2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	SIUE
Runner-up	Missouri State
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	14 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jake Buckle (MoSt)–2; Ian McGrath (UE)–2
Best player	Austin Ledbetter {SIUE}
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The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 26th edition of the tournament.^[1] It determined the Missouri Valley Conference's (MVC) automatic berth in the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Missouri State University hosted the tournament at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium on the Missouri State campus in Springfield, Missouri on November 8, 9, 11 &13, 2016.

The second-seeded SIUE Cougars won the tournament, beating the fifth-seeded Missouri State Bears 1–0 in the championship match.^[2]^[3] It was SIUE's second MVC championship.

Qualification

2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 21 Loyola Chicago +	6	–	1	–	1	14	–	4	–	1
No. 22 SIUE ‡	4	–	1	–	3	10	–	5	–	7
Evansville	4	–	2	–	2	9	–	8	–	3
Central Arkansas	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	7	–	3
Missouri State	3	–	4	–	1	9	–	8	–	2
Drake	2	–	5	–	1	6	–	12	–	1
Bradley	0	–	7	–	1	2	–	15	–	3

‡-MVC Tournament Champion +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

In a departure from the past, all seven teams in the Missouri Valley Conference qualified for the tournament with seeding based on their conference regular season records. The two top-seeded teams received first round byes, and the two bottom-seeded teams met in a play-in game.^[4]

Bracket

Play-In

6	Drake	2

7	Bradley	0

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

			1	Loyola Chicago	1
4	Central Arkansas	1	5	Missouri State	2 (ot)
5	Missouri State 5–4	1 (PK)				5	Missouri State	0
						2	SIUE	1
			2	SIUE	2
6	Drake	1	3	Evansville	1
3	Evansville	2 (ot)

Television/internet coverage

All games will be streamed live on The Valley on ESPN3.

Schedule

November 8, 2016 Play-in Game	Bradley Braves	0–2	Drake Bulldogs	Springfield, Missouri
12 noon (CST)	Ciaramitaro 49' Ketterer 90'	Report	Pendrigh 27' Sunday 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 206 Referee: Andy Ellsworth Assistant referees: Shane Kennard & Daniel Edwards Fourth official: Patrick Burns

November 9, 2016 Quarterfinals	Evansville Purple Aces	2–1 ^(ot)	Drake Bulldogs	Springfield, Missouri
3:00 PM (CST)	McGrath 13' (Waever & Simon) McDougal 75' Blaydes 91'	Report	Sanchez 6' Ciszewsk 61' Heine 91'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 126 Referee: Doug Wolff Assistant referees: George Major & Elvis Mahmutovic Fourth official: Andy Ellsworth

November 9, 2016 Quarterfinals	Missouri State Bears	1–1 (5–4 p)	Central Arkansas Bears	Springfield, Missouri
6:00 PM (CST)	Buckle 27' (Hoegg & Laird) Griffin 92'	Report	Carson, 8' (Woody)	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 406 Referee: Jon Freemon Assistant referees: Klayton Babin & David Henderson Fourth official: Scottie Stiles
	Penalties
	Griffin Routledge Buckle Hoegg Swanner Lightbourne		Moquete San Roman Knutson Ilia Brodacki Kampmann

November 11, 2016 Semifinals	Evansville Purple Aces	1–2	SIUE Cougars	Springfield, Missouri
3:00 PM (CST)	McGrath 81' (Blaydes) McGrath 83' Baum 8u'	Report	Ledbetter 25' Duncan 59' (Jambga & Awad)	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 268 Referee: Shane Butler Assistant referees: Leszek Skowyra & Don Tebeau Fourth official: Tim Wagner

November 11, 2016 Semifinals	Missouri State Bears	2–1 ^(ot)	Loyola Ramblers	Springfield, Missouri
6:00 PM (CST)	Langton 68' Buckle 73' (Lightbourne) \ Hoegg 96' (Routledge)	Report	Stoneman 12' Engesser 23'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 483 Referee: David Jaworski Assistant referees: Shane Kennard & Austin Stiles Fourth official: Dan Edwards

November 13, 2016 MVC FINAL	SIUE Cougars	1–0	Missouri State Bears	Springfield, Missouri
1:00 PM (CST)	Jambga 36' Ebbesen 43'	Report	Jones 78'	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 679 Referee: Ben Trevino Assistant referees: Mike Dutt & Matt Stein Fourth official: Shane Kennard

Statistics

Scoring
Rank	Player	School	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
1	Buckle	MoSt	3	2	0	4
	McGrath	UE	2	2	0	4
3	Blaydes	UE	2	1	1	3
	Hoegg	MoSt	3	1	1	3
	Jambga	SIUE	2	1	1	3
6	Carson	UCA	1	1	0	2
	Duncan	SIUE	2	1	0	2
	Engesser	LU	1	1	0	2
	Ledbetter	SIUE	2	1	0	2
	Pendrigh	DU	2	1	0	2
	Sunday	DU	2	1	0	2
	Sanchez	DU	1	1	0	2
13	Awad	SIUE	2	0	1	1
	Simon	UE	1	0	1	1
	Weaver	UE	1	0	1	1
	Woody	UCA	1	0	1	1
	Laird	MoSt	3	0	1	1
	Lightbourne	MoSt	3	0	1	1
	Routledge	MoSt	3	0	1	1

Goalkeeping
Rank	Player	School	Games	Minutes	Goals	Saves	Save %	Goals against ave.
1	Dal Santo	SIUE	2	180:00	1	6	.857	0.500
2	Olsen	UCA	1	110:00	1	3	.750	0.818
3	MacLeod	DU	2	180:19	2	4	.667	0.998
4	Priestley	MoSt	3	295:45	3	3	.500	0.913
5	Ketterer	BU	1	89:25	1	1	.500	1.007
6	Reimer	UE	2	180:19	3	4	.571	1.497
7	Chekadanov	LU	1	95:45	2	2	.500	1.880
8	Wisbey	BU	1	0:35	1	0	0.000	154.321

2016 MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament team

2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Austin Ledbetter, SIUE

Richard Olson, Bradley
Wes Carson, Central Arkansas
Mueng Sunday, Drake
Ian McGrath, Evansville
Zac Blaydes, Evansville
Ryan Howe, Loyola
Kevin Engesser, Loyola
Rob Oslica, Missouri State
Jake Buckle, Missouri State
Emmerich Hoegg, Missouri State
Kyle Dal Santo, SIUE
Devyn Jambga, SIUE
Keegan McHugh, SIUE

References

^ "MEN'S SOCCER RECORDS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
^ "SIUE Wins MVC Men's Soccer Championship". 13 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
^ "COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER: Cougars outlast MSU, win MVC Tourney". The Telegraph. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
^ "Bracket Set for Next Week's MVC Men's Soccer Championship". 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

[1] "MEN'S SOCCER RECORDS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

[2] "SIUE Wins MVC Men's Soccer Championship". 13 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

[3] "COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER: Cougars outlast MSU, win MVC Tourney". The Telegraph. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.

[4] "Bracket Set for Next Week's MVC Men's Soccer Championship". 5 November 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

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