2018 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament

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2018 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams6
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals site Shaw Field
Washington, D.C.
Champions Georgetown (3rd title)
Winning coach Brian Wiese (3rd title)
MVP Offensive: Ethan Lochner (Georgetown)
Defensive: Brendan McDonough (Georgetown)
Broadcast BEDN, FSG, FS2
Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
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2018 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Creighton 7 1 111 4 3
No. 13 Georgetown6 2 113 5 3
Providence 6 2 110 7 2
Marquette 5 3 17 9 3
Xavier 4 4 16 7 6
St. John's 3 3 37 8 3
DePaul 2 5 25 9 3
Villanova 2 6 17 8 2
Seton Hall 2 6 16 7 2
Butler 2 7 04 12 2
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2018 Big East men's soccer tournament, was the sixth men's soccer tournament of the new Big East Conference, formed in July 2013 after the original Big East Conference split into two leagues along football lines. Including the history of the original conference, it was the 23rd edition of the Big East tournament.

Contents

Georgetown repeated as champions, to earn their second-ever Big East soccer title, and their eighth overall NCAA Tournament berth. The Hoyas were the only Big East team to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament, which they were seeded 13th in the tournament. [1] In the tournament, the Hoyas knocked off Mid-American Conference regular season Champions, West Virginia. [2] [3]

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Creighton7–1–1
2Georgetown6–2–1GU 1–0 vs. PC
3Providence6–2–1PC 0–1 vs. GU
4Marquette5–3–1
5Xavier4–4–1
6St. John's3–3–3

Bracket

First round
Nov. 3
Semifinals
Nov. 7
Final
Nov. 11
1 Creighton 1 (9)
4 Marquette (pen.) 2 (7)4 Marquette (pen.) 1 (10)
5 Xavier 2 (6)4 Marquette 0
2 Georgetown 2
2 Georgetown 4
3 Providence 13 Providence 0
6 St. John's 0

Results

First round

No. 3 Providence 1–0No. 6 St. John's
Report
Anderson Stadium , Providence
Attendance: 859
Referee: Eric Tattersall

No. 4 Marquette 2–2 (a.e.t.)No. 5 Xavier
Report
Penalties
5–6
Valley Fields , Milwaukee
Attendance: 328
Referee: Carmen Serbio

Semifinals

No. 2 Georgetown 4–0No. 3 Providence
Report
Shaw Field , Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 577
Referee: Sergio Gonzalez

Final

No. 2 Georgetown 2–0No. 4 Marquette
Report
Shaw Field , Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 1,641
Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Statistics