| 2016 Big South Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
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| Duration: | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Radford |
| Second Place: | High Point |
| Mvp: | Offense: Tresor Mbuyu Jo Vetle Rimstad |
| Draft: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Draft Link: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Top Pick: | Jo Vetle Rimstad, Radford |
| Picked By: | D.C. United, 43rd overall |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2016 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Radford |
| Seasonslistnames: | Big South Conference men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 Big South Conference men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 Big South Conference men's soccer season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
The 2016 Big South Conference men's soccer season was the 33rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Winthrop Eagles are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Campbell Fighting Camels | Indianapolis, Indiana | Eakes Athletic Complex | |
| Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | Boiling Springs, North Carolina | Greene-Harbison Soccer Stadium | |
| High Point Panthers | High Point, North Carolina | Vert Stadium | |
| Liberty Flames | Lynchburg, Virginia | Liberty Soccer Stadium | |
| Longwood Lancers | Farmville, Virginia | Longwood Athletics Complex | |
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | Clinton, South Carolina | Martin Stadium | |
| Radford Highlanders | Radford, Virginia | Cupp Memorial Stadium | |
| UNC Asheville Bulldogs | Asheville, North Carolina | Greenwood Soccer Field | |
| VMI Keydets | Lexington, Virginia | Patchin Field | |
| Winthrop Eagles | Rock Hill, South Carolina | Eagle Field | |
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| Home/Away | CAM | GW | HPU | LIB | LON | PRE | RAD | UNA | WIN | |||||||
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| Campbell Fighting Camels | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- UNC Asheville --> 2–1 | < | -- Winthrop --> 4–1 | |||||||
| Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | < | -- Campbell --> 2–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Radford --> 0–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||
| High Point Panthers | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Longwood --> 3–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||||
| Liberty Flames | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- UNC Asheville --> 3–4 | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||||
| Longwood Lancers | < | -- Campbell --> 6–2 | < | -- Gardner Webb --> P[2] | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- High Point --> 2–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Winthrop --> 3–1 | |||||||
| Radford Highlanders | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Liberty --> 2–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Presbyterian --> 1–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||
| UNC Asheville Bulldogs | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Gardner Webb --> 1–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Longwood --> 3–2 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||
| Winthrop Eagles | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Liberty --> 3–4 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | |||||||||
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week |
See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll.
| Pre[3] | Wk 1[4] | Wk 2[5] | Wk 3[6] | Wk 4[7] | Wk 5[8] | Wk 6[9] | Wk 7[10] | Wk 8[11] | Wk 9[12] | Wk 10[13] | Wk 11[14] | Wk 12[15] | Final[16] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Campbell | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Gardner–Webb | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| High Point | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Liberty | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Longwood | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Presbyterian | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Radford | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 20 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 24 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> 20 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 25 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Final --> RV | |
| UNC Asheville | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| VMI | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Winthrop | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> |
See main article: 2016 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
Tournament details to be announced.
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| 2016 Big South Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| Attacking Player of the Year | Tresor Mbuyu, F, Soph., Liberty | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Jo Vetle Rimstad, D, Sr., Radford | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Marc Reeves, Radford | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Siggi Benonysson, F, Fr., High Point | |||||
| 2016 Big South Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team | ||||
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| F: Siggi Benonysson, Fr., High Point F: Chris Ramsell, Sr., High Point F: Tresor Mbuyu, Soph., Liberty MF: Ali Al-Gashamy, Sr., Gardner-Webb MF: Renato Punyed, Sr., High Point MF: Kevin Mendoza, Soph., Liberty MF: Finnlay Wyatt, Sr., Longwood D: Jo Vetle Rimstad, Sr., Radford D: Johnny Fenwick, Soph., High Point D: Fraser Colmer, Jr., Radford D: Bismark Amofah, Sr., Radford GK: Aitor Pousea Blanco, R-Jr., Radford AL: Kyle Carr, D, Sr., Liberty | F: Mason Lewis, Sr., Presbyterian F: Zach Joens, Sr., UNC Asheville F: Evan Szklennik, Sr., Radford MF: Bana Ganidekam, Fr., High Point MF: Dan Campos, Jr., Longwood MF: Jakob Strandsäter, Soph., Radford MF: Kieran Roberts, R-Soph., Radford D: Zack Compton, Jr., UNC Asheville D: Edward Fulwood, Fr., Campbell D: Daniel Mukuna, Soph., Campbell D: Rashid Tetteh, Soph., High Point GK: Carlos Canas, Sr., Longwood AL: Cade Crow, MF, Sr., Presbyterian | Siggi Benonysson, F, Fr., High Point Bana Ganidekam, MF, Fr., High Point Max Poelker, F, Fr., Longwood Gideon Betz, MF, Fr., Campbell Edward Fulwood, D, Fr., Campbell Rigo Rojas, F, Fr., Liberty Victor Valls, MF, Fr., Radford Sergio Pinto, MF, Fr., Presbyterian Severin Soerlie, F, Fr., Gardner-Webb James Knoebel, GK, R-Fr., Liberty Francesco Tiozzo, D, Fr., Winthrop | ||||