2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
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| 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season | |
|---|---|
| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Soccer |
| Duration | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Coastal Carolina |
| Runners-up | Georgia Southern |
| Tournament | |
| Champions | Coastal Carolina |
| Runners-up | Georgia State |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina ‡ | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 15 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 14 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from NSCAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 15th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.
The Hartwick Hawks are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
- The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are joining the conference after previously being part of the Big South Conference.[1]
- The NJIT Highlanders, an associate member, are moving to the Atlantic Sun Conference.[2]
Teams
Stadiums and locations
- Arkansas State, Arkansas–Little Rock, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State, UTA and Troy do not sponsor men's soccer. Hartwick and Howard are associated members.
Regular season
Results
| Team/opponent | ASU | CCU | GSU | GSO | HAR | HOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |||
| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||
| Georgia State Panthers | 1–3 | 4–0 | ||||
| Georgia Southern Eagles | 3–1 | 2–1 | ||||
| Hartwick Hawks | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
| Howard Bison | 1–3 | 2–0 | ||||
Rankings
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week |
| Pre[3] | Wk 1[4] |
Wk 2[5] |
Wk 3[6] |
Wk 4[7] |
Wk 5[8] |
Wk 6[9] |
Wk 7[10] |
Wk 8[11] |
Wk 9[12] |
Wk 10[13] |
Wk 11[14] |
Wk 12[15] |
Final[16] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian State | C | ||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | C | 21 | RV | NR | |||||||||||
| Georgia State | C | ||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | C | ||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | C | ||||||||||||||
| Howard | C |
Postseason
Sun Belt Tournament
| First round November 10 | Semifinals November 11 | Championship November 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Hartwick | 2 | 4 | Hartwick | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | App State | 1 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Georgia State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Georgia State | 2 | 3 | Georgia State | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Howard | 0 | ||||||||||||
NCAA tournament
| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 4 | Coastal Carolina | W, 2–1 vs. Radford – (Conway) | L, 0–2 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem) |