2016 NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament

Last updated

2016 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 10–December 3, 2016
Teams38
Final positions
Champions Wingate (1st title, 1st final)
Runner-up Charleston (WV) (2nd final)
Third place UC San Diego
& Rockhurst (MO)
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored99 (2.68 per match)
All statistics correct as of 12/1/2016.
  2015
2017  

The 2016 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 45th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri from December 1–3, 2016 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2016. [1]

Contents

Qualification

All Division II men's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the 38-team tournament field. No teams received automatic bids; at-large bids are based on the teams' regular season records and the Quality of Winning Percentage Index. [2] Teams were placed into one of four unbalanced super-regional brackets, consisting of eight or ten teams, based on geographic location.

SchoolConferenceRecord
Adelphi (NY) Northeast-10 Conference 18–1–0
Cal Poly Pomona California Collegiate Athletic Association12–5–2
Charleston (WV) Mountain East Conference 16–2–1
Colorado Mesa Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 14–1–5
Dixie State (UT) Pacific West Conference 15–3–0
Drury (MO)Great Lakes Valley Conference11–4–3
Florida Tech Sunshine State Conference10–4–1
Fort Hays State (KS)Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association13–4–1
Franklin Pierce (NH)Northeast-10 Conference12–5–0
Lander (SC) Peach Belt Conference 14–3–1
Le Moyne (NY)Northeast-10 Conference14–4–2
Lenoir–Rhyne (NC)South Atlantic Conference11–4–3
Limestone (SC)Conference Carolinas15–3–0
Lindenwood (MO) Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 13–3–2
LIU Post (NY) East Coast Conference 17–0–1
Lynn (FL) Sunshine State Conference 12–7–0
Mercyhurst Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 15–4–1
Merrimack (MA)Northeast-10 Conference14–5–0
Midwestern State (TX) Heartland Conference 16–3–1
SchoolConferenceRecord
Palm Beach Atlantic Sunshine State Conference12–4–1
Pfeiffer (NC) Conference Carolinas 18–2–0
Quincy (IL)Great Lakes Valley Conference12–5–2
Regis (CO)Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference14–4–1
Rockhurst (MO) Great Lakes Valley Conference 16–2–2
Saginaw Valley State (MI)Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference15–4–1
St. Edward's (TX)Heartland Conference17–2–1
Simon Fraser (BC) Great Northwest Athletic Conference 14–1–2
Sonoma State California Collegiate Athletic Association10–4–5
Southern Indiana Great Lakes Valley Conference13–3–3
Southern New Hampshire Northeast-10 Conference11–4–2
Tampa Sunshine State Conference11–4–3
Tiffin (OH) Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 14–4–2
Tusculum (TN) South Atlantic Conference 16–3–0
UC San Diego California Collegiate Athletic Association 16–2–2
Urbana (OH)Mountain East Conference13–4–1
West Chester Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference11–4–3
Western Washington Great Northwest Athletic Conference9–4–4
Wingate (NC)South Atlantic Conference14–1–0

Tournament bracket

Source: [3]

Super Region No. 1

First Round
Thursday,
November 10
Second Round
Saturday & Sunday,
November 12 &13
Third Round
Thursday, November 17
Quarterfinals
Saturday, November 19
1 LIU Post1
4 Franklin Pierce 2 5 Merrimack 0
5 Merrimack31 LIU Post 0
6 Southern N.H.32 Adelphi4
3 Le Moyne 1 6 Southern N.H. 0
2 Adelphi1
2 Adelphi 2(3)
1 Charleston2(5)
1 Charleston2
4 West Chester 0
1 Charleston2
3 Urbana 1
3 Urbana2
2 Mercyhurst 0

Super Region No. 2

First Round
Friday,
November 11
Second Round
Sunday,
November 13
Third Round
Friday, November 18
Quarterfinals
Sunday, November 20
1 Rockhurst3
4 Southern Ind.2(3)4 Southern Ind. 1
5 Quincy 2(1)1 Rockhurst1(5)
6 Drury26 Drury 1(4)
3 Saginaw Val. St. 1 6 Drury2
2 Tiffin 1
1 Rockhurst1
1 Fort Hays State 0
1 Fort Hays State1
2 Lindenwood 0

Super Region No. 3

First Round
Thursday & Friday,
November 10 & 11
Second Round
Saturday & Sunday,
November 12 &13
Third Round
Friday, November 18
Quarterfinals
Sunday, November 20
1 Simon Fraser 0(3)
4 Sonoma State 0 5 Cal Poly Pomona0(4)
5 Cal Poly Pomona25 Cal Poly Pomona 0
6 Western Wash.32 UC San Diego1
3 Dixie State 2 3 Western Wash. 0
2 UC San Diego2
1 UC San Diego2
2 Midwestern State 1
1 St. Edward's1
4 Regis 0
1 St. Edward's 2
2 Midwestern State3
3 Colorado Mesa 0
2 Midwestern State1

Super Region No. 4

First Round
Thursday & Friday,
November 10 & 11
Second Round
Saturday & Sunday,
November 12 &13
Third Round
Friday, November 18
Quarterfinals
Sunday, November 20
1 Lynn 0
4 Tampa1
4 Tampa3
2 Palm Beach Atlantic 2
3 Florida Tech. 1
2 Palm Beach Atlantic2
1 Tampa 0
1 Wingate1
1 Wingate3
4 Limestone24 Limestone 0
5 Lander 1 1 Wingate1
6 Lenoir-Rhyne32 Pfeiffer 0
3 Tusculum 1 6 Lenoir-Rhyne 1
2 Pfeiffer6

Division II College Cup

Semifinals
December 1, 2016
Swope Soccer Village
Kansas City, Missouri
Championship
December 3, 2016
Swope Soccer Village
Kansas City, Missouri
      
Charleston2
1 Rockhurst 1
1 Charleston 0
1 Wingate2
2 UC San Diego 0
Wingate2

Final

Wingate 2–0 Charleston (WV)
Garret Bridgewater Yellow card.svg 21:17'
Jon Ander Soccerball shade.svg36:02' (Perez), Soccerball shade.svg78:00'
Report 1
Report 2
Thomas Vancaeyezeele Yellow card.svg 36:57'
Williams N'dah Yellow card.svg 84:33'

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament</span> College soccer tournament

The NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship is the annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States. It has been played annually since 1972; prior to that, all teams competed in a single class.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NCAA Division III men's soccer tournament</span> Annual tournament in the United States

The NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship is an annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III collegiate men's soccer in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</span> Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2011-12 season. The 74th edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2012, and concluded with the championship game on April 2, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</span> Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2012-13 season. The 75th annual edition of the tournament began on March 19, 2013, and concluded with the championship game on April 8, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</span> Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2015–16 season. The 78th edition of the Tournament began on March 15, 2016, and concluded with the championship game on April 4 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. This was the first NCAA tournament to adopt the NCAA March Madness branding, including fully-branded courts at each of the tournament venues.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</span> Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2016–17 season. The 79th edition of the tournament began on March 14, 2017, and concluded with the championship game on April 3 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The championship game was the first to be contested in the Western United States since the 1995 tournament when Seattle was the host of the Final Four.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</span> Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the tournament began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship</span> American collegiate-level womens tournament

The NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship is an NCAA-sanctioned tournament to determine the national champions of collegiate women's beach volleyball. It is a National Collegiate Championship featuring teams from Division I, Division II and Division III, and is the 90th, and newest, NCAA championship event. It was the first new NCAA championship to be created since the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship in 2012, and the first for women since the NCAA Bowling Championship in 2004.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swope Soccer Village</span> Soccer complex located in Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri

Swope Soccer Village is a soccer complex located within Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri, first dedicated in 2007 with further renovations completed in 2014. The facility is a public-private partnership between the City of Kansas City's parks department and Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer, with field reservations managed by Sporting Fields + Athletics, the premier sports and facilities management company in the Midwest. Children's Mercy Training Center is home to Sporting Kansas City II and Sporting Kansas City's six youth academy teams.

The 2015 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 44th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Ashton Brosnaham Stadium in Pensacola, Florida from December 3–5, 2015 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri from December 4–5, 2015 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship is the 30th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III women's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game will be played at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri from December 4–5, 2015 while the preceding rounds will be played at various sites across the country during November 2015.

The 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship was the 46th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college lacrosse. Eighteen teams competed in the tournament, chosen by either winning an automatic qualifying conference tournament or as an at-large bid based on their performance during the regular season. The participating teams were announced on May 8.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament</span> American college basketball championship

The 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 16, 2018, and concluded with the national championship game on Sunday, April 1. The Final Four was played at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. This is the third time that the women's Final Four was played in Ohio after previously being held in Cincinnati in 1997 and Cleveland in 2007 and the first time that the women's Final Four was played in Columbus. For only the fourth time in the tournament’s 37-year history, all four of the number one seeds made it to the Final Four.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament</span> Football tournament season

The 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 58th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's collegiate soccer. The first, second, third, and quarterfinal rounds were held at college campus sites across the United States during November and December 2016, with host sites determined by seeding and record. The four-team College Cup finals was played at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas on December 9 and 11, 2016.

The 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 59th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 25 and continued into the first weekend of November 2017. The season culminated with the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship and the four-team College Cup finals at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, December 8–10. There were 205 teams in men's Division I competition. The two-time defending champions, the Stanford Cardinal, won their third consecutive championship by downing the previously undefeated Indiana Hoosiers 1–0 in double overtime.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</span> Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2018–19 season. The 81st annual edition of the tournament began on March 19, 2019, and concluded with the championship game on April 8, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Virginia Cavaliers, with Virginia winning 85–77 in overtime.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</span> Edition of USA college basketball tournament

The 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2021–22 season. The 83rd annual edition of the tournament began on March 15, 2022, and concluded with the championship game on April 4 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the Kansas Jayhawks defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels, 72–69, overcoming a 16-point first-half deficit, to claim the school's fourth national title.

The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 27th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 48th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from December 12–14, 2019 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2019.

References

  1. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. August 10, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  2. "Division II Men's Soccer Championship field announced". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  3. "2016 Division II Men's Soccer Championship Official Bracket". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved December 1, 2016.