2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 25th edition of the tournament.[1] It determined the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic berth in the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted the tournament at Ralph Korte Stadium on the SIUE campus.

2015 MVC men's soccer tournament
Country United States
Teams6
ChampionsDrake
Runners-upSIUE
Matches played5
Goals scored5 (1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nic Jaimes–Drake (2)
Best playerKyle Whigham–Drake
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The third-seeded Drake Bulldogs won the tournament, besting the top-seeded SIUE Cougars in the championship match.[2] It was Drake's second MVC championship.

Qualification
2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
SIUE 5 –1 –012 –4 –2
Bradley 4 –1 –17 –10 –1
Drake ‡ 3 –1 –213 –5 –3
Missouri State 3 –2 –16 –6 –5
Loyola Chicago 2 –2 –210 –4 –5
Central Arkansas 1 –5 –02 –15 –1
Evansville 0 –6 –03 –13 –0
As of November 22, 2015
Rankings from NSCAA

The top six teams in the Missouri Valley Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament. The SIUE Cougars, Bradley Braves, Drake Bulldogs, Missouri State Bears, Loyola Chicago Ramblers, and Central Arkansas Bears earned berths in the tournament. Top-seeded SIUE and second-seeded Bradley received first round byes.

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 SIUE Pk 4–3 0
4 Loyola 1 4 Loyola 0
5 Missouri State 0 1 SIUE 0
3 Drake 1
2 Bradley 0
6 Central Arkansas 0 3 Drake 1
3 Drake 2

Schedule
November 11, 2015 Quarterfinals #6 Central Arkansas 0–2 #3 Drake Edwardsville, Illinois
12 Noon Stricker Yellow card 85' Report [3] LeMay 18' A-Edel
Jaimes Yellow card 27'
Jaimes 58' A-Enna		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 344
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: George Major & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Doug Gault
November 11, 2015 Quarterfinals #5 Loyola 0–1 #4 Missouri State Edwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PM Barbero Yellow card 84' Report[4] Lifka 84' unassisted
Lifka Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Trevino
Assistant referees: Mike Dutt & Collin Pressey
Fourth official: Divanbeigi
November 13, 2015 Semifinals #3 Drake 1–0 #2 Bradley Edwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PM Jaimes 10' A-Sunday
Edel Yellow card 58'		 Report [5] Kovacevic Yellow card 15'
Emerson Yellow card 48'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 359
Referee: David Jaworski
Assistant referees: Elvis Mahmutovic & Jacob Post
Fourth official: Craig Adams
November 13, 2015 Semifinals #5 Loyola 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 #1 SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
6:00 PM Stevenson Yellow card 81'
Stevenson Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card		 Report[6] JambgaYellow card 09' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Landis Wiley
Assistant referees: Nemanja Pandzic & Tyler Turner
Fourth official: Mike Dutt
Penalties
Thomson, Hare, Collier McHugh, Christianson, Bilyeu, Ledbetter
November 15, 2015 MVC Final #3 Drake 1–0 #1 SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
1:00 PM Prusa Yellow card 32'
Bartlett Yellow card 40'
Ciszewski 78' unassisted		 Report[7] Danzy Yellow card 63' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 863
Referee: Jeremy Schroeder
Assistant referees: Ryan Ash & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Jacob Post

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers
Rank Player College Goals[8]
1United States Nic JaimesDrake2
2United States Ben LeMayDrake1
Germany Fabian LifkaLoyola
United States Paul CiszewskiDrake

Top goalkeepers
Rank Player College Games Saves Save
%age		 Goals
against
average[8]
1Canada Darrin MacLeodDrake391.0000.000
2United States Kyle Dal SantoSIUE26.8570.450
3United States Tim DobrowolskiLoyola25.8330.450

All-tournament team

2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Kyle Whigham, Drake

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF United States USA Alec Bartlett (Drake)
— DF United States USA Justin Bilyeu (SIUE)
— GK United States USA Kyle Dal Santo (SIUE)
— MF United States USA Alex Garcia (Bradley)
— DF United States USA James Grunert (Drake)
— DF United States USA Daniel Hare (Loyola)
— DF United States USA Bradley (Bradley)
— DF United States USA Austin Ledbetter (SIUE)
— GK Canada CAN Darrin MacLeod (Drake)
— DF United States USA Rob Oslica (Missouri State)
— FW United States USA Daylon Schiffel (Central Arkansas)
— DF United States USA Eric Schoendorf (Loyola)
— MF United States USA Kyle Whigham (Drake)

See also

References
  1. "MEN'S SOCCER RECORDS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  2. "Late second-half goal sinks Cougars". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. November 16, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. "Bulldogs advance in the MVC Tournament with 2-0 win over Central Arkansas". The Times-Delphic. November 11, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  4. "MSOC Championship: Loyola 1, Missouri State 0". Missouri Valley Conference. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. "MSOC Championship: Drake 1, Bradley 0". Missouri Valley Conference. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. "SHOOTOUT AT KORTE: SIUE gets past Loyola on PKs in MVC Tourney semifinals". The Telegraph. November 13, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  7. "MVC SOCCER: Drake downs top-seeded SIUE in final, 1-0". The Telegraph. November 15, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  8. "2015 Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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