2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season was the 21st season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams10
Regular season
Season championsEast Tennessee State
  Runners-upMercer
Season MVPWill Bagrou
Tournament
ChampionsMercer
  Runners-upEast Tennessee State
2016 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East Tenn. State+ 7 –1 –312 –5 –3
Mercer ‡ 7 –3 –113 –7 –1
Wofford 6 –4 –012 –7 –0
UNC Greensboro 6 –4 –011 –7 –2
Furman 2 –6 –26 –9 –3
VMI 0 –10 –00 –17 –0
As of 18 November 2016
Rankings from NSCAA

The UNC Greensboro Spartans are the defending regular season champions, and the Furman Paladins are the defending tournament champions.

Changes from 2015
  • None

Teams

Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity
East Tennessee State Buccaneers Johnson City, Tennessee Summers-Taylor Stadium 1,000
Furman Paladins Greenville, South Carolina Stone III Stadium 3,000
Mercer Bears Macon, Georgia Bear Field 300
UNC Greensboro Spartans Greensboro, North Carolina UNCG Soccer Stadium 3,540
VMI Keydets Lexington, Virginia Patchin Field 1,000
Wofford Terriers Spartanburg, South Carolina Snyder Field 2,250
  • Chattanooga, The Citadel, Samford and West Carolina do not sponsor men's soccer

Regular season

Results

Each team played their conference opponent twice: once home, and once away.

Team/opponentETSFURMERNCGVMIWOF
East Tennessee State Buccaneers 0–0 2–0 1–0 5–1 2–1
Furman Paladins 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–2 2–3
Mercer Bears 2–3 2–1 2–1 5–0 2–0
UNC Greensboro Spartans 3–4 1–0 2–1 8–1 0–1
VMI Keydets 1–5 0–6 0–2 0–4 0–1
Wofford Terriers 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 6–1

Rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll
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4[5]		 Wk
5[6]		 Wk
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9[10]		 Wk
10[11]		 Wk
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12[13]		 Final[14]
East Tennessee State C RV RV RV RV NR
Furman C
Mercer C RV NR
UNC Greensboro C
VMI C
Wofford C

Postseason

SoCon Tournament
Main article: 2016 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

Tournament details to be announced.

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
— Clemson Mercer L, 0–1 vs. South Carolina
— Winston-Salem East Tennessee State L, 0–1 vs. Virginia Tech

All-SoCon Sun awards and teams
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[15]
First Team Second Team Rookie Team

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

See also

References
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  10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 4, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  15. "SoCon Men's Soccer Weekly Release No 9" (PDF). Southern Conference. SoConSports.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
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