2012 NCAA Division II men's soccer tournament

2012 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Men's Division II College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	USA
Teams	35
Champions	Lynn University (2nd title, 4th final)
Runners-up	Saginaw Valley State University (1st final)
Matches played	34
Goals scored	100 (2.94 per match)
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The 2012 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship featured 35 schools in four unbalanced Super-Regional tournaments involving seven to ten teams each. Super-Regional games were played at campus sites.

The Division II College Cup was held at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Georgia and was hosted by the Peach Belt Conference.

In the national semifinals, Mercyhurst (17-6-1) was defeated by Lynn 4-1, and Simon Fraser (19-2-1) fell to Saginaw Valley 3-1. Lynn (19-3-1) won its second Division II crown by beating Saginaw Valley (18-3-4) 3-2 in the national final.^[1]

East Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Friday, November 9		Second Round Sunday, November 11		Third Round Thursday, November 15		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17

		LIU Post	0
Mass-Lowell	3	Mass-Lowell	1
Post	1			Mass-Lowell	0
				Southern N.H.	2
		Southern N.H.	1
Merrimack	1	Merrimack	0
Franklin Pierce	0					Southern N.H.	1
						Mercyhurst	2
		Gannon	2
		Davis & Elkins	1
				Gannon	1
				Mercyhurst	2
		Charleston (WV)	0
		Mercyhurst	1

Midwest Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Friday, November 9		Second Round Sunday, November 11		Third Round Friday, November 16		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17

		Rockhurst	3
Notre Dame (OH)	3	Notre Dame (OH)	2
Drury	0			Rockhurst	1
				Saginaw Valley	2
		Saginaw Valley (PK 6-5)	1
		Quincy	1
						Saginaw Valley	1
						Northeastern State	0


				Northeastern State	6
				Ft. Hays State	3

^[3]

South Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Friday, November 9		Second Round Saturday, November 11		Third Round Thursday, November 15		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17

				Rollins	1
				Lynn	2
		Lynn	1
		Tampa	0
						Lynn	2
Wingate	3					Wingate	0
Montevallo	1	Lander	1
		Wingate	2
				Wingate	2
Mars Hill	2			Flagler	1
UNC Pembroke	3	Flagler (PK4-2)	0
		UNC Pembroke	0

West Super-Regional

Source:^[2]

First Round Thursday, November 8		Second Round Saturday, November 10		Third Round Thursday, November 15		Quarterfinals Saturday, November 17

		Simon Fraser	2
Cal State, Stanislaus	3	Cal State, Stanislaus	1
Notre Dame de Namur	2			Simon Fraser	2
				Grand Canyon	1
		Grand Canyon (PK 5-4)	1
Seattle Pacific	1	Cal State, L.A.	1
Cal State, L.A. (PK 5-4)	1					Simon Fraser	1
						Incarnate Word	0


				Regis (CO)	0
				Incarnate Word	1
		Colorado Mines	2
		Incarnate Word	4

Division II College Cup at Evans, Ga.

Source:^[2]

National Semifinals November 29		National Championship December 1

Mercyhurst	1

Lynn	4
		Lynn	3

		Saginaw Valley	2
Saginaw Valley	3

Simon Fraser	1

Attendance: Semi #1 = 182; Semi #2 = 213; Final = 311

Final

December 1, 2012

12:00 PM

Lynn	3–2	Saginaw Valley
Johnny Myrtl 2:07' (Winter) Jake Furman 36:38' Yannick Braeuer 40:19' Anthony Desperito 66:45' (Winter)	Report 1 Report 2	Mitch Posuniak 40:14' Zach Walega 77:16' Lachlan Savage 78:00', 82:15' (Minor)

Blanchard Woods Park, Evans, Georgia

Attendance: 311

Referee: Mark Kadlecik

References

^ "DII Men's College Soccer - Home | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2022 Division II Men's Soccer Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
^ "Saginaw Valley St. vs. Rockhurst - Box Score - 11/16/2012". Saginaw Valley State.

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