2016 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament

2016 The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 4
Matches 3
Site CIBER Field
Denver, Colorado
Champions Denver (4th title)
Winning coach Jamie Franks (2nd title)
The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
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2016 The Summit League men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Denver 5 0 1     19 0 3
Omaha 5 0 1     10 5 4
Western Illinois 3 3 0     8 10 1
Eastern Illinois 2 4 0     5 12 1
Fort Wayne 2 4 0     9 9 0
Oral Roberts 2 4 0     6 10 2
IUPUI 1 5 0     2 16 1
As of 29 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 11th edition of the tournament. It determined the Atlantic 10 Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

The Denver Pioneers won The Summit League title, besting the Omaha Mavericks, 21 in the championship match. It was Denver's fourth Summit League title and their fourth consecutive.

The tournament was hosted by the University of Denver and all matches were contested at CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium.

Seeds

The top eight teams participate in the tournament. The seeding is based on the program's conference record during the 2016 Atlantic 10 Conference season.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Omaha 5–0–1 +8 GD
2 Denver 5–0–1 +7 GD
3 Western Illinois 3–3
4 Eastern Illinois 2–4 2 GD

Bracket

Semifinals Championship
      
1 Omaha 3
4 Eastern Illinois 1
1 Omaha 1
2 Denver 2
2 Denver 1
3 Western Illinois 0

Results

Semifinals

Championship

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers

Rank Player College Goals
1 Brazil Andre Shinyashiki Denver 2
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Fazlo Alihodžić Omaha 1
United States Karsten Hanlin Denver
Kenya Noor Hamadi Omaha
United States Jonathan Huerta Eastern Illinois
Bosnia and Herzegovina Elvir Ibišević Omaha
United States Jacob Weiler Omaha

References

  1. "2016 Men's Soccer Standings". The Summit League. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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