The 2016 ASUN Conference men's soccer season was the 39th season of men's varsity soccer in the ASUN Conference, and also the first under the league's current "ASUN" branding.
The North Florida Ospreys are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
Changes from 2015
The NJIT Highlanders joined the conference.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Fort Myers, Florida FGCU Soccer Complex Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville, Florida Ashley Sports Complex Lipscomb Bisons Nashville, Tennessee Lipscomb Soccer Complex North Florida Ospreys Jacksonville, Florida Hodges Stadium NJIT Highlanders Newark, New Jersey Mal Simon Stadium Stetson Hatters DeLand, Florida Stetson Soccer Field USC Upstate Spartans Spartanburg, South Carolina County University Soccer Stadium
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 FGCJAXLIPNJTUNFSTEUSC 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 Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Final Florida Gulf Coast C RV RV 15 12 12 11 20 22 21 20 20Jacksonville 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
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 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 Award Recipient(s)Player of the Year Albert Ruiz, FGCUDefensive Player of the Year Jay Bolt, North FloridaGoalkeeper of the Year Paul Ladwig, StetsonCoaching Staff of the Year North FloridaFreshman of the Year Adrian Nunez, North Florida*
2016 A-Sun Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Rookie TeamGK – 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 FloridaGK – 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 FloridaF – 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 ASUN Men's Soccer Tournament 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference women's soccer season
References