (2) 
5Presbyterian21Radford1
6 Longwood 0
2 High Point 0
3 UNC Asheville 1 6Longwood1
6Longwood3

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