2023 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament

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2023 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification Division I
Teams8
Matches7
Attendance4,405
First round siteTop Seed Campus Site
Semifinals site Maryland SoccerPlex
Boyds, Maryland
Finals siteMaryland SoccerPlex
Boyds, Maryland
Champions Xavier (1st title)
Winning coachJohn Higgins (1st title)
MVP Taylor Rhinehart (Offensive)
Johnny Mennell (Defensive) (Xavier)
BroadcastBig East Network (Quarterfinals and Semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final)
Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
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2023 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East
No. 16 Georgetown + 6 1 113 3 3
Providence 4 2 28 6 3
St. John's 3 1 48 4 5
UConn 4 4 09 8 1
Seton Hall 3 4 18 6 3
Villanova 1 4 31 8 7
Midwest
Xavier4 1 39 4 6
Creighton 3 3 24 7 6
Akron 2 1 59 2 7
Butler 1 3 42 7 6
DePaul 1 4 33 7 5
Marquette 1 5 27 6 3
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big East

The 2023 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament was the post-season women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from November 4 to 12, 2023. The eight-match tournament took place at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland for the semifinals and finals, while the first round was hosted by the higher seeded team. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Creighton Bluejays. [1] They were unable to defend their title, losing as the sixth seed in the first round to Providence. Xavier finished as tournament champions after defeating Georgetown in a penalty shoot-out in the Final. [2] [3] This was the first Big East title in program history for Xavier, and the first for head coach John Higgins. [4] As tournament champions, Xavier earned the Big East's automatic place in the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Contents

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2023 tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and seventh seeds of the tournament as Creighton and Akron both finished with eleven conference regular season points. Creighton earned the sixth seed by virtue of a 3–2 regular season win over Akron on October 18. [5]

SeedSchoolConference recordPoints
1 Georgetown 6–1–119
2 Xavier 4–1–315
3 Providence 4–2–214
4 St. John's 3–1–413
5 UConn 4–4–012
6 Creighton 3–3–211
7 Akron 2–1–511
8 Seton Hall 3–4–110

Bracket

First round
Saturday, Nov. 4
Semifinals
Thursday, Nov. 9
Final
Sunday, Nov. 12
         
1 Georgetown 2
8 Seton Hall 1
1 Georgetown 2
5 UConn 0
4 St. John's 1
5 UConn (a.e.t.)2
1 Georgetown 0 (4)
2 Xavier (pen.)0 (5)
3 Providence 3
6 Creighton 0
3 Providence 0
2 Xavier 1
2 Xavier 1
7 Akron 0

Schedule

First Round

November 4 #1 Georgetown 2–1 #8 Seton Hall Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. ET
  • Kyle Linhares Soccerball shade.svg12'
  • Zach Zengue Yellow card.svg 50'
  • Max Viera Yellow card.svg 72'
  • Matthew Van Horn Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg51' Hugo Gerbore
  • Yellow card.svg 60' Thomas Nunez
  • Red card.svg 64' Konstantin Donalies
Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chico Grajeda
Assistant referees: Max Elsasser
Assistant referees: Max Smith
Fourth official: Ryan Meyers
November 4 #3 Providence 3–0 #6 Creighton Providence, RI
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Brendan McSorley Soccerball shade.svg1', 76'
  • Lukas Burns Yellow card.svg 65'
  • Bruno Rosa Soccerball shade.svg70'
  • Rodrigo Vaza Yellow card.svg 80'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 26' Giorgio Probo
  • Yellow card.svg 84' Luke Mitchell
Stadium: Chapey Field
Attendance: 1,105
Referee: Carlos Fernandez
Assistant referees: Risto Georgiev
Assistant referees: Will Ferris
Fourth official: John Jordan
November 4 #4 St. John's 1–2 (a.e.t.) #5 UConn New York, NY
6:00 p.m. ET
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg21' Scott Testori
  • Yellow card.svg 67' Nicholas Tomerius
  • Soccerball shade.svg102' Eli Conway
  • Yellow card.svg 102' Team
Stadium: Belson Stadium
Attendance: 717
Referee: Gregory DeMello
Assistant referees: Alex Rusu
Assistant referees: Hector Rueda
Fourth official: William Pottorff
November 4 #2 Xavier 1–0 #7 Akron Norwood, OH
7:00 p.m. ET
  • Grayson Elmquist Soccerball shade.svg57'
  • Cooper Forcellini Yellow card.svg 59'
  • George Waites Yellow card.svg 62'
  • Taylor Rhinehart Yellow card.svg 76'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 29' Yellow-red card.svg 64' Ashton Kamdem
  • Yellow card.svg 33' Jason Shokalook
  • Yellow card.svg 51' Josef Paulus
  • Yellow card.svg 74' Alejandro Varela
  • Red card.svg 90' Carter Cormier
Stadium: Corcoran Field
Attendance: 396
Referee: Sergio Gonzales
Assistant referees: Brian Apwisch
Assistant referees: Cory Richardson
Fourth official: Britton Maier

Semifinals

November 9 #2 Xavier 1–0 #3 Providence Boyds, MD
4:00 p.m. ET
  • Taylor Rhinehart Soccerball shade.svg48', Yellow card.svg 65'
  • Jonny Mennell Yellow card.svg 73'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 51' Miguel Candela
  • Yellow card.svg 53' Brendan McSorley
  • Yellow card.svg 58' Rodrigo Vaza
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 457
Referee: Stephen Foster
Assistant referees: Israel Campos
Assistant referees: Randal Von Steuben
Fourth official: Max Smith
November 9 #1 Georgetown 2–0 #5 UConn Boyds, MD
6:30 p.m. ET
  • Kenny Nielsen Yellow card.svg 31'
  • Marlon Tabora Soccerball shade.svg70'
  • Max Viera Soccerball shade.svg88'
Report
  • Yellow card.svg 76' Yellow-red card.svg Moussa Wade
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Nicolas Tomerius
  • Yellow card.svg 90' Guillaume Vacter
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Mark Remsa
Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey
Fourth official: Sharon Gingrich

Final

November 12 #1 Georgetown 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
#2 Xavier Boyds, MD
11:00 a.m. ET Report Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 727
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
Assistant referees: Robert Cordrey
Assistant referees: Jason Blight
Fourth official: Peter Dhima
Penalties
  • Joe Buck Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Ronan Dillow Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Kyle Linhares Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Jacob Murrell Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Blaine Mabie Soccerball shad check.svg
  • Trevor Burns Soccerball shade cross.svg
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Makel Rasheed
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Grayson Elmquist
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Guilherme Vivaldini
  • Soccerball shade cross.svg Cooper Forcellini
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Jonny Mennell
  • Soccerball shad check.svg Lotem Ben Dov

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 1.86 goals per match (as of November 12, 2023).

2 goals

  • Brendan McSorley – Providence

1 goal

  • Kyle Linhares – Georgetown
  • Marlon Tabora – Georgetown
  • Matthew Van Horn – Georgetown
  • Max Viera – Georgetown
  • Bruno Rosa – Providence
  • Hugo Gerbore – Seton Hall
  • Lenny Cidolit – St. John's
  • Eli Conway – UConn
  • Scott Testori – UConn
  • Grayson Elmquist – Xavier
  • Taylor Rhinehart – Xavier

All-Tournament team

Source: [6]

PlayerTeam
Kenny Nielsen Georgetown
Kieran Sargeant
Marlon Tabora
Miguel Candela Providence
Brendan McSorley
Eli Conway UConn
Scott Testori
Dylan Kropp Xavier
Johnny Mennell^
Makel Rasheed
Taylor Rhinehart*


* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

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