2016 Big East Conference women's soccer season

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Big East Conference
Season2016
2015
2017
2016 Big East Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Marquette  y720 .7781282 .591
DePaul  720 .7781063 .605
No. 3 Georgetown  y612 .7781923 .854
St. John's  522 .6671145 .675
Providence  531 .6111172 .600
Butler  441 .5001172 .600
Creighton  450 .444962 .588
Villanova  270 .2224140 .222
Seton Hall  180 .1115111 .324
Xavier  180 .1117111 .395
Conference champion
2016 Big East Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of 2016-11-21
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2016 Big East Conference women's soccer season was the fourth season for the newly realigned Big East Conference. [1]

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The St. John's Red Storm are the defending regular season champions. [2] [3] The Butler Bulldogs are the defending tournament champions. [4]

Changes from 2015

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Butler Bulldogs Indianapolis, Indiana Butler Bowl 7,500
Creighton Bluejays Omaha, Nebraska Morrison Stadium 6,000
DePaul Blue Demons Chicago, Illinois Cacciatore Stadium 1,200
Georgetown Hoyas Washington, D.C. Shaw Field 2,000
Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee, Wisconsin Valley Fields 1,600
Providence Friars Providence, Rhode Island Glay Field 3,000
St. John's Red Storm Jamaica, New York Belson Stadium 2,168
Seton Hall Pirates South Orange, New Jersey Owen T. Carroll Field 1,800
Villanova Wildcats Villanova, Pennsylvania Villanova Soccer Complex 1,000
Xavier Musketeers Cincinnati, Ohio XU Soccer Complex 1,500

Regular season

Results

Team/opponent BUT CRE DEP GEO MRQ PC STJ SET VIL XAV
Butler Bulldogs
Creighton Bluejays
DePaul Blue Demons
Georgetown Hoyas
Marquette Golden Eagles
Providence Friars
St. John's Red Storm
Seton Hall Pirates
Villanova Wildcats
Xavier Musketeers

Rankings

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ButlerC
CreightonC
DePaulC
GeorgetownC
MarquetteC
ProvidenceC
Seton HallC
St. John'sC
VillanovaC
XavierC

Postseason

Big East tournament

Tournament details to be announced.

NCAA tournament

SeedRegionSchool1st round2nd round3rd roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship

All-Big East awards and teams

2016 Big East Women's Soccer Individual Awards
AwardRecipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Freshman of the Year
2016 Big East Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First TeamSecond TeamRookie Team

See also

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