2016 SEC Championship Game
The 2016 SEC Championship Game was played on Saturday, December 3, 2016 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, and determined the 2016 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game was played between the Eastern Division champion, Gators, and Western Division champion Alabama. The Eastern Division team was the designated home team, and the game was broadcast nationally by CBS for the 16th consecutive year. This was the final SEC Championship Game in the Georgia Dome, which was demolished on November 20, 2017 after its successor, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, opened on August 26 of the same year. The title game moved to the new stadium and will remain there through at least 2027.


2016 SEC Championship Game
Alabama earned a berth in the SEC Championship on November 12 after clinching the SEC West.


2016 SEC Championship Game, 2015 season
In the 2015 SEC Championship Game, Alabama defeated Florida 29–15. Alabama went on to defeat Michigan State 38–0 in the Cotton Bowl, which served as a College Football Playoff semifinal, and defeated Clemson 45–40 in the national championship game.


2016 SEC Championship Game, 2015 season, Verne Lundquist retiring
This would be Verne Lundquist's final SEC Championship Game broadcast. He retired from calling college football following the Army-Navy Game. He was succeeded by Brad Nessler.


2016 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee March 9–13, 2016.


2016 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
This year's tournament involved only 13 of the league's 14 teams. On January 13, 2016, Missouri, then being investigated by the NCAA for rules violations that occurred under the tenure of former head coach Frank Haith, announced that it would not participate in any postseason play this season. As a result, the #11 seed in the tournament was awarded a first-round bye, leaving the #12 seed–#13 seed game as the only game to be played on March 9.


2016 SEC Softball Tournament
The 2016 SEC Softball tournament was at Nusz Park on the campus of Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi from May 11 through May 15, 2016. The tournament awarded the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament to the Auburn Tigers. The Championship game between Auburn and LSU was broadcast on ESPN and the semifinals were broadcast on ESPNU, while all other SEC tournament games were broadcast live on the SEC Network.


2016 SEC Softball Tournament
In addition to the TV broadcast, every game will be available to listen to online and through select radio stations via the .


2016 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Southeastern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida from March 2 through 6, 2016. South Carolina won the SEC Women's Tournament for the 2nd year in a row and earns an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team
The 2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the school's 50th season. The Cougars were coached by Mario Sanchez. The team played their home games on Bob Guelker Field at the Ralph Korte Stadium as an affiliate member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
Fourteen players returned from the 2015 squad that won the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer regular season championship. They were joined by a redshirted starting midfielder from 2013 who missed the last two seasons with injuries. All but two of the fifteen have started games for the Cougars. The returners were joined by eleven incoming freshmen and three transfer students who all started games for their previous schools. Included among the returning players are All-MVC First Team member Austin Ledbetter; Second Team members Kyle Dal Santo, Ivan Gutierrez; and Devyn Jambga; and All-Freshman Team member Keegan McHugh.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
In the spring, the Cougars played two professional sides from the United Soccer League, losing to Louisville City FC and drawing with Saint Louis FC. They also faced three Division I clubs, defeating UMKC of the Western Athletic Conference, while tying Wisconsin and falling to Indiana of the Big Ten Conference.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
For the fall preseason, the Cougars were scheduled to play exhibition games versus three teams that were in the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship tournament. First, SIUE hosted the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who advanced to the third round of the tournament and ended the season ranked #8. They then traveled to the Conference USA regular season champ and 17th ranked Kentucky Wildcats. The preseason closed out with a visit from the Dayton Flyers, who led Division I in scoring last season.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
On July 20, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) released the "Watch List" of the early contenders for the 2016 Missouri Athletic Club's (MAC) Hermann Trophy, the  most prestigious individual award in college soccer that is presented annually to the outstanding male and female players of the year. Among the 28 players named to the men's list was SIUE defender Austin Ledbetter, who had previously been named as a member of last season's NCAA Division I Men's All-West Region First Team.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
Only four days into training the Cougars hosted 9th ranked Notre Dame in a "friendly" exhibition, While the Fighting Irish went with a different eleven in each half, the SIUE made only five substitutions, allowing the anticipated "regulars" to get game-time playing together, since seven of them are new to the program. The Cougars out-shot the Irish 5-4, while Notre Dame had more corners, 2–1. The essentially evenly matched teams walked away with a scoreless draw.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
Two days after the draw with Notre Dame, the Cougars traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to face the UK Wildcats, a team that was ranked most of last season. The SIUE offense improved to the point of banging four shots off the posts, but they failed to put one inside the net. Meanwhile, the Cougar defense played in its usual stalwart manner, at the result was another 0–0 draw.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
On August 18, The MVC released the 2016 Men's Soccer Preseason Poll and 2016 Men's Soccer Preseason All-Conference Team. In the poll of the MVC's seven head coaches, SIUE was picked to repeat as conference regular season champions. Cougars named to the eleven member All-Conference Team were forward Devyn Jambga, midfielder Ivan Gutierrez, and defender Austin Ledbetter.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
When College Soccer News released its 2016 Preseason All-America Teams, SIUE defender and captain Austin Ledbetter was named to the Third Team.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
Hero Sports News named Austin Ledbetter to its D1 Men's Soccer Preseason All-America Team 2016 Second Team.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
The preseason's final exhibition was notable for six yellow cards issued on only sixteen fouls as SIUE and visiting Dayton met in a defensive struggle. The Cougars held last season's NCAA-leading scoring team to only three shots en route to the shutout win. The Flyers defense kept the Cougars from getting off shots for much of the game before the SIUE offense started to click with a flurry of late shots. Australian forward Lachlan McLean scored in the 89th minute on a pass from Ohio State transfer Greg Solawa to wrap up the Cougars' preseason with a 1–0–2 record. SIUE's goalkeeper Kyle dal Santo had three complete-game shutouts.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Preseason
On August 24, Top Drawer Soccer (TDS) released its annual Preseason Men's National Top 100 list of their top 100 Division I soccer players. SIUE defender and captain Austin Ledbetter was #53 on the list, the first Cougar listed since Matt Polster in 2014. In the TDS listing of picks as the Preseason Top 20 players in the MVC,  Austin Ledbetter was #1,  Devyn Jambga #7, Ivan Gutierrez #8, and Kyle dal Santo #12.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
In non-conference action, the Cougars will face nine opponents from eight conferences. Most of those teams are coming off of successful 2015 seasons, including the Big Ten's regular season champion Ohio State Buckeyes. In addition to travelling to Columbus, SIUE will visit Butler in Indianapolis, the Memphis Tigers, and Xavier in Cincinnati. In home games, the Cougars play host to Northern Illinois, Valparaiso, Cal State Northridge, Lipscomb, and IUPUI.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The MVC schedule expands this season from six to eight games, with each school playing a home-and-home series against two others. SIUE will play home and away games versus the Bradley Braves and Loyola Ramblers. The Cougars will host the Drake Bulldogs and Missouri State Bears and go on the road to face the Central Arkansas Bears and Evansville Purple Aces.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars opened the season at home, hosting the Northern Illinois Huskies, who played a very physical game, with the visitors from the Mid-American Conference racking up 14 fouls and 3 yellow cards. In the 17th minute, the normally stingy SIUE defense turned over the ball on a straight giveaway that NIU's Molina took and passed to Voss, who fired a booming shot from 25 yards out that left Dal Santo no chance for a save, and the Huskies took a 1–0 lead that held through halftime.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars returned from the break fired up and working hard for a shot. When the Huskies were called for a handball inside the 18 yard box in the 57th minute, Ledbetter stepped up and fired in the penalty shot to tie the score. For the remainder of regulation time and through two extra time periods, the two offenses jockeyed to find a good shot, and the defenses turned away attack after attack. After 110 minutes, the game ended in a 1–1 draw.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Monday night game versus Valparaiso of the Horizon League goes into the books as a scoreless draw, but SIUE was thoroughly outplayed by the Crusaders. The Cougars' passing was frequently careless, and the team as a whole, seemed reluctant to shoot the ball. After having a man sent off in the 60th minute and playing a man short for 50 minutes, Valpo still outshot the home team 14–9, even with the Cougars taking seven corner kicks. After three exhibition games and two double-overtime games, the SIUE offense has managed only one goal (the PK in the NIU game was scored by a defender).


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The trip to Indianapolis for a Saturday night game against the Big East's Butler ended in disappointment. The Cougars did have more corner kicks with 6 to the Bulldogs' 5. but they also had more fouls (18–8) and yellow cards (2–0). Butler had 18 shots to SIUE's 7 and led 6–1 in shots-on-goal. The home team took the lead on a rebounded blocked shot put into the net in the 26th minute. The Cougars managed to then hold off the hosts until only a minute and a quarter remained, when a shot was snaked into the corner of the net from 20 yards out.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Cal State Northridge's visit to SIUE was moved to an hour earlier to try to avoid weather, but lightning delayed things almost to the original start time. The Matadors fouled a Cougar hard inside the box in the 5th minute. setting up Ledbetter's second PK goal of the season for the early Cougar lead. Twenty minutes into the game, there was another stoppage for lightning and another 1/2 hour delay. After the lightning delays, a shortened halftime was planned, until the power went out for the entire SIUE campus.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Once the second half started, the game played out to the end. CSUN pressed and pressed the attack, out-shooting the Cougars 13 to 8, but the home team's defense turned away attack after attack, and Dal Santo made 6 saves in addition to preventing own-goals by corralling balls headed by Cougars that went off the post and the crossbar. After trying every two-man pairing from among six players for a two-striker offense, Coach Sanchez returned the Cougars to a single-striker setup; although they still did not score, the offense was more of a threat as SIUE picked up the first win of the season.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Om a Tuesday night at Memphis, the Cougars initially looked like their offense was finally starting to click when Solawa drove down the field and crossed a pass into the box, where Jambga slotted it past the Tigers' keeper for the season's first SIUE score from the field and the 1–0 lead in the 12th minute. After falling behind, the hosts from the American Athletic Conference shifted into a higher attack gear. Memphis took shot after shot, nut the Cougar defense and keeper Dal Santo held firm well into the second half.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Although Memphis committed more fouls and was given four second-half yellow cards, it was SIUE who was called for a foul inside the box, setting up the penalty kick that tied the game in the 77th minute. Having never won at Memphis, the Cougars would have settled for a draw, but, as the clock wound down, the Tigers took a shot off a crossing pass, and the SIUE block was directed past Dal Santo with only nine seconds left in the game.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The match against Lipscomb of the Atlantic Sun Conference was a contest of defenses with the two squads managing to get off only three shots in the first half. The Cougars picked up the pace in the second half, but the Bisons' keeper made four of his six saves to hold the home team scoreless. SIUE's defense turned away everything sent at them, but made a bad habit of clearing the ball over the end line to set up Lipscomb corner kicks.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The game was still scoreless with less than two minutes remaining in the second extra period when the Bisons set up for their eighth corner of the game. Cougar defenders turned away two Lipscomb headers, but the final clearance rebounded off a charging Bisons forward, falling into the net past a stunned Dal Santo.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars opened their MVC schedule on a Saturday night in Chicago at #17 Loyola in a battle of the top two defenses in the conference. As expected, both defenses repeatedly turned back their opponents' offenses. The game was scoreless into the 76th minute, when a Ramblers forward got his cleats on a perfectly placed crossing pass only five feet in front of the goal mouth for what would be the only score of the game. SIUE had two near misses at tying the score, including a Jambga shot off the post, but Loyola remained the only unbeaten, untied team in Division I.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
For the Wednesday night game at the Big 10's Ohio State, the Cougars looked to have finally found their scoring touch, even if the defense started out on shaky, wet ground. OSU's first shot was a rocket off a crossing pass that was too fast for Dal Santo to reach, giving the Buckeyes the 1–0 lead in the 8th minute. Ten minutes later, Ebbesen headed a midfield pass to former Buckeye Solawa, who fired it through to Jambga, who was racing toward the goal and fired a 16-foot shot into the back of the net, upping the score to 1–1.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
On a 27th minute corner kick, an OSU header, only their second shot on goal, eluded Dal Santo to put the home team back in the lead 2–1. As the clock wound down on the first half, the Cougars earned a corner kick of their own; on a classic Kendall-Moullin high-pass-to-a-leaping-crowd, Gabe Christianson headed the ball into the net with 7 seconds remaining, for a 2–2 score on his first goal since November 2, 2013 after missing two seasons with injuries.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Buckeyes tried to turn up the heat in the second half, but the Cougar defense returned to its stalwart form, with Dal Santo making three strong saves. As the end of regulation time neared, McHugh sent a back-heel pass to Jambga, who shot hard and low toward the far post from fifteen yards out with one minute left on the clock for what would be the game winner.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Drake, winner of the 2015 MVC tourney at The Ralph returned for SIUE Homecoming. Though the Bulldogs took more shots, the Cougars fairly well dominated possession in the first half. In the 27th minute, Solawa scored his first goal as a Cougar, returning a blocked Jambga shot over the Drake keeper's head. Holding the 1–0 lead through halftime, SIUE came back out fired up, narrowly missing additional goals in the early second half. In the 74th minute, Drake got a breakaway, and Kendall-Moullin was sent off after making a potentially goal-saving hard tackle.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Bulldogs stepped up their attack after gaining the man-advantage. Flooding the box with bodies on a corner kick, Drake evened the score at 1–1 in the 77th minute. The Cougar defense held firm into the last minute of regulation time, when a Bulldog forward piled atop Dal Santo as he covered a save, and both sides went a man down for extra time. In the 94th minute, Ebbesen and Solawa traded passes before Ebbesen hit Lachlan McLean five yards out, with the Australian sophomore turning and firing into the top of the net to complete the ninth consecutive Homecoming victory since SIUE returned to Division I.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
IUPUI of the Summit League visited The Ralph for a Tuesday night game. Ebbesen opened the SIUE scoring in the 14th minute off a short cross from Jambga. With the defense clicking, Cougar captain and defensive leader Ledbetter put on his offensive cap; when Awad popped a pass into the box in the 67th minute, Ledbetter headed it into the net for the 2–0 lead. In the 75th minute, McHugh sent a corner kick to the middle of the 6 yard box that Polster put into the net for his first Cougar goal. Dal Santo made five saves en route to his third shutout of the season (14th career) as SIUE won its 3rd consecutive game.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars made a Saturday trip to Peoria for the first of two scheduled MVC games versus Bradley. Dal Santo made four saves in his fourth shutout of the year, but the Braves' Ketterer made six in his third. The tie ran the SIUE unbeaten streak to four games.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
SIUE hosted Missouri State in a Tuesday night MVC match. The Bears, riding a three-game win streak, struck early, tallying on a 3rd minute corner that was headed into the net. The Cougars got the tying goal in the 34th minute, when MSU was called for a handball in the box, and Ledbetter nailed his third penalty kick of the season. The game then became a typical Valley defensive struggle, as both offenses pushed, but both defenses pushed back harder.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Late in regulation time, the Bears turned away a Cougar corner kick, but McHugh sent it back in to Ledbetter, who headed it toward the goal and McLean. who scored his second game-winner with only a minute and a half left on the clock. The win upped the Cougars' unbeaten run to five games.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars traveled to Cincinnati for a Tuesday night game versus Xavier of the Big East with both teams on unbeaten streaks– four games for the Musketeers and five for the Cougars. SIUE got on the board in the 14th minute; Kendall-Moullin headed McHugh's corner away from the Xavier keeper, and Gutierrez tipped it into the net for his first score of the season.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The defenses then took control, as the Musketeers turned away the Cougars' relentless attack, and the SIUE defense only allowed 4 shots-on-goal for Dal Santo to save on the way to his fifth shutout of the year. The Cougar unbeaten streak is at six, with only four MVC games remaining on the schedule.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Bradley visited Edwardsville on a Saturday night for the second half of the season's home-and-home series with SIUE. The Cougars got on the board quickly, when Jambga passed to McLean in the box, who then knocked it to Guiterrez at the top of the box, who fired it into the net only a minute and two seconds into the game. Barely three minutes later, Hackett passed through the Braves' defenders to Awad, who centered a pass that Jambga buried to put the Cougars up 2–0.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
With a minute, 20 seconds remaining in the first half, SIUE claimed a 3–0 advantage after Solawa played the ball into a mob in the six yard box that found the net off either a Cougar or a Brave that was credited to "Unknown," In the second half, the Cougars mostly played solid defense, except for a repeated failure to clear the ball in the 63rd to 65th minute that ended up breaking an extended Bradly scoring drought that had lasted since October 1, with four shutouts in the stretch. The 3–1 win ran the SIUE unbeaten streak to seven games and moved the Cougars into a 3-way tie for second in the MVC behind 15th ranked Loyola.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The Cougars journeyed to Conway, Arkansas for a Wednesday night game at Central Arkansas with both sides riding three-game win streaks. SIUE would unleash 28 shots, the most in a dozen years, but were unable to carry out a sustained attack. Despite playing a man down for over 96 minutes, the Bears defense repeatedly anticipated the Cougars' shots and turned them aside.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
SIUE's Dal Santo and UCA's Olsen are the two top goalkeepers in the MVC for save percentage, and both not only made at least one spectacular save, but both also made stops on penalty kicks that would have won the game. The Cougars unbeaten streak is now at eight games with the 11th ranked Loyola Ramblers next up at The Ralph on Saturday night.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The #11 Loyola Ramblers came to town for the second half of the teams' home-and-home series. The Cougars had been on an eight-game unbeaten run since losing 1–0 at Loyola. Both teams put up the expected staunch defensive fight through the first half and beyond. In the 57th minute, McLean fired a perfect long pass to a streaking Jambga; the lone defender lost his footing, putting Jambga one-on-one with the Rambler keeper. who could do nothing to stop Jambga's low shot to the far post that would be his third game-winner of the season (6th career).


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Loyola stepped up the pressure and tried hard to even the score, taking six of their eleven shots in the last fifteen minutes, but SIUE held firm, with Dal Santo only needing to make two saves for his seventh shutout of the season. With only one game remaining, the Cougars sit only 2  points behind the Ramblers for the MVC crown.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
The regular season closer had the 2nd place Cougars in 3rd place Evansville's house on a Saturday night. SIUE's lead was a slim single point, with both teams still having an outside chance at the MVC title if Loyola should falter. The Cougars scored first when McLean beat two defenders and the Aces' keeper before netting his third goal of the season in the 12th minute. In the 30th minute, the Purple Aces got a pass to a man in the box, who managed to get it past Dal Santo to tie the score.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Season
Closing out a winning season after a couple of down years, Evansville was hungry for the win and really put the pressure on the SIUE defense, out-shooting the Cougars 20–8 with 10 shots on goal, but Dal Santo showed why he is again among the leaders of the NCAA goalkeepers' statistics by making nine saves. With the draw, the Cougars wound up the regular season with a ten-game unbeaten streak (7–0–3) after starting the season 1–4–2. They also secured second place in the Valley and a bye through to the semifinals of the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The postseason began with the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament, November 8–13 at Missouri State University. The Cougars are the #2 seed and had a bye through to the semifinals on November 11.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
Six days after their draw in Evansville, the 2nd seeded Cougars and 3rd seeded Evansville Purple Aces met up again at Missouri State with a strong wind blowing north to south, putting it at one team's backs and in the other's faces. With the wind at their backs, SIUE took the lead in the 25th minute when MVC Player-of-the-Year Ledbetter took control of a corner kick and blasted it into the net. In the second half, with the wind now behind them, Evansville doubled their effort, just as they had at home.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
At almost the 58 minute mark, the Cougars' defense took the ball away. Awad passed downfield to Jambga who was charging down the right toward the Aces' goal with Duncan matching him to the left. As Jambga entered the box against the challenging keeper, he passed to Duncan, who coolly scored his first Cougar goal. Falling behind 2–0 Evansville redoubled their effort, eventually out-shooting  SIUE 16–6. In the 81st minute, the Aces' McGrath able to head a free kick into the net and close to 2–1.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
With only 20 seconds left in the game, it was McGrath and Dal Santo face-to-face, and the Cougars' keeper batted away the point-blank shot with both hands to preserve the win. SIUE advanced to the MVC Final with an eleven-game unbeaten streak to face host Missouri State, who upset 13th ranked Loyola 2–1 in overtime in the other semifinal.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The MVC Awards were announced at the banquet held on the evening between the tournament quarterfinals and semifinals. Austin Ledbetter was named both MVC Defensive Player of the Year and MVC Player of the Year. Ledbetter is only the second MVC player to earn both honors, following Loyola's Eric Schoendorf in 2015. On the MVC All-Conference First Team, Austin Ledbetter was joined by Devon Jambga. The 2016 MVC All-Conference Second Team included Cougars Kyle Dal Santo, Mohamed Awad , and Andrew Kendall-Moullin. Lachlan McLean was named to the 2016 MVC All-Freshman Team, and Ivan Gutierrez, Keegan McHugh, and Greg Solawa  received MVC All-Conference Honorable Mentions.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
In The MVC Final, the Cougars faced Missouri State and their waves of substitutes on the Bears' home field. Early on, both sides mostly controlled the ball in their own end of the field, looking for chance to attack. In the 37th minute, Jambga took the ball away, worked downfield and left through several defenders, cut right at the top of the 18 yard box, and slammed a hard, low shot just inside the post for the game's only goal on what would be the Cougars' only shot of the game.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
For the  remainder of the game, MoSt attacked, SIUE turned the attack aside, and the two teams did the same all over again and again, even after the Bears went a man down when Dal Santo was fouled hard while covering a loose ball in the box. The win gave the Cougars their second MVC Tournament title and automatic qualification to the NCAA Tournament in three years. They would take their trophy and their twelve-game unbeaten streak home to wait to see who they would face in the NCAAs.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The 2016 MVC Men's Soccer All-Tournament Team included Cougars Kyle Dal Santo, Devyn Jambga, Keegan McHugh, and tournament Most Valuable Player Austin Ledbetter. Additionally, Austin Ledbetter was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On the November 14 NCAA Selection Show for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. the Cougars were announced as facing the 12th-ranked Michigan State Spartans in Ann Arbor on November 17. The winner advances to play the 15th-ranked and 15th-seeded Butler Bulldogs in Indianapolis on November 20. (When the NSCAA released the new rankings the following day, Michigan State was #13 and Butler #11.)


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The Cougars opened their 23rd NCAA tournament at 13th ranked Michigan State of the Big Ten Conference. A strong wind was at MSU's back in the first half and SIUE's in the second. Dal Santo had already made saves when, in the 40th minute, the Spartan's Marcantognini  unleashed a wind-aided blast from 25 yards out that went into the upper corner of the net past a lunging Dal Santo.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
Although, as has often been the case this season, Michigan State took many more shot than the Cougars, 19–9, SIUE has been much more accurate than their opponents, scoring on 11% of their shots, versus 6% for the opponents. In the 68th minute, Awad took an errant MSU pass and passed it to McHugh who unleashed an accurate, wind-aided long shot from 30 yards out into the upper corner of the net to even the score.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
For the rest of regulation time and through two 10 minute extra periods, the two defenses turned away the offenses, sending the game to a penalty kick shootout. Through the requisite first five rounds, both goalkeepers made a save, to tie the PKs at 4–4 and send the shoot-out to extra rounds. In the 10th round, Dal Santo made a second save, but MSU's Hague made a remarkable kick save after going the wrong way.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
In the 11th round, the Spartans' kicker let loose a wild flier over the goal, and Cougar captain Ledbetter stepped up for a second shot and buried the game-winner. The official draw extended the SIUE unbeaten streak versus the Big Ten to six games (4 wins & 2 ties since losing @ Indiana in 2012) and the unbeaten streak for this season to 13 games. Next up is a rematch with #11 Butler who downed the Cougars 2–0 in early September.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The Cougars returned to the Butler Bowl to face the #11 Butler Bulldogs of the Big East Conference in an NCAA Tournament second round match. Butler entered the NSCAA national ranking immediately after beating SIUE in early September and have remained there, rising as high as 7th. On a sunny but blustery Sunday afternoon, a large contingent of Cougar fans were on hand to cheer on the stingy SIUE defense versus the high-powered Butler offense. The Bulldog offense largely dominated the game, out-shooting the Cougars 22–5  and 5–1 on goal.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The Cougars defense refused to break, forcing Butler to take many more bad shots than good, while Dal Santo stopped all five shots on goal. After 90 minutes of regulation time and two 10 minute overtimes, the score remained the same 0–0 as before the opening kick. For the second straight game, SIUE went to a penalty kick shoot-out against a highly ranked team. Through the mandatory five rounds, a kicker for each team had hit the goal posts, leaving the score tied 4–4. In the sixth round, Jambga blasted a shot past the Bulldog keeper before Dal Santo made a save to advance the Cougars to the Sweet 16. Riding a 14-game unbeaten streak, SIUE next played at #2 ranked Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
Following their upset wins-on-PKs, the Cougars entered the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 25 in 21st place, and Kyle Dal Santo was named the goalkeeper on the College Soccer News National Team of the Week  and the TopDrawerSoccer.com Men’s Team of the Week.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On a Sunday night in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the Cougars challenged the #2 ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons the tournament's #2 and highest remaining seed. Wake ranked #10 in Division I in shots per game and came out shooting. In only the 3rd minute, the Deacons' top scorer passed from the end line to their #2 scorer, Bakero, who blasted the ball into the net from 9 yards in front.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On the Cougars' lone corner kick of the game, both Ebbesen and his shot on goal were knocked down by the Wake keeper, but Ledbetter got to the rebound and netted  it to tie the score. SIUE looked about to take the lead in the 51st minute on a Jambga breakaway, but the Deacons' keeper, Cases Mundet, stayed with the pass to Ebbesen and blocked his point-blank shot.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
After repeated stops and saves by the Cougar defense, in the 72nd minute, it was again Bakero who redirected a shot that Dal Santo was ready to stop and scored the game winner. Although SIUE looked to be dominated in the statistics, out-shot 24–6 and bested on corner kicks 9–1, Wake Forest knew they had been in a fight; "“I give SIUE credit." said Wake's coach Muuss. "They were blocking shots, battling." But Wake Forest's win ended the Cougars' 14-game unbeaten streak, their 2016 season, and the college careers of Ivan Gutierrez, Jason Hackett, Andrew Kendall-Moullin, and Austin Ledbetter.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
After being eliminated by Wake Forest, the Cougars remained in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 25, moving up to the #15 ranking, a position they would hold in the last poll before the College Cup.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On December 6, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) announced the 2016 All-Region Teams. In the West Region, Austin Ledbetter was named to the First Team, Devyn Jambga to the Second Team, and Kyle Dal Santo to the Third Team.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The College Soccer News 2016 All-America Teams placed Austin Ledbetter on the Third Team.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
After three seasons as a Cougars assistant coach, Scott Gyllenborg was named as the head coach of the Bearcats of Division II McKendree University on December 12.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
The  NSCAA's National-Final Postseason Ranking was released on December 13, 2016; the Cougars were ranked #22. In the final TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 25, the Cougars remained #15. In the final College Soccer News Top 30 Poll, SIUE was ranked for the first time of the season at #20.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Postseason
On January 17, 2017, Austin Ledbetter was selected by FC Dallas in the third round of the 2017 Major League Soccer SuperDraft as the 53rd overall pick,


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Coaches
2016 was Mario Sanchez' second year as the Cougars' head coach. Jeremy Proud was in his first season and Scott Gyllenborg was in his third season as assistant coaches. Mark Weigand was graduate assistant for the second year. Billy Berger was the second season director of operations after two years as a graduate assistant. David Korn, who was interim co-head coach in 2014 and associate head coach in 2015 was hired away to become the head coach of the Division II Saints of Maryville University.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Roster
Buff background indicates returning players from 2015. Pink background indicates players "redshirted" in 2015.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team, Schedule & results
Visiting team on the left, home team on the right. Rankings from National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) polls.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team
The 2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) during the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. The Cougars, led by twenty-eighth year head coach Sandy Montgomery, played their home games at Cougar Field on the SIUE campus  as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason
Ten players returned from the 2015 squad that finished with a 43–16 overall record (20–6 in the OVC) and won the OVC regular season championship. They were joined by six freshmen and three transfer students, It was announced in the fall that the 2015 OVC Pitcher-of-the-Year Haley Chambers had left school for personal reasons.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Preseason
The Cougars were picked by the coaches and sports information directors of the Ohio Valley Conference to finish fourth in the conference.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
The Cougars opened the season with their usual extended on-the-road schedule. They were 2–3 in the Florida Atlantic Kick-Off Classic in Boca Raton, Florida. At South Alabama's Mardi Gras Invitational in Mobile, Alabama, they were 1–3. In Spartanburg, South Carolina for USC Upstate's Spartan Invitational, they were 2–2. They also lost at South Carolina and two at Western Carolina before their home opener, a nine inning win over Drake. Three of their five remaining non-conference games, scheduled while also playing the OVC games. were cancelled due to weather; with a win versus UIC and a loss to Bradley.


2016 SIU Edwardsville Cougars softball team, Regular season
In OVC play, SIUE went 15–11 (one game against Eastern Kentucky cancelled by thunderstorms) to finish in fourth place.


2016 SJK season
The 2016 season is Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho's 9th competitive season, and third in the Veikkausliiga. SJK where defending champions, having won the 2015 title, and will enter the UEFA Champions League for the first time.


2016 SJK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SJK season, Squad, Available youth players
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2016 SJK season, Squad, Out on loan
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2016 SJK season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 SJK season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SJK season, Transfers, Winter
Trial:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SJK season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 SJK season, Transfers, Summer
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2016 SK Brann season
The 2016 season is Brann's first season back in the Tippeligaen since their relegation at the end of the 2014 season.


2016 SK Brann season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SK Brann season, Squad, Out on loan
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2016 SK Brann season, Transfers, Winter
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2016 SK Brann season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SK Brann season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SK Brann season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2016 SLFA First Division
The 2016 SLFA First Division was the 38th season of top-division association football in Saint Lucia. The SLFA First Division season began on 22 October 2016, and concluded on 8 December 2016.


2016 SLFA First Division
Only partial information has been reported from the Saint Lucia Football Association, but from what was reported, Survivals FC won the league title, accumulating the most points after seven league matches. This gave the club their first Lucian league title.


2016 SLFA First Division, Teams
A total of eight clubs participated during the 2016 campaign. Apparently, these teams qualified to play in the reformed league through their performances in the 2015 SLFA President's Cup.


2016 SLFA First Division, Table
It is unknown who finished 4th through 8th during the season.


2016 SMP F4 Championship
The 2016 SMP F4 Championship season is the second season of the SMP F4 Championship. It began on 29 April at Sochi and finished on 10 September at Ahvenisto after 20 races held across seven rounds.


2016 SMP F4 Championship
This season saw the F4 debut of the Dutch team MP Motorsport, which joined Koiranen GP and SMP Racing in fielding cars and drivers. The series also expanded to the Netherlands, hosting some races as well as a parallel championship to the SMP F4 championship, called the Dutch F4 Trophy.


2016 SMP F4 Championship
The series is a FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship as in 2015. NEZ Council agreed in its meeting in 20 March to allow KNAF licence holders to score points in the championship. The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) had already accepted KNAF into the NEZ F4 championship earlier in 4 March. The exception is valid for 2016 season only, and only after NEZ receives full payment of membership fees. Dutch drivers aren't eligible to any other NEZ cups or championships. Spanish Xavier Lloveras scored points in the series as he was an AKK Motorsports (FIN) license holder. Richard Verschoor take 11 wins as another Dutch driver Jarno Opmeer wins 7 races, as Thomas Tujula and Aleksandr Vartanyan win 1 race.


2016 SMP F4 Championship, Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. At Sochi, only two races were held, and full points were awarded for Race 2.


2016 SMU Mustangs football team
The 2016 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mustangs played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas, and competed in the West Division of American Athletic Conference (AAC). They were led by second-year head coach Chad Morris. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in American Athletic play to finish in fifth place in the West Division.


2016 STP 500
The 2016 STP 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on April 3, 2016, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was the sixth race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch won the race. A. J. Allmendinger finished second, while Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon and Brad Keselowski rounded out the top-five.


2016 STP 500
Joey Logano won the pole for the race and led 21 laps on his way to an 11th-place finish. Busch led a race high of 352 laps on his way to scoring the victory. The race had 11 lead changes among five different drivers and eight caution flag periods for 51 laps.


2016 STP 500
This was the 35th career victory for Busch, first of the season, first at Martinsville Speedway and ninth at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing. With the win, he moved up to third in the points standings. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Toyota left Martinsville trailing Chevrolet by three points in the manufacturer standings.


2016 STP 500
The STP 500 was carried by Fox Sports on the cable/satellite Fox Sports 1 network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2016 STP 500, Report, Background
Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.


2016 STP 500, Entry list
The entry list for the STP 500 was released on Monday, March 28 at 1:50 p.m. Eastern time. Forty cars were entered for the race.


2016 STP 500, First practice
Brian Vickers was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.485 and a speed of 97.182 mph (156.399 km/h). Trevor Bayne went to his backup car after crashing his primary in the final 30 seconds of the session.


2016 STP 500, Qualifying
Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 19.513 and a speed of 97.043 mph (156.176 km/h). He joined Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Darrell Waltrip and Glen Wood as the only drivers to have earned three-consecutive poles at Martinsville. He said afterwards that it was "nice to be able to go up here and do what we know how to do - execute qualifying like we know how to at this racetrack. Ever since we unloaded this morning it was top of the board, it was a fast racecar. We knew that.


2016 STP 500, Qualifying
We just had to keep our heads in the game and do what we know how to do." He also added that he was "excited, pumped up, jacked up to come to this racetrack and show what we’re made of." After qualifying second, Kasey Kahne said that his performance felt "good. The car was really fast, this Great Clips Chevrolet. The guys did a nice job in practice and in qualifying. I just kept getting better with my laps… The car is fine. Just let me get my laps a little better. I feel good about it (the car).


2016 STP 500, Qualifying
We had a top-10 here the last race, last year; with the backup car because I crashed it in qualifying and this car is better than our primary car was last time.” He also added that Logano "barely got us. But it is definitely a good starting spot. That was one of my goals today was to help out on pit road. Pit road is huge here. We have the best pit crew for stops, than anyone, in my opinion.


2016 STP 500, Qualifying
And if I can help them on pit road, myself, and get a better spot, I think all that will be beneficial on Sunday." After qualifying third, Brian Vickers said he was "so close; the No. 22 was really strong. I thought we had it when he ran a 51 (19.51) I thought we could beat that. We made a small adjustment going into the last round and I don't know maybe that hurt us a little bit. It is so tight.


2016 STP 500, Qualifying
We are fighting for hundredths of a second, thousandths of a second, but everybody on the No. 14 Chevrolet did a good job. I'm really proud of everyone. Mike (Bugarewicz, crew chief) gave me a great race car. Everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing, Chevy, it's an honor to put the Arnie’s Army and Janssen Chevrolet in the top three.”


2016 STP 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.710 and a speed of 96.073 mph (154.615 km/h).


2016 STP 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.835 and a speed of 95.468 mph (153.641 km/h).


2016 STP 500, Race, First half, Start
Under clear blue Virginia skies, Joey Logano led the field to the green flag at 1:19 p.m. The first caution of the race flew on the fifth lap for a single-car spin in turn 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. bounced off the side of David Ragan's car and spun out.


2016 STP 500, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 10. Going into turn 3, Paul Menard dove under Logano to take the lead on lap 22. Kyle Busch dove under Menard going into turn 3 to take the lead on lap 33. The second caution of the race flew on lap 91 for a single-car spin in turn 2. Menard got into the left-rear corner of Brian Scott, sent him into Michael Annett and sent him spinning. Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 STP 500, Race, First half, Start
The race restarted on lap 98. Kevin Harvick drove under Busch to take the lead on lap 101. He retook the lead on lap 107. Matt Kenseth drove by his teammate exiting turn 2 to take the lead on lap 133. The third caution of the race flew on lap 136 for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Regan Smith sent Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spinning into the wall.


2016 STP 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 145. Busch drove by the outside of Kenseth going into turn 3 to retake the lead on lap 147. Harvick drove by Busch going into turn 1 to take the lead on lap 156. Aric Almirola retired from the race on lap 208 due to engine issues and would go on to finish last. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 222 for a single-car wreck in turn 1. Hamlin's wheel hopped going into the turn and slammed the wall.


2016 STP 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
He said afterwards that it was the "first time ever doing it here, so it’s a little embarrassing, but I mean we were the fastest car those last 30 laps and we got back to the top-five and I was making up a lot of my speed on entry. As the tires wear, the rears get hotter, less grip, you can’t brake at the same amount – it was really out of the blue. I didn’t ever have a hint of it up until that moment, so a bit of a rookie move on my part.


2016 STP 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
Been around here too much to do something like that, but learning for the fall and I’m really encouraged about how good our car came up through the pack and I really thought we had a car that could win.” Harvick and Kenseth swapped the lead on pit road and the latter exited with the lead.


2016 STP 500, Race, First half, Second quarter
The race restarted on lap 228. Busch retook the lead on lap 230. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 312 for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Josh Wise suffered a tire blowout and slammed the wall. Reed Sorenson was tagged for having too many crew members over the wall and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 STP 500, Race, Second half, Halfway
The race restarted on lap 321. Busch worked past Kenseth to retake the lead on lap 325. The sixth caution of the race flew with 117 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Exiting the turn, Michael Annett got loose and spun out. Logano was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 STP 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 110 laps to go. The seventh caution of the race flew with 45 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 2. Regan Smith suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall. Chase Elliott was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.


2016 STP 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 34 laps to go. The eighth caution of the race flew with 17 laps to go for a single-car spin on the backstretch. Jamie McMurray suffered a left-front tire blowout, got hit in the rear and turned.


2016 STP 500, Race, Second half, Fourth quarter
The race restarted with 14 laps and went green for the rest of the race. Busch drove on to score the checkered flag.


2016 STP 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
Busch said after the race that he "had a really good car through practice and Adam (Stevens, crew chief) made some really good adjustments overnight to keep us where we need to be in order to run up front all day, led a lot of laps, probably led the most laps there and to win here in Martinsville is pretty cool – finally get to take a clock home." He also added that he "can't say enough about this whole JGR team. The M&M's Camry was awesome in practice. We had a really good car through practice, and Adam made some really good adjustments overnight to keep us where we needed to be, running up front all day."


2016 STP 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
A. J. Allmendinger said of his second–place finish and his strong runs of late that they're "something that really started on the West Coast swing and coming through here, I feel like we've been at our best at the end of these races. We've maximized. That's the biggest thing we always say — if we can just maximize our finishes, whether they're top-fives or you're running 20th and you can get 18th an out of it, that's what we want to do.”


2016 STP 500, Race, Post-race, Driver comments
“It was a solid weekend for myself. I was able to do double-duty this week and I think that helped me get my rhythm early in the weekend,” Larson said. “It bettered myself each time I was on the track. Normally a truck does not drive anything like a Cup car. This is the only race track probably where it does. Getting more laps on this racetrack is the most important part for myself."


2016 STP 500, Media, Television
Fox Sports was covering their 16th race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, nine-time Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon and 11-time Martinsville winner Darrell Waltrip called in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled pit road duties for the entire race.


2016 STP 500, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which would also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and seven-time Martinsville winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth as the cars were on the frontstretch. Dave Moody called the race from atop the turn 3 stands as the field is racing down the backstretch. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.


2016 STRABAG Challenger Open
The 2016 STRABAG Challenger Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the tenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place at the TC EMPIRE in Trnava, Slovakia from 8 to 14 August 2016.


2016 STRABAG Challenger Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 STRABAG Challenger Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2016 STRABAG Challenger Open – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Sander Arends and Adam Majchrowicz.


2016 STRABAG Challenger Open – Doubles
Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen won the title after defeating Tomasz Bednarek and Roman Jebavý 6–2, 7–5 in the final.


2016 STRABAG Challenger Open – Singles
Robin Haase was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.


2016 STRABAG Challenger Open – Singles
Steve Darcis won the title after defeating Jordi Samper-Montaña 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


2016 SVGFF Premier Division
The 2016 SVGFF Premier Division is the sixth season of top-tier football in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines under its current format, and it is also the 11th season of top flight football altogether. The defending champions are Hope International, who won the title in 2014 (no competition was held in 2015).


2016 SVL season
The 2016 Shakey's V-League (SVL) season was the thirteenth season of the Shakey's V-League (SVL). There were three indoor conferences for this season.


2016 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament will be held from March 8–12, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas  The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.


2016 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 SWAC teams participated in the Tournament. Alcorn State was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State won the tournament, the SWAC's bid would have been awarded to the highest remaining seed still in the field. The top 6 teams received a bye into the Quarterfinals.


2016 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2016 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2016 SWAC Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference to be held from November 3 to 6, 2016. The seven-match tournament will be held at the Prairie View A&M Soccer Stadium in Prairie View, Texas. The eight team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Howard Lady Bison are the defending tournament champions after defeating the Alabama State Hornets in the championship match.


2016 Sacramento Express season
The 2016 season is the inaugural season of the Sacramento Express.


2016 Sacramento Republic FC season
The 2016 Sacramento Republic FC season is the club's third season of existence. The club is playing in the United Soccer League (USL), the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. After off season expansion of the USL from 24 to 31 teams, Sacramento Republic FC is competing in the new Western Conference of the USL. The season is to begin in March 2016 and concluded in September 2016.


2016 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
2015 saw much growth in attendance with the expansion of Bonney Field, but this was not a sign of things to come for the club. In 2015, the Republic failed to produce on the field as they did the year before, dropping out of the playoffs in the first round. Their performance in the 2014 U.S. Open Cup was mirrored in 2015, once again losing to San Jose earthquakes in the 4th round. The 2015 season was riddled with emotional setbacks, MLS decided on Minnesota as its newest expansion over Sacramento.


2016 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
The Republic lost the head coach, Coach Preki, whom they felt would be the one to propel the team to the MLS. At the end of the season, the player with the most MLS experience, whom some considered the star player, Rodrigo López announced he will not be returning to Sacramento Republic, ultimately returning to Mexico and playing for Celaya FC in the Ascenso MX.


2016 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
The 2016 preseason, the club looked to turn things around. The club picked up Nike as their kit manufacturers, redesigned the team jersey and, on December 2, Sacramento city council approved the Republic's MLS stadium plan with a unanimous vote. Their hopes were once again revitalized three days later, when the MLS board announced its decision to once again expand the league from 24 to 28 teams.


2016 Sacramento Republic FC season, Background
Sacramento Republic F.C. continued their off season productivity by extending several players contracts, including fan-favorite, Octavio Guzmán and hometown hero, Cameron Iwasa. The club's Academy contributed to the off season's ambition with its U-16 and U-18 team both going undefeated in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Winter Showcase in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.


2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented California State University, Sacramento in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jody Sears and played their home games at Hornet Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 2–9, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for ninth place.


2016 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Schedule
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Weber State on September 17 is considered a non-conference game.


2016 Sacramento mayoral election
The 2016 Sacramento mayoral election was held on June 7, 2016 to elect the mayor of Sacramento, California. It saw the election of Darrell Steinberg. Since Steinberg won a majority in the first round, no runoff was required.


2016 Sacramento mayoral election, Results
In the June 7, 2016 elections, voter turnout in Sacramento County, in which Sacramento is located, was 47.54%. Coinciding elections included the California presidential primaries.


2016 Sacramento riot
The 2016 Sacramento riot was a civil disorder at a neo-Nazi rally outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, California on June 26, 2016. Neo-nazi groups including the Traditionalist Workers Party and other white supremacist groups were involved. Counter-protestors arrived at the rally to oppose the Neo-nazis and white supremacy. This included Antifa and their allies. Ten people were hospitalized for stabbing and laceration wounds with the majority of those hospitalized being counter-protesters.


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
A neo-Nazi group called the Traditionalist Workers Party (TWP) had a permit for a rally on the west steps of the capitol building. They were joined by their affiliate, Golden State Skinheads (GSS).


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
Several groups led by Antifa (Anti- Fascist Action) Sacramento and BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) organized a counter protest. BAMN issued a statement saying that "collective power through mass militant direct action can shut these Nazis down and deal the fascists and white-supremacists a decisive tactical defeat". Antifa Sacramento stated that "fighting fascism was not a political duty, but a moral one", and called for direct action against them.


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
Anti -fascist protesters started arriving around 9:00 a.m. and just before 11:00 a.m. they confronted a TV crew, shouting "no cameras" at reporter Mike Luery of KCRA and the cameraman. The protesters grabbed Luery's mic and attempted to grab the camera.


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
Just before the TWP rally was scheduled to begin around noon, about 300 or more anarchists and other counter-protesters confronted the group. Members of the counter-protesters wore masks and used wooden bats, sticks, fireworks, and other weapons. A few people carried knives, though which side brought the knives used in the subsequent stabbings is unknown. About 400 people were involved in the violence. Ten people were hospitalized, all for multiple stabbing and laceration wounds, including two in critical life-threatening condition. Only one of the TWP and GSS members was stabbed. The capitol was locked down. Streets were closed. Over 100 police officers responded in riot gear and on horseback. They used rubber pellets and pepper-spray balls.


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
Matthew Heimbach, the chairman of the TWP, said they expected violence, although they planned the rally to be peaceful. TWP sent about 30 people together with Golden State Skinheads.


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
Yvette Felarca, an organiser for BAMN, stated that "mass militant action, with an integrated group of people" was used to shut down white nationalists. Felarca was filmed punching a man at the protests.


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
California Assemblyman Jim Cooper was at the Capitol during the riot. He said violence was unnecessary, and the counter-protesters could have shut down the rally with yelling.


2016 Sacramento riot, Riot
Cres Vellucci, a police observer and representative for the National Lawyers Guild, described the violence as a "free-for-all". Vellucci said the police basically let people do what they wanted and fight it out.


2016 Sacramento riot, Participants
The Traditionalist Workers Party is listed as a white nationalist extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which describes TWP as the political wing of the Traditionalist Youth Network. The rally was also organized by the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi organization.


2016 Sacramento riot, Aftermath
A middle school in Berkeley, California received an email threatening harm against its students if it did not fire Yvette Felarca, a teacher at the school who was caught on video violently attacking a protester and is an organizer with BAMN. In response, police increased security at the school and summer programs were moved to other locations. Because Felarca's actions were committed off-hours, no action can be taken against her unless the police file charges against her, which they did. Cate Cauguiran reported that the police and the California Highway Patrol were investigating a video of Felarca punching a protester.


2016 Sacramento riot, Aftermath
Both sides of the protest have claimed victory. The TWP considered the action a success because "six Antifas have been hospitalized in critical condition, with many more being treated for lesser injuries" while they "only suffered one significant casualty." The counter-protesters considered it a success because they prevented the TWP from achieving their objective of holding a rally in Sacramento.


2016 Sacramento riot, Aftermath
The TWP planned to be in Cleveland, Ohio for the Republican National Convention there in July.


2016 Sacramento riot, Aftermath
The Anti- Defamation League wrote that despite both sides claiming success, it is "the white supremacists who most benefit from the free publicity" generated by the violence.


2016 Sacramento riot, Aftermath
Genevieve Leigh, writing for the Trotskyists World Socialist Web Site, denounced the violence by counter-protesters. Leigh wrote that violence by small groups does not address the fundamental structural problems of a capitalist society and "ultimately play in the hands of the state."


2016 Sacramento riot, Aftermath
On June 30, representatives and community leaders across Sacramento held a unity conference at the Capitol to denounce the violence on Sunday. Darrell Steinberg, the mayor of Sacramento, said “what happened here on Sunday is the opposite of what Sacramento is about.” Richard Pan, a Senator for Sacramento’s 6th District, said ”Many people come here to articulate different views and it’s important people have the ability to do so but violence is not the answer to addressing those issues."


2016 Sacramento riot, Aftermath
As of July 19, 2017, one suspected neo-Nazi protester and three counter-protesters were charged with crimes connected to the riot. Felarca was one of those arrested. Felarca was later ordered to stand trial facing felony assault charges and misdemeanor rioting charges.


2016 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team
The 2016 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team represented Sacred Heart University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Mark Nofri. They played their home games at Campus Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished with a record of 6–5, 1–5 in NEC play, to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.


2016 Saenuri Party leadership election
The Saenuri Party held a leadership election on 9 August 2016. It was an election to elect a new party leader after the 2016 legislative election defeat.


2016 Saenuri Party leadership election
The new leader, Lee Jung-hyun was the first leader from Honam region in the history of South Korean conservative parties.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team
The 2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team represented the University of Saint Francis, located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 2016 NAIA football season. They were led by head coach Kevin Donley, who served his 19th year as the head football coach at Saint Francis. The Cougars played their home games at Bishop John D'Arcy Stadium and were members of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) Mideast League (MEL). The Cougars finished 2nd in the MSFA MEL division and received an at-large bid to the NAIA playoffs.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team
The team went on to win the first football national championship in the school's history. In the 2016 NAIA Football National Championship, the Cougars defeated the Baker Wildcats, 38-17.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team
Kevin Donley was voted by the American Football Coaches Association as the 2016 NAIA National Coach of the Year. Donley was also granted a five-year contract extension after the 2016 season.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/1/2016 - The #2-ranked Cougars played another historic game vs. the #1-ranked Marian Knights, undefeated conference rivals and defending NAIA national champions. Saint Francis matched up well, and they took a 21-14 lead into the half. However, USF’s second-half mistakes allowed the Knights to take control of the game, and the Knights prevailed 35-21. This year's game began a new tradition between the two Indiana perennial powers. The regular season contest will now be referred to as the Franciscan Bowl. A traveling trophy will reside with the winner until the next contest. With this year's win, Marian takes a 1-0 lead in the series.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/8/2016 - The Cougars only fell 3 places to 5th after last week's loss to Marian. This week, Saint Francis traveled to Siena Heights to face another tough conference opponent. The Cougars led 21-10 at the half. However, a strong effort by the Saints defense in the second half made the game close. In the end, Saint Francis returned home with a victory by a score of 24-22.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
10/22/2016 - The Cougars returned home after a 2-game road trip to face the 24th-ranked Eagles from Robert Morris University. The match between two Top-25 teams certainly lived up to expectations. Robert Morris took the opening kick-off and scored to take an early 7-0 lead. That score held until just before halftime when the Cougars scored to tie the game. The Cougars took the second half kick-off and scored to take the lead, 14-7, a lead that never would be surrendered. Late in the game, the Cougar defense put up a defining goal line stand.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Facing 1st and goal from inside the 1-yard line, The Cougars beat back the Eagles' offense on four consecutive plays to preserve the victory. For their strong performances, each team retained their position in the weekly polls. Saint Francis broke a tie to take 4th place outright, and Robert Morris retained the 24th position in the poll.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
11/19/2016 - The game started out as a shoot-out as each team scored on their first 3 possessions, resulting in a 21-20 Saint Francis lead. From that point, it was all USF. The Cougars scored on each of their 7 first half possessions, taking a 44-20 lead into the half. Their scoring continued into the second half with 35 unanswered points to arrive at the final score of 79-20. The game was played under adverse weather conditions.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
A clear field was quickly covered with snow at the start of the game, and neither defense was able to react to the potent offenses. Cougar quarterback Nick Ferrer threw for over 350 yards as the Cougars amassed over 600 yards of total offense. Ferrer completed 5 touchdown passes, 3 of them going to Seth Coate, who had over 150 yards of receptions for the game. For their efforts, Ferrer and Coate were named the game's offensive co-MVPs. The defensive MVP award went to Lucas Sparks.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
11/26/2016 - With two teams that combined to score 145 points in the first round, this game was expected to be a high-scoring affair. This game matched the #4 Saint Francis Cougars vs the #5 Morningside Mustangs, and the two teams were expected to be evenly matched. The game started with Morningside breaking out to a 20-0 lead. Saint Francis got on the scoreboard in the 2nd quarter, and the halftime lead favored Morningside by that 20-7 score. In the second half, the Cougars finally got their offense rolling, scoring the next 14 points to set the lead at 21-20.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Morningside immediately responded with a touchdown of their own. Their two-point try was good, and Morningside regained the lead, 28-21. But Saint Francis scored to tie the game again, 28-28. Then, late in the 4th quarter, Saint Francis took control of the game by scoring the next two touchdowns to generate a 14 point lead, 42-28. Once again, Morningside countered with a quick touchdown, and the gap was closed to the final score of 42-35.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Saint Francis controlled the ball at the end of the game to run the Mustangs out of time-outs, and the Cougars advanced to the semifinal round. The USF offense had multiple stars in the contest. For the second straight game, QB Nick Ferrer threw for 5 TD's, 3 of them once again going to Seth Coate. But the offensive Player of the Game was awarded to Justin Green, who ran for 296 yards and 1 TD on 25 carries. The defensive award went to Eric Hemmelgarn.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Of special note: The win was a milestone victory for USF head coach Kevin Donley. The win was the 300th victory in his long and illustrious career as the all time leader in wins in the NAIA division of football. After the game, Donley was presented with an encased football to commemorate the achievement.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
12/03/2016 - With the upset loss by #1 Marian last week, USF missed the anticipated rematch with the Knights. Instead, the Cougars hit the road to make the 600 mile road trip to Waleska, GA to face the undefeated and #3 ranked Reinhardt Eagles. The Cougars were the last team to beat Reinhardt, in last season's FCS opening round at Saint Francis. The potent offense of the Eagles proved once again to be a tough challenge to stop. But the Cougars prevailed 42-24 due largely to big plays and turnovers.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
Highlights of the game include a second half 98 yard touchdown run by Justin Green on the first play after the Cougars had just completed a strong goal line stand to prevent an Eagles first down and likely score; two interceptions on back to back possessions by Saint Francis, the first being a pick-6 touchdown return and the second setting up another quick score by the Cougars; three touchdown runs by Justin Green and two touchdown catches by Seth Coate. A score in the first quarter put the Eagles in front 7-0.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
But Saint Francis responded quickly to tie the game, and two additional scores led to a 21-7 Saint Francis lead. This was the Eagles' largest deficit of the season and only the third time they had trailed in a ball game all season. The Eagles ended the half by kicking a field goal with zero time on the clock, an untimed down granted due to a pass interference call against USF. Each team scored once in the third quarter to take the score to 28-17.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
The two interceptions pushed the score to 42-17, and Reinhardt scored once again to create the final margin of victory. The Cougars will be playing in two weeks in the title game for the 4th time in their history, hoping this time to gain their first national championship. The offensive Player of the Game was once again Seth Coate, and the defensive Player of the Game was awarded to Spencer Cowherd.


2016 Saint Francis Cougars football team, Game summaries
12/17/2016 - For the first time in team history, the Saint Francis Cougars won their last game of the season. With their 38-17 victory over #2 Baker Wildcats, the Cougars attained their first NAIA football national championship. The win was the second for head coach Kevin Donley, having won a first title 25 years earlier while coaching the Georgetown Tigers.


2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team
The 2016 Saint Francis Red Flash football team represented Saint Francis University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Chris Villarrial and played their home games at DeGol Field. They were a member of the Northeast Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–1 in NEC play to finish in a tie for the conference title with Duquesne. Due to their head-to-head win over Duquesne, they received the NEC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Villanova.


2016 Saint Louis FC season
The 2016 Saint Louis FC season was the franchise's second season in the United Soccer League, the third division of soccer in the United States.


2016 Saint Louis FC season
After playing their first season in the Eastern Conference of the USL, due to the addition of new teams to the league the club moved to the Western Conference for 2016.


2016 Saint Louis FC season
The club also renewed their affiliation with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer for the 2016 season, having partnered with them the previous year.


2016 Saint Louis FC season, Current squad
Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth. As of May 21, 2016. Sources:


2016 Saint Lucian general election
General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 6 June 2016. The result was a victory for the United Workers Party, which won eleven of the seventeen seats. On 7 June 2016 United Workers Party leader Allen Chastanet was sworn in as Prime Minister.


2016 Saint Lucian general election, Electoral system
The 17 elected members of the House of Assembly were elected by first-past-the-post voting in single member constituencies. Following the elections, a Speaker is elected, who may be from outside the House.


2016 Saint Lucian general election, Campaign
The opposition United Workers Party announced it would be fielding a full slate of 17 candidates. The ruling Labour Party campaign included 15 pledges to voters.


2016 Saint-Barthelemy Championships
The 2016 Saint Barthélemy Championship was the 13th season of the competition. The championship was won by FC Gustavia.


2016 Saint-Martin Senior League
The 2016 Saint-Martin Senior League was the 45th season of the competition. The championship was won by FC Concordia.


2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy
The 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy was the 36th edition of the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament and the first edition of the tournament since 1995. This tournament was organized by the Kozhikode District Football Association (KDFA) under the patronage of Dr. Siddeek Ahmed, President KDFA, and was held in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, from 5 to 21 February 2016. Along with clubs from different parts of the world, the Argentina U-23 national team also took part in the tournament. Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho is the brand ambassador for the tournament.


2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy
FC Dnipro Reserves won the trophy beating Atlético Paranaense Reserves in the final.


2016 Salford City Council election
The 2016 Salford City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Salford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the Salford Mayoral election. In April 2016, it was revealed that the Liberal Democrats would not be fielding any candidates in Salford.


2016 Salford City Council election
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2016 Salford City Council election, Ward results, Kersal
There was a by-election held on 2 March 2017 following the resignation of the incumbent councillor. The ward was gained by the Conservative Party candidate, a local rabbi.


2016 Salford Red Devils season
This article details the Salford Red Devils rugby league football club's 2016 season. This is the Red Devils 8th consecutive season in the Super League and their 3rd season using the Red Devils name.


2016 Salt Lake County mayoral election
The 2016 Salt Lake County mayoral election were held to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 8, 2016, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives, Senate and gubernatorial elections. This marked the fifth election to the office since the post was created in 2000.


2016 Salt Lake County mayoral election
Incumbent Democratic County Mayor Ben McAdams ran and won re-election to a second term against Republican Candidate David Robinson.


2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team
The 2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bearkats were led by third-year head coach K. C. Keeler and played their home games at Bowers Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 12–1 overall and 9–0 in Southland play to win the Southland Conference title. They went undefeated during the regular season with a record of 11–0. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Chattanooga the second round, only to lose in the quarterfinals to James Madison.


2016 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team, Previous season
The Bearkats finished the season 11–4, 7–2 in Southland play to finish in a tie for 2nd place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Southern Utah, McNeese State, and Colgate to advance to the Semifinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.


2016 Samarinda church bombing
The 2016 Samarinda Church bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on November 13, 2016 when a man named Juhanda detonated a Molotov bomb in front of Oikumene Church in Samarinda Seberang, Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, where children were playing. A toddler was killed in the incident and three other toddlers were injured. In September 2017, Juhanda and four others were convicted of the attack, with Juhanda sentenced to life imprisonment, while the others received sentences ranging from six to seven years.


2016 Samarinda church bombing
The bombing was the second attack on church in Indonesia in 2016, with the first attack occurred in Medan on August when an ISIS sympathiser attacked a priest during a mass. It was also the second terror attack to occur in less than a month, after another ISIS sympathiser was shot dead after wounding three police officers with a machete in Tangerang.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Bombing
The explosion occurred on 10:10 WITA (Central Indonesian Time), on Oikumene Church located on Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo Road in Sengkotek, Loa Janan Ilir District, Samarinda. Oikumene Church is the most popular church in Sengkotek. At the time, the prayer service had just finished and crowds were getting out from the church. Prosecutors said Juhanda traveled to the church by motorbike, carrying a bag full of black explosive powder and a fuse, intending to cause mass casualties. But instead it exploded when he fell from the bike in front of the church, where children were playing. Four toddlers were injured in the explosion. Juhanda immediately ran away, but later was caught by locals and people from the church after he fell into Mahakam River.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Bombing
Firefighters, Indonesian National Police and its bomb disposal unit were immediately dispatched after the bombing. The injured, all of them toddlers with age ranging from two to four-year-old, were immediately taken by emergency services to Samarinda's main hospital, I.A Moeis Hospital. People from the church were evacuated from the area after the explosion. Two toddlers were critically injured in the incident. On 14 November, the next day of the bombing, 2-year-old Olivia Intan Marbun Banjarnahor, succumbed to her wounds and became the only fatality in the attack.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Perpetrator
The perpetrator was identified by the Indonesian National Police as Juhanda, who had only been released from jail a few months before the Samarinda attack; he had been previously convicted of attempted terror against the Christ Cathedral in Jakarta, and a series of "book bombings" where explosives were hidden in books and sent to activists, both occurring in 2011. At the time, he joined a terrorist group identified by the police as Pepy Vernando. Before he lived in Samarinda, he settled in Bogor. He moved to Samarinda in 2015 and worked in local mosque.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Perpetrator
Juhanda was noticed by people shortly before the attack using a "Jihad, Way of life" T-shirt outside the church. He was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison by the Jakarta's Civil Court on 29 February 2012. In July 2014, Juhanda was released due to Eid Al-Fitr remission and immediately joined another terrorist group in East Kalimantan, named as the JAD, which has a link with the Anshori Group, another terrorist group that could bring weapons from the Philippines.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Perpetrator
On September 25, 2017, Juhanda was sentenced to life imprisonment. Juhanda was arrested and convicted along with four others, all five accused of belonging to the JAD group. The others received sentences ranging from six to seven years.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Aftermath
Immediately after the incident, several high Muslim organisations in Indonesia, such as Nahdlatul Ulama and Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) condemned the bombing, with MUI calling Intan's death as "a tragedy of humanity". President Joko Widodo immediately ordered the Indonesian National Police for a fully thorough investigation into the incident. The Chief of the Indonesian National Police General Tito Karnavian immediately stated to all Indonesians to "not panic" after the attack and stay calm. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Tjahjo Kumolo, immediately called the bombing as a terror attack. Jakarta's Religions Tolerance Forum condemned the bombing, calling it as "inhumane".


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Aftermath
Security measures were immediately taken after the bombing. Indonesian National Police ordered security measures to be taken in Oikumene Church after the bombing. Similar measures were taken in churches in Medan and Yogyakarta. The Vice Governor of East Java stated that the East Java Government, including the police, Indonesian National Soldier and Ulema to stay alert after the incident, and taken a "precaution steps" in order to detect terrorism in the region.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Aftermath
Shortly after the news of Intan's death broke, the hashtag #RIPIntan went viral on social media, with many Indonesians shared their disbelief and condemned the attack, especially knowing that the victim was a toddler. News articles and media in Indonesia immediately stated their sorrows and regrets for "not guarding Intan". Thousands of condolences were sent to Intan's relatives and next of kin. Those who sent condolences include President Joko Widodo, Ridwan Kamil, and many other political figures in Indonesia. On 14 November, a candlelight vigil, attended by hundreds of people, was held in Hotel Indonesia Roundabout (Bundaran HI) in Jakarta.


2016 Samarinda church bombing, Aftermath
Similar vigils were held throughout Indonesia, including in Samarinda and Pontianak. In Manado, the vigil was attended by hundreds of people from many religious beliefs. In Ambon, a peace rally was held immediately after the blast. Shortly after the incident, Muslim volunteers in Samarinda joined churchgoers to clean their church. Tolerance were shown between Muslims and non-Muslims in Purwakarta, Banyuwangi and Papua. A painting dedicated for Intan, depicting Intan as an angel with wings behind her back, immediately went viral after the incident.


2016 Samarkand Challenger
The 2016 Samarkand Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 20th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan between 9 and 14 May 2016.


2016 Samarkand Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2016 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles
Sergey Betov and Mikhail Elgin were the defending champions but lost to Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua in the semifinals.


2016 Samarkand Challenger – Doubles
Denis Matsukevich and Andrei Vasilevski won the title after defeating Hsieh Cheng-peng and Yang Tsung-hua 6–4, 5–7, [10–5] in the final.


2016 Samarkand Challenger – Singles
Teymuraz Gabashvili was the defending champion, but chose not to defend his title.


2016 Samarkand Challenger – Singles
Karen Khachanov won the title after defeating Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 in the final.


2016 Samawa bombing
On 1 May 2016, attacks targeted Iraq's deep Shiite south, with the explosion of twin suicide car bombs in the city of Samawa. At least 33 people were killed and 75 wounded.


2016 Samawa bombing, Bombing
The first blast took place near a local government building and the second one about 65 yards away at a bus station, police sources said. The death toll and wounded number is expected to keep rising. The blasts took place in Samawa, in southern Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attacks in Iraq's deep Shiite south, where incidents are considered rare. The bombers were named as Abu Dayyar al-Qurashi and Abu Zubayr al-Zaidi.


2016 Samford Bulldogs football team
The 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team represented Samford University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second year head coach Chris Hatcher and played their home games at Seibert Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Youngstown State in the first round.


2016 Sammarinese general election
General elections were held in San Marino on 20 November 2016 and 4 December 2016. The San Marino First alliance received a plurality of the popular vote, but fell short of a majority in the Grand and General Council, initially being allocated 25 seats. As no single bloc had won a majority of seats, a runoff was held on 4 December 2016 between the top two coalitions, San Marino First and Adesso.sm, to determine the winner of the majority prize. The second round saw Adesso.sm win with 58% of the vote, resulting in seats being reallocated and the winning alliance receiving 35 seats.


2016 Sammarinese general election, Electoral system
The 60 members of the Grand and General Council were elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated using the d'Hondt method. The electoral threshold is calculated by multiplying the number of parties running in the elections by 0.4, with a maximum possible threshold of 3.5%.


2016 Sammarinese general election, Electoral system
If no single bloc obtained an absolute majority, a runoff election would be held between the two most popular coalitions, of which the winner will obtain a majority prize – a seat bonus ensuring a majority.


2016 Sammarinese referendum
Four referendums were held in San Marino on 15 May 2016. Three of the four proposals were approved, with the repeal of law 137 rejected.


2016 Sammarinese referendum, Results
In order for the proposals to be approved, a quorum of at least 25% of registered voters voting in favour had to be reached, together with a majority of valid votes in favour.


2016 Samoa National League
The 2016 Samoa National League was the 26th edition of the Samoa National League, the top league of the Football Federation Samoa. This season was won by Lupe o le Soaga for the third recorded time.


2016 Samoa vs. Fiji rugby league test match
The 2016 Samoa vs. Fiji rugby league test match was played between Samoa and Fiji at Apia Park.


2016 Samoa vs. Fiji rugby league test match, Background
On 7 May 2016, it was confirmed that Apia would host a test-match between Samoa and Fiji on 8 October 2016, marking the 30th anniversary of rugby league in Samoa. John Grant, the Chief Executive of the Australian Rugby League Commission, shared his support for the test by confirming that an Australian registered referee would be provided along with senior staff and management to help with the organisation of the match.


2016 Samoa vs. Fiji rugby league test match, Squads
Samoa picked 6 débutantes for the test match, while Fiji selected four. All of the Samoan team had players based in the NRL except for Denny Solomona, who plays for Super League club Castleford Tigers. Fiji on the other hand had a fair share of National Rugby League, and New South Wales Cup players along with one domestic player, Pio Seci. Samoa's most capped player was Leeson Ah Mau, who made his 11th appearance for his country, while Fiji's most experienced player was James Storer, who also made his 11th appearance for his country.


2016 Samoa vs. Fiji rugby league test match, Squads
St. George Illawarra's Leeson Ah Mau captained Samoa, and Wests Tigers' Kevin Naiqama led Fiji.


2016 Samoa vs. Fiji rugby league test match, Match summary
Fiji won the match after trailing 18-0 at the 20 minute mark. Samoa were dominating proceedings in the opening quarter as they controlled most of the possession and territory but Fiji hit back in the back-end of the game with Samoa's errors ruining the home team's chances.


2016 Samoan general election
General elections were held in Samoa on 4 March 2016. The main contesting parties were that of incumbent Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP); and the Tautua Samoa Party (TSP). The HRPP secured a landslide victory, winning 35 of the 49 elected seats in the Legislative Assembly, while 12 independents subsequently joined them, strengthening Samoa's one-party rule and preventing the TSP from obtaining the eight seats required for recognition as a parliamentary party.


2016 Samoan general election, Electoral system
The 49 members of the Fono were elected from 49 single-member constituencies. All seats were elected using first-past-the-post voting. Universal suffrage was introduced in 1990, permitting Samoan citizens over the age of 21 to vote in person. Candidates were required to be at least 21 years of age, heads of their families and resident of the country for at least three years prior the nomination date. Civil servants and people with mental illness were ineligible to stand as candidates. People convicted for bribery or an electoral offense, and people given a prison sentence of more than two years (including the death sentence), were also ineligible. Around 116,000 electors were registered for the election.


2016 Samoan general election, Electoral system
The Constitution Amendment Act 2013 ensures a minimum of 10 per cent of seats in parliament were reserved for women.


2016 Samoan general election, Campaign
A total of 164 candidates (24 women) contested the elections: 83 from HRPP, 23 from TSP and 60 independents. Four candidates including the prime minister and caretaker Minister of Justice, Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa, were elected unopposed. Capital Radio Samoa predicted that the ruling party would win the elections.


2016 Samoan general election, Conduct
Voting commenced at 8am (UTC+14:00) and closed at 15:00 on 4 March. A liquor ban was imposed with effect from the voting day and till 06:00 the next morning. No violence was reported during the voting.


2016 Samoan general election, Results
The provisional results showed the ruling Human Rights Protection Party leading with 47 seats out of a maximum of 49. In the previous elections held in 2011, it won 36 seats and the Tautua Samoa Party emerged as the second largest party with 13 seats. The only non-HRPP winners in these elections were TSP deputy leader Aeau Peniamina and Ili Setefano Ta’ateo. A number of government ministers lost their seats to newcoming MPs, as did opposition leader Palusalue Fa’apo II. Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi thanked the citizens for "the overwhelming vote of confidence in our vision for [Samoa]".


2016 Samoan general election, Results
Four women MPs were elected and a fifth, the female candidate with the highest percentage of votes yet to be elected, was added to meet the quota requirements of 10% female MPs. Independent Rosa Duffy-Stowers, who got the third highest vote share in the Gagaifomauga constituency, was selected increasing the parliament's strength to 50 members.


2016 Samoan general election, Results
Olo Fiti Vaai, independent MP for Salega East, pledged to join the TSP at the restart of parliament.


2016 San Antonio FC season
The 2016 San Antonio FC season was the club's inaugural season. Including the San Antonio Thunder of the original NASL and the former San Antonio Scorpions of the modern NASL, this was the 7th season of professional soccer in San Antonio. The club played in the United Soccer League, the third tier of the United States soccer league system, and also participated in the U.S. Open Cup.