2016 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer season was the 39th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	7
Regular Season
Season champions	North Florida
Runners-up	Florida Gulf Coast
Tournament
Champions	Florida Gulf Coast
Runners-up	Jacksonville

2016 Atlantic Sun Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North Florida	5	–	0	–	1			9	–	4	–	2
No. 20 FGCU ‡	4	–	1	–	1			14	–	4	–	3
Lipscomb	3	–	2	–	1			10	–	6	–	2
NJIT	3	–	2	–	1			8	–	6	–	4
Jacksonville	2	–	4	–	0			8	–	10	–	0
Stetson	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	10	–	2
USC Upstate	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	10	–	0
‡-2016 ASUN Tournament champion +- Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The North Florida Ospreys are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

Changes from 2015

• The NJIT Highlanders will be joining the conference.[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	Fort Myers, Florida	FGCU Soccer Complex	1,000
Jacksonville Dolphins	Jacksonville, Florida	Ashley Sports Complex	500
Lipscomb Bisons	Nashville, Tennessee	Lipscomb Soccer Complex	250
North Florida Ospreys	Jacksonville, Florida	Hodges Stadium	9,400
NJIT Highlanders	Newark, New Jersey	Mal Simon Stadium	1,200
Stetson Hatters	DeLand, Florida	Stetson Soccer Field	900
USC Upstate Spartans	Spartanburg, South Carolina	County University Soccer Stadium	3,000

Personnel

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Shirt supplier
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	Bob Butehorn	TBA	Adidas
Jacksonville Dolphins	Ryan Pratt	TBA	Nike
Lipscomb Bisons	Charles Morrow	TBA	Nike
NJIT Highlanders	Fernando Barboto	TBA	Nike
North Florida Ospreys	Derek Marinatos	TBA	Nike
Stetson Hatters	Logan Fleck	TBA	Nike
USC Upstate Spartans	Greg Hooks	TBA	Nike

Regular season

Results

Team/Opponent	FGC	JAX	LIP	NJT	UNF	STE	USC
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles				4–1
Jacksonville Dolphins			2–1	0–1
Lipscomb Bisons		1–2				2–0
NJIT Highlanders	1–4	1–0
North Florida Ospreys
Stetson Hatters			0–2				2–1
USC Upstate Spartans						1–2

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre[2]	Wk 1[3]	Wk 2[4]	Wk 3[5]	Wk 4[6]	Wk 5[7]	Wk 6[8]	Wk 7[9]	Wk 8[10]	Wk 9[11]	Wk 10[12]	Wk 11[13]	Wk 12[14]	Final[15]
Florida Gulf Coast	C	RV				RV	15	12	12	11	20	22	21	20	20
Jacksonville	C
Lipscomb	C		RV
NJIT	C
North Florida	C		RV	RV	RV	RV	NR				RV	RV	NR
Stetson	C
USC Upstate	C

Postseason

A-Sun Tournament

	Semifinals					Final
	1	North Florida	0
	5	Jacksonville	1
						5	Jacksonville
						2	Florida Gulf Coast
	2	Florida Gulf Coast (2OT)	3
	4	Lipscomb	2

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
N/A	1	Florida Gulf Coast	T, 2–2 ^(W, 3–0 pen.) vs. South Florida – (Tampa)	L, 2–3 ^OTvs. #9 North Carolina – (Chapel Hill)

All-Atlantic Sun awards and teams

2016 A-Sun Men's Soccer Individual Awards[16]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Albert Ruiz, FGCU
Defensive Player of the Year	Jay Bolt, North Florida
Goalkeeper of the Year	Paul Ladwig, Stetson
Coaching Staff of the Year	North Florida
Freshman of the Year	Adrian Nunez, North Florida*

2016 A-Sun Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[16]
First Team	Second Team	Rookie Team
GK – Paul Ladwig, Stetson D – Nicolas Samayoa, FGCU D – Joe Kerridge, Lipscomb D – Jay Bolt, North Florida MF – Kamar Marriott, FGCU MF – Ivan Alvarado, Lipscomb MF – Joshua Castellanos, North Florida F – Albert Ruiz, FGCU F – Arion Sobers-Assue, FGCU F – Logan Paynter, Lipscomb F – Adrian Nunez, North Florida	GK – Juanes Fajardo, North Florida D – Eli Roubos, FGCU D – Scout Monteith, Lipscomb D – Victor Kausch, NJIT D – Simen Solstad, North Florida MF – Dylan Sacramento, FGCU MF – Alberto Escobedo, Jacksonville MF – Micah Smoak, North Florida MF – Luke Ferreira, Stetson F – Ivan Sakou, Lipscomb F – Mamadou Guirassy, NJIT F – Milan Kovacs, North Florida	F – Adrian Nunez, North Florida MF – Miguel Perez, FGCU MF – Kai Bennett, Jacksonville F – Rene White, NJIT F – Gabriel Diniz, Stetson F – Shak Adams, FGCU GK – Jared Brown, FGCU D – Austin Eager, Lipscomb MF – Andrew Nino, NJIT GK – Victor Pujades, NJIT MF – Cormac Begley, North Florida F – Joel Bunting, USC Upstate

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference women's soccer season

References

1. "New Jersey Institute of Technology to Join the Atlantic Sun: #NJITtoASun" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
2. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.
15. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings – Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016.
16. "Ospreys Earn Three Top Honors; #ASunMSOC All-Conference Awards Announced". Atlantic Sun Conference. ASunSports.com. November 2, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.