2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season

Missouri Valley Conference
Season 2014
Champions Missouri State
MVC Tourney Winner SIUE
To NCAA Tournament SIUE
Matches played 132
Goals scored 148 (1.12 per match)
Top goalscorer 20 points
Christian Volesky
SIUE 8 G, 4 A
Biggest home win Evansville 5-0 Belmont
(September 5)
Biggest away win Drake 1-4 Evansville
(October 25)
Highest scoring Bradley 3–4 UNLV
San Diego 5–2 Bradley
SMU 7–0 UCA
EIU 3–4 SIUE
Longest winning run 4 – SIUE
Longest unbeaten run 5 – Loyola
Longest winless run 13 – UCA
Longest losing run 11 – UCA
Highest attendance H–4665 Bradley @ SIUE
A–5487 UCA @ St. Louis
N– 257 Bradley vs Mercer @ Loyola
Lowest attendance H–152 Oral Roberts @ UCA
A–69 SIUE @ EIU (sleeting)
N–54 –Missouri St. vs Memphis @ SMU
Total attendance 87,004
Average attendance 659.121
← 2013
2015 →

All statistics correct as of November 26, 2014.

The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 24th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The defending regular season champion was Missouri State, and the defending postseason champion was Bradley.[1]

Missouri State won the regular season championship .

The Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was hosted by Bradley on November 12, 14, and 16.[2] SIUE won the tourney title and the automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship with a 1–0 victory over Missouri State in the second extra time period.[3][4]

In the NCAA Tournament, the SIUE Cougars defeated Northwestern 1–0 in Evanston before falling in the second round to #15 seed California 0–1 in Berkeley.[5]

Changes from 2013

Teams

2014 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Missouri State 4 – 0 – 2     9 – 5 – 4
SIU Edwardsville ‡ 4 – 1 – 1     8 – 9 – 4
Evansville 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 11 – 1
Drake 3 – 3 – 0     5 – 11 – 3
Loyola Chicago 2 – 2 – 2     8 – 6 – 5
Bradley 1 – 5 – 0     9 – 11 – 0
Central Arkansas 0 – 5 – 1     2 – 13 – 1
As of November 23, 2014; Rankings from NSCAA
Team Location Stadium Capacity Head Coach Uniform supplier
Bradley Braves Peoria, Illinois Shea Stadium 3,800 United States Jim DeRose Germany adidas
Central Arkansas Bears Conway, Arkansas Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex 300 United States Ross Duncan Germany adidas
Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex 2,000 SwitzerlandCanada Sean Holmes Germany adidas
Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana McCutchan Stadium 2,500 United States Mike Jacobs Germany adidas
Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park 500 New Zealand Neil Jones United States Nike
Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Plaster Sports Complex 16,600 United States John Leamy Germany adidas
SIU Edwardsville Cougars Edwardsville, Illinois Korte Stadium 4,000 United States Brian Jones
United States David Korn		 Germany adidas

Season outlook

2014 Preseason Coaches' Poll[6]

Rank Team (1st-place votes) Points
1 Missouri State (4) 46
2 Evansville (2) 37
3 Bradley (1) 34
4 Drake 31
5 SIUE 23
6 Loyola 16
7 Central Arkansas 9

2014 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team[6]

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school)
Alec Bartlett Drake Defender Junior Overland Park, KS (St. James Academy)
Brian Bement Loyola Forward/Midfield Senior Waterloo, IL (Saint Louis University High)
James Fawke Missouri State Defender Senior Cheltenham, England (Bournside School)
Mark Gonzalez Evansville Midfield Junior Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic)
Faik Hajderovic Evansville Forward Junior St. Louis, MO (Mehlville)
Darrin MacLeod Drake Goalkeeper Sophomore Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (Resurrection Catholic)
Logan Miller Central Arkansas Midfield Senior Tomball, TX (Tomball High.)
Christian Okeke Bradley Forward Sophomore Wichita Falls, TX (Rider H.S.)
Matt Polster SIUE Midfield Senior Las Vegas, NV (Palo Verde)
Jack Roberts Missouri State Midfield Senior Leicester, England (John Cleveland College)
Matt Taphorn Central Arkansas Defender Senior Denver, CO. (Rangeview)
Christian Volesky SIUE Forward Senior Henderson, NV (Foothill)

MVC Tournament

Source: [7][3][4]

  Quarterfinals
Wednesday, November 12		     Semifinals
Friday, November 14		     Final
Sunday, November 16
                           
      1  Missouri State 2  
  4  Drake 1     5  Loyola 0    
  5  Loyola 3         1  Missouri State 0
      2  SIUE 1 (2OT)
      6  Bradley 1    
  3  Evansville 0     2  SIUE 2  
  6  Bradley 1  

Honors

Sources: [8][9][10][11][12]

2014 NSCAA Men's University Division Scholar All-America Teams

First Team— Defender Matt Polster, SIUE, 3.46 Business Administration, Las Vegas, NV

Second Team— Defender James Fawke, Missouri State, 3.45 Administrative Management, Cheltenham,England

2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Men's All-West Region Teams

First Team— Defender Matt Polster, SIUE; Midfielder Christian Volesky, SIUE

Second Team— Defender James Fawke, Missouri State; Defender Eric Schoendorf, Loyola; Forward Mark Anthony Gonzalez, Evansville

Third Team— Goalkeeper Tim Dobrowolski, Loyola; Defender Parker Maher, Missouri State; Forward Cody Lofgren, Bradley; Forward Christian Okeke, Bradley

2014 MVC awards

2014 MVC Player of the Year — Christian Volesky, SIUE

2014 MVC Defensive Player of the Year — Matt Polster, SIUE

2014 MVC Goalkeeper of the Year — Tim Dobrowolski, Loyola

2014 MVC Freshman of the Year — Kyle Thomson, Loyola

2014 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year — Loyola (Neil Jones, Nate Boyden, Brian Plotkin, Jeremy Proud)

2014 MVC Fair Play Award— Evansville

2014 MVC All-Conference First Team

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school/Previous college)
Tim Dobrowolski Loyola Goalkeeper Junior Rockford, Illinois (Boylan Catholic)
Mark Anthony Gonzalez Evansville Forward Junior Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic)
Emmerich Heogg Missouri State Midfielder Junior Crestview, Florida (Choctawhatchee)
Faik Hajderovic Evansville Midfielder Junior St. Louis, Missouri (Mehlville)
Christian Volesky SIUE Midfielder Senior Henderson, Nevada (Foothill/Denver)
James Wypych Drake Midfielder Sophomore Wellington, New Zealand (St. Patrick’s College/New Mexico)
Alec Bartlett Drake Defender Junior Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy/Creighton)
James Fawke Missouri State Defender Senior Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom (Bournside School)
Patrick Hodges Evansville Defender Senior Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy/Creighton)
Matt Polster SIUE Defender Senior Las Vegas, Nevada (Palo Verde)
Eric Schoendorf Loyola Defender Junior Delafield, Wisconsin (Catholic Memorial)

2014 MVC All-Conference Second Team

Player School Position Class Hometown (High school?Previous college)
Kent Kobernus SIUE Goalkeeper Senior Millstadt, Illinois (Belleville West/Wisconsin)
Cody Lofgren Bradley Forward Senior Cleveland, Texas (Kingwood Park/Oral Roberts)
Charlie Macias Evansville Forward Senior Westerville, Ohio (St. Charles Prep)
Christian Okeke Bradley Forward Sophomore Wichita Falls, Texas (S. H. Rider)
Elliot Collier Loyola Midfielder Freshman Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul’s Collegiate)
Jack Roberts Missouri State Midfielder Senior Leicester, England, United Kingdom (John Cleveland College)
Luis Romero Evansville Midfielder Senior Louisville, Kentucky (Male)
Grant Bell Bradley Defender Junior Little Falls, Minnesota (Little Falls Community)
Brandon Besong Missouri State Defender Senior Cedar Rapids, Iowa (George Washington)
Justin Bilyeu SIUE Defender Junior St. Louis, Missouri (CBC)
Parker Maher Missouri STate Defender Senior Joplin, Missouri (Joplin)

2014 MVC All-Freshman Team

Player School Position Hometown (High school)
Harrison Veith Central Arkansas Goalkeeper Richmond, Texas (Foster)
Gabe Edel Drake Forward Greenwood, Indiana (Center Grove)
Steven Enna Drake Forward Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy)
Elliot Collier Loyola Midfielder Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul’s Collegiate)
Brody Kraussel Loyola Midfielder Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Muskego)
Ian McGrath Evansville Midfielder New Lenox, Illinois (Lincoln-Way West)
Kyle Thomson Loyola Midfielder Park Ridge, Illinois (Maine South)
William Woody Central Arkansas Midfielder Asheville, North Carolina (Home school)
Mason Leonard Drake Defender Overland Park, Kansas (Blue Valley Northwest)
Rob Oslica Missouri State Defender Ozark, Missouri. (Ozark)
Jacob Taylor Bradley Defender Dunlap, Illinois (Dunlap)

2014 MVC All-Tournament Team

2014 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Jabari Danzy, SIUE

Player School Position
Brian Bement Loyola Forward
Justin Bilyeu SIUE Defender
Andrew Brown Bradley Midfielder
Jabari Danzy SIUE Midfielder
James Fawke Missouri State Defender
Patrick Hodges Evansville Defender
Kent Kobernus SIUE Goalkeeper
Cody Lofgren Bradley Forward
Brian Lunar Loyola Defender
Parker Maher Missouri State Defender
Matt Polster SIUE Defender
Alex Troester Drake Midfielder
Andrew Turner Missouri State Defender

2014 MVC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Team

Player School Year GPA Major Hometown (High School / Previous School)
Alec Bartlett Drake Junior 3.56 Biology Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy)
Brandon Besong Missouri State Senior 3.52 Accounting Cedar Rapids, Iowa (George Washington)
Sam Cusack Central Arkansas Senior 3.90 Finance London, England (— \ Yavapai C.C.)
James Fawke Missouri State Senior 3.45 Business Administration Management Cheltenham, England (Bournside School)
Daniel Hare Loyola Junior 3.87 Sports Management Overland Park, Kansas (Rockhurst High)
Andrew Kovacevic Bradley Sophomore 3.94 Finance Naperville, Illinois (Neuqua Valley)
Zach Kovacevic Bradley Senior 3.50 Health Science Naperville, Illinois (Neuqua Valley)
Charlie Macias Evansville Senior 3.38 Finance Westerville, Ohio (St. Charles Prep)
Matt Polster SIUE Senior 3.46 Business (Finance) Las Vegas, Nevada (Palo Verde)
Kevin Schafer Evansville Senior 3.90 Mechanical Engineering Albuquerque, New Mexico (Shattuc-St. Mary's)
Thomas Schermoly Drake Senior 3.76 Biology Olathe, Kansas (St. Thomas Aquinas)
Nick Schroeder Evansville Senior 3.95 Pre-Physical Therapy Brighton, Michigan (Brighton)
Alex Troester Drake Junior 3.95 Biochemistry, Cellulary & Molecular Biology Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa City West)
Addison Watson Missouri State Sophomore 3.41 Criminology Starkville, Mississippi (Starkville)
Jacob Wieser SIUE Junior 3.93 Nursing St. Louis, Missouri (St. Mary's)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mvc-sports.com/msoccer/
  2. ↑ http://www.mvc-sports.com/msoccer/news/2014-15/7546/2014-mens-soccer-championship/#.VFP1JPnF-So
  3. 1 2 http://www.pjstar.com/article/20141116/Sports/141119268
  4. 1 2 http://www.theintelligencer.com/local_sports/article_95b407ee-6dfd-11e4-9f79-5b8785236b86.html
  5. ↑ http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/collegesports-home_top-localsports-soccer-sports/50744892/Challenged
  6. 1 2 http://www.mvc-sports.com/msoccer/news/2014-15/7453/defending-champ-missouri-state-picked-to-win-mvc-mens-soccer-crown/#.VFPt5vnF-So
  7. ↑ http://www.mvc-sports.com/msoccer/news/2014-15/7546/2014-mens-soccer-championship/#.VGcVBfnF-So
  8. ↑ http://www.nscaa.com/awards/2014-mens-scholar-all-america-teams--university-
  9. ↑ http://www.nscaa.com/news/2014/12/2014-nscaa-continental-tire-ncaa-division-i-men-s-all-west-region
  10. ↑ http://www.mvc-sports.com/msoccer/news/2014-15/7636/2014-mvc-mens-soccer-all-conference-teams-announced/#.VGcW3_nF-So
  11. ↑ http://www.mvc-sports.com/msoccer/news/2014-15/7661/mvc-mens-soccer-all-tournament-team/#.VG1jp_nF-Sp
  12. ↑ http://cdn.streamlinetechnologies.com/mvc/903FEB25-22AC-4608-943E-2803F1D54F8C/2014%20Men's%20Soccer%20Scholar-Athlete%20Release.pdf
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