NAIA REGION V

Men’s SOCCER

 

RMC LIAISON:                                            Jim Redd, William Jewell College

 

REGION V SPORT CHAIR:                       Chris Cissell, William Jewell College – 2005-2007

 

ACADEMIC YEAR:                         Fall 2006

 

CHAMPIONSHIP DATE(s):                        November 7 (Tuesday), 9 (Thursday), 11 (Saturday)

                                                                        Regional deadline - November 11, 2006

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SITE(s):                          highest remaining seeded team

 

TIME(s):                                                       1:00 PM unless mutually agreed upon by both coaches and

both Athletic Directors

 

OFFICIALS:                                                  The NAIA Regional Administrator Liaison in cooperation with the Region V Sport Chair will make recommendations to the Region V Supervisor of Officials.

 

AWARDS:                                                     Region V Championship Team Award

                                                                        COACH-of-the-YEAR (done by ballot of all coaches)

                                                                        PLAYER-of-the-YEAR                                                                                                                                   14 - 1^st team All-Region awards

                                                                        Selections supervised by All-Region Committee

 

REGIONAL PLAYOFF FORMAT:             6 team, single elimination tournament

                                                                                                If the regional tournament cannot be played to completion, the highest remaining seed will advance to the NAIA National Soccer Tournament

 

PLAYOFF RATING/RANKING PROCEDURE:  longo rating system computed according to

  NAIA Soccer Manual

CRITERIA FOR TEAM SELECTION

AMC regular season champion

HAAC regular season champion

2 At-large teams with the next highest longo

AMC post-season tournament qualifier

HAAC regular season runner-up OR next highest team in the final conference standings that is not already qualified

 

PAIRINGS AND SEEDING

HAAC & AMC regular season Champions seeded 1^st & 2^nd

2 at-large teams seeded 3^rd & 4^th

AMC qualifier and HAAC qualifier seeded 5^th & 6^th

* The aforementioned teams will be selected and seeded according to the following criteria:

(1)   head to head competition

(2)   longo ratings (The longo rating ladder will include ALL Region V teams for seeding purposes)

 

FIRST ROUND           4^th hosts 5^th and 3^rd hosts 6^th

SECOND ROUND     1^st hosts winner of 4^th/5^th and 2^nd hosts winner of 3^rd/6th

FINALS                      The highest remaining seed will host the final game.

 

 

 

REGIONAL RATERS

John Klein – AMC

Chris Cissell – HAAC

 

NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

November 15-21, 200

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Daytona Beach, Florida

 

 

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

(AMC) (8)                                                       (HAAC) (10)

Columbia College                                             Avila University

Hannibal-LaGrange College                              Baker University                                  

Harris Stowe State University                           Benedictine College                                

McKendree College                                         Central Methodist University

Missouri Baptist University                                Culver-Stockton College

William Woods University                                 Graceland University

Williams Baptist College                                   Lindenwood University

University of Illinois-Springfield                         MidAmerica Nazarene University

                                                                        Missouri Valley College

                                                                        William Jewell College

 

 

 

Updated:  January 27, 2006