2016 NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament

2016 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 10–December 3, 2016
Teams	38
Final positions
Champions	Wingate (1st title, 1st final)
Runner-up	Charleston (WV) (2nd final)
Third place	UC San Diego; & Rockhurst (MO)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	99 (2.68 per match)
	← 2015 2017 →; All statistics correct as of 12/1/2016.

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]

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.

School	Conference	Record
Adelphi (NY)	Northeast-10 Conference	18–1–0
Cal Poly Pomona	California Collegiate Athletic Association	12–5–2
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 Conference	11–4–3
Florida Tech	Sunshine State Conference	10–4–1
Fort Hays State (KS)	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	13–4–1
Franklin Pierce (NH)	Northeast-10 Conference	12–5–0
Lander (SC)	Peach Belt Conference	14–3–1
Le Moyne (NY)	Northeast-10 Conference	14–4–2
Lenoir–Rhyne (NC)	South Atlantic Conference	11–4–3
Limestone (SC)	Conference Carolinas	15–3–0
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 Conference	14–5–0
Midwestern State (TX)	Heartland Conference	16–3–1

School	Conference	Record
Palm Beach Atlantic	Sunshine State Conference	12–4–1
Pfeiffer (NC)	Conference Carolinas	18–2–0
Quincy (IL)	Great Lakes Valley Conference	12–5–2
Regis (CO)	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	14–4–1
Rockhurst (MO)	Great Lakes Valley Conference	16–2–2
Saginaw Valley State (MI)	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	15–4–1
St. Edward's (TX)	Heartland Conference	17–2–1
Simon Fraser (BC)	Great Northwest Athletic Conference	14–1–2
Sonoma State	California Collegiate Athletic Association	10–4–5
Southern Indiana	Great Lakes Valley Conference	13–3–3
Southern New Hampshire	Northeast-10 Conference	11–4–2
Tampa	Sunshine State Conference	11–4–3
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 Conference	13–4–1
West Chester	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	11–4–3
Western Washington	Great Northwest Athletic Conference	9–4–4
Wingate (NC)	South Atlantic Conference	14–1–0

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 Post	1
4	Franklin Pierce	2	5	Merrimack	0
5	Merrimack	3				1	LIU Post	0
6	Southern N.H.	3				2	Adelphi	4
3	Le Moyne	1	6	Southern N.H.	0
			2	Adelphi	1
									2	Adelphi	2(3)
									1	Charleston	2(5)
			1	Charleston	2
			4	West Chester	0
						1	Charleston	2
						3	Urbana	1
			3	Urbana	2
			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	Rockhurst	3
4	Southern Ind.	2(3)	4	Southern Ind.	1
5	Quincy	2(1)				1	Rockhurst	1(5)
6	Drury	2				6	Drury	1(4)
3	Saginaw Valley St.	1	6	Drury	2
			2	Tiffin	1
									1	Rockhurst	1
									1	Fort Hays State	0


						1	Fort Hays State	1
						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 Pomona	0(4)
5	Cal Poly Pomona	2				5	Cal Poly Pomona	0
6	Western Wash.	3				2	UC San Diego	1
3	Dixie State	2	3	Western Wash.	0
			2	UC San Diego	2
									1	UC San Diego	2
									2	Midwestern State	1
			1	St. Edward's	1
			4	Regis	0
						1	St. Edward's	2
						2	Midwestern State	3
			3	Colorado Mesa	0
			2	Midwestern State	1

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	Tampa	1
						4	Tampa	3
						2	Palm Beach Atlantic	2
			3	Florida Tech.	1
			2	Palm Beach Atlantic	2
									1	Tampa	0
									1	Wingate	1
			1	Wingate	3
4	Limestone	2	4	Limestone	0
5	Lander	1				1	Wingate	1
6	Lenoir-Rhyne	3				2	Pfeiffer	0
3	Tusculum	1	6	Lenoir-Rhyne	1
			2	Pfeiffer	6

Division II College Cup

Semifinals December 1, 2016 Swope Soccer Village Kansas City, Missouri			Championship December 3, 2016 Swope Soccer Village Kansas City, Missouri

	Charleston	2

1	Rockhurst	1
			1	Charleston	0

			1	Wingate	2
2	UC San Diego	0

	Wingate	2

Final

December 3, 2016

12:00 EST (UTC−5)

Wingate	2–0	Charleston (WV)
Garret Bridgewater 21:17' Jon Ander 36:02' (Perez), 78:00'	Report 1 Report 2	Thomas Vancaeyezeele 36:57' Williams N'dah 84:33'

Swope Soccer Village, Kansas City, Missouri

Referee: Sorin Stoica

References

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

[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.

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