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
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

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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