2015 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship

2015 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship
Country United States
Dates December 4–5, 2015
Teams 61
Champions Amherst College (MA)
Runners-up Loras College (IA)
Third place Calvin College (MI)
& SUNY Oneonta (NY)
Matches played 60
Goals scored 164 (2.73 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) n/a
Best player Bryce Ciambella, Amherst
All statistics correct as of 12/7/2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship was the 42nd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Missouri (the home field of Swope Park Rangers, the USL affiliate of MLS's Sporting Kansas City) from December 4–5, 2015 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2015.[1]

Qualification

All Division III men's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the 61-team tournament field. 42 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 19 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.[2]

Automatic qualifiers (42)

Conference Champion Record
Allegheny Mountain Mount Aloysius 12–6–2
American Southwest Texas–Dallas 15–3–3
Capital Athletic Salisbury 13–3–3
Centennial Haverford 16–3
CUNYAC CCNY 11–7
CCIW Carthage 11–7–3
Colonial States Cabrini 15–2–3
Commonwealth Coast Gordon 15–4–0
Empire 8 Stevens Tech 15–3–2
Great Northeast Johnson & Wales (RI) 17–4
HCAC Rose–Hulman 13–2–5
IIAC Loras 14–4–1
Landmark Scranton 10–6–2
Liberty League St. Lawrence 14–3–2
Little East UMass Boston 16–4
MSCAC Bridgewater State 17–3–1
MIAA Calvin 20–0–1
MAC Commonwealth Lycoming 16–1–2
MAC Freedom Eastern 16–2–2
Midwest Lake Forest 13–6–1
MIAC St. Olaf 13–7–1
NECC Daniel Webster 18–3
NESCAC Bowdoin 10–3–4
NEWMAC Babson 12–6–2
NJAC Rutgers–Camden 13–7–2
North Atlantic Thomas (ME) 13–4–1
North Coast Kenyon 17–1
NEAC Morrisville State 13–4–2
NACC Milwaukee Engineering 14–4–1
Northwest Whitworth 16–1–1
Ohio Athletic Ohio Northern 17–4–1
ODAC Washington and Lee 15–3–2
Presidents Westminster (PA) 11–5–4
SLIAC Westminster (MO) 17–2–0
Skyline Sage 13–3–3
SAA Millsaps 14–4
SCIAC Redlands 16–3–2
SCAC Trinity (TX) 19–2
SUNYAC SUNY Oneonta 15–3–1
UAA Brandeis 16–2–1
Upper Midwest St. Scholastica 18–2–1
USA South Methodist 14–4–3

At-large qualifiers (19)

Team Conference Record
Amherst NESCAC 14–1–1
Carnegie Mellon UAA 11–3–3
Chicago UAA 11–5–2
DePauw North Coast 11–3–4
Dickinson Centennial 12–4–3
Franklin & Marshall Presidents' 15–3
Macalester MIAC 13–1–5
MIT NEWMAC 16–2–1
Montclair State NJAC 18–2–1
Ohio Wesleyan North Coast 15–4–2
Plattsburgh State SUNYAC 14–4–3
RPI Liberty 11–4–3
Rowan NJAC 16–5
Thomas More Presidents' 16–2–1
Tufts NESCAC 9–4–3
Washington–St. Louis UAA 11–4–3
Wheaton (IL) CCIW 12–3–3
Wisconsin–Oshkosh WIAC 11–3–3
Wisconsin–Whitewater WIAC 14–3–1

Tournament bracket

Amherst Sectional

  First Round
November 12–15, 2015
Regional sites
Second Round
November 12–15, 2015
Regional sites
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Amherst, MA
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Amherst, MA
                                     
        
   Amherst* 2  
     Morrisville State 0  
 Morrisville State* 3
 Cabrini 1  
   Amherst* 2  
   Lycoming 0  
 Lycoming* 1  
 Johnson & Wales (RI) 0  
   Lycoming* 2
     Dickinson 1  
 Rowan 1
 Dickinson 2  
   Amherst* 1
   Trinity (TX) 0
 Brandeis* 2  
 Thomas (ME) 1  
   Brandeis* 2
     RPI 1  
 RPI* 2
 Stevens Tech 1  
   Brandeis 0
   Trinity (TX) 2  
 Texas–Dallas 0  
 Trinity (TX)* 3  
   Trinity (TX)* 1
     Redlands 0  
 Redlands 3
 Whitworth 2  

Haverford Sectional

  First Round
November 12–15, 2015
Regional sites
Second Round
November 12–15, 2015
Regional sites
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Haverford, PA
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Haverford, PA
                                     
        
   Haverford* 2  
     Washington & Lee 1  
 Washington & Lee* 3
 Methodist 0  
   Haverford* 2  
   St. Lawrence 0  
 St. Lawrence* 2  
 Sage 0  
   St. Lawrence* 2
     Scranton 0  
 UMass Boston 1
 Scranton 2  
   Haverford* 0
   SUNY Oneonta 1
 SUNY Oneonta* 7  
 CCNY 0  
   SUNY Oneonta* 2
     Rutgers–Camden 0  
 Rutgers–Camden 2
 Eastern 1  
   SUNY Oneonta 2
   MIT 0  
 MIT* 5  
 Bridgewater State 1  
   MIT* 1
     Bowdoin 0  
 Plattsburgh State 0
 Bowdoin 1  

Loras Sectional

  First Round
November 12–15, 2015
Campus sites
Second Round
November 12–15, 2015
Campus sites
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Dubuque, IA
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Dubuque, IA
                                     
        
   Loras* 3  
     Carthage 1  
 Ohio Northern* 2
 Carthage 3  
   Loras* 2  
   DePauw 1  
 Washington–St. Louis* 4  
 Millsaps 2  
   Washington–St. Louis* 1
     DePauw 1  
 DePauw 1
 Westminster (MO) 0  
   Loras* 2
   Wheaton (IL) 1
 Macalester* 1  
 St. Scholastica 0  
   Macalester* 0
     St. Olaf 1  
 UW–Oshkosh 0
 St. Olaf 2  
   St. Olaf 1
   Wheaton (IL) 2  
 Wheaton (IL)* 3  
 Lake Forest 2  
   Wheaton (IL) 1
     UW–Whitewater 0  
 UW–Whitewater 0
 Rose–Hulman 0  

Kenyon Sectional

  First Round
November 12–15, 2015
Campus sites
Second Round
November 12–15, 2015
Campus sites
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Gambier, OH
Sectionals
November 21–22, 2015
Gambier, OH
                                     
 Montclair State* 3  
 Daniel Webster 2  
   Montclair State* 2  
     Tufts 3  
 Salisbury 1
 Tufts 2  
   Tufts 2  
   Kenyon* 3  
 Kenyon* 1  
 Westminster (PA) 0  
   Kenyon* 1
     Chicago 1  
 Chicago 3
 Thomas More 0  
   Kenyon* 0
   Calvin 1
 Franklin & Marshall* 5  
 Babson 1  
   Franklin & Marshall* 3
     Gordon 1  
 Carnegie Mellon 1
 Gordon 2  
   Franklin & Marshall 0
   Calvin 1  
 Ohio Wesleyan* 3  
 Milwaukee Engineering 1  
   Ohio Wesleyan* 1
     Calvin 3  
 Calvin 1
 Mount Aloysius 0  

Division III College Cup

Semifinals
December 4, 2015
Swope Soccer Village
Kansas City, Missouri
Championship
December 5, 2015
Swope Soccer Village
Kansas City, Missouri
      
Amherst 0
SUNY Oneonta 0
Amherst 2
Loras 1
Loras 1
Calvin 0

See also

References

  1. "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. "NCAA DIII Men's Soccer Committee selects championship field". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
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