# 2016 Summit League men's soccer season

The 2016 The Summit League men's soccer season was the 11th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Denver Pioneers are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

## Changes from 2015

* None

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Denver Pioneers | Denver, Colorado | University of Denver Soccer Stadium | 2,000 |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | Charleston, Illinois | Lakeside Soccer Field | — |
| Fort Wayne Mastodons | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Hefner Stadium | 2,000 |
| IUPUI Jaguars | Indianapolis, Indiana | Carroll Stadium | 12,100 |
| Omaha Mavericks | Omaha, Nebraska | Al F. Caniglia Field | 3,097 |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | Tulsa, Oklahoma | Case Soccer Complex | 1,000 |
| Western Illinois Leathernecks | Macomb, Illinois | MacKenzie Alumni Field | 1,000 |
* North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State do not sponsor men's soccer

## Regular season
### Results

| Home/Away | DEN | EIU | FWY | IPI | UNO | ORU | WIU |
| Denver Pioneers | | | 4–3 | | | Oct. 22 | Oct. 15 |
| Eastern Illinois Panthers | 0–1 | | Oct. 23 | | | | Oct. 29 |
| Fort Wayne Mastodons | | | | Oct. 29 | Oct. 15 | 3–1 | |
| IUPUI Jaguars | 0–1 | Nov. 5 | | | | | 0–2 |
| Omaha Mavericks | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | | | |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | | 3–2 | | Oct. 15 | Nov. 5 | | |
| Western Illinois Leathernecks | | | Nov. 5 | | Oct. 22 | 4–0 | |

### Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
| Denver | C | 20 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Eastern Illinois | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fort Wayne | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| IUPUI | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Omaha | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oral Roberts | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Western Illinois | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Postseason
### Summit League tournament

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| 1 | Omaha | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Eastern Illinois | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Eastern Illinois | 1 | 1 | Omaha | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Denver | 2 |
| 2 | Denver | 1 | 2 | Denver | 2 |
| 3 | Western Illinois | 0 | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| 6 | Clemson | Denver | BYE | W 3–0 vs. UNLV – (Denver) | W 2–1 vs. #11 Washington – (Denver) | W 1–0 vs. #3 Clemson – (Clemson) | vs. #2 Wake Forest – (Houston) |

## All-Summit League awards and teams

2016 Summit League Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Fazlo Alihodžić, Omaha |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Reagan Dunk, Denver |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Nick Gardner, Denver |
| Coach of the Year | Jamie Franks, Denver |
| Newcomer of the Year | Emmanuel Hamzat, Omaha |
2016 Summit League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Newcomer Team |
| Fazlo Alihodzic (M), Sr., Omaha Jacob Bevan (F), Sr., Western Illinois Reagan Dunk (D), Sr., Denver Kortne Ford (D), Jr., Denver Nick Gardner (GK), So., Denver Joseph Ghitis (GK), Jr., Omaha Sam Hamilton (M), Sr., Denver Emmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., Omaha Karsten Hanlin (F), Sr., Denver Seth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., Omaha Zach Tom (M), So., Fort Wayne | Scott DeVoss (D), So., Denver Blake Elder (F), Jr., Denver Ben Fiddes (D), Jr., Western Illinois Mark Moulton (M), Sr., Omaha Mike Novotny (GK), Jr., Eastern Illinois Fernando Pacheco (M), Jr., Western Illinois Santiago Riveros (M), Jr., Oral Roberts Andre Shinyashiki (F), So., Denver Graham Smith (M), Jr., Denver Oscar Uyamadu (F), Jr., Fort Wayne Jacob Weiler (D), Jr., Omaha | Alex Castaneda (F), Fr., Eastern Illinois Daniel Collins (M), Sr., Western Illinois Blake Elder (F), Jr., Denver Fred Frimpong (M), Fr., Omaha Thibaut Giquel (GK), So., Oral Roberts Emmanuel Hamzat (F), Jr., Omaha Jonathan Huerta (M), Fr., Eastern Illinois Tyler LaCourse (D), Fr., Oral Roberts Anton Olsson (D), Fr., Eastern Illinois Seth Rinderknecht (D), Fr., Omaha Graham Smith (M), Jr., Denver |