Collegiate 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 .
(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
Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue Tournament MVP 1994 Central Connecticut 2–0 Buffalo UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY Everton Barrington (CCSU) 1995 Central Connecticut (2) 3–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Stephen Yanosy (CCSU) 1996 Valparaiso 4–2 Central Connecticut Greene Stadium • Washington, DC Tony Dal Santo (VALPO) 1997 Howard 2–1 Central Connecticut Valparaiso, IN Mike Lawrence (HOW) 1998 Howard (2) 4–1 UMKC Valparaiso, IN Greg Simmonds (HOW) 1999 Oral Roberts 2–1* IUPUI Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN Trey Vaut (ORU) 2000 IUPUI 2–1* Oakland MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Armando Femia (IUPUI) 2001 UMKC 2–1 IUPUI ORU Soccer Field • Tulsa, OK Beau Williams (UMKC) 2002 Oakland 3–0 Western Illinois Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI not awarded 2003 UMKC (2) 2–1 Oakland Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI not awarded 2004 Western Illinois 4–0 Oral Roberts MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Nowaf Jaman (WIU) 2005 Western Illinois (2) 4–3* Oakland Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO Nick Bohnenkamp (WIU) 2006 Western Illinois (3) 2–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Matt Wieclaw (WIU) 2007 Oakland (2) 2–0 IUPUI Carroll Stadium • Indianapolis, IN Michael Reyes (OU) 2008 UMKC (3) 1–1† (4–3 pen.) Oakland Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Ken Cooper (UMKC) 2009 Western Illinois (4) 1–0 UMKC Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Stephen Paterson (WIU) 2010 Oakland (3) 2–0 Oral Roberts Oakland Soccer Field • Rochester, MI Jon Evans (OU) 2011 Western Illinois (5) 2–1 Oral Roberts Durwood Soccer Stadium • Kansas City, MO Charlie Bales (WIU) 2012 Western Illinois (6) 3–1 Oakland MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Nathan Bruinsma (WIU) 2013 Denver 1–0 Western Illinois MacKenzie Alumni Field • Macomb, IL Reid Hukari (DU) 2014 Denver (2) 3–1 Western Illinois CIBER Field • Denver, CO Taylor Hunter (DU) 2015 Denver (3) 2–0 Oral Roberts CIBER Field • Denver, CO Dan Jackson (DU) 2016 Denver (4) 2–1 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Andre Shinyashiki (DU) 2017 Omaha 1–1† (9–8 pen.) Denver Al F. Caniglia Field • Omaha, NE Emmanuel Hamzat (UNO) 2018 Denver (5) 1–0 Omaha CIBER Field • Denver, CO Scott DeVoss (DU) 2019 Denver (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 Omaha 2–0 Kansas City Case Soccer Complex • Tulsa, OK Nathanel Sallah (UNO) 2024[ a] – TBD
^ The 2024 tournament will only be held as a title match, since only 5 teams will participate in league play.[ 2] School Championships Winning 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 Omaha 2 2017, 2023 IUPUI 1 2000 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
Division I
Pre-season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Division III
1 (Defunct tournament / conference)
Teams Championships & awards Seasons Tournaments
Summit League championships