# 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.
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
| | | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
| 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 |
| — | 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 :
| 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 :
| 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 |