2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season was the 15th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	6
Regular Season
Season champions	Coastal Carolina
Runners-up	Georgia Southern
Tournament
Champions	Coastal Carolina
Runners-up	Georgia State

2016 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
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
‡-Tournament Champion +-Invited to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 21 November 2016; Rankings from NSCAA

The Hartwick Hawks are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

Changes from 2015

• 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

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Appalachian State Mountaineers	Boone, North Carolina	ASU Soccer Stadium	2,000
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Conway, South Carolina	CCU Soccer Field	1,000
Georgia Southern Eagles	Statesboro, Georgia	Erk Russell Athletic Park	500
Georgia State Panthers	Atlanta, Georgia	GSU Soccer Complex	1,892
Hartwick Hawks	Oneonta, New York	Elmore Field	3,000
Howard Bison	Washington, D.C.	Greene Stadium	7,086

• 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

Legend

		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
N/A	4	Coastal Carolina	W, 2–1 vs. Radford – (Conway)	L, 0–2 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)

All-Sun Belt awards and teams

2016 Sun Belt Men's Soccer Individual Awards[17]
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Hannes Burmeister, Georgia State
Offensive Player of the Year	Hannes Burmeister, Georgia State
Defensive Player of the Year	Emil Laursen, Georgia Southern
Newcomer of the Year	Nick Hague, Georgia State
Freshman of the Year	Kyle Clinton, Georgia State Hamish Ritchie, Hartwick
Coach of the Year	John Murphy, Georgia Southern

2016 Sun Belt Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams[17]
First Team	Second Team
Stephen Chapman, Sr., FW, ASU Frantzdy Pierrot, Jr., FW, CCU Blake Wilson, Jr., FW, GSOU Hannes Burmeister, So., MF, GSTA Max Hemmings, So., MF, GSTA Johnny McBeth, Jr., MF, HART Einar Einarsson, Sr., DF, CCU Emil Laursen, So., DF, GSOU Kyle Clinton, Fr., DF, GSOU Elliott Bentley, Fr., DF, HART Yannic Horn, Jr., GK, GSTA	Martin Melchor, Jr., FW, CCU Frank Rosenwald, Fr., FW, GSTA Mike Rood, Sr., FW, HART Sander Wang, Fr., MF, GSOU Nick Wells, Jr., MF, GSOU Jack Donaldson, Sr., MF, HART Hamish Ritchie, Fr., MF, HART Elis Bjornsson, Sr., DF, CCU Ryan Reid, Sr., DF, CCU Liam Fitzsimmons, Jr., DF, GSTA Braulio Linares-Ortiz, Jr., GK, CCU

Key

• ASU = Applachain State
• CCU = Coastal Carolina
• GSTA = Georgia State
• GSOU = Georgia Southern
• HART = Hartwick
• HOW = Howard

• Fr. = Freshman
• So. = Sophomore
• Jr. = Junior
• Sr. = Senior
• Gr. = Graduate

• GK = Goalkeeper
• DF = Defender
• MF = Midfielder
• FW = Forward

See also

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

References

1. "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
2. "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.
3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 2, 2016.
4. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 30, 2016.
5. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 6, 2016.
6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 13, 2016.
7. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 20, 2016.
8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 27, 2016.
9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 4, 2016.
10. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 11, 2016.
11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 18, 2016.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 25, 2016.
13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 1, 2016.
14. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 8, 2016.
15. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 15, 2016.
16. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 13, 2016.
17. "Sun Belt announces 2016 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams and individual awards". Sun Belt Conference. November 9, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2017.