2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 25th edition of the tournament.[1] It determined the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic berth in the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted the tournament at Ralph Korte Stadium on the SIUE campus.

2015 MVC Men's Soccer Tournament
Country United States
Teams6
ChampionsDrake
Runners-upSIUE
Matches played5
Goals scored5 (1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nic Jaimes–Drake (2)
Best playerKyle Whigham–Drake
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The third-seeded Drake Bulldogs won the tournament, besting the top-seeded SIUE Cougars in the championship match.[2] It was Drake's second MVC championship.

Qualification
2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
SIUE 5 –1 –0  12 –4 –2
Bradley 4 –1 –1  7 –10 –1
Drake ‡ 3 –1 –2  13 –5 –3
Missouri State 3 –2 –1  6 –6 –5
Loyola Chicago 2 –2 –2  10 –4 –5
Central Arkansas 1 –5 –0  2 –15 –1
Evansville 0 –6 –0  3 –13 –0
  • ‡-MVC Tournament Champion
    +-Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
As of November 22, 2015; Rankings from NSCAA

The top six teams in the Missouri Valley Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament. The SIUE Cougars, Bradley Braves, Drake Bulldogs, Missouri State Bears, Loyola Chicago Ramblers, and Central Arkansas Bears earned berths in the tournament. Top-seeded SIUE and second-seeded Bradley received first round byes.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      1 SIUE Pk 4–3 0  
  4 Loyola 1     4 Loyola 0    
  5 Missouri State 0         1 SIUE 0
      3 Drake 1
      2 Bradley 0    
  6 Central Arkansas 0     3 Drake 1  
  3 Drake 2  

Schedule
November 11, 2015 Quarterfinals#6 Central Arkansas0–2#3 DrakeEdwardsville, Illinois
12 Noon Stricker  85' Report [3] LeMay  18' A-Edel
Jaimes  27'
Jaimes  58' A-Enna		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 344
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: George Major & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Doug Gault
November 11, 2015 Quarterfinals#5 Loyola0–1#4 Missouri StateEdwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PM Barbero  84' Report[4] Lifka  84' unassisted
Lifka  90'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Trevino
Assistant referees: Mike Dutt & Collin Pressey
Fourth official: Divanbeigi
November 13, 2015 Semifinals#3 Drake1–0#2 BradleyEdwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PM Jaimes  10' A-Sunday
Edel  58'		 Report [5] Kovacevic  15'
Emerson  48'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 359
Referee: David Jaworski
Assistant referees: Elvis Mahmutovic & Jacob Post
Fourth official: Craig Adams
November 13, 2015 Semifinals#5 Loyola0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		#1 SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
6:00 PM Stevenson  81'
Stevenson  86' 		 Report[6] Jambga 09' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Landis Wiley
Assistant referees: Nemanja Pandzic & Tyler Turner
Fourth official: Mike Dutt
Penalties
Thomson, Hare, Collier McHugh, Christianson, Bilyeu, Ledbetter
November 15, 2015 MVC Final#3 Drake1–0#1 SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
1:00 PM Prusa  32'
Bartlett  40'
Ciszewski  78' unassisted		 Report[7] Danzy  63' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 863
Referee: Jeremy Schroeder
Assistant referees: Ryan Ash & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Jacob Post

Statistical leaders

Top goalscorers
Rank Player College Goals[8]
1 Nic JaimesDrake2
2 Ben LeMayDrake1
Fabian LifkaLoyola
Paul CiszewskiDrake

Top goalkeepers
Rank Player College Games Saves Save
%age		 Goals
against
average[8]
1 Darrin MacLeodDrake391.0000.000
2 Kyle Dal SantoSIUE26.8570.450
3 Tim DobrowolskiLoyola25.8330.450

All-tournament team

2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Kyle Whigham, Drake

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
DF Alec Bartlett (Drake)
DF Justin Bilyeu (SIUE)
GK Kyle Dal Santo (SIUE)
MF Alex Garcia (Bradley)
DF James Grunert (Drake)
DF Daniel Hare (Loyola)
DF Bradley (Bradley)
DF Austin Ledbetter (SIUE)
GK Darrin MacLeod (Drake)
DF Rob Oslica (Missouri State)
FW Daylon Schiffel (Central Arkansas)
DF Eric Schoendorf (Loyola)
MF Kyle Whigham (Drake)

See also

References
  1. "MEN'S SOCCER RECORDS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Late second-half goal sinks Cougars". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. November 16, 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. "Bulldogs advance in the MVC Tournament with 2-0 win over Central Arkansas". The Times-Delphic. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. "MSOC Championship: Loyola 1, Missouri State 0". Missouri Valley Conference. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. "MSOC Championship: Drake 1, Bradley 0". Missouri Valley Conference. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. "SHOOTOUT AT KORTE: SIUE gets past Loyola on PKs in MVC Tourney semifinals". The Telegraph. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. "MVC SOCCER: Drake downs top-seeded SIUE in final, 1-0". The Telegraph. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  8. "2015 Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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