# 2016 Big South Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Big South Conference men's soccer season was the 33rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Winthrop Eagles are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

## Changes from 2015

* The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are leaving the conference to join the Sun Belt Conference.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Campbell Fighting Camels | Indianapolis, Indiana | Eakes Athletic Complex | 1,000 |
| Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | Boiling Springs, North Carolina | Greene-Harbison Soccer Stadium | 800 |
| High Point Panthers | High Point, North Carolina | Vert Stadium | 1,100 |
| Liberty Flames | Lynchburg, Virginia | Liberty Soccer Stadium | 2,000 |
| Longwood Lancers | Farmville, Virginia | Longwood Athletics Complex | 350 |
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | Clinton, South Carolina | Martin Stadium | 400 |
| Radford Highlanders | Radford, Virginia | Cupp Memorial Stadium | 5,000 |
| UNC Asheville Bulldogs | Asheville, North Carolina | Greenwood Soccer Field | 1,000 |
| VMI Keydets | Lexington, Virginia | Patchin Field | 1,000 |
| Winthrop Eagles | Rock Hill, South Carolina | Eagle Field | 1,500 |

## Regular season
### Results

    As of October 9, 2016
Legend :
* Home team win
* Home team defeat
* Draw/tie
* Postponed
| Home/Away | CAM | GW | HPU | LIB | LON | PRE | RAD | UNA | WIN |
| Campbell Fighting Camels | | | 11/02 | | | 10/22 | | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs | 2–1 | | | 10/21 | | 11/02 | 0–1 | | |
| High Point Panthers | | 10/29 | | | 3–0 | | 10/22 | 10/15 | |
| Liberty Flames | 10/14 | | 10/26 | | | 10/29 | | 3–4 | |
| Longwood Lancers | 6–2 | P | | 11/02 | | | 10/26 | | |
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | | | 2–1 | | 10/15 | | | 10/26 | 3–1 |
| Radford Highlanders | 10/29 | | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | | 10/15 |
| UNC Asheville Bulldogs | | 1–0 | | | 3–2 | | 11/02 | | 10/22 |
| Winthrop Eagles | | 10/26 | 10/19 | 3–4 | 10/29 | | | | |

### 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 |
| Campbell | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gardner–Webb | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| High Point | C | | | | | | | | | RV | NR | | | | |
| Liberty | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Longwood | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Presbyterian | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Radford | C | RV | 20 | 18 | 24 | 20 | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| UNC Asheville | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| VMI | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Winthrop | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Postseason
### Big South Tournament

Tournament details to be announced.

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| — | 4 | Radford | L, 1–2 vs. Coastal Carolina – (Conway) | | | | | |

## All-Big South awards and teams

2016 Big South Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Attacking Player of the Year | Tresor Mbuyu, F, Soph., Liberty |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Jo Vetle Rimstad, D, Sr., Radford |
| Coach of the Year | Marc Reeves, Radford |
| Freshman of the Year | Siggi Benonysson, F, Fr., High Point |
2016 Big South Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| F: Siggi Benonysson, Fr., High Point F: Chris Ramsell, Sr., High Point F: Tresor Mbuyu, Soph., Liberty MF: Ali Al-Gashamy, Sr., Gardner-Webb MF: Renato Punyed, Sr., High Point MF: Kevin Mendoza, Soph., Liberty MF: Finnlay Wyatt, Sr., Longwood D: Jo Vetle Rimstad, Sr., Radford D: Johnny Fenwick, Soph., High Point D: Fraser Colmer, Jr., Radford D: Bismark Amofah, Sr., Radford GK: Aitor Pousea Blanco, R-Jr., Radford AL: Kyle Carr, D, Sr., Liberty | F: Mason Lewis, Sr., Presbyterian F: Zach Joens, Sr., UNC Asheville F: Evan Szklennik, Sr., Radford MF: Bana Ganidekam, Fr., High Point MF: Dan Campos, Jr., Longwood MF: Jakob Strandsäter, Soph., Radford MF: Kieran Roberts, R-Soph., Radford D: Zack Compton, Jr., UNC Asheville D: Edward Fulwood, Fr., Campbell D: Daniel Mukuna, Soph., Campbell D: Rashid Tetteh, Soph., High Point GK: Carlos Canas, Sr., Longwood AL: Cade Crow, MF, Sr., Presbyterian | Siggi Benonysson, F, Fr., High Point Bana Ganidekam, MF, Fr., High Point Max Poelker, F, Fr., Longwood Gideon Betz, MF, Fr., Campbell Edward Fulwood, D, Fr., Campbell Rigo Rojas, F, Fr., Liberty Victor Valls, MF, Fr., Radford Sergio Pinto, MF, Fr., Presbyterian Severin Soerlie, F, Fr., Gardner-Webb James Knoebel, GK, R-Fr., Liberty Francesco Tiozzo, D, Fr., Winthrop |