Summit League men's soccer tournament

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.

The Summit League men's soccer tournament
Conference soccer championship
Sport	College soccer
Conference	Summit League
Number of teams	4
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Case Soccer Complex
Current location	Tulsa, OK
Played	1994–present
Current champion	Denver
Most championships	Denver (8)
TV partner(s)	ESPN3
Official website	thesummitleague.org/msoc

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
1994	Central Connecticut	2–0	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	Everton Barrington (CCSU)
1995	Central Connecticut (2)	3–0	Western Illinois	MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL	Stephen Yanosy (CCSU)
1996	Valparaiso	4–2	Central Connecticut	Greene Stadium • Washington, DC	Tony Dal Santo (VALPO)
1997	Howard	2–1	Central Connecticut	Valparaiso, IN	Mike Lawrence (HOW)
1998	Howard (2)	4–1	UMKC	Valparaiso, IN	Greg Simmonds (HOW)
1999	Oral Roberts	2–1*	IUPUI	Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN	Trey Vaut (ORU)
2000	IUPUI	2–1*	Oakland	MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL	Armando Femia (IUPUI)
2001	UMKC	2–1	IUPUI	ORU Soccer Field • Tulsa, OK	Beau Williams (UMKC)
2002	Oakland	3–0	Western Illinois	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI	not awarded
2003	UMKC (2)	2–1	Oakland	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI	not awarded
2004	Western Illinois	4–0	Oral Roberts	MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL	Nowaf Jaman (WIU)
2005	Western Illinois (2)	4–3*	Oakland	Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO	Nick Bohnenkamp (WIU)
2006	Western Illinois (3)	2–0	UMKC	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI	Matt Wieclaw (WIU)
2007	Oakland (2)	2–0	IUPUI	Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN	Michael Reyes (OU)
2008	UMKC (3)	1–1† (4–3 pen.)	Oakland	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI	Ken Cooper (UMKC)
2009	Western Illinois (4)	1–0	UMKC	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI	Stephen Paterson (WIU)
2010	Oakland (3)	2–0	Oral Roberts	Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI	Jon Evans (OU)
2011	Western Illinois (5)	2–1	Oral Roberts	Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO	Charlie Bales (WIU)
2012	Western Illinois (6)	3–1	Oakland	MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL	Nathan Bruinsma (WIU)
2013	Denver	1–0	Western Illinois	MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL	Reid Hukari (DU)
2014	Denver (2)	3–1	Western Illinois	CIBER Field • Denver, CO	Taylor Hunter (DU)
2015	Denver (3)	2–0	Oral Roberts	CIBER Field • Denver, CO	Dan Jackson (DU)
2016	Denver (4)	2–1	Omaha	CIBER Field • Denver, CO	Andre Shinyashiki (DU)
2017	Omaha	1–1† (9–8 pen.)	Denver	Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE	Emmanuel Hamzat (UNO)
2018	Denver (5)	1–0	Omaha	CIBER Field • Denver, CO	Scott DeVoss (DU)
2019	Denver (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

School	Championships	Winning 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.

• "The Summit League Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). The Summit League. TheSummitLeague.org. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

External links

• Official website