2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

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2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg
Wolstein Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinal
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
Record13–4–4 (3–4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Sandra D. Thompson Field
Seasons
  2015
2017  
2016 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 2 Wake Forest5 1 219 2 4
No. 6 Louisville + 5 2 114 6 2
No. 5 Clemson + 4 1 314 4 5
No. 11 Syracuse + 4 2 312 4 4
Boston College + 3 3 39 9 3
NC State 1 8 05 12 0
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina + 5 1 214 3 4
No. 13 Virginia + 4 2 311 4 5
No. 14 Notre Dame + 4 3 212 7 2
No. 8 Virginia Tech + 3 4 213 5 4
Duke 2 6 17 8 2
Pittsburgh 0 7 22 13 3
As of 13 December 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 45th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home fixtures at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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The 2016 season proved to be one of the program's most successful seasons. The Hokies were ranked for the first time since 2008, and earned their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2007. In the NCAA Tournament, the Hokies reached the quarterfinals before losing to fellow ACC outfit, Wake Forest. [1]

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
08/16/2016*
7:00 pm
East Tennessee State W 3–1 
Thompson Field (227)
Blacksburg, VA
08/20/2016*
7:00 pm
at  James Madison
Shenandoah Showdown
W 2–1 
University Park (Not reported)
Harrisonburg, VA
Regular season
08/26/2016*
7:00 pm
at No. 18  Ohio State
Wolstein Classic
W 1–0 2OT1–0
Owens Stadium (1,979)
Columbus, OH
08/28/2016*
4:00 pm
vs.  Oakland
Wolstein Classic
W 3–0 2–0
Owens Stadium (120)
Columbus, OH
09/02/2016*
7:00 pm
South Florida W 4–1 3–0
Thompson Field (879)
Blacksburg, VA
09/05/2016*
1:00 pm
at No. 24  Georgetown W 1–0 4–0
Shaw Field (1,149)
Washington, DC
09/09/2016
7:00 pm,  ACCN+
No. 15at No. 1  Notre Dame L 1–4 4–1 (0–1)
Alumni Stadium (1,824)
South Bend, IN
09/13/2016*
7:00 pm, Hokievision
No. 23 Longwood W 1–0 5–1
Thompson Field (367)
Blacksburg, VA
09/16/2016
6:00 pm
No. 23 NC State W 3–0 6–1 (1–1)
Thompson Field (1,156)
Blacksburg, VA
09/20/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 19at  Delaware W 2–0 7–1
Grant Stadium (725)
Newark, DE
09/23/2016
6:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 19No. 7  Clemson L 1–2 7–2 (1–2)
Thompson Field (1,412)
Blacksburg, VA
09/30/2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 18at  Virginia
Commonwealth Cup
T 0–0 2OT7–2–1 (1–2–1)
Klöckner Stadium (1,989)
Charlottesville, VA
10/04/2016*
6:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 18 VMI W 7–1 8–2–1
Thompson Field (623)
Blacksburg, VA
10/07/2016
6:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 18 Duke W 3–1 9–2–1 (2–2–1)
Thompson Field (193)
Blacksburg, VA
10/11/2016*
6:00 pm, Hokievision
No. 15 Wright State T 1–1 2OT9–2–2
Thompson Field (253)
Blacksburg, VA
10/14/2016
7:00 pm, ACCN
No. 15at No. 10  Syracuse L 0–1 9–3–2 (2–3–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,785)
Syracuse, NY
10/18/2016*
6:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 23No. 9  Charlotte T 0–0 2OT9–3–3
Thompson Field (223)
Blacksburg, VA
10/22/2016
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 23at No. 3  North Carolina L 0–2 9–4–3 (2–4–1)
Fetzer Field (1,011)
Chapel Hill, NC
10/28/2016
6:00 pm
No. 23 Pittsburgh W 2–1 10–4–3 (3–4–1)
Thompson Field (453)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
11/02/2016*
7:00 pm, ACCN+
No. 23 (9)at No. 25 (8)  Boston College
First Round
T 2–2
L 2–4 pen.
 
10–4–4
Newton Soccer Complex (238)
Chestnut Hill, MA
NCAA Tournament
11/17/2016*
6:00 pm,  ESPN3
East Tennessee State
First Round
W 1–0 11–4–4
Thompson Field (495)
Blacksburg, VA
11/20/2016*
4:00 pm
at No. 9 (10) Charlotte
Second Round
W 3–2 12–4–4
Transamerica Field (1,023)
Charlotte, NC
11/27/2016*
12:00 pm
at No. 6 (7)  Indiana
Third Round
W 2–1 OT13–4–4
Armstrong Stadium (1,330)
Bloomington, IN
12/03/2016
5:00 pm, ESPN3
at No. 2 (2)  Wake Forest
Quarterfinals
L 0–2 13–5–4
Spry Stadium (3,410)
Winston-Salem, NC

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References

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