2018 Big Ten men's soccer tournament

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2018 Big Ten men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams9
Matches8
First round siteTop Seed Campus Site
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals site Grand Park
Westfield, Indiana
Finals siteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana
Champions Indiana (13th title)
Winning coach Todd Yeagley (2nd title)
MVP Cory Thomas and Andrew Gutman (Indiana)
Broadcast BTN
Big Ten men's soccer tournament
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2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Indiana8 0 020 3 1
Wisconsin 6 2 010 6 2
No. 4 Michigan State + 4 2 214 5 4
No. 24 Michigan + 4 2 212 5 4
No. 1 Maryland + 4 4 012 6 4
Penn State 3 3 26 9 2
Rutgers 2 6 04 13 1
Northwestern 0 5 36 9 5
Ohio State 0 7 11 15 2
  • $ Conference champion
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference

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]

Contents

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.

SeedSchoolConference record
Pld.WLTGFGAGDPts.
1 Indiana 8800133+1024
2 Wisconsin 8620128+418
3 Michigan 8422116+514
4 Michigan State 842285+314
5 Maryland 84401511+412
6 Penn State 833298+111
7 Rutgers 8260816-86
8 Northwestern 8053410-63
9 Ohio State 8071518-131

Bracket

[4]

First Round
November 3
Quarterfinals
November 4
Semifinals
November 9
Championship
November 11
1 Indiana 2OT
8 Northwestern 38 Northwestern 1
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 Northwestern 3–1 #9 Ohio State Bloomington, Indiana
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Sean Lynch Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Camden Buescher Soccerball shade.svg77'
  • Matt Moderwell Soccerball shade.svg87'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg16' 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 Indiana 2–1 (a.e.t.) #8 Northwestern Bloomington, Indiana
4:00 p.m. EDT
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg88' 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 State 0–1 (a.e.t.) #5 Maryland East Lansing, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT Report
  • Soccerball shade gold.svg 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 Michigan 3–1 #6 Penn State Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Umar Farouk Osman Soccerball shade.svg28'
  • Umar Farouk Osman Soccerball shade.svg52'
  • Jack Hallahan Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg42' 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 Wisconsin 6–3 #7 Rutgers Madison, Wisconsin
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Noah Leibold Soccerball shade.svg30'
  • Patrick Yim Soccerball shade.svg43'
  • Isaac Schlenker Soccerball shade.svg49'
  • Noah Melick Soccerball shade.svg69'
  • Noah Melick Soccerball shade.svg76'
  • Alex Alfaro Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg10' Brandon Golden
  • Soccerball shade.svg13' Miles Hackett
  • Soccerball shade.svg37' 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 Maryland 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
#1 Indiana Westfield, Indiana
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Ben Di Rosa Soccerball shade.svg71'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg60' 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 Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Chase Gasper Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Mike Heitzmann Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Vinicius Lansade Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Johannes Bergmann Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Francesco Moore
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Rece Buckmaster
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Austin Panchot
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jeremiah Gutjahr
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Cory Thomas
November 9, 2018 #2 Wisconsin 0–1 #3 Michigan Westfield, Indiana
3:30 p.m. EDT Report 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 Michigan 0–3 #1 Indiana Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. EDT Report
  • Cory Thomas Soccerball shade.svg6'
  • Jeremiah Gutjahr Soccerball shade.svg72'
  • Spencer Glass Soccerball shade.svg74'
Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 1700
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Assistant referees: Eulogio Vilalpando
Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli
Fourth official: Michael Allie

Top goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

All-Tournament team

[5]

See also

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