2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season

2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season
2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Season champions	East Tennessee State
Runners-up	Mercer
Season MVP	Will Bagrou
Tournament
Champions	Mercer
Runners-up	East Tennessee State
Southern Conference men's soccer seasons
	← 2015 2017 →

2016 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
East Tenn. State+	7	–	1	–	3	12	–	5	–	3
Mercer ‡	7	–	3	–	1	13	–	7	–	1
Wofford	6	–	4	–	0	12	–	7	–	0
UNC Greensboro	6	–	4	–	0	11	–	7	–	2
Furman	2	–	6	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
VMI	0	–	10	–	0	0	–	17	–	0


‡-2016 SoCon Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season was the 21st season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The UNC Greensboro Spartans are the defending regular season champions, and the Furman Paladins are the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2015[edit]

None

Teams[edit]

Stadia and locations[edit]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
East Tennessee State Buccaneers	Johnson City, Tennessee	Summers-Taylor Stadium	1,000
Furman Paladins	Greenville, South Carolina	Stone III Stadium	3,000
Mercer Bears	Macon, Georgia	Bear Field	300
UNC Greensboro Spartans	Greensboro, North Carolina	UNCG Soccer Stadium	3,540
VMI Keydets	Lexington, Virginia	Patchin Field	1,000
Wofford Terriers	Spartanburg, South Carolina	Snyder Field	2,250

Chattanooga, The Citadel, Samford and West Carolina do not sponsor men's soccer

Regular season[edit]

Results[edit]

Each team played their conference opponent twice: once home, and once away.

Team/opponent	ETS	FUR	MER	NCG	VMI	WOF
East Tennessee State Buccaneers		0–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	2–1
Furman Paladins	0–0		0–1	2–3	3–2	2–3
Mercer Bears	2–3	2–1		2–1	5–0	2–0
UNC Greensboro Spartans	3–4	1–0	2–1		8–1	0–1
VMI Keydets	1–5	0–6	0–2	0–4		0–1
Wofford Terriers	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	6–1

Rankings[edit]

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Wk 9^[10]	Wk 10^[11]	Wk 11^[12]	Wk 12^[13]	Final^[14]
East Tennessee State	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
Furman	C
Mercer	C	RV	NR
UNC Greensboro	C
VMI	C
Wofford	C

Postseason[edit]

SoCon Tournament[edit]

Tournament details to be announced.

NCAA tournament[edit]

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
—	Clemson	Mercer	L, 0–1 vs. South Carolina
—	Winston-Salem	East Tennessee State	L, 0–1 vs. Virginia Tech

All-SoCon Sun awards and teams[edit]

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 SoCon Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[15]
Player of the Year	Will Bagrou, Mercer
Goalkeeper of the Year	Jonny Sutherland, ETSU
Coach of the Year	Bo Oshoniyi, ETSU
Freshman of the Year	Joe Pickering, ETSU

First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
2016 SoCon Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[15]
F Fletcher Ekern, ETSU F Lewis Hawke, Furman F Will Bagrou, Mercer F Damieon Thomas, UNCG MF Serge Gomis, ETSU MF Leeroy Maguraushe, UNCG MF Jordan Duru, Mercer D Chase Clack, ETSU D Kyle McLagan, Furman D Ian Antley, Mercer D Conner Antley, Mercer GK Jonny Sutherland, ETSU	F Joao Ramalho, ETSU F Lucas Altman, Wofford F Matthew Aurednik, Wofford MF Charlie Machell, ETSU MF Marco Ortiz, Furman MF Connor Donohue, Wofford D Joe Pickering, ETSU D Eric Gunnarsson, UNCG D Kyle Nelson, Wofford GK Jeremy Booth, Mercer GK Joe Wichmann, Wofford	Javier Alberto, ETSU Joe Pickering, ETSU Emery May, Furman Roberto Arteaga, Mercer Jacob Chadwell, Mercer Casey Penland, UNCG Lucas Altman, Wofford Dredon Kelly, Wofford Sam Ross, Wofford Austin Tuggle, Wofford Christian Womeldorph, Wofford

References[edit]

^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "SoCon Men's Soccer Weekly Release No 9" (PDF). Southern Conference. SoConSports.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

[1] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[2] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[3] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[4] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[5] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[6] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[7] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.

[8] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[9] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[10] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[11] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[12] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

[13] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[14] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.

[awards-15] "SoCon Men's Soccer Weekly Release No 9" (PDF). Southern Conference. SoConSports.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

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v t e Southern Conference men's soccer
Teams	East Tennessee State Buccaneers Furman Paladins Mercer Bears UNC Greensboro Spartans VMI Keydets Wofford Terriers
Championships & awards	Tournament Freshman of the Year
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

v t e 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll