2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
Wolstein Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinal
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
Record	13–4–4 (3–4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Brizendine (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Kinney (2nd season); Patrick McSorley (7th season);
Home stadium	Sandra D. Thompson Field
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 2 Wake Forest ‡	5	–	1	–	2	19	–	2	–	4
No. 6 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1	14	–	6	–	2
No. 5 Clemson +	4	–	1	–	3	14	–	4	–	5
No. 11 Syracuse +	4	–	2	–	3	12	–	4	–	4
Boston College +	3	–	3	–	3	9	–	9	–	3
NC State	1	–	8	–	0	5	–	12	–	0
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	5	–	1	–	2	14	–	3	–	4
No. 13 Virginia +	4	–	2	–	3	11	–	4	–	5
No. 14 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	2	12	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	2	13	–	5	–	4
Duke	2	–	6	–	1	7	–	8	–	2
Pittsburgh	0	–	7	–	2	2	–	13	–	3

‡-2016 ACC Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 45th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home fixtures at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia.

The 2016 season proved to be one of the program's most successful seasons. The Hokies were ranked for the first time since 2008, and earned their first NCAA Tournament berth since 2007. In the NCAA Tournament, the Hokies reached the quarterfinals before losing to fellow ACC outfit, Wake Forest.^[1]

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
08/16/2016* 7:00 pm		East Tennessee State	W 3–1		Thompson Field (227) Blacksburg, VA
08/20/2016* 7:00 pm		at James Madison Shenandoah Showdown	W 2–1		University Park (Not reported) Harrisonburg, VA
Regular season
08/26/2016* 7:00 pm		at No. 18 Ohio State Wolstein Classic	W 1–0 ^2OT	1–0	Owens Stadium (1,979) Columbus, OH
08/28/2016* 4:00 pm		vs. Oakland Wolstein Classic	W 3–0	2–0	Owens Stadium (120) Columbus, OH
09/02/2016* 7:00 pm		South Florida	W 4–1	3–0	Thompson Field (879) Blacksburg, VA
09/05/2016* 1:00 pm		at No. 24 Georgetown	W 1–0	4–0	Shaw Field (1,149) Washington, DC
09/09/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 15	at No. 1 Notre Dame	L 1–4	4–1 (0–1)	Alumni Stadium (1,824) South Bend, IN
09/13/2016* 7:00 pm, Hokievision	No. 23	Longwood	W 1–0	5–1	Thompson Field (367) Blacksburg, VA
09/16/2016 6:00 pm	No. 23	NC State	W 3–0	6–1 (1–1)	Thompson Field (1,156) Blacksburg, VA
09/20/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	at Delaware	W 2–0	7–1	Grant Stadium (725) Newark, DE
09/23/2016 6:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 19	No. 7 Clemson	L 1–2	7–2 (1–2)	Thompson Field (1,412) Blacksburg, VA
09/30/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 18	at Virginia Commonwealth Cup	T 0–0 ^2OT	7–2–1 (1–2–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,989) Charlottesville, VA
10/04/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 18	VMI	W 7–1	8–2–1	Thompson Field (623) Blacksburg, VA
10/07/2016 6:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 18	Duke	W 3–1	9–2–1 (2–2–1)	Thompson Field (193) Blacksburg, VA
10/11/2016* 6:00 pm, Hokievision	No. 15	Wright State	T 1–1 ^2OT	9–2–2	Thompson Field (253) Blacksburg, VA
10/14/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN	No. 15	at No. 10 Syracuse	L 0–1	9–3–2 (2–3–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,785) Syracuse, NY
10/18/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 23	No. 9 Charlotte	T 0–0 ^2OT	9–3–3	Thompson Field (223) Blacksburg, VA
10/22/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 23	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 0–2	9–4–3 (2–4–1)	Fetzer Field (1,011) Chapel Hill, NC
10/28/2016 6:00 pm	No. 23	Pittsburgh	W 2–1	10–4–3 (3–4–1)	Thompson Field (453) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
11/02/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN+	No. 23 (9)	at No. 25 (8) Boston College First Round	T 2–2 L 2–4 pen.	10–4–4	Newton Soccer Complex (238) Chestnut Hill, MA
NCAA Tournament
11/17/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN3		East Tennessee State First Round	W 1–0	11–4–4	Thompson Field (495) Blacksburg, VA
11/20/2016* 4:00 pm		at No. 9 (10) Charlotte Second Round	W 3–2	12–4–4	Transamerica Field (1,023) Charlotte, NC
11/27/2016* 12:00 pm		at No. 6 (7) Indiana Third Round	W 2–1 ^OT	13–4–4	Armstrong Stadium (1,330) Bloomington, IN
12/03/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3		at No. 2 (2) Wake Forest Quarterfinals	L 0–2	13–5–4	Spry Stadium (3,410) Winston-Salem, NC