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
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Season champions	East Tennessee State
Runners-up	Mercer
Season MVP	Will Bagrou
Tournament
Champions	Mercer
Runners-up	East Tennessee State

2016 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
East Tenn. State+	7	–	1	–	3			12	–	5	–	3
Mercer ‡	7	–	3	–	1			13	–	7	–	1
Wofford	6	–	4	–	0			12	–	7	–	0
UNC Greensboro	6	–	4	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
Furman	2	–	6	–	2			6	–	9	–	3
VMI	0	–	10	–	0			0	–	17	–	0
‡-2016 SoCon Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship 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/Opponent	ETS	FUR	MER	NCG	VMI	WOF
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

		Pre[1]	Wk 1[2]	Wk 2[3]	Wk 3[4]	Wk 4[5]	Wk 5[6]	Wk 6[7]	Wk 7[8]	Wk 8[9]	Wk 9[10]	Wk 10[11]	Wk 11[12]	Wk 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

Tournament details to be announced.

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
N/A	Clemson	Mercer	L, 0–1 vs. South Carolina
N/A	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

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 Southern Conference women's soccer season

References

1. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
2. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.
14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016.
15. "SoCon Men's Soccer Weekly Release No 9" (PDF). Southern Conference. SoConSports.com. Retrieved January 28, 2017.