2016 Patriot League men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2016
Conference:Patriot League
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Matches:5
Venue:Reeves Field
City:Washington, D.C.
Champions:Colgate
Titlecount:6th
Coach:Erik Ronning
Coachcount:4th

The 2016 Patriot League men's soccer tournament, was the 27th edition of the tournament. It determined the Patriot League's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

Colgate won the Patriot League title, making it their sixth Patriot League championship. The Raiders defeated American in the championship, 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after 110 minutes.

Seeding

See main article: 2016 Patriot League men's soccer season.

The top six programs qualified for the Patriot League Tournament.[1]

SchoolConferenceOverallQualification
1American 7 1 1 .833 22 11 5 5 .643 38 Patriot League semifinals
2Loyola Maryland 6 1 2 .778 20 8 7 3 .528 27
3Colgate 5 3 1 .611 16 13 7 2 .636 41 Patriot League first round
4Boston 4 3 2 .556 14 8 6 3 .559 27
5Bucknell 4 4 1 .500 13 7 11 3 .405 24
6Army 4 4 1 .500 13 9 8 2 .526 29
7Lafayette 3 5 1 .389 10 7 9 2 .444 23
8Lehigh 3 6 0 .333 9 7 10 1 .417 22
9Holy Cross 1 5 3 .278 6 5 10 3 .361 18
10Navy 1 6 2 .222 3 5 9 4 .389 19

Awards

Patriot league Men’s Soccer All-Tournament team[2]
Ethan Kutler, Colgate
Ricky Brown, Colgate
Jared Stroud, Colgate
Zach Tamen, Colgate
Michael Cherry, American
Jake Garcia, American
Panos Nakhid, American
Brian Saramago, Loyola Maryland
Barry Sharifi, Loyola Maryland
Sebastiaan Blickman, Bucknell
Ryan Ott, Bucknell
MVP's in Bold

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Men's Soccer Championship. Patriot League. February 4, 2017.
  2. Web site: Colgate Crowned Patriot League Men's Soccer Champion. Patriot League. February 4, 2017. November 14, 2016.