2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

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2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Site Grand Park
Westfield, Indiana (Semifinals and Final)
Champions Minnesota (2nd title)
Winning coachStefanie Golan (2nd title)
MVP April Bockin (Offensive)
Maddie Nielsen (Defensive) (Minnesota)
Broadcast BTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament
«2017   2019»
2018 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 15 Penn St  y920 .8181551 .738
No. 25 Rutgers  y713 .7731135 .711
No. 22 Wisconsin  y623 .6821234 .737
Ohio State  y623 .682954 .611
Nebraska  533 .591975 .548
Illinois  650 .5451181 .575
Minnesota  y551 .5001182 .571
Michigan  551 .500991 .500
Northwestern  y443 .5001044 .667
Iowa  452 .455873 .528
Indiana  470 .364882 .500
Maryland  272 .2734105 .342
Purdue  173 .227684 .444
Michigan St  092 .0915103 .361
Conference champion
2018 Big Ten Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 6, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference

The 2018 Big Ten Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2018 season. [1] It is held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final. [1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. [1] Penn State is the defending champions. Minnesota beat Penn State in the tournament championship game on penalties 5–4 in seven rounds. Minnesota is the Big Ten Tournament Champion.It was the first Big Ten final ever decided on penalties and just the fifth to go to overtime (first since 2014), with the Golden Gophers becoming the fourth No. 7 seed to win the Big Ten Tournament title and the first since Wisconsin in 2005. [2]

Contents

Seeds

Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record.

SeedSchoolConference record
Pld.WLTGFGAGDPts.
1 Penn State 11920206+1427
2 Rutgers 11713126+624
3 Ohio State 11623129+321
4 Wisconsin 11623129+321
5 Illinois 116501210+218
6 Nebraska 115331512+318
7 Minnesota 115511614+216
8 Michigan 115511313016

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 28
Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 2
Final
Sunday, Nov. 4
         
1 Penn State 1
8 Michigan 0
1 Penn State1
5 Illinois 0
4 Wisconsin 2 (0)
5 Illinois 2 (3)
1 Penn State 0 (4)
7 Minnesota0 (5)
2 Rutgers 0
7 Minnesota 1
7 Minnesota2
6 Nebraska 0
3 Ohio State 0 (2)
6 Nebraska 0 (3)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 28, 2018 #1 Penn State 1–0 #8 Michigan State College, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Marissa Sheva Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report Stadium: Jeffrey Field
Attendance: 1534
Referee: Peter Dhima
Assistant referees: Timothy Suess
Assistant referees: Michael Gorsegner
Fourth official: Paul Gryszkiewicz
October 28, 2018 #4 Wisconsin 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)
#5 Illinois Madison, Wisconsin
1:00 p.m. EDT
Report
Stadium: McClimon Stadium
Attendance: 259
Referee: Micahael Allie
Assistant referees: Landon Albert
Assistant referees: Jordan Pramuk
Fourth official: Danielle Kaminski
Penalties
  • Dani Rhodes Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Lauren Rice Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Payton Wesley Soccerball shade cross.svg
October 28, 2018 #3 Ohio State 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)
#6 Nebraska Columbus, Ohio
2:00 p.m. EDT Report Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 292
Referee: Chris Ruska
Assistant referees: Brandon Klepach
Assistant referees: Justin Bell
Fourth official: Noah Matos
Penalties
  • Alyssa Baumbick Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Sarah Roberts Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Blair Cowan Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Haley Walker-Robinson Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Izzy Rodriguez Soccerball shade cross.svg
October 28, 2018 #2 Rutgers 0–1 #7 Minnesota Piscataway, New Jersey
1:00 p.m. EDT Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg87' April Bockin
Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1137
Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Assistant referees: Amber O'Connor
Assistant referees: David Bork
Fourth official: George Evanego

Semifinals

November 2, 2018 #1 Penn State 1–0 #5 Illinois Westfield, Indiana
11:00 a.m. CDT
  • Own Goal Soccerball shade.svg66' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 168
Referee: Marc Lawrence
Assistant referees: Jordan Pramuk
Assistant referees: Kyle Hannon
Fourth official: Rachel Smith
November 2, 2018 #6 Nebraska 0–2 #7 Minnesota Westfield, Indiana
1:30 p.m. CDT
  • Soccerball shade.svg2', 87' April Bockin
Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 168
Referee: Rebecca Pagan
Assistant referees: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Rachel Smith
Fourth official: Kyle Hannon

Final

November 4, 2018 #7 Minnesota 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
#1 Penn State Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. CDT Report Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 283
Referee: Art Arustamyan
Assistant referees: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Landon Albert
Fourth official: Marc Lawrence
Penalties
  • April Bockin Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Emily Heslin Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Haley Hartkemeyer Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Haley Mennes Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Emily Peterson Soccerball shad check.svg
  • TJ McKendrick Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Makenzie Langdok Soccerball shad check.svg

All-Tournament team

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals
1 Goal

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