# 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season

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

* The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are joining the conference after previously being part of the Big South Conference.
* The NJIT Highlanders, an associate member, are moving to the Atlantic Sun Conference.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | Boone, North Carolina | ASU Soccer Stadium | 2,000 |
| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | Conway, South Carolina | CCU Soccer Field | 1,000 |
| Georgia Southern Eagles | Statesboro, Georgia | Erk Russell Athletic Park | 500 |
| Georgia State Panthers | Atlanta, Georgia | GSU Soccer Complex | 1,892 |
| Hartwick Hawks | Oneonta, New York | Elmore Field | 3,000 |
| Howard Bison | Washington, D.C. | Greene Stadium | 7,086 |
* 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
### Results

| 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

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 |
| Appalachian State | C | | | |
| Coastal Carolina | C | 21 | RV | NR |
| Georgia State | C | | | |
| Georgia Southern | C | | | |
| Hartwick | C | | | |
| Howard | C | | | |

## Postseason
### Sun Belt Tournament

| First round November 10 | First round November 10 | First round November 10 | Semifinals November 11 | Semifinals November 11 | Semifinals November 11 | Championship November 13 | Championship November 13 | 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

| 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

2016 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| 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 :
| First Team | Second Team |
| Stephen Chapman, Sr., FW, ASU Frantzdy Pierrot, Jr., FW, CCU Blake Wilson, Jr., FW, GSOU Hannes Burmeister, So., MF, GSTA Max Hemmings, So., MF, GSTA Johnny McBeth, Jr., MF, HART Einar Einarsson, Sr., DF, CCU Emil Laursen, So., DF, GSOU Kyle Clinton, Fr., DF, GSOU Elliott Bentley, Fr., DF, HART Yannic Horn, Jr., GK, GSTA | Martin Melchor, Jr., FW, CCU Frank Rosenwald, Fr., FW, GSTA Mike Rood, Sr., FW, HART Sander Wang, Fr., MF, GSOU Nick Wells, Jr., MF, GSOU Jack Donaldson, Sr., MF, HART Hamish Ritchie, Fr., MF, HART Elis Bjornsson, Sr., DF, CCU Ryan Reid, Sr., DF, CCU Liam Fitzsimmons, Jr., DF, GSTA Braulio Linares-Ortiz, Jr., GK, 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