| 2016 Summit League men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Pixels: | 175px |
| Duration: | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Omaha |
| Second Place: | Denver |
| Mvp: | Offensive: Fazlo Alihodžić Defensive: Reagan Dunk Goalkeeper: Nick Gardner |
| Draft: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Draft Link: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Top Pick: | Reagan Dunk, Denver |
| Picked By: | Real Salt Lake, 13th overall |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Denver |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Omaha |
| Finals Mvp: | Andre Shinyashiki |
| Seasonslistnames: | Summit League men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 Summit League men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 Summit League men's soccer season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
The 2016 The Summit League men's soccer season was the 11th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Denver Pioneers are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.[1]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
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| Denver Pioneers | Denver, Colorado | University of Denver Soccer Stadium | ||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | Charleston, Illinois | Lakeside Soccer Field | ||
| Fort Wayne Mastodons | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Hefner Stadium | ||
| IUPUI Jaguars | Indianapolis, Indiana | Carroll Stadium | ||
| Omaha Mavericks | Omaha, Nebraska | Al F. Caniglia Field[2] | 3,097 | |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Case Soccer Complex | ||
| Western Illinois Leathernecks | Macomb, Illinois | MacKenzie Alumni Field |
| Home/Away | DEN | EIU | FWY | IPI | UNO | ORU | WIU | |||||||
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| Denver Pioneers | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB | 4 - 3 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | < | -- Denver --> 0 - 1 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||
| Fort Wayne Mastodons | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB | 3 - 1 | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||
| IUPUI Jaguars | < | -- Denver --> 0 - 1 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | < | -- Western Illinois --> 0–2 | ||||||
| Omaha Mavericks | style=background:#FFFFE6 | 1–1 | style=background:#D8FFEB | 2–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB | 3–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB | 3–2 | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||
| Western Illinois Leathernecks | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#ddd;" | style=background:#D8FFEB | 4–0 | 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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| Denver | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 20 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 13 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 11 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> 8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> 8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> 7 | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> 5 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 5 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> 4 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 4 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 4 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 3 | |
| Eastern Illinois | 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 --> | |
| Fort Wayne | 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 --> | |
| IUPUI | 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 --> | |
| Omaha | 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 --> | |
| Oral Roberts | 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 --> | |
| Western Illinois | 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 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament.
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| Offensive Player of the Year | Fazlo Alihodžić, Omaha | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Reagan Dunk, Denver | |||||
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Nick Gardner, Denver | |||||
| Coach of the Year | Jamie Franks, Denver | |||||
| Newcomer of the Year | Emmanuel Hamzat, Omaha | |||||
| 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | Newcomer Team | ||||
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| Fazlo Alihodzic (M), Sr., Omaha Jacob Bevan (F), Sr., Western Illinois Reagan Dunk (D), Sr., Denver Kortne Ford (D), Jr., Denver Nick Gardner (GK), So., Denver Joseph Ghitis (GK), Jr., Omaha Sam Hamilton (M), Sr., Denver Emmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., Omaha Karsten Hanlin (F), Sr., Denver Seth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., Omaha Zach Tom (M), So., Fort Wayne | Scott DeVoss (D), So., Denver Blake Elder (F), Jr., Denver Ben Fiddes (D), Jr., Western Illinois Mark Moulton (M), Sr., Omaha Mike Novotny (GK), Jr., Eastern Illinois Fernando Pacheco (M), Jr., Western Illinois Santiago Riveros (M), Jr., Oral Roberts Andre Shinyashiki (F), So., Denver Graham Smith (M), Jr., Denver Oscar Uyamadu (F), Jr., Fort Wayne Jacob Weiler (D), Jr., Omaha | Alex Castaneda (F), Fr., Eastern Illinois Daniel Collins (M), Sr., Western Illinois Blake Elder (F), Jr., Denver Fred Frimpong (M), Fr., Omaha Thibaut Giquel (GK), So., Oral Roberts Emmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., Omaha Jonathan Huerta (M), Fr., Eastern Illinois Tyler LaCourse (D), Fr., Oral Roberts Anton Olsson (D), Fr., Eastern Illinois Seth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., Omaha Graham Smith (M), Jr., Denver | ||||