Football tournament season
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Teams | 7 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | SIUE |
| Runner-up | Missouri State |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 14 (2.33 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Jake Buckle (MoSt)–2 Ian McGrath (UE)–2 |
| Best player | Austin Ledbetter {SIUE} |
| ← 20152017 → | |
The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 26th edition of the tournament. It determined the Missouri Valley Conference's (MVC) automatic berth in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Missouri State University hosted the tournament at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium on the Missouri State campus in Springfield, Missouri on November 8, 9, 11 &13, 2016.
The second-seeded SIUE Cougars won the tournament, beating the fifth-seeded Missouri State Bears 1–0 in the championship match. It was SIUE's second MVC championship.
Qualification
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Loyola Chicago + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 SIUE ‡ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evansville | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bradley | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 15 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In a departure from the past, all seven teams in the Missouri Valley Conference qualified for the tournament with seeding based on their conference regular season records. The two top-seeded teams received first round byes, and the two bottom-seeded teams met in a play-in game.
Bracket
| Play-In | ||||
| 6 | Drake | 2 | ||
| 7 | Bradley | 0 | ||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Loyola Chicago | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Central Arkansas | 1 | 5 | Missouri State | 2 (ot) | |||||||||
| 5 | Missouri State 5–4 | 1 (PK) | 5 | Missouri State | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | SIUE | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | SIUE | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Drake | 1 | 3 | Evansville | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Evansville | 2 (ot) | ||||||||||||
Television/internet coverage
All games will be streamed live on The Valley on ESPN3.
Schedule
Bradley Braves v Drake Bulldogs| November 8, 2016 Play-in Game | Bradley Braves | 0–2 | Drake Bulldogs | Springfield, Missouri |
| 12 noon (CST) | Ciaramitaro  49'Ketterer  90' |
Report | Pendrigh  27'Sunday 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 206 Referee: Andy Ellsworth Assistant referees: Shane Kennard & Daniel Edwards Fourth official: Patrick Burns |
| November 9, 2016 Quarterfinals | Evansville Purple Aces | 2–1 | Drake Bulldogs | Springfield, Missouri |
| 3:00 PM (CST) | McGrath 13' (Waever & Simon) McDougal 75'Blaydes  91' |
Report | Sanchez 6' Ciszewsk 61'Heine 91' |
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 126 Referee: Doug Wolff Assistant referees: George Major & Elvis Mahmutovic Fourth official: Andy Ellsworth |
| November 9, 2016 Quarterfinals | Missouri State Bears | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Central Arkansas Bears | Springfield, Missouri |
| 6:00 PM (CST) | Buckle 27' (Hoegg & Laird) Griffin 92' |
Report | Carson, 8' (Woody) |
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 406 Referee: Jon Freemon Assistant referees: Klayton Babin & David Henderson Fourth official: Scottie Stiles |
| Penalties | ||||
Griffin  Routledge Buckle Hoegg  Swanner Lightbourne |
Moquete San Roman Knutson Ilia Brodacki Kampmann |
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| November 11, 2016 Semifinals | Evansville Purple Aces | 1–2 | SIUE Cougars | Springfield, Missouri |
| 3:00 PM (CST) | McGrath 81' (Blaydes) McGrath 83'Baum 8u' |
Report | Ledbetter 25' Duncan 59' (Jambga & Awad) |
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 268 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Leszek Skowyra & Don Tebeau Fourth official: Tim Wagner |
| November 11, 2016 Semifinals | Missouri State Bears | 2–1 | Loyola Ramblers | Springfield, Missouri |
| 6:00 PM (CST) | Langton 68' Buckle 73' (Lightbourne) \Hoegg 96' (Routledge) |
Report | Stoneman 12' Engesser 23' |
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 483 Referee: David Jaworski Assistant referees: Shane Kennard & Austin Stiles Fourth official: Dan Edwards |
| November 13, 2016 MVC FINAL | SIUE Cougars | 1–0 | Missouri State Bears | Springfield, Missouri |
| 1:00 PM (CST) | Jambga 36' Ebbesen 43' |
Report | Jones 78' |
Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 679 Referee: Ben Trevino Assistant referees: Mike Dutt & Matt Stein Fourth official: Shane Kennard |
Statistics
| Rank | Player | School | Games | Goals | Assists | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckle | MoSt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| McGrath | UE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Blaydes | UE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Hoegg | MoSt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jambga | SIUE | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Carson | UCA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Duncan | SIUE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Engesser | LU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ledbetter | SIUE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Pendrigh | DU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sunday | DU | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sanchez | DU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Awad | SIUE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Simon | UE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Weaver | UE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Woody | UCA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Laird | MoSt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Lightbourne | MoSt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Routledge | MoSt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Player | School | Games | Minutes | Goals | Saves | Save % | Goals against ave. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dal Santo | SIUE | 2 | 180:00 | 1 | 6 | .857 | 0.500 |
| 2 | Olsen | UCA | 1 | 110:00 | 1 | 3 | .750 | 0.818 |
| 3 | MacLeod | DU | 2 | 180:19 | 2 | 4 | .667 | 0.998 |
| 4 | Priestley | MoSt | 3 | 295:45 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0.913 |
| 5 | Ketterer | BU | 1 | 89:25 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.007 |
| 6 | Reimer | UE | 2 | 180:19 | 3 | 4 | .571 | 1.497 |
| 7 | Chekadanov | LU | 1 | 95:45 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.880 |
| 8 | Wisbey | BU | 1 | 0:35 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 154.321 |
2016 MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team
2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Austin Ledbetter, SIUE
- Richard Olson, Bradley
- Wes Carson, Central Arkansas
- Mueng Sunday, Drake
- Ian McGrath, Evansville
- Zac Blaydes, Evansville
- Ryan Howe, Loyola
- Kevin Engesser, Loyola
- Rob Oslica, Missouri State
- Jake Buckle, Missouri State
- Emmerich Hoegg, Missouri State
- Kyle Dal Santo, SIUE
- Devyn Jambga, SIUE
- Keegan McHugh, SIUE
See also
- Missouri Valley Conference
- 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
- 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
- 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
References
- "MEN'S SOCCER RECORDS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- "SIUE Wins MVC Men's Soccer Championship". 13 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- "COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER: Cougars outlast MSU, win MVC Tourney". The Telegraph. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
- "Bracket Set for Next Week's MVC Men's Soccer Championship". 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
| Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer | |
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| Members | |
| MVC Tournament | |
| MVC seasons | |
| 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season | |
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| Regular Season | |
| Tournaments | |
| National Tournaments | |
| Rankings | NSCAA Top 25 Coaches Poll |