2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season

Mid-American Conference
Season 2016
Champions Akron
MAC Tourney Winner Akron
NCAA Tournament Akron
Matches played 96
Goals scored 110 (1.15 per match)
Average goals/game 1.146
Top goalscorer Russell Cicerone (Buffalo)
14 G, 8 A, 37 Pts
Biggest home win Buffalo 9–0 Daemon (August 26)
Biggest away win Akron 7–0 @ Northern Illinois (October 15)
Highest scoring Buffalo 9–0 Daemon (August 26)
Longest winning run 7 games
Buffalo
(August 26–September 18)
Longest unbeaten run 7 games
Buffalo (7–0–0)
(August 26–September 18)
Akron (5–0–2
(November 29–Current)
Longest winless run 12 games
Northern Illinois
(October 17, 2015–September 21)
Longest losing run 5 games
Northern Illinois
(October 11–November 5)
Average attendance 804.344
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of June 11, 2017.
2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#24 Akron ‡ 3 –1 –1  13 –6 –3
Bowling Green 2 –0 –3  9 –6 –4
Buffalo 2 –1 –2  12 –4 –3
Western Michigan 1 –1 –3  9 –6 –4
Northern Illinois 1 –3 –1  2 –10 –4
West Virginia 1 –4 –0  8 –7 –1
As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

The Akron Zips are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

Changes from 2015

  • None

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Akron Zips Akron, Ohio FirstEnergy Stadium 4,000
Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green, Ohio Cochrane Stadium 1,000
Buffalo Bulls Amherst, New York UB Stadium 29,013
Northern Illinois Huskies DeKalb, Illinois NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex 1,500
West Virginia Mountaineers Morgantown, West Virginia Dlesk Stadium 1,600
Western Michigan Broncos Kalamazoo, Michigan WMU Soccer Complex 500
  • Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, and Toledo do not sponsor men's soccer. West Virginia is an associated member.

Regular season

Results

Team/OpponentAKRBGSUBNIUWVUWMU
Akron Zips
Bowling Green Falcons
Buffalo Bulls
Northern Illinois Huskies
West Virginia Mountaineers
Western Michigan Broncos

Rankings

NSCAA National

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  Pre[1] Wk
1[2]		 Wk
2[3]		 Wk
3[4]		 Wk
4[5]		 Wk
5[6]		 Wk
6[7]		 Wk
7[8]		 Wk
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9[10]		 Wk
10[11]		 Wk
11[12]		 Wk
12[13]		 Final[14]
Akron C 2 1 10 16 15 23 23 23 22 RV RV RV 24 24
Bowling Green C RV NR
Buffalo C RV RV RV RV RV NR
Northern Illinois C
West Virginia C RV 17 24 RV NR
Western Michigan C RV NR

NSCAA Great Lakes Regional

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
 Wk
1		Wk
2		Wk
3		Wk
4		Wk
5		Wk
6		Wk
7		Wk
8		Wk
9		Wk
10		Wk
11		Wk
12
Akron C 1 1 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 5 4
Bowling Green C 6 6 9 9 8 10 6 5 4 6 5
Buffalo C 5 4 2 4 6 5 7 6 7 7 6
Northern Illinois C
West Virginia C 8 6 3 4 5 NR 8 NR
Western Michigan C 4 5 5 5 NR 8 6 NR 10 NR

Postseason

MAC Tournament

Semifinals Final
      
1 Akron 4
4 Western Michigan 0
1 Akron 2
3 Buffalo 1
2 Bowling Green 1
3 Buffalo (OT) 2

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
4 Winston-Salem Akron W, 2–0 vs. Villanova – (Akron) L, 0–1 vs. #7 Indiana – (Bloomington)

All-MAC awards and teams

2016 MAC Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Adam Najem, MF, Akron
Coach of the Year Eric Nichols, Bowling Green
Newcomer of the Year Jonathan Lewis, FW, Akron
2016 MAC Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[15]
First Team Second Team

Pau Belana MF, Akron
Adam Najem, MF, Akron
Brad Ruhaak, DF, Akron
Pat Flynn, FW, Bowling Green
Anthony Mwembia, GK Bowling Green
Russell Cicerone, FW, Buffalo
David Enstrom, DF, Buffalo
Jad Arslan, MF, West Virginia
Joey Piatczyc, MF, West Virginia
Zach Bock, DF, Western Michigan
Brandon Bye, FW, Western Michigan

Sam Gainford, FW, Akron
Nick Hinds, DF, Akron
Stuart Holthusen, FW, Akron
Jonathan Lewis, FW, Akron
Ben Lundt, GK, Akron
Tate Robertson, MF, Bowling Green
Jacob Roth, DF, Bowling Green
Joe Sullivan, MF, Bowling Green
Nick Forrester, DF, Buffalo
Jack Elliot, DF, West Virginia
Felix Angerer, FW, West Virginia
Edu Jimenez, MF, Western Michigan
Diego Lopez, MF, Western Michigan
Drew Shepherd, GK, Western Michigan

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
  7. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
  9. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
  10. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
  11. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
  12. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
  13. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.
  14. ↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016.
  15. ↑ "2016 MAC Men's Soccer Postseason Awards Announced". Mid-American Conference. MAC-Sports.com. November 9, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
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