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Season | 2016 |
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Champions | Akron |
MAC Tourney Winner | Akron |
NCAA tournament | Akron |
Matches played | 96 |
Goals scored | 110 (1.15 per match) |
Average goals/game | 1.146 |
Top goalscorer | Russell Cicerone (Buffalo) 14 G, 8 A, 37 Pts |
Biggest home win | Buffalo 9–0 Daemon (August 26) |
Biggest away win | Akron 7–0 @ Northern Illinois (October 15) |
Highest scoring | Buffalo 9–0 Daemon (August 26) |
Longest winning run | 7 games Buffalo (August 26–September 18) |
Longest unbeaten run | 7 games Buffalo (7–0–0) (August 26–September 18) Akron (5–0–2 (November 29–Current) |
Longest winless run | 12 games Northern Illinois (October 17, 2015–September 21) |
Longest losing run | 5 games Northern Illinois (October 11–November 5) |
Average attendance | 804.344 |
← 2015 2017 → All statistics correct as of June 11, 2017. |
Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Akron ‡ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 6 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 2 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 2 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from NSCAA |
The 2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Akron Zips are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
Team/opponent | AKR | BGS | UB | NIU | WVU | WMU |
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Akron Zips | ||||||
Bowling Green Falcons | ||||||
Buffalo Bulls | ||||||
Northern Illinois Huskies | ||||||
West Virginia Mountaineers | ||||||
Western Michigan Broncos |
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Not ranked previous week |
Pre [1] | Wk 1 [2] | Wk 2 [3] | Wk 3 [4] | Wk 4 [5] | Wk 5 [6] | Wk 6 [7] | Wk 7 [8] | Wk 8 [9] | Wk 9 [10] | Wk 10 [11] | Wk 11 [12] | Wk 12 [13] | Final [14] | ||
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Akron | C | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 |
Bowling Green | C | RV | NR | ||||||||||||
Buffalo | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | ||||||||
Northern Illinois | C | ||||||||||||||
West Virginia | C | RV | 17 | 24 | RV | NR | |||||||||
Western Michigan | C | RV | NR |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week |
Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | ||
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Akron | C | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
Bowling Green | C | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |
Buffalo | C | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | |
Northern Illinois | C | ||||||||||||
West Virginia | C | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | NR | 8 | NR | ||||
Western Michigan | C | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | NR | 8 | 6 | NR | 10 | NR | ||
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Akron | 4 | |||||||
4 | Western Michigan | 0 | |||||||
1 | Akron | 2 | |||||||
3 | Buffalo | 1 | |||||||
2 | Bowling Green | 1 | |||||||
3 | Buffalo (OT) | 2 |
Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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4 | Winston-Salem | Akron | W, 2–0 vs. Villanova – (Akron) | L, 0–1 vs. #7 Indiana – (Bloomington) |
2016 MAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Adam Najem, MF, Akron | |||||
Coach of the Year | Eric Nichols, Bowling Green | |||||
Newcomer of the Year | Jonathan Lewis, FW, Akron |
2016 MAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams [15] | ||||||
First Team | Second Team | |||||
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Pau Belana MF, Akron | Sam Gainford, FW, Akron |