2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer team

2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer
2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer
Summit League Regular Season; Co-Champions ; Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, ; College Cup, L 1–2 (2OT) vs. Wake Forest
Conference	Summit League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
Record	20–1–3 (5–0–1 Summit)
Head coach	Jamie Franks (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Ryan Hopkins (4th season); Levi Rossi (2nd season); Zander Dietz (2nd season);
Home stadium	CIBER Field
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

ConferenceSummit League

CoachesNo. 3

Record20–1–3 (5–0–1 Summit)

Headcoach

Jamie Franks (2nd season)

2016 Summit League men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Denver ‡	5	–	0	–	1	20	–	1	–	3
Omaha	5	–	0	–	1	10	–	5	–	4
Western Illinois	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	10	–	1
Eastern Illinois	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	12	–	1
Fort Wayne	2	–	4	–	0	9	–	9	–	0
Oral Roberts	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	10	–	2
IUPUI	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	15	–	1

‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer team represented the University of Denver during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Pioneers played in Summit League where they won the regular season and conference tournament titles. They finished the regular season as one of only two unbeaten teams, the other being top-ranked Maryland.^[1]

The Pioneers qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season and their seventh overall time. The Pioneers earned a Second Round-bye and were seeded sixth in the tournament. In the second round, they played the UNLV Rebels where they won 3–0, marking their first NCAA Tournament win since 1970.^[2] They then defeated Washington 2–1 at home and third-seeded Clemson 1–0 on the road to advance to the school's first-ever College Cup.^[3]

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Squad No.	Name	Year	Hometown	Previous School	Previous club
Goalkeepers
00	James Bannon-Schneebeck	RS Junior	Albuquerque, NM	Albuquerque	Rio '95
0	Nick Gardner	RS Sophomore	Marvin, NC	Charlotte Latin	Charlotte Soccer Academy
30	Will Palmquist	FR	Denver, CO	Denver East	Colorado Rush
Defenders
2	Tobi Jnohope	Freshman	Auburn, WA	Jefferson (WA)	Seattle Sounders FC Academy
3	Shae Smalley	Sophomore	Columbus, OH	Olentangy Orange	Columbus Crew Academy
4	Reagan Dunk	RS Senior	Dallas, TX	Lake Highlands	Solar Chelsea
5	Scott DeVoss	RS Sophomore	Centennial, CO	Arapahoe	Real Colorado Foxes
16	Tosh Samkange	Sophomore	Sammamish, WA	Eastlake (WA)	Seattle Sounders FC Academy
19	A. J. Fuller	Junior	Littleton, CO	Heritage (CO)	Colorado Rush
21	Kortne Ford	Junior	Greeley, CO	Greeley Central	Colorado Rapids Academy
25	Dylan Keeney	Freshman	Littleton, CO	Heritage (CO)	Real Colorado Academy
27	Dan Mooney	RS Freshman	Indianapolis, IN	Cathedral (IN)	Indiana Fire Academy
Midfielders
8	Sam Hamilton	Senior	Evergreen, CO	Evergreen (CO)	Colorado Rush
12	Graham Smith	Junior	Highlands Ranch, CO	Oregon State	Oregon State Beavers
13	Nick Marcin	Freshman	Austin, TX	Westlake (TX)	Lonestar SC
14	Ryan Barlow	RS Freshman	Coppell, TX	Coppell	FC Dallas Academy
15	Jared Cochran	RS Junior	Evergreen, CO	Evergreen (CO)	Colorado Rush
17	Karsten Hanlin	RS SR	Centennial, Colo.	(Cherry Creek High School)	Colorado Rapids Academy
18	Kyle Morlack	RS JR	Goodyear, Ariz.	(Millennium High School)	SC Del Sol Armstrong
20	Chandler Crosswait	RS SR	Bedford, Texas	(L.D. Bell High School)	Solar Chelsea
22	Blake Moncur	FR	Fort Collins, Colo.	(Fort Collins High School)	Colorado Rapids Academy
23	Alex Underwood	JR	Winnetka, Ill.	(New Trier High School)	Chicago Fire Academy
26	Kenny Akamatsu	Sophomore	Niigata, Japan	(Nittan Daigaka Buzan)	Mitsubishi Yowa Soccer Club
Forwards
6	Blake Elder	RS Junior	Fort Worth, TX	U.S. Air Force Academy	Air Force Falcons
9	Andre Shinyashiki	Sophomore	São Paulo, BRA	Montverde Academy	Pequeninos do Jockey
11	Eric Kronenberg	RS Junior	Boulder, CO	Fairview High School (CO)	Colorado Rapids Academy
33	Ryan Schaefer	RS Freshman	Burien, WA	Kennedy Catholic	Seattle Sounders Academy

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibitions
08/20/16* 3:00 p.m.	No. 20	at Air Force	T 0–0		Cadet Soccer Stadium Colorado Springs, CO
Regular Season
08/26/16* 3:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 20	at Monmouth	T 1–1 ^2OT	0–0–1	Hesse Field (1,513) West Long Branch, NJ
08/28/16* 10:00 a.m., BTN	No. 20	at No. 25 Rutgers	W 1–0	1–0–1	Yurcak Field (325) Piscataway, NJ
09/02/16* 2:00 p.m., BTN	No. 13	at Northwestern	W 2–1	2–0–1	Martin Stadium (504) Evanston, IL
09/04/16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 13	at UIC	W 2–1	3–0–1	Flames Field (333) Chicago, IL
09/09/16* 7:00 p.m., Altitude	No. 11	UC Riverside	W 4–1	4–0–1	CIBER Field (912) Denver, CO
09/09/16* 7:00 p.m., Altitude	No. 11	Bryant	W 2–0	5–0–1	CIBER Field (489) Denver, CO
09/15/16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	Saint Louis	W 2–0	6–0–1	CIBER Field (576) Denver, CO
09/17/16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	North Florida	W 1–0	7–0–1	CIBER Field (607) Denver, CO
09/21/16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 8	at No. 12 Creighton	T 0–0 ^2OT	7–0–2	Morrison Stadium (2,048) Omaha, NE
09/24/16 7:00 p.m., Altitude	No. 8	Fort Wayne	W 4–3	8–0–2 (1–0)	CIBER Field (685) Denver, CO
10/01/16 11:00 a.m.	No. 8	at Eastern Illinois	W 1–0	9–0–2 (2–0)	West Practice Fields (80) Charleston, IL
10/07/16 5:00 p.m.	No. 7	at IUPUI	W 1–0	10–0–2 (3–0)	Carroll Stadium (80) Indianapolis, IN
10/10/16 5:00 p.m.	No. 7	at No. 9 Butler	W 1–0	11–0–2	Butler Bowl (804) Indianapolis, IN
10/15/16 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Western Illinois	W 2–0	12–0–2 (4–0)	CIBER Field (667) Denver, CO
10/19/16* 7:00 p.m., Altitude	No. 5	No. 22 New Mexico I-25 Derby	W 2–1 ^2OT	13–0–2	CIBER Field (576) Denver, CO
10/22/16 7:00 p.m., Altitude 2	No. 5	Oral Roberts	W 2–0	14–0–2 (5–0)	CIBER Field (645) Denver, CO
10/29/16 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Omaha	T 0–0 ^2OT	14–0–3 (5–0–1)	Caniglia Field (1,025) Omaha, NE
11/03/16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	No. 24 Portland	W 2–1 ^2OT	15–0–3	CIBER Field (885) Denver, CO
The Summit Tournament
11/10/16 4:00 p.m., Altitude 2	No. 4 (2)	No. (3) Eastern Illinois Semifinals	W 1–0	16–0–3	CIBER Field (201) Denver, CO
11/12/16 1:00 p.m.	No. 4 (2)	No. (1) Omaha Championship	W 2–1	17–0–3	CIBER Field (683) Denver, CO
NCAA Tournament
11/20/16* 5:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	UNLV Second Round	W 3–0	18–0–3	CIBER Field (1,070) Denver, CO
11/27/16* 5:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	No. 14 (11) Washington Sweet 16	W 2–1	19–0–3	CIBER Field (1,640) Denver, CO
12/02/16* 5:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	at No. 3 (3) Clemson Quarterfinals	W 1–0	20–0–3	Riggs Field (4,101) Clemson, SC
12/09/16* 6:00 p.m.	No. 4 (6)	vs. No. 2 (2) Wake Forest College Cup – Semifinals	L 1–2 ^2OT	20–1–3	BBVA Compass Stadium (6,056) Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

v t e Denver Pioneers men's soccer
Venue	CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium (2009–present)
Seasons	2016 2019
National championships in bold; College Cup seasons in italics

v t e NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championship College Cup teams (2010–2019)
2010	Akron Louisville Michigan North Carolina
2011	Charlotte Creighton North Carolina UCLA
2012	Creighton Georgetown Indiana Maryland
2013	Maryland New Mexico Notre Dame Virginia
2014	Providence UCLA Virginia UMBC
2015	Akron Clemson Stanford Syracuse
2016	Denver North Carolina Stanford Wake Forest
2017	Akron Indiana North Carolina Stanford
2018	Akron Maryland Michigan State Indiana
2019	Georgetown Stanford Virginia Wake Forest
Italic denotes national championship (*) denotes results which were vacated

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2016 Denver Pioneers men's soccer

Summit League Regular Season Co-Champions Summit League Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, College Cup, L 1–2 (2OT) vs. Wake Forest
Conference	Summit League
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
Record	20–1–3 (5–0–1 Summit)
Head coach	Jamie Franks (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ryan Hopkins (4th season) Levi Rossi (2nd season) Zander Dietz (2nd season)
Home stadium	CIBER Field
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →