Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament

The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament
Conference Soccer Championship
Sport College soccer
Conference Summit League
Number of teams 4
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium CIBER Field
Current location Denver, Colorado
Played 1994–present
Current champion Denver
Most championships Western Illinois (6)
TV partner(s) ESPN3
Official website TheSummitLeague.org

The Summit League Men's Soccer Tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Summit League. The tournament has been held every year since 1994. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship.

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
† Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Regular season champion
Bold italic Regular season co-champion

Finals

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue Tournament MVP
1994Central Connecticut 2–0 Buffalo UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY Everton Barrington (CCSU)
1995Central Connecticut (2) 3–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Stephen Yanosy (CCSU)
1996Valparaiso 4–2 Central Connecticut Greene Stadium • Washington, DC Tony Dal Santo (VALPO)
1997Howard 2–1 Central Connecticut Valparaiso, IN Mike Lawrence (HOW)
1998Howard (2) 4–1 UMKC Valparaiso, IN Greg Simmonds (HOW)
1999Oral Roberts 2–1* IUPUI Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN Trey Vaut (ORU)
2000IUPUI 2–1* Oakland MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Armando Femia (IUPUI)
2001UMKC 2–1 IUPUI ORU Soccer Field • Tulsa, OK Beau Williams (UMKC)
2002Oakland 3–0 Western Illinois Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI not awarded
2003UMKC (2) 2–1 Oakland Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI not awarded
2004Western Illinois 4–0 Oral Roberts MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Nowaf Jaman (WIU)
2005Western Illinois (2) 4–3* Oakland Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO Nick Bohnenkamp (WIU)
2006Western Illinois (3) 2–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Matt Wieclaw (WIU)
2007Oakland (2) 2–0 IUPUI Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN Michael Reyes (OU)
2008UMKC (3) 1–1†
(4–3 pen.)		 Oakland Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Ken Cooper (UMKC)
2009Western Illinois (4) 1–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Stephen Paterson (WIU)
2010Oakland (3) 2–0 Oral Roberts Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Jon Evans (OU)
2011Western Illinois (5) 2–1 Oral Roberts Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO Charlie Bales (WIU)
2012Western Illinois (6) 3–1 Oakland MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Nathan Bruinsma (WIU)
2013Denver 1–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Reid Hukari (DU)
2014Denver (2) 3–1 Western Illinois CIBER Field • Denver, CO Taylor Hunter (DU)
2015Denver (3)2–0Oral Roberts CIBER Field • Denver, CO Dan Jackson (DU)
2016Denver (4) 2–1 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Andre Shinyashiki (DU)
2017Omaha 1–1†
(9–8 pen.)		 Denver Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE Emmanuel Hamzat (UNO)

Performance by school

SchoolChampionshipsWinning years
Western Illinois 6 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
Denver 4 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Oakland 3 2002, 2007, 2010
UMKC 3 2001, 2003, 2008
Central Connecticut 2 1994, 1995
Howard 2 1997, 1998
IUPUI 1 2000
Omaha 1 2017
Oral Roberts 1 1999
Valparaiso 1 1996
TOTAL 23

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member

† No longer sponsor men's soccer

References

  • "The Summit League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). The Summit League. TheSummitLeague.org. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
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