2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

Missouri Valley Conference
Season 2016
Matches played 110
Goals scored 176 (1.6 per match)
Top goalscorer Niklas Brodacki (UCA) 13
Biggest home win UCA 4–0 Central Baptist
(September 2)
Loyola 4–0 Drake
(October 8)
Biggest away win UCA 5–0 Green Bay
(August 28)
Highest scoring Bradley 3–4 Fort Wayne
(September 9 @ Evansville)
Evansville 4–3 @ Drake (October 22)
Longest winning run 7 games
Loyola (August 27–September 27)
Longest unbeaten run 14 games
SIUE (September 28–November 27)
Longest winless run 12 games
Bradley (September 24–November 8)
Longest losing run 8 games
Bradley (October 11–November 8)
Highest attendance 2,651
Drake @ SIUE (October 1)
Lowest attendance 54
Missouri State vs CSU Bakersfield @ New Mexico
Average attendance 595.9
← 2015
2017 →

All statistics correct as of November 29, 2016.

2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#17 Loyola Chicago + 6 – 1 – 1     14 – 4 – 1
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
As of 27 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 26th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.[1]

The SIU Edwardsville Cougars were the defending regular season champions,[2] while the Drake Bulldogs were the defending tournament champions.[3][4]

The SIU Edwardsville Cougars defeated the host Missouri State Bears in the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament final 1–0 [5] and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The regular season champion Loyola Ramblers received an at-large bid to the tournament, giving the MVC two entries for the first time since 2011.

Loyola defeated UIC 2–0 in the first round before falling in the second round at 15th ranked and 13th seeded Notre Dame 1–0.

SIUE tied at 13th ranked Michigan State before advancing to the second round in an epic penalty kick battle 9–8. The Cougars then tied at 11th ranked and 15th seeded Butler 0–0 and advanced to the third round on penalty kicks 5–4. SIUE finally fell at 2nd ranked and 2nd seeded Wake Forest 2–1.

Changes from 2015

The MVC expanded the conference schedule from six games to eight. Each of the seven schools played a home-and-home series with two conference opponents and single games against the other four. The teams playing home-and-home series will change each year.

Teams

Team Location Stadium Capacity Head Coach Uniform supplier
Bradley Braves Peoria, Illinois Shea Stadium 3,800 United States Jim DeRose Germany adidas
Central Arkansas Bears Conway, Arkansas Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex 300 United States Ross Duncan Germany adidas
Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex 2,000 Scotland Gareth Smith Germany adidas
Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana Arad McCutchan Stadium 2,500 United States Marshall Ray Germany adidas
Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park 500 New Zealand Neil Jones United States Nike
Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Robert W. Plaster Stadium 16,600 United States John Leamy Germany adidas
SIU Edwardsville Cougars Edwardsville, Illinois Ralph Korte Stadium 4,000 United States Mario Sanchez Germany adidas

Season outlook

2016 Preseason MVC Coaches' Poll[6]

Rank Team (1st-place votes) Points
1 SIUE (4) 45
2 Drake (1) 39
3 Loyola 34
4 Missouri State (2) 32
4 Bradley 25
6 Central Arkansas 12
7 Evansville 9

2016 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team[6]

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school)
Wes Carson Central Arkansas Forward Senior Fort Smith, Arkansas (Fort Smith Southside H.S.)
Elliot Collier † Loyola Forward Junior Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul's Collegiate)
Jack Griffen Missouri State Midfielder Senior Beverley, England (Beverley Grammar School)
Ivan Gutierrez SIUE Midfielder Senior Hallendale Beach, Florida (Hallendale H.S)
Devyn Jambga SIUE Forward Junior Harare, Zimbabwe (Harare International School)
Logan Ketterer Bradley Goalkeeper Senior Racine, Wisconsin (The Prairie School)
Austin Ledbetter † SIUE Defender Senior St. Charles, Missouri (CBC H.S)
Fabian Lifka Loyola Midfielder Sophomore Kelkheim, Germany (Taunusgymnasium Koenigstein)
Mueng Sunday † Drake Midfielder Senior Coralville, Iowa (Iowa City West H.S.)
Kyle Thomson † Loyola Midfielder Junior Park Ridge, Illinois (Maine South H.S.)
James Wypych † Drake Midfielder Senior Wellington, New Zealand (St. Patrick's College)

† = Also on 2015 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team

Regular season

Rankings

NSCAA National Poll

Source = [7]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
or no change in ranking
  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
Bradley — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Central Arkansas — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Drake — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Evansville — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Loyola — — rv 18 17 12 14 13 15 11 14 13 17
Missouri State — — — — — — — — — — — — —
SIUE — — — — — — — — — — — — —

West Region rankings

Source = [7]

  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
Bradley — — — — — — — — — — —
Central Arkansas — — — — — — — — — — —
Drake — — — — — — — — — — —
Evansville — 10 10 7 7 9 10 10 9 8 8 8
Loyola 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Missouri State — — — 9 9 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
SIUE 9 8 6 — — — 9 7 7 7 7 5

NCAA RPI

Source = [8]

  Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Final
Bradley 144 145 156 167 172 186 187 199
Central Arkansas 204 203 203 188 168 165 159 159
Drake 127 133 139 117 120 137 154 156
Evansville 77 95 86 106 92 80 92 88
Loyola 4 8 5 4 4 8 11 16
Missouri State 158 144 128 138 132 127 142 130
SIUE 116 99 108 111 93 84 81 73

MVC Players of the Week

Date Offensive Player of the Week Class Position School Defensive Player of the Week Class Position School
August 29 [9] Wes Carson Senior Forward Central Arkansas Nick Burtenshaw Junior Defender Missouri State
September 6 [10] Niklas Brodacki Freshman Forward Central Arkansas Grant Stoneman Sophomore Defender Loyola
September 12 [11] Steven Enna Junior Forward Drake Grant Stoneman Sophomore Defender Loyola
September 19 [12] Jared Robinson Senior Forward Evansville Grant Stoneman Sophomore Defender Loyola
September 26 [13] Emmerich Hoegg Senior Forward Missouri State Andrew Chekadanov Junior Goalkeeper Loyola
October 3 [14] Devyn Jambga Junior Forward SIUE Logan Ketterer Senior Goalkeeper Bradley
October 10 [15] Alec Lasinski Sophomore Forward Loyola Kyle Dal Santo Junior Goalkeeper SIUE
October 17 [16] Niklas Brodacki Freshman Forward Central Arkansas Marc Olsen Freshman Goalkeeper Central Arkansas
October 24 [17] Niklas Brodacki Freshman Forward Central Arkansas Marius Kullmann Freshman Defender Loyola
October 31 [18] Zac Blaydes Sophomore Midfielder Evansville Austin Ledbetter Senior Defender SIUE
November 7 [19] Niklas Brodacki Freshman Forward Central Arkansas Marc Olsen Freshman Goalkeeper Central Arkansas

Postseason

MVC Tournament

The second-seeded SIUE Cougars won the tournament, beating the tournament host and fifth-seeded Missouri State Bears 1–0 in the championship match. [20][21] It was SIUE's second Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament championship.

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
— 4 SIUE @ #13 Michigan State
Tied 1–1; won PK shoot-out 9–8		 @ #11 Butler
Tied 0–0; won PK shoot-out 5–4		 @ #2 Wake Forest
Lost 2–1
— 2 #17 Loyola vs UIC
Won 2–0		 @ #15 Notre Dame
Lost 1–0

Honors

2016 NSCAA NCAA Division I Men's All-West Region Teams

Source:

First Team

TBA

Second Team

TBA

Third Team

TBA

2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America Teams

Source:

TBA

2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams

Source: [22]

Only All-District players are eligible for the Academic All-America ballot.

District 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH)

Clark Emerson. Junior. Bradley; 4.00 GPA, Finance

Kirill Likhovid, Senior, Loyola,3.53 GPA; Communication networks & security

Jacob Taylor. Junior, Bradley, 3.78 GPA, Mechanical engineering

District 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, ND, SD, WI)

Steven Enna, Junior, Drake, 3.55 GPA, Business studies

James Grunert, Senior, Drake, 3.79 GPA, Health sciences

Chris Holmes, Sophomore, Central Arkansas, 4.00 GPA, Undecided

Ben LeMay, Senior, Drake, 3.78 GPA, Pharmacy MBA

Rob Oslica, Junior. Missouri State, 3.70 GPA, Cell & molecular biology

Liam Priestley, Junior, Missouri State, 3.48 GPA, Finance

Phil Woods, Senior Missouri State, 3.82 GPA, Entertainment management

James Wypych. Senior, Drake, 3.57 GPA, International relations

NSCAA 2015-16 College Team Academic Award

Source:

TBA

2016 MVC awards

Source=[23]

2016 MVC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Austin Ledbetter, SIUE
Offensive Player of the Year Niklas Brodacki, Central Arkansas
Defensive Player of the Year Austin Ledbetter, SIUE
Goalkeeper of the Year Andrew Chekadanov, Loyola
Freshman of the Year Niklas Brodacki, Central Arkansas
Coaching Staff of the Year Loyola (Neil Jones, Nate Boyden, Michael Mauro, Jeff DeGroot)
MVC Fair Play Award Loyola and Missouri State

2016 MVC All-Conference First Team

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school/Previous college)
Andrew Chekadanov Loyola Goalkeeper R-Junior St. Louis, Missouri (Parkway Central)
Devyn Jambga SIUE Forward R-Junior Harare, Zimbabwe (Harare International School)
Niklas Brodacki Central Arkansas Forward Freshman Norrkoping, Sweden (IFK Norrkoping)
James Wypych Drake Midfielder Senior Wellington, New Zealand (St. Patrick's College)
Jared Robinson Evansville Forward Senior Powell, Ohio (Olentangy Liberty HS)
Emmerich Hoegg Missouri State Forward R-Senior Crestview, Florida (Choctawhatchee High)
Ian McGrath Evansville Midfielder Junior New Lenox, Ill. (Lincoln-Way West HS)
Mueng Sunday Drake Midfielder Senior Coralville, Iowa (Iowa City West)
Elliot Collier Loyola Forward Junior Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul's Collegiate)
Brody Kraussel Loyola Midfielder/Forward Junior Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Muskego)
Austin Ledbetter SIUE Defender Senior St. Charles, Missouri (CBC)
Grant Stoneman Loyola Midfielder/Defender R-Sophomore Saint Charles, Illinois (Wheaton Academy/Wisconsin)
Ryan Howe Loyola Midfielder R-Senior Rockford, Illinois (Boylan Catholic)

2016 MVC All-Conference Second Team

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school/Previous college)
Kyle Dal Santo SIUE Goalkeeper Junior Bolingbrook, Illinois (Benet Academy)
Alec Lasinski Loyola Forward Sophomore Ann Arbor, Michigan (Skyline)
Wes Carson Central Arkansas Forward Senior Fort Smith, Arkansas (Fort Smith Southside)
Kyle Thomson Loyola Midfielder Junior Park Ridge, Illinois (Maine South)
Jack Griffin Missouri State Midfielder Senior Beverley, England (Beverley Grammar School)
Zac Blaydes Evansville Forward Sophomore Midway, Kentucky (Woodford County)
Mohamed Awad SIUE Midfielder Junior Hamilton, New Zealand (Hamilton Boys'/St. John's)
Kirill Likhovid Loyola Midfielder/Defender Senior Arlington Heights, Illinois (Buffalo Grove)
Andrew Kendall-Moullin SIUE Defender Senior Faribault, Minnesota (Shattuck St. Mary's)
Robbie Oslica Missouri State Defender Junior Ozark, Missouri (Ozark)

2016 MVC All-Freshman Team

Player School Position Hometown (High school)
Niklas Brodacki Central Arkansas Forward Norrkoping, Sweden (IFK Norrkoping)
Jonathan Gilkes Central Arkansas Midfielder Boras, Sweden (Byttorps IF)
Marc Olsen Central Arkansas Goalkeeper Copenhagen, Denmark (Brondby Gynamsium)
Antonio Sanchez Drake Midfielder Coralville, Iowa (Iowa City West)
Simon Waever Evansville Defender Holte, Denmark (Skovlyskolen)
Marius Kullmann Loyola Defender Fulda, Germany (Marianum Fulda)
Lachlan McLean SIUE Forward Sydney, Australia (St. Augustines College Sydney)

2016 MVC All-Tournament Team

Source= [24]

2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Austin Ledbetter, SIUE

Player School Position
Richard Olson Bradley Forward
Wes Carson Central Arkansas Forward
Mueng Sunday Drake Midfielder
Ian McGrath Evansville Midfielder
Zac Blaydes Evansville Forward
Ryan Howe Loyola Midfielder
Kevin Engesser Loyola Midfielder/Defender
Rob Oslica Missouri State Defender
Jake Buckle Missouri State Midfielder/Forward
Emmerich Hoegg Missouri State Forward
Kyle Dal Santo SIUE Goalkeeper
Devyn Jambga SIUE Forward
Keegan McHugh SIUE Midfielder
Austin Ledbetter SIUE Defender

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Soccer". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cougars Sweep MVC Weekly Awards". SIUE Athletics. SIUECougars.com. November 9, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ Drake Athletic Communications (November 16, 2015). "Drake Men's Soccer Captures 2015 MVC Tournament With 1-0 Win Over SIUE". Drake Bulldogs. GoDrakeBulldogs.com. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Drake downs top-seeded SIUE in final, 1-0". The Telegraph. November 15, 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER: Cougars outlast MSU, win MVC Tourney". Thw Telegraph. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Defending Champion SIUE Picked to Win MVC Men's Soccer Crown" (Press release). Missouri Valley Conference. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 "College Rankings » NCAA DI MEN Ranking". NSCAA.com. National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Rankings - NCAA Men's Soccer RPI". NCAA.com. NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. August 29, 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. September 6, 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. September 12, 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. September 19, 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook". Missouri Valley Conference. September 26, 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook". Missouri Valley Conference. October 3, 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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  16. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook". Missouri Valley Conference. October 17, 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook". Missouri Valley Conference. October 24, 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. October 31, 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  19. ↑ "Men's Soccer Weekly Notebook". Missouri Valley Conference. November 7, 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "SIUE Wins MVC Men's Soccer Championship". 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  21. ↑ "COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER: Cougars outlast MSU, win MVC Tourney". Thw Telegraph. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  22. ↑ "CoSIDA Academic All-District™ Men's Soccer Teams Released" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. October 27, 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  23. ↑ "MVC Announces Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams". Missouri Valley Conference. November 10, 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  24. ↑ "MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team". Missouri Valley Conference. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
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