NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship

Men's Division II Soccer Championship
Founded	1972
Number of teams	35
Current champions	Lynn (2 titles)
Most successful club(s)	Southern Connecticut State (6 titles)
Website	[1]

The NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship has been played since 1972. Prior to 1972, all teams competed in a single class.

The 2012 tournament was a 35-team, single-elimination tournament.

The Division II tournament is structured around the eight NCAA regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West). Four teams from each region are selected with no automatic qualifiers given. The selection criteria used is similar to that used in Division I, although one difference is that the RPI is replaced with the Quality of Winning Percentage Index, a more subjective measure.

The first two rounds are played on campus sites with the highest seed usually hosting the four-team regional. The winners of each region meet in the third round and/or quarterfinals, with the host being determined by specific criteria or, failing that, geographical rotation. The final two rounds are played at a predetermined site. The 2012 semifinals and final for both the men's and women's Division II tournaments were held at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Georgia and hosted by the Peach Belt Conference.¹

Champions

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Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1972	SIU Edwardsville	1–0	Oneonta State
1973	Missouri–St. Louis	3–0	Cal State Fullerton
1974	Adelphi	3–2	Seattle Pacific
1975	Baltimore	3–1	Seattle Pacific
1976	Loyola (MD)	2–0	New Haven
1977	Alabama A&M	2–1	Seattle Pacific
1978	Seattle Pacific	1–0 (3OT)	Alabama A&M
1979	Alabama A&M	2–0	Eastern Illinois
1980	Lock Haven	1–0 (OT)	FIU
1981	Tampa	1–0 (OT)	Cal State Los Angeles
1982	FIU	2–1	Southern Connecticut State
1983	Seattle Pacific	1–0	Tampa
1984	FIU	1–0 (OT)	Seattle Pacific
1985	Seattle Pacific	3–2	FIU
1986	Seattle Pacific	4–1	Oakland
1987	Southern Connecticut State	2–0	Cal State Northridge
1988	Florida Tech	3–2	Cal State Northridge
1989	Southern New Hampshire	3–1	UNC Greensboro
1990	Southern Connecticut State	0–0 (4OT, PK)	Seattle Pacific
1991	Florida Tech	5–1	Sonoma State
1992	Southern Connecticut State	1–0	Tampa
1993	Seattle Pacific	1–0	Southern Connecticut State
1994	Tampa	3–0 (2OT)	Oakland
1995	Southern Connecticut State	2–0	SC-Spartanburg
1996	Grand Canyon University	3–1	Oakland
1997	Cal State Bakersfield	1–0	Lynn
1998	Southern Connecticut State	1–0	SC-Spartanburg
1999	Southern Connecticut State	2–1 (2OT)	Fort Lewis
2000	Cal State Dominguez Hills	2–1 (4OT)	Barry
2001	Tampa	2–1	Cal State Dominguez Hills
2002	Sonoma State	4–3	Southern New Hampshire
2003	Lynn	2–1	Cal State Chico
2004	Seattle	2–1	SIU Edwardsville
2005	Fort Lewis	3–1	Franklin Pierce
2006	Dowling	1–0	Fort Lewis
2007	Franklin Pierce	1–0	Lincoln Memorial
2008	Cal State Dominguez Hills	3–0	Dowling
2009	Fort Lewis	1–0	Lees-McRae
2010	Northern Kentucky	3–2	Rollins
2011 ^{See Note}	Fort Lewis	3–2	Lynn
2012	Lynn	3–2	Saginaw Valley State

Note = Simon Fraser was ranked #1 on the NSCAA Coaches' Poll at the end of the regular season, but was not eligible for Divisional Championship due to its provisional member status.

Schools ranked by titles

Rank	School	#
1	Southern Connecticut State	6
2	Seattle Pacific	5
3	Fort Lewis	3
3	Tampa	3
5	Lynn	2
	Alabama A&M	2
	Cal State Dominguez Hills	2
	Florida International	2
	Florida Tech	2

Schools ranked by number of appearances

Rank	School	Appearances
1	Seattle Pacific University	31
2	Southern Connecticut State University	30
3	University of Tampa	23
4	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	19
5	Franklin Pierce University	18
5	Southern New Hampshire University	18
7	University of Missouri-St. Louis	17
8	Oakland University	14
9	Rollins College	13
10	Lynn University	12
	Mercyhurst University	12
	California State University, Dominguez Hills	12
	Dowling College	12

Former Division II Champions now in Division I

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School	Championship	Year moved	Current Conference
SIU Edwardsville	1972	1973, 2008^{a 1}	Missouri Valley Conference
Adelphi^{a 2}⁴	1974	1976	Independent
Loyola (Maryland)	1976	between 1979 & 1985	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference^{a 3}
Florida International	1982, 1984	between 1986 & 1991	Conference USA^{a 4}
Grand Canyon	1996	2013	Western Athletic Conference^{a 5}
CSU Bakersfield	1997	2006	Western Athletic Conference^{a 5}
Seattle	2004	2008	Western Athletic Conference^{a 5}
Northern Kentucky	2010	2012	Atlantic Sun Conference

^ SIUE returned to Division II from 1996 through 2007.
^ Adelphi will return to Division II in the Fall of 2013.
^ Loyola will join the Patriot League in July 2013.
^ FIU, already a C-USA member in men's soccer, will join for all sports in July 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c The WAC will be adding men's soccer as a sponsored sport in fall 2013. Cal State Bakersfield, which moved to Division I in 2006, and Grand Canyon, which will make the same move in 2013, are joining the WAC, in which Seattle is already a full member.

In addition to the above schools, Alabama A&M moved to Division I after winning Division II titles in 1977 & 1979. However, it discontinued its men's soccer program after the 2011 season.

References

External links

[4] SIUE returned to Division II from 1996 through 2007.

[5] Adelphi will return to Division II in the Fall of 2013.

[7] Loyola will join the Patriot League in July 2013.

[8] FIU, already a C-USA member in men's soccer, will join for all sports in July 2013.

[WAC-9] The WAC will be adding men's soccer as a sponsored sport in fall 2013. Cal State Bakersfield, which moved to Division I in 2006, and Grand Canyon, which will make the same move in 2013, are joining the WAC, in which Seattle is already a full member.

[1] ttp://www.ncaa.com/DIIMensSoccer

[2] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_champs_records/2012/D2/champs.pdf

[3] ttp://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec2/sponsorship

[6] ttp://www.aupanthers.com/news/2012/8/16/MSOC_0816123705.aspx

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