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2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the 25th edition of the tournament.[1] It determined the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic berth in the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville hosted the tournament at Ralph Korte Stadium on the SIUE campus.

2015 MVC men's soccer tournament
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsDrake
Runner-upSIUE
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored5 (1 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nic Jaimes–Drake (2)
Best playerKyle Whigham–Drake
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The third-seeded Drake Bulldogs won the tournament, besting the top-seeded SIUE Cougars in the championship match.[2] It was Drake's second MVC championship.

Qualification edit

2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
SIUE 5 – 1 – 0 12 – 4 – 2
Bradley 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 10 – 1
Drake ‡ 3 – 1 – 2 13 – 5 – 3
Missouri State 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 6 – 5
Loyola Chicago 2 – 2 – 2 10 – 4 – 5
Central Arkansas 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 15 – 1
Evansville 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 13 – 0
As of November 22, 2015
Rankings from NSCAA

The top six teams in the Missouri Valley Conference based on their conference regular season records qualified for the tournament. The SIUE Cougars, Bradley Braves, Drake Bulldogs, Missouri State Bears, Loyola Chicago Ramblers, and Central Arkansas Bears earned berths in the tournament. Top-seeded SIUE and second-seeded Bradley received first round byes.

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 SIUE Pk 4–3 0
4 Loyola 1 4 Loyola 0
5 Missouri State 0 1 SIUE 0
3 Drake 1
2 Bradley 0
6 Central Arkansas 0 3 Drake 1
3 Drake 2

Schedule edit

November 11, 2015 Quarterfinals #6 Central Arkansas 0–2 #3 Drake Edwardsville, Illinois
12 Noon Stricker   85' Report [3] LeMay   18' A-Edel
Jaimes   27'
Jaimes   58' A-Enna		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 344
Referee: Shane Butler
Assistant referees: George Major & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Doug Gault
November 11, 2015 Quarterfinals #5 Loyola 0–1 #4 Missouri State Edwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PM Barbero   84' Report[4] Lifka   84' unassisted
Lifka   90'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Trevino
Assistant referees: Mike Dutt & Collin Pressey
Fourth official: Divanbeigi
November 13, 2015 Semifinals #3 Drake 1–0 #2 Bradley Edwardsville, Illinois
3:00 PM Jaimes   10' A-Sunday
Edel   58'		 Report [5] Kovacevic   15'
Emerson   48'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 359
Referee: David Jaworski
Assistant referees: Elvis Mahmutovic & Jacob Post
Fourth official: Craig Adams
November 13, 2015 Semifinals #5 Loyola 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 #1 SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
6:00 PM Stevenson   81'
Stevenson   86'  		 Report[6] Jambga  09' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Landis Wiley
Assistant referees: Nemanja Pandzic & Tyler Turner
Fourth official: Mike Dutt
Penalties
Thomson, Hare, Collier McHugh, Christianson, Bilyeu, Ledbetter
November 15, 2015 MVC Final #3 Drake 1–0 #1 SIUE Edwardsville, Illinois
1:00 PM Prusa   32'
Bartlett   40'
Ciszewski   78' unassisted		 Report[7] Danzy   63' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 863
Referee: Jeremy Schroeder
Assistant referees: Ryan Ash & Dule Djurasevic
Fourth official: Jacob Post

Statistical leaders edit

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player College Goals[8]
1   Nic Jaimes Drake 2
2   Ben LeMay Drake 1
  Fabian Lifka Loyola
  Paul Ciszewski Drake

Top goalkeepers edit

Rank Player College Games Saves Save
%age 		Goals
against
average[8]
1   Darrin MacLeod Drake 3 9 1.000 0.000
2   Kyle Dal Santo SIUE 2 6 .857 0.450
3   Tim Dobrowolski Loyola 2 5 .833 0.450

All-tournament team edit

2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Kyle Whigham, Drake

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   USA Alec Bartlett (Drake)
— DF   USA Justin Bilyeu (SIUE)
— GK   USA Kyle Dal Santo (SIUE)
— MF   USA Alex Garcia (Bradley)
— DF   USA James Grunert (Drake)
— DF   USA Daniel Hare (Loyola)
— DF   USA Bradley (Bradley)
— DF   USA Austin Ledbetter (SIUE)
— GK   CAN Darrin MacLeod (Drake)
— DF   USA Rob Oslica (Missouri State)
— FW   USA Daylon Schiffel (Central Arkansas)
— DF   USA Eric Schoendorf (Loyola)
— MF   USA Kyle Whigham (Drake)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "MEN'S SOCCER RECORDS" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "Late second-half goal sinks Cougars". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. November 16, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
  3. ^ "Bulldogs advance in the MVC Tournament with 2-0 win over Central Arkansas". The Times-Delphic. November 11, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "MSOC Championship: Loyola 1, Missouri State 0". Missouri Valley Conference. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ^ "MSOC Championship: Drake 1, Bradley 0". Missouri Valley Conference. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  6. ^ "SHOOTOUT AT KORTE: SIUE gets past Loyola on PKs in MVC Tourney semifinals". The Telegraph. November 13, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  7. ^ "MVC SOCCER: Drake downs top-seeded SIUE in final, 1-0". The Telegraph. November 15, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "2015 Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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