2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
| 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season | |
|---|---|
| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Soccer |
| Duration | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Coastal Carolina |
| Runners-up | Georgia Southern |
| Tournament | |
| Champions | Coastal Carolina |
| Runners-up | Georgia State |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina ‡ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from NSCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 15th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Hartwick Hawks are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
Changes from 2015
[edit]- The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are joining the conference after previously being part of the Big South Conference.[1]
- The NJIT Highlanders, an associate member, are moving to the Atlantic Sun Conference.[2]
Teams
[edit]Stadiums and locations
[edit]- Arkansas State, Arkansas–Little Rock, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, UTA and Troy do not sponsor men's soccer. Hartwick and Howard are associated members.
Regular season
[edit]Results
[edit]| Team/opponent | ASU | CCU | GSU | GSO | HAR | HOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |||
| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||
| Georgia State Panthers | 1–3 | 4–0 | ||||
| Georgia Southern Eagles | 3–1 | 2–1 | ||||
| Hartwick Hawks | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
| Howard Bison | 1–3 | 2–0 |
Rankings
[edit]| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week |
| Pre[3] | Wk 1[4] |
Wk 2[5] |
Wk 3[6] |
Wk 4[7] |
Wk 5[8] |
Wk 6[9] |
Wk 7[10] |
Wk 8[11] |
Wk 9[12] |
Wk 10[13] |
Wk 11[14] |
Wk 12[15] |
Final[16] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State | C | ||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | C | 21 | RV | NR | |||||||||||
| Georgia State | C | ||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | C | ||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | C | ||||||||||||||
| Howard | C |
Postseason
[edit]Sun Belt Tournament
[edit]| First round November 10 | Semifinals November 11 | Championship November 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Hartwick | 2 | 4 | Hartwick | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | App State | 1 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Georgia State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgia State | 2 | 3 | Georgia State | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Howard | 0 | ||||||||||||
NCAA tournament
[edit]| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 4 | Coastal Carolina | W, 2–1 vs. Radford – (Conway) | L, 0–2 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem) |
All-Sun Belt awards and teams
[edit]| 2016 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Hannes Burmeister, Georgia State | |||||
| Offensive Player of the Year | Hannes Burmeister, Georgia State | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Emil Laursen, Georgia Southern | |||||
| Newcomer of the Year | Nick Hague, Georgia State | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Kyle Clinton, Georgia State Hamish Ritchie, Hartwick | |||||
| Coach of the Year | John Murphy, Georgia Southern | |||||
| 2016 Sun Belt Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[17] | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Stephen Chapman, Sr., FW, ASU |
Martin Melchor, Jr., FW, CCU | |||||
- Key
- ASU = Applachain State
- CCU = Coastal Carolina
- GSTA = Georgia State
- GSOU = Georgia Southern
- HART = Hartwick
- HOW = Howard
- Fr. = Freshman
- So. = Sophomore
- Jr. = Junior
- Sr. = Senior
- Gr. = Graduate
- GK = Goalkeeper
- DF = Defender
- MF = Midfielder
- FW = Forward
See also
[edit]- 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
- 2016 Sun Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
- 2016 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer season
References
[edit]- ^ "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ "New Jersey Institute of Technology to Join the Atlantic Sun: #NJITtoASun" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Sun Belt announces 2016 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams and individual awards". Sun Belt Conference. November 9, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2017.