The Summit League men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
SportCollege soccer
ConferenceSummit League
Number of teams4
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCase Soccer Complex
Current locationTulsa, OK
Played1994–present
Current championDenver
Most championshipsDenver (8)
TV partner(s)ESPN3
Official websitethesummitleague.org/msoc

The Summit League men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Summit League. The tournament has been held every year since 1994. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.

Champions

Key

(2) Title number
* Match went to extra time
† Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold Regular season champion
Bold italic Regular season co-champion

Finals

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue Tournament MVP
1994Central Connecticut 2–0 Buffalo UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY Everton Barrington (CCSU)
1995Central Connecticut (2) 3–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Stephen Yanosy (CCSU)
1996Valparaiso 4–2 Central Connecticut Greene Stadium • Washington, DC Tony Dal Santo (VALPO)
1997Howard 2–1 Central Connecticut Valparaiso, IN Mike Lawrence (HOW)
1998Howard (2) 4–1 UMKC Valparaiso, IN Greg Simmonds (HOW)
1999Oral Roberts 2–1* IUPUI Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN Trey Vaut (ORU)
2000IUPUI 2–1* Oakland MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Armando Femia (IUPUI)
2001UMKC 2–1 IUPUI ORU Soccer Field • Tulsa, OK Beau Williams (UMKC)
2002Oakland 3–0 Western Illinois Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI not awarded
2003UMKC (2) 2–1 Oakland Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI not awarded
2004Western Illinois 4–0 Oral Roberts MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Nowaf Jaman (WIU)
2005Western Illinois (2) 4–3* Oakland Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO Nick Bohnenkamp (WIU)
2006Western Illinois (3) 2–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Matt Wieclaw (WIU)
2007Oakland (2) 2–0 IUPUI Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN Michael Reyes (OU)
2008UMKC (3) 1–1†
(4–3 pen.)		 Oakland Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Ken Cooper (UMKC)
2009Western Illinois (4) 1–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Stephen Paterson (WIU)
2010Oakland (3) 2–0 Oral Roberts Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Jon Evans (OU)
2011Western Illinois (5) 2–1 Oral Roberts Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO Charlie Bales (WIU)
2012Western Illinois (6) 3–1 Oakland MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Nathan Bruinsma (WIU)
2013Denver 1–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Reid Hukari (DU)
2014Denver (2) 3–1 Western Illinois CIBER Field • Denver, CO Taylor Hunter (DU)
2015Denver (3)2–0Oral Roberts CIBER Field • Denver, CO Dan Jackson (DU)
2016Denver (4) 2–1 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Andre Shinyashiki (DU)
2017Omaha 1–1†
(9–8 pen.)		 Denver Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE Emmanuel Hamzat (UNO)
2018Denver (5) 1–0 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Scott DeVoss (DU)
2019Denver (6) 1–0 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Preston Judd (DU)
2020 No Tournament Held due to COVID-19 [1]
2021 Denver (7) 1–1†
(3–2 pen.)		 Oral Roberts MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Kobe Gray (DU)
2022 Denver (8) 3–0 Kansas City CIBER Field • Denver, CO Isaac Nehme (DU)
2023 – Case Soccer Complex • Tulsa, OK

Performance by school

SchoolChampionshipsWinning years
Denver 8 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Western Illinois 6 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
Oakland 3 2002, 2007, 2010
UMKC 3 2001, 2003, 2008
Central Connecticut 2 1994, 1995
Howard 2 1997, 1998
IUPUI 1 2000
Omaha 1 2017
Oral Roberts 1 1999
Valparaiso† 1 1996
TOTAL 27

Italics indicate a school that is no longer a conference member

† No longer sponsor men's soccer

References

  1. ↑ "2020 Summit League Men's Soccer Championship". thesummitleague.com. Summit League. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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