2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 28th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Wisconsin enters the tournament as the defending champions. The Number 1 Seeded Indiana beat the number 3 seeded Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game 3 to 0. Indiana won its 13th Big Ten Tournament title.[1][2][3]

2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams9
Matches8
First round siteTop Seed Campus Site
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana
Finals siteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana
ChampionsIndiana (13th title)
Winning coachTodd Yeagley (2nd title)
MVPCory Thomas and Andrew Gutman (Indiana)
BroadcastBTN
Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
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2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Indiana 8 0 0  20 3 1
Wisconsin 6 2 0  10 6 2
No. 4 Michigan State + 4 2 2  14 5 4
No. 24 Michigan + 4 2 2  12 5 4
No. 1 Maryland + 4 4 0  12 6 4
Penn State 3 3 2  6 9 2
Rutgers 2 6 0  4 13 1
Northwestern 0 5 3  6 9 5
Ohio State 0 7 1  1 15 2
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference

Seeds

All nine Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.

Seed School Conference record
Pld. W L T GF GA GD Pts.
1 Indiana 8 8 0 0 13 3 +10 24
2 Wisconsin 8 6 2 0 12 8 +4 18
3 Michigan 8 4 2 2 11 6 +5 14
4 Michigan State 8 4 2 2 8 5 +3 14
5 Maryland 8 4 4 0 15 11 +4 12
6 Penn State 8 3 3 2 9 8 +1 11
7 Rutgers 8 2 6 0 8 16 -8 6
8 Northwestern 8 0 5 3 4 10 -6 3
9 Ohio State 8 0 7 1 5 18 -13 1

Bracket

[4]

  First Round
November 3
Quarterfinals
November 4
Semifinals
November 9
Championship
November 11
                                     
  1 Indiana 2OT  
  8 Northwestern 1  
8 Northwestern 3  
9 Ohio State 1
  1 Indiana (pen.) 1 (4)  
  5 Maryland 1 (3)  
4 Michigan State 0
5 Maryland 1OT  
  1 Indiana 3
  3 Michigan 0
3 Michigan 3  
6 Penn State 1  
  3 Michigan 1
  2 Wisconsin 0  
2 Wisconsin 6
7 Rutgers 3  

Schedule

First Round

November 3, 2018 #8 Northwestern3–1#9 Ohio StateBloomington, Indiana
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Sean Lynch  20'
  • Camden Buescher  77'
  • Matt Moderwell  87'
Report
  •  16' Jake Scheper
Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium
Attendance: 312
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
Assistant referees: Christian Little
Assistant referees: Jacob Little
Fourth official: Nabil Bensalah

Quarterfinals

November 4, 2018 #1 Indiana2–1 (a.e.t.)#8 NorthwesternBloomington, Indiana
4:00 p.m. EDT
Report
  •  88' Matt Moderwell
Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium
Attendance: 1005
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli
Assistant referees: Sean West
Fourth official: Youssef Elmessoussi
November 4, 2018 #4 Michigan State0–1 (a.e.t.)#5 MarylandEast Lansing, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT Report
  •  97' Eric Matzelevich
Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex
Attendance: 638
Referee: Carmen Serbio
Assistant referees: Andrew Bigelow
Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando
Fourth official: John Douglas
November 4, 2018 #3 Michigan3–1#6 Penn StateAnn Arbor, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Umar Farouk Osman  28'
  • Umar Farouk Osman  52'
  • Jack Hallahan  80'
Report
  •  42' Ryan Gallagher
Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1094
Referee: Nicholas Balcer
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Assistant referees: Dimitrios Katsimingo
Fourth official: Michael Allie
November 3, 2018 #2 Wisconsin6–3#7 RutgersMadison, Wisconsin
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Noah Leibold  30'
  • Patrick Yim  43'
  • Isaac Schlenker  49'
  • Noah Melick  69'
  • Noah Melick  76'
  • Alex Alfaro  82'
Report
  •  10' Brandon Golden
  •  13' Miles Hackett
  •  37' Jordan Hall
Stadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex
Attendance: 219
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov
Assistant referees: Heber Estrada
Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando
Fourth official: Jorge Cuate

Semifinals

November 9, 2018 #5 Maryland1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#1 IndianaWestfield, Indiana
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Ben Di Rosa  71'
Report
  •  60' Andrew Gutman
Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 360
Referee: Calin Radosav
Assistant referees: Nikola Aleksic
Assistant referees: Michael Allie
Fourth official: Josh Kelley
Penalties
  • Amar Sejdic
  • Chase Gasper
  • Mike Heitzmann
  • Vinicius Lansade
  • Johannes Bergmann
  • Francesco Moore
  • Rece Buckmaster
  • Austin Panchot
  • Jeremiah Gutjahr
  • Cory Thomas
November 9, 2018 #2 Wisconsin0–1#3 MichiganWestfield, Indiana
3:30 p.m. EDT Report
  •  20' Marc Ybarra
Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 360
Referee: Sergio Gonzalez
Assistant referees: Ethan Buege
Assistant referees: Landon Albert
Fourth official: Josh Kelley

Final

November 11, 2018 #3 Michigan0–3#1 IndianaWestfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. EDT Report
  • Cory Thomas  6'
  • Jeremiah Gutjahr  72'
  • Spencer Glass  74'
Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 1700
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Assistant referees: Eulogio Vilalpando
Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli
Fourth official: Michael Allie

Top goalscorers

2 goals
  • Spencer Glass - Indiana
  • Noah Melick - Wisconsin
  • Matt Moderwell - Northwestern
  • Umar Farouk Osman - Michigan
1 goal
  • Alex Alfaro - Wisconsin
  • Rece Buckmaster - Indiana
  • Camden Buescher - Northwestern
  • Ben Di Rosa - Maryland
  • Ryan Gallagher - Penn State
  • Brandon Golden - Rutgers
  • Jeremaih Gutjahr - Indiana
  • Andrew Gutman - Indiana
  • Miles Hackett - Rutgers
  • Jordan Hall - Rutgers
  • Jack Hallahan - Michigan
  • Noah Leibold - Wisconsin
  • Sean Lynch - Northwestern
  • Eric Matzelevich - Maryland
  • Jake Scheper - Ohio State
  • Isaac Schlenker - Wisconsin
  • Cory Thomas - Indiana
  • Marc Ybarra - Michigan
  • Patrick Yim - Wisconsin

All-Tournament Team

[5]

  • Andrew Gutman, Indiana - Defensive Player of the Tournament
  • Francesco Moore, Indiana
  • Cory Thomas, Indiana - Offensive Player of the Tournament
  • Amar Sejdic, Maryland
  • Robbie Mertz, Michigan
  • Jackson Ragen, Michigan
  • Connor Corrigan, Michigan State
  • Matt Moderwell, Northwestern
  • Ryan Gallagher, Penn State
  • Jordan Hall, Rutgers
  • Isaac Schlenker, Wisconsin

See also

References

  1. "2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  2. "Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  3. "Big Ten Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  4. "Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. "Indiana Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Championship". Bigten,org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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