2015 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship

2015 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship
Country United States
Dates December 3–5, 2015
Teams 38
Champions Pfeiffer (NC)
Runners-up Cal Poly Pomona
Third place Charleston (WV)
& Rockhurst (MO)
Matches played 37
Goals scored 128 (3.46 per match)
Attendance 15,583 (421 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Nathan Regis (Pfeiffer)
– 7 G, 2 A, 16 Pts.
Best player Nathan Regis (Pfeiffer)
← 2014 2016 →
All statistics correct as of 12/5/2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 44th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division II men's collegiate soccer in the United States. The semifinals and championship game were played at Ashton Brosnaham Stadium in Pensacola, Florida from December 3–5, 2015 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2015.[1]

Qualification

All Division II men's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the 38-team tournament field. 20 teams received automatic bids and an additional 18 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.[2] Teams were placed into one of four unbalanced super-regional brackets, consisting of eight or ten teams, based on geographic location.

Automatic qualifiers (22)

School Conference Record
Cal Poly Pomona California Collegiate Athletic Association 13–2–5
Cedarville Great Midwest Athletic Conference 14–3–2
Charleston Mountain East Conference 17–2–0
Colorado Mines Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 14–4–2
Fresno Pacific Pacific West Conference 14–2–2
LIU Post East Coast Conference 14–2–2
Midwestern State Lone Star Conference 16–0–1
Millersville Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference 14–4–1
Northwood (MI) Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 16–1–1
Pfeiffer Conference Carolinas 20–0–0
Rockhurst Great Lakes Valley Conference 16–1–2
Rollins Sunshine State Conference 12–7–0
Seattle Pacific Great Northwest Athletic Conference 14–1–3
Southern New Hampshire Northeast-10 Conference 18–1–0
St. Edward's Heartland Conference 15–2–2
Upper Iowa Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 13–3–1
West Alabama Gulf South Conference 10–6–2
Wilmington Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference 14–5–0
Wingate South Atlantic Conference 14–3–3
Young Harris Peach Belt Conference 16–3–0

At-large bids (16)

School Conference Record
Adelphi Northeast-10 Conference 13–4–3
Cal State Dominguez Hills California Collegiate Athletic Association 14–2–3
Cal State L.A. California Collegiate Athletic Association 12–4–2
Cal State Stanislaus California Collegiate Athletic Association 15–4–2
Carson-Newman South Atlantic Conference 15–2–2
Colorado Mesa Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference 14–4–2
Fort Hays State Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 12–5–1
Lander Peach Belt Conference 14–3–1
LeMoyne Northeast-10 Conference 12–5–1
Limestone Conference Carolinas 15–4–0
Merrimack Northeast-10 Conference 14–3–2
Notre Dame College Mountain East Conference 13–6–0
Palm Beach Atlantic Independent 15–1–1
Quincy Great Lakes Valley Conference 12–6–2
Saginaw Valley State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 14–2–1
St. Leo Sunshine State Conference 10–6–1
UIndy Great Lakes Valley Conference 12–5–3
Urbana Mountain East Conference 12–4–2

Tournament bracket

Super Region No. 1

Source:[3]

First Round
Thursday,
November 12		 Second Round
Saturday & Sunday,
November 14 &15		 Third Round
Friday, November 20		 Quarterfinals
Sunday, November 22
   
      1  *'Southern New Hampshire 3  
4  Merrimack 2     4  Merrimack 0  
5  Le Moyne 1       1  Southern New Hampshire 0(4)  
6  Wilmington (DE) 4       2  LIU Post (PKs) 0(5)  
3  Adelph 3     6  Wilmington 0  
      2  *LIU Post 6  
        2  LIU Post 1
          1  Charleston (WV) 2
      1  *Charleston (WV) 4  
      4  Notre Dame (OH) 2  
        1  Charleston (WV) 1  
        3  Urbana 0  
      3  Urbana 1       
      2  *Millersville 0       
   

Super Region No. 2

Source:[3]

First Round
Friday,
November 13		 Second Round
Saturday & Sunday,
November 14 &15		 Third Round
Friday, November 20		 Quarterfinals
Sunday, November 22
   
      1  *Palm Beach Atlantic 2  
      4  West Alabama 0  
        1  Palm Beach Atlantic 6  
        2  Rollins 1  
      3  Saint Leo 2  
      2  *Rollins 3  
        1  Palm Beach Atlantic 4
          1  Pfeiffer 5
      1  *Pfeiffer 2  
4  Lander 1(4)     5  Wingate 1  
5  Wingate (PKs) 1(5)       1  Pfeiffer 3  
6  Limestone 3       2  Young Harris 0  
3  Carson-Newman 1     6  Limestone 1       
      2  *Young Harris 2       
   

Super Region No. 3

Source:[3]

First Round
Thursday,
November 12		 Second Round
Saturday & Sunday,
November 14 &15		 Third Round
Friday, November 20		 Quarterfinals
Sunday, November 22
   
      1  *Cal Poly Pomona 1  
4  Cal St. Stanislaus 1     5  Cal St. L.A. 0  
5  Cal St. L.A.
PKs 3–0		 1       1  Cal Poly Pomona 1  
6  Fresno Pacific 2       3  Cal St. Dominguez Hills 1  
3  Cal St. Dominguez Hills 3     3  Cal St. Dominguez Hills PKs 1(3)  
      2  *Seattle Pacific 1(1)  
        1  Cal Poly Pomona 3
          2  Colorado Mines 2
      1  *Midwestern State 4  
      4  Colorado Mesa 2  
        1  Midwestern State 1  
        2  Colorado Mines 2  
      3  St. Edward's 1       
      2  *Colorado Mines 2       
   

Super Region No. 4

Source:[3]

First Round
Thursday,
November 12		 Second Round
Saturday & Sunday,
November 14 &15		 Third Round
Friday, November 20		 Quarterfinals
Sunday, November 22
   
      1  *Rockhurst 3  
4  Cedarville 3     4  Cedarville 0  
5  Quincy 0       1  Rockhurst 2  
6  Indianapolis 0       2  Northwood (MI) 1  
3  Saginaw Valley State 2     3  Saginaw Valley State 1  
      2  *Northwood (MI) 3  
        1  Rockhurst PKs 1(4)
          2  Fort Hays State 1(1)
         
         
        1  Upper Iowa 2  
        2  Fort Hays State 4  
              
              
   

Division II College Cup

Semifinals
December 3, 2015
Ashton Brosnaham Stadium
Pensacola, Florida 		Championship
December 5, 2015
Ashton Brosnaham Stadium
Pensacola, Florida
      
Charleston 1
Pfeiffer 2
Pfeiffer 4
Cal Poly Pomona 0
Cal Poly Pomona 1
Rockhurst 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2014-18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Committee selects 2015 Championship Bracket". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/soccer-men/d2
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