| 2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Pixels: | 125 |
| Duration: | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | East Tennessee State |
| Second Place: | Mercer |
| Mvp: | Will Bagrou |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2016 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Mercer |
| Finals Runner-Up: | East Tennessee State |
| Seasonslistnames: | Southern Conference men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 Southern Conference men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 Southern Conference men's soccer season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
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.
Each team played their conference opponent twice: once home, and once away.
| Team/opponent | ETS | FUR | MER | NCG | VMI | WOF | |||||||
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| East Tennessee State Buccaneers | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Furman --> 0–0 | < | -- Mercer --> 2–0 | < | -- UNCG --> 1–0 | < | -- VMI --> 5–1 | < | -- Wofford --> 2–1 | ||
| Furman Paladins | < | -- ETSU --> 0–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Mercer --> 0–1 | < | -- UNCG --> 2–3 | < | -- VMI --> 3–2 | < | -- Wofford --> 2–3 | ||
| Mercer Bears | < | -- ETSU --> 2–3 | < | -- Furman --> 2–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- UNCG --> 2–1 | < | -- VMI --> 5–0 | < | -- Wofford --> 2–0 | ||
| UNC Greensboro Spartans | < | -- ETSU --> 3–4 | < | -- Furman --> 1–0 | < | -- Mercer --> 2–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- VMI --> 8–1 | < | -- Wofford --> 0–1 | ||
| VMI Keydets | < | -- ETSU --> 1–5 | < | -- Furman --> 0–6 | < | -- Mercer --> 0–2 | < | -- UNCG --> 0–4 | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Wofford --> 0–1 | ||
| Wofford Terriers | < | -- ETSU --> 1–0 | < | -- Furman --> 2–1 | < | -- Mercer --> 1–3 | < | -- UNCG --> 1–2 | < | -- VMI--> 6–1 | 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[1] | Wk 1[2] | Wk 2[3] | Wk 3[4] | Wk 4[5] | Wk 5[6] | Wk 6[7] | Wk 7[8] | Wk 8[9] | Wk 9[10] | Wk 10[11] | Wk 11[12] | Wk 12[13] | Final[14] | |||||||||||||||||
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| East Tennessee State | 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 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Final --> NR | |
| Furman | 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 --> | |
| Mercer | 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 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| UNC Greensboro | 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 --> | |
| Wofford | 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 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.
Tournament details to be announced.
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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| Clemson | L, 0–1 vs. South Carolina | |||||||
| Winston-Salem | L, 0–1 vs. Virginia Tech |
| 2016 SoCon Men's Soccer Individual Awards[15] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| 2016 SoCon Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team | ||||
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| 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 | ||||