2012 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship

Country

USA

Teams

Champions

Lynn University (2nd title)

Runners-up

Saginaw Valley State University (1st title game)

Matches played

Goals scored

99 (2.91 per match)

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The 2012 NCAA Division II men's soccer championship featured 35 schools in four unbalanced Super-Regional tournaments involving seven to ten teams each. Super-Regional games were played at campus sites.

The Division II College Cup was held at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Georgia and was hosted by the Peach Belt Conference.

In the national semifinals, Mercyhurst (17-6-1) was defeated by Lynn 4-1, and Simon Fraser (19-2-1) fell to Saginaw Valley 2-1. Lynn (19-3-1) won its second Division II crown by beating Saginaw Valley (18-3-4) 3-2 in the national final.^[1]

East Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Friday, November 9		Second Round Sunday, November 11		Third Round Thursday, November 15		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17


		LIU Post	0
Mass-Lowell	3	Mass-Lowell	1
Post	1			Mass-Lowell	0
				Southern N.H.	2
		Southern N.H.	1
Merrimack	1	Merrimack	0
Franklin Pierce	0					Southern N.H.	1
						Mercyhurst	2
		Gannon	2
		Davis & Elkins	1
				Gannon	2
				Mercyhurst	2
		Charleston (WV)	0
		Mercyhurst	1

Midwest Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Friday, November 9		Second Round Sunday, November 11		Third Round Friday, November 16		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17


		Rockhurst	3
Notre Dame (OH)	3	Notre Dame (OH)	2
Drury	0			Rockhurst	0
				Saginaw Valley	1
		Saginaw Valley (PK 6-5)	1
		Quincy	1
						Saginaw Valley	1
						Northeastern State	0


				Northeastern State	6
				Ft. Hays State	3

South Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Friday, November 9		Second Round Saturday, November 11		Third Round Thursday, November 15		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17




				Rollins	1
				Lynn	2
		Lynn	1
		Tampa	0
						Lynn	2
Wingate	3					Wingate	0
Montevallo	1	Lander	1
		Wingate	2
				Wingate	2
Mars Hill	2			Flagler	1
UNC Pembroke	3	Flagler (PK4-2)	0
		UNC Pembroke	0

West Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Thursday, November 8		Second Round Saturday, November 10		Third Round Thursday, November 15		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17


		Simon Fraser	2
Cal State, Stanislaus	3	Cal State, Stanislaus	1
Notre Dame de Namur	2			Simon Fraser	2
				Grand Canyon	1
		Grand Canyon (PK 5-4)	1
Seattle Pacific	1	Cal State, L.A.	1
Cal State, L.A. (PK 5-4)	1					Simon Fraser	1
						Incarnate Word	0


				Regis (CO)	0
				Incarnate Word	1
		Colorado Mines	2
		Incarnate Word	4

Division II College Cup at Evans, Ga.

Source:^[2]

National Semifinals November 29		National Championship December 1


Mercyhurst	1

Lynn	4
		Lynn	3

		Saginaw Valley	2
Saginaw Valley	3

Simon Fraser	1

Attendance: Semi #1 = 182; Semi #2 = 213; Final = 311

References

External links

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