The 2015 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 25th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The defending regular season champion was Missouri State, and the defending postseason champion was Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE).
The Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was hosted by SIUE on Bob Guelker Field at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Illinois on November 11, 13, and 15. The Drake Bulldogs defeated the host team in the final 1–0 and advanced to the NCAA tournament. They then upset 17th ranked Kentucky before falling in the second round to 9th ranked and 12th seeded Creighton.
Teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity Head coach Uniform supplier Bradley Braves Peoria, Illinois Shea Stadium Jim DeRose adidas Central Arkansas Bears Conway, Arkansas Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex Ross Duncan adidas Drake Bulldogs Des Moines, Iowa Cownie Sports Complex Gareth Smith adidas Evansville Purple Aces Evansville, Indiana McCutchan Stadium Marshall Ray adidas Loyola Ramblers Chicago, Illinois Loyola Soccer Park Neil Jones Nike Missouri State Bears Springfield, Missouri Plaster Sports Complex John Leamy adidas SIU Edwardsville Cougars Edwardsville, Illinois Ralph Korte Stadium Mario Sanchez adidas
Season outlook 2015 Preseason MVC Coaches' Poll Rank Team (1st-place votes) Points 1 SIUE (3) 42 2 Missouri State (3) 39 3 Loyola 38 4 Bradley (1) 27 5 Drake 26 6 Evansville 15 7 Central Arkansas 9
2015 Preseason MVC All-Conference Team Player School Position Class Hometown (High school) Alec Bartlett Drake Defender Senior Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy) Grant Bell Bradley Defender Senior Springfield, Ill. (Rochester H.S.) Justin Bilyeu SIUE Defernder Senior St. Louis, Missouri (CBC H.S) Elliot Collier Loyola Forward Sophomore Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul's Collegiate) Tim Dobrowolski Loyola Goalkeeper Senior Rockford, Illinois (Boylan Catholic) Mark Anthony Gonzalez Evansville Forward Senior Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic) Emmerich Hoegg Missouri State Midfielder/Forward Senior Crestview, Florida (Choctawhatchee High) Austin Ledbetter SIUE Defender Junior St. Charles, Missouri (CBC H.S) Eric Schoendorf Loyola Midfielder/Defender Senior Delafield, Wisconsin (Catholic Memorial) Mueng Sunday Drake Midfielder Junior Coralville, Iowa (Iowa City West) Kyle Thomson Loyola Midfielder Sophomore Park Ridge, Illinois (Maine South) James Wypych Drake Midfielder Junior Wellington, New Zealand (St. Patrick's College)
Postseason
MVC Tournament Source:
Site Ralph Korte Stadium @ SIUE
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship — 2 Drake @ KentuckyWon 2–1 @ #12 CreightonLost 5–1 — — — —
2016 MLS SuperDraft
Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College Other New York Red Bulls Justin Bilyeu Defender SIUE
Honors
2015 NSCAA NCAA Division I Men's All-West Region teams Source:
First Team Tim Dobrowolski; Senior Goalkeeper; Loyola Chicago; Rockford, Illinois Austin Ledbetter; Junior Defender; SIU Edwardsville; St. Charles, Missouri Mueng Sunday; Junior Midfielder; Drake; Coralville, Iowa James Wypych; Junior Forward; Drake; Wellington, New Zealand
Second Team Eric Schoendorf; Senior Defender; Loyola Chicago; Delafield, Wisconsin Mark Anthony Gonzalez; Senior Midfielder; Evansville; Bolton, Ontario, Canada Kyle Thomson; Sophomore Midfielder; Loyola Chicago; Park Ridge, Illinois Jabari Danzi; Senior Forward; SIU Edwardsville; Park Forest, Illinois
Third Team Justin Bilyeu; Senior Defender; SIU Edwardsville; St. Louis, Missouri Daniel Hare; Senior Defender; Loyola Chicago; Overland Park, Kansas Jack Griffin; Junior Midfielder; Missouri State; Beverley, England, UK Grant Bell; Senior Forward; Bradley; Little Falls, Minnesota
2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America teams Source:
First Team Jacob Wieser, Senior, SIUE, 3.95 GPA, Nursing
2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District teams Source:
Only All-District players were eligible for the Academic All-America ballot.
District 5 (IL, IN, MI, OH) Clark Emerson, Sophomore, Bradley, 4.00 GPA, Mechanical Engineering Andrew Kovacevic, Junior, Bradley, 3.96 GPA, Finance Jacob Wieser, Senior, SIUE, 3.95 GPA, Nursing
District 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, ND, SD, WI) Alec Bartlett, Srenior, Drake, 3.51 GPA, Biology James Grunert, Junior, Drake, 3.74 GPA, Health Sciences Ben LeMay, Junior, Drake, 3.82 GPA, Pharmacy/MBA Darrin MacLeod, Junior, Drake, 3.49 GPA, International Business Rob Oslica, Soophomore, Missouri State, 3.79 GPA, Cell & Molecular Biology Phil Woods, Junior, Missouri State, 3.85 GPA, Entertainment Management James Wypych, Junior, Drake, 3.69 GPA, International Relations
NSCAA 2014-15 College Team Academic Award Source:
The NSCAA annually recognizes college and high school soccer programs that have excelled in the classroom by posting a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Four of the MVC's seven teams were honored. Drake University Loyola University of Chicago Missouri State University Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
2015 MVC awards Source=
2015 MVC Player of the Year — Eric Shoendorf, Loyola
2015 MVC Defensive Player of the Year — Eric Shoendorf, Loyola
2015 MVC Goalkeeper of the Year — Tim Dobrowolski, Loyola
2015 MVC Freshman of the Year — Frank Bak, Bradley
2015 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year — SIUE (Mario Sanchez, David Korn, Scott Gyllenborg, Tim Boruff, Billy Berger)
2015 MVC Fair Play Award— Missouri State
2015 MVC All-Conference First Team Player School Position Class Hometown (High school/Previous college) Tim Dobrowolski Loyola Goalkeeper Senior Rockford, Illinois (Boylan Catholic) Grant Bell Bradley Forward Senior Little Falls, Minnesota (Little Falls Community) Wes Carson Central Arkansas Forward Junior Fort Smith, Arkansas (Fort Smith Southside) Jabari Danzy SIUE Forward Senior Park Forest, Illinois (Marian Catholic/Northern Illinois) Jack Griffin Missouri State Midfielder Junior Beverley, England (Beverley Grammar School) Mark Anthony Gonzalez Evansville Midfielder Senior Toronto, Canada (Robert F. Hall Catholic) Mueng Sunday Drake Midfielder Junior Coralville, Iowa (Iowa City West) James Wypych Drake Midfielder Junior Wellington, New Zealand (St. Patrick’s College/New Mexico) Alec Bartlet Drake Defender Senior Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy/Creighton) Austin Ledbetter SIUE Defender Junior St. Charles, Missouri (CBC) Eric Schoendorf Loyola Defender Senior Delafield, Wisconsin (Catholic Memorial)
2015 MVC All-Conference Second Team Player School Position Class Hometown (High school/Previous college) Kyle Dal Santo SIUE Goalkeeper Sophomore Bolingbrook, Illinois (Benet Academy) Devyn Jambga SIUE Forward Sophomore Harare, Zimbabwe (Harare International) Nate Opperman Evansville Forward Senior Olathe, Kansas (Olathe South) Elliot Collier Loyola Midfielder Sophomore Hamilton, New Zealand (Saint Paul’s Collegiate) Ivan Gutierrez SIUE Midfielder Junior Hallandale Beach, Florida (Hallandale/Louisville) Fabian Lifka Loyola Midfielder Freshman Kelkheim, Germany (Taunusgymnasium Koenigstein) Paul Scheipeter SIUE Midfielder Senior St. Louis, Missouri (Vianney/Indianapolis) Kyle Thomson Loyola Midfielder Sophomore Park Ridge, Illinois (Maine South) Justin Bilyeu SIUE Defender Senior St. Louis, Missouri (CBC) Daniel Hare Loyola Defender Senior Overland Park, Kansas (Rockhurst) Brett Lane SIUE Defender Senior Peoria, Illinois (Peoria Notre Dame)
2015 MVC All-Freshman Team Player School Position Hometown (High school) Conor Ingram Missouri State Forward Oxford, England (Fitzharrys School) Nic Jaimes Drake Forward Olathe, Kansas (Blue Valley Northwest) Connor Stevenson Loyola Forward Woodbury, Minnesota (East Ridge) Frank Bak Bradley Midfielder Glenview, Illinois (Glenbrook South) Zac Blaydes Evansville Midfielder Midway, Kentucky (Woodford County) Jake Buckle Missouri State Midfielder Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England (Tadcaster Grammar) Chris Holmes Central Arkansas Midfielder Conway, Arkansas (Little Rock Catholic) Daltyn Knutson Central Arkansas Midfielder Spring, Texas (Klein Oak) Fabian Lifka Loyola Midfielder Kelkheim, Germany (Taunusgymnasium Koenigstein) Keegan McHugh SIUE Midfielder St. Charles, Mo. (Francis Howell) Trevor Baum Evansville Defender Keller, Texas (Nolan Catholic)
2015 MVC All-Tournament Team Source=
2015 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP— Kyle Whigham, Drake
Player School Position Alec Bartlett Drake Defender Justin Bilyeu SIUE Defender Kyle Dal Santo SIUE Goalkeeper Alex Garcia Bradley Midfielder James Grunert Drake Defender Daniel Hare Loyola Defender J.T. Kotowski Bradley Defender Austin Ledbetter SIUE Defender Darrin MacLeod Drake Goalkeeper Rob Oslica Missouri State Defender Daylon Schiffel Central Arkansas Forward Eric Schoendorf Loyola Defender Kyle Whigham Drake Midfielder
2015 MVC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Team Source=
Player School Year GPA Major Hometown (High School / Previous School) Alec Bartlett Drake Senior 3.51 Biology Overland Park, Kansas (St. James Academy) Grant Bell Bradley Senior 3.27 Business Management/Administration Little Falls, Minnesota (Little Falls Community) Clark Emerson Bradley Sophomore 4.00 Mechanical Engineering Grand Prairie, Texas (Mansfield Lake Ridge) James Grunert Drake Sophomore 3.70 Health Sciences Muskego, Wisconsin (Muskego) Daniel Hare Loyola Senior 3.84 Sports Management Overland Park, Kansas (Rockhurst) Andrew Kovacevic Bradley Junior 3.96 Finance Naperville, Illinois (Neuqua Valley) Ben LeMay Drake Junior 3.82 Pharmacy Hugo, Minnesota (Saint Thomas Academy) Rob Osclica Missouri State Sophomore 3.79 Cell & Molecular Biology Ozark, Missouri (Ozark) Eric Schoendorf Loyola Senior 3.75 Accounting Delafield, Wisisconsin (Catholic Memorial) Mueng Sunday Drake Junior 3.68 Finance Coralville, Iowa (Iowa City West) Jacob Wieser SIUE Senior 3,96 Nursing St. Louis, Missouri. (St. Mary's) James Wypych Drake Junior 3.69 International Business Wellington, New Zealand (St. Patrick's College)
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