The 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 35th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer. The Penn State Nittany Lions were the defending national champions.
Changes from 2015
Conference realignment SchoolPrevious conferenceNew conference Coastal Carolina Big South Conference Sun Belt Conference Kansas State No team Independent
Season overview
Polls
Pre-season polls NSCAARankTeam1 Florida State2 Penn State3 Duke4 Virginia5 Stanford6 West Virginia7 Florida8 Texas A&M9 North Carolina10 Rutgers11 USC12 Auburn13 Notre Dame14 Clemson15 Connecticut16 BYU17 Virginia Tech18 California19 Texas Tech20 Arizona21 Santa Clara22 Ole Miss23 Ohio State24 South Carolina25 Loyola Marymount Soccer AmericaRankTeam1 Stanford2 Duke3Florida State4 West Virginia5 Penn State6Florida7 Virginia8 USC9 Texas A&M10Clemson11Connecticut12 North Carolina13 Rutgers14Auburn15 California16 BYU17UCLA18 Wisconsin19 Notre Dame20 Virginia Tech21 Texas Tech22 Ohio State23 South Carolina24 Arizona25 Boston College Top Drawer SoccerRankTeam1 Stanford2 Florida State3 Duke4 Penn State5 West Virginia6 Virginia7 Florida8 USC9 Connecticut10 Clemson11 Rutgers12 North Carolina13 Texas A&M14 Auburn 15 California16 Wisconsin17 BYU18 Arizona19 Minnesota20 Virginia Tech21 Ohio State22 Santa Clara23 Ole Miss24 FGCU25 Boston College Hero SportsRankTeam1 Penn State2 Stanford3 Florida State4 Duke5 West Virginia6 USC7 Virginia8 Florida9 Clemson10 Virginia Tech11 Texas A&M12 North Carolina13 BYU14 California15 South Carolina16 Texas Tech17 Santa Clara18 Minnesota19 Connecticut20 Notre Dame21 Arizona22 Auburn23 Washington State24 Ohio State25 Rutgers
Final polls NSCAARankTeam1 USC2 West Virginia3 Georgetown4 North Carolina5 South Carolina6 Stanford7 Duke8 Auburn9 BYU10 Florida11 Virginia12 Clemson13 UCLA14 Florida State15 Minnesota16 Utah17 Santa Clara18 Northwestern19 Arkansas20 Connecticut21 Notre Dame22 Pepperdine23 Colorado24 NC State25 Rutgers Soccer AmericaRankTeam1 West Virginia2 Stanford3 Florida4 South Carolina5 Georgetown6 BYU7 Florida State8 North Carolina9 USC10 Notre Dame11 Clemson12 Connecticut13 Minnesota14 Duke15 Virginia16 Colorado17 Arkansas18 Auburn19 Utah20 UCLA21 Rutgers22 Northwestern23 Cal24 Penn State25 Pepperdine Top Drawer SoccerRankTeam1 USC2 West Virginia3 Georgetown4 North Carolina5 South Carolina6 Duke7 Auburn8 Santa Clara9 Stanford10 BYU11 Florida12 Connecticut13 Clemson14 UCLA15 Virginia16 Arkansas17 Pepperdine18 Rutgers19 Florida State20 Kansas21 Minnesota22 Notre Dame23 NC State24 Northwestern25 Colorado Hero SportsRankTeam1 USC2 West Virginia3 Stanford4 BYU5 Georgetown6 North Carolina7 South Carolina8 Virginia9 UCLA10 Florida11 Auburn12 Santa Clara13 Minnesota14 Duke15 Clemson16 Utah17 Cal18 Florida State19 Notre Dame20 Colorado21 Arkansas22 Penn State23 Oklahoma24 Pepperdine25 Long Beach State
Major upsets
Date Winner Score Loser August 19, 2016 #21 Santa Clara #11 USC August 19, 2016 Pepperdine #20 Arizona August 21, 2016 Oklahoma #25 Loyola Marymount August 22, 2016 Nebraska #14 BYU August 25, 2016 Michigan #12 Notre Dame August 25, 2016 Washington State #13 Santa Clara August 26, 2016 Arkansas #2 Duke September 5, 2016 South Alabama #1 Florida State September 22, 2016 Vanderbilt #14 Texas A&M September 25, 2016 Alabama #14 Texas A&M
Standings
Conference winners and tournaments
ConferenceRegular Season Champion(s)Conference Player(s) of the YearConference Coach(es) of the YearConference TournamentTournament Venue (City)Tournament Winner America East AlbanyHartford B. Murphy, UNH (Off)C. Smallfield, Hartford (Def) Brendan Faherty, SB 2016 Tournament Campus Sites (Higher Seed) Albany American UConn S. Ribeiro, UConn (Off)S. Fredriksson, UCF (Co-Def)T. Patterson, UConn (Co-Def) Len Tsantiris, UConnChris Petrucelli, SMU 2016 Tournament Morrone Stadium (Storrs, CT) UConn Atlantic 10 St. Joseph's D. Mills, Saint Joseph’s (Off)K. Bright, St. Louis (Def) Jess Manella, Saint Joe’s 2016 Tournament URI Complex (Kingston, RI) Dayton ACC ClemsonNotre Dame A. Shaffer, Virginia (Off)C. Gibbons, Duke (Def) Eddie Radwanski, Clem. 2016 Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:MUSC Health Stadium (Charleston) Florida State Atlantic Sun FGCU T. Tindell, FGCU (Off)N. Rawlins, Lipscomb (Def) Kevin O'Brien, Lipscomb 2016 Tournament First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:FGCU Complex (Fort Myers, FL) FGCU Big 12 West Virginia M. Abam, WVU (Co-Off)C. Dike, OK State (Co-Off)K. Buchanan, WVU (Def) Nikki Izzo-Brown, WVU 2016 Tournament Swope Soccer Village (Kansas City) West Virginia Big East DePaulMarquette A. Reed, DePaul (Off)M. Proffitt, Marquette (Def) Markus Roeders, Marq. 2016 Tournament First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Shaw Field (Washington, D.C.) Georgetown Big Sky Idaho C. Williams, EWU (Off)R. Leonard, Sac. St. (Def) Randy Dedinim, Sac. St. 2016 Tournament EWU Complex (Cheney, WA) Eastern Washington Big South High Point K. Perrell, High Point (Off)H. Van Noord, Liberty (Def) Marty Beall, High Point 2016 Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Bryan Park (Greensboro, NC) Liberty Big Ten MinnesotaNorthwesternPenn State S. Kolander, Minnesota (Off)R. Beal, Minnesota (Def) Stefanie Golan, Minn. 2016 Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Robbie Stadium (St. Paul, MN) Minnesota Big West Cal St Northridge A. Gonzales, LBSU (Off)N. Thompson, CSUN (Def) Keith West, CSUN 2016 Tournament George Allen Field (Long Beach, CA) Long Beach St. CAA Northeastern A. Herndon, JMU (Off)C. Ogunsami, Drexel (Co-Def)C. Logsdon, W&M (Co-Def) Ray Goon, Drexel 2016 Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Parsons Field (Brookline, MA) Northeastern C-USA North Texas M. Thomas, Charlotte (Off)J. Fichera, Rice (Def) Jason Neidell, WKU 2016 Tournament Transamerica Field (Charlotte, NC) Charlotte Horizon Milwaukee M. Hamblin, NKU (Off)R. DeLuca, Det. Mercy (Def) Troy Fabiano, Milw. 2016 Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Engelmann Stadium (Milwaukee, WI) Northern Kentucky Ivy Harvard M. Purce, Harvard (Off)C. Etzel, Brown (Def) Chris Hamblin, Harvard No Tournament MAAC Monmouth A. McTamney, Monmouth (Off)T. Sobierjaski, Siena (Def) Krissy Turner, Mon. 2016 Tournament First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Hesse Field (West Long Branch, NJ) Monmouth MAC Ball State J. Hellstrom, Kent St. (Off)L. White, Ball St. (Def) Rob Marinaro, Kent St. 2016 Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Dix Stadium (Kent, OH) Kent State Missouri Valley Illinois State L. Koehl, Illinois St. (Off)P. Jarsombeck, Ill. St. (Def) Eric Golz, Illinois St. 2016 Tournament First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Adelaide Street Field (Normal, IL) Illinois State Mountain West UNLV L. Sender, UNLV (Off)C. Akubuilo, UNLV (Def) Chris Shaw, UNLV 2016 Tournament SDSU Sports Deck (San Diego) UNLV Northeast Central ConnecticutSaint Francis (PA) G. Morales, SFPA (Off)J. Cafferky, CCSU (Def) Brenda van Stralen, SFU 2016 Tournament Stokes Soccerplex (Loretto, PA) Saint Francis (PA) Ohio Valley Murray State H. Withers, Murray St. (Off)K. Naerdemann, TN Tech (Def) Nick Flohre, EKU 2016 Tournament First Round: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Cutchin Field (Murray, KY) SIU Edwardsville Pac-12 Stanford A. Sullivan, Stanford (Off)M. Freeman, USC (Def) Paul Ratcliffe, Stanford No Tournament Patriot Boston UBucknell K. Ham, Bucknell (Off)R. Bloznalis, Boston U (Def) Kelly Cook, Bucknell 2016 Tournament Quarterfinals: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Emmitt Field (Lewisburg, PA) Bucknell SEC South Carolina S. McCaskill, S. Carolina (Off)K. Kurtz, S. Carolina (Def) Shelley Smith, SC 2016 Tournament Orange Beach Sportsplex(Orange Beach, AL) Florida SoCon Samford O. Cole, Samford (Def) Todd Yelton, Samford 2016 Tournament First Rd. & Quarters: Campus SitesSemifinals & Final:Taylor Stadium (Johnson City, TN) Samford Southland Cent. Arkansas C. Bassett, Cent. Arkansas (Off)K. Roberts, Abilene Chr. (Def) Jeremy Bishop, C. Ark. 2016 Tournament Dugan Stadium (Corpus Christi, TX) Houston Baptist The Summit DenverNorth Dakota St. L. Jones, Oral Roberts (Off)M. Bothner, Denver (Def) Roger Bush, ORU 2016 Tournament Dacotah Field (Fargo, ND) South Dakota St. Sun Belt South Alabama J. Cline, App. State (Off)J. Purfield, S. Alabama (Def) Keyton Wheelock, ULM 2016 Tournament Foley Sports Complex (Foley, AL) South Alabama SWAC Howard A. Lewis, Alabama St. (Co-Off)L. Issaka, Miss. Vall. St. (Co-Off)K. Hamilton, Howard (Def) Brent Leiba, Howard 2016 Tournament Alabama State WCC BYUPepperdine M. Vasconcelos, BYU (Off)T. Isom, BYU (Def) Tim Ward, Pepperdine No Tournament WAC Seattle B. Hooks, Seattle (Off)S. Spiekerman, Seattle (Def) Gary Curneen, CSUB 2016 Tournament Durwood Soccer Stadium (Kansas City) Seattle
See also College soccer List of NCAA Division I women's soccer programs 2016 in American soccer 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
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