2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season

2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season
2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Teams	10
Regular season
Season champions	East Tennessee State
Runners-up	Mercer
Season MVP	Will Bagrou
Tournament
Champions	Mercer
Runners-up	East Tennessee State
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The 2016 Southern Conference men's soccer season was the 21st season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

DurationAugust, 2016 – November, 2016

Teams10

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2016 Southern Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
East Tenn. State+	7	–	1	–	3	12	–	5	–	3
Mercer ‡	7	–	3	–	1	13	–	7	–	1
Wofford	6	–	4	–	0	12	–	7	–	0
UNC Greensboro	6	–	4	–	0	11	–	7	–	2
Furman	2	–	6	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
VMI	0	–	10	–	0	0	–	17	–	0

‡-2016 SoCon Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 18 November 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

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The UNC Greensboro Spartans are the defending regular season champions, and the Furman Paladins are the defending tournament champions.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
East Tennessee State Buccaneers	Johnson City, Tennessee	Summers-Taylor Stadium	1,000
Furman Paladins	Greenville, South Carolina	Stone III Stadium	3,000
Mercer Bears	Macon, Georgia	Bear Field	300
UNC Greensboro Spartans	Greensboro, North Carolina	UNCG Soccer Stadium	3,540
VMI Keydets	Lexington, Virginia	Patchin Field	1,000
Wofford Terriers	Spartanburg, South Carolina	Snyder Field	2,250

Team/opponent	ETS	FUR	MER	NCG	VMI	WOF
East Tennessee State Buccaneers		0–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	2–1
Furman Paladins	0–0		0–1	2–3	3–2	2–3
Mercer Bears	2–3	2–1		2–1	5–0	2–0
UNC Greensboro Spartans	3–4	1–0	2–1		8–1	0–1
VMI Keydets	1–5	0–6	0–2	0–4		0–1
Wofford Terriers	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	6–1

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
N/a	Clemson	Mercer	L, 0–1 vs. South Carolina
N/a	Winston-Salem	East Tennessee State	L, 0–1 vs. Virginia Tech

Award	Recipient(s)
2016 SoCon Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[15]
Player of the Year	Will Bagrou, Mercer
Goalkeeper of the Year	Jonny Sutherland, ETSU
Coach of the Year	Bo Oshoniyi, ETSU
Freshman of the Year	Joe Pickering, ETSU

Changes from 2015

First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
2016 SoCon Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[15]
F Fletcher Ekern, ETSU F Lewis Hawke, Furman F Will Bagrou, Mercer F Damieon Thomas, UNCG MF Serge Gomis, ETSU MF Leeroy Maguraushe, UNCG MF Jordan Duru, Mercer D Chase Clack, ETSU D Kyle McLagan, Furman D Ian Antley, Mercer D Conner Antley, Mercer GK Jonny Sutherland, ETSU	F Joao Ramalho, ETSU F Lucas Altman, Wofford F Matthew Aurednik, Wofford MF Charlie Machell, ETSU MF Marco Ortiz, Furman MF Connor Donohue, Wofford D Joe Pickering, ETSU D Eric Gunnarsson, UNCG D Kyle Nelson, Wofford GK Jeremy Booth, Mercer GK Joe Wichmann, Wofford	Javier Alberto, ETSU Joe Pickering, ETSU Emery May, Furman Roberto Arteaga, Mercer Jacob Chadwell, Mercer Casey Penland, UNCG Lucas Altman, Wofford Dredon Kelly, Wofford Sam Ross, Wofford Austin Tuggle, Wofford Christian Womeldorph, Wofford