2016 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 33rd edition of the tournament. It determined the Big South Conference's automatic berth into the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| 2016 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | |||
| Teams | 6 | |||
| Matches | 5 | |||
| Site | Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium Radford, Virginia | |||
| Champions | Radford (3rd title) | |||
| Winning coach | Marc Reeves (1st title) | |||
| Broadcast | Big South Network, ESPN3 | |||
| ||||
Regular season champions,[1] Radford won their third Big South title, defeating in-state rival, Longwood, 1–0 in the championship match.[2] Radford's Sivert Daehlie scored the match-winning header in the 85th minute of play. It was Radford's first conference championship since 2000. Longwood was in their first Big South Conference championship, and were in their first conference championship since they reached the Atlantic Soccer Conference Tournament championship in 2011.[3]
Qualification
The top six teams in the Big South Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radford (C) | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 21 | NCAA Tournament, Big South Semifinals |
| 2 | High Point | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 17 | Big South Semifinals |
| 3 | UNC Asheville | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 15 | Big South Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Liberty | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 13 | |
| 5 | Presbyterian | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Longwood | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 9 | |
| 7 | Gardner–Webb | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | |
| 8 | Winthrop | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 9 | Campbell | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Source: http://bigsouthsports.com/standings.aspx?path=msoc&standings=53
(C) Champion.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Radford (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Liberty | 1 | 5 | Presbyterian | 1 (2) | ||||||||
| 5 | Presbyterian | 2 | 1 | Radford | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Longwood | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | High Point | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UNC Asheville | 1 | 6 | Longwood | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | Longwood | 3 | |||||||||||
References
- "Radford Wins Men's Soccer Regular-Season Title". WBTV. WBTV.com. November 2, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- "Radford Wins Big South Men's Soccer Championship". Big South Conference. BigSouthSports.com. November 13, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- "Longwood Clams ASC Championship Over Adelphi In Penalty Kick Shootout". Longwood Lancers. LongwoodLancers.com. November 13, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.