Big Central Soccer Conference

Big Central Soccer Conference

Sport	Association football
Founded	1987
Ceased	1991;32 years ago (1991)
Organising body	NCAA
Divisions	Division I
Country	United States
Region	Big Central

The Big Central Soccer Conference was a Division I soccer conference in the NCAA. It was originally known as the Big Central Six Soccer Conference. The founding members were Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIU Edwardsville or SIUE), Quincy College (now Quincy University), Marquette University, Northern Illinois University, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (now athletically branded as "Milwaukee"), with the University of Cincinnati joining in 1988. ^[1]

Three of the founding members—Quincy, SIU Edwardsville, and Wisconsin–Milwaukee—were Division II schools that played Division I men's soccer (Milwaukee moved to Division I for all sports in 1990, and SIUE did the same in 2008). The conference existed from 1987 through 1990 with nine member schools in its short history. In 1991, the primary conferences of all but the two remaining Division II schools, SIU Edwardsville and Quincy, sponsored competition in men's soccer. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Since only the two Division II schools had a need for the Big Central, the conference ceased to exist, and those two, Quincy and SIUE, joined the division II Great Lakes Valley Conference ^[7] in all sports following a brief period as independents and two seasons in the Mid-Continent Conference. ^[8]

Members

• Cincinnati Bearcats (1988–90) ^[2]
• Drake Bulldogs (1988–1990) ^{[3] [9]}
• Louisville Cardinals (1989–90) ^[4]
• Marquette Warriors (1987–88) ^{[10] [11]}
• Northern Illinois Huskies (1987–89) ^[12]
• Quincy Hawks (1987–90) ^[13]
• SIU Edwardsville Cougars (1987–90) ^[14]
• Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers (1987–1990) ^{[5] [15]}
• Wright State Raiders (1990) ^[6]

Standings

Sources: ^{[2] [4] [5] [6] [10] [12] [13] [14]}

1987 Big Central Soccer Conference standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Quincy 2 – 0 – 2 13 – 4 – 2 SIU Edwardsville 2 – 0 – 2 9 – 8 – 3 Wisconsin–Milwaukee 1 – 2 – 1 11 – 8 – 2 Marquette 1 – 2 – 1 9 – 11 – 1 Northern Illinois 1 – 3 – 0 6 – 10 – 2 Cincinnati* 0 – 0 – 0 9 – 9 – 1 Rankings from NSCAA *-Charter member did not compete 1988 Big Central Soccer Conference standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Quincy $ 5 – 1 – 0 12 – 6 – 2 SIU Edwardsville 4 – 2 – 0 10 – 9 – 2 Cincinnati 3 – 2 – 1 12 – 7 – 2 Wisconsin–Milwaukee 3 – 3 – 0 9 – 12 – 0 Drake 2 – 2 – 2 10 – 7 – 4 Marquette 2 – 3 – 1 12 – 7 – 2 Northern Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 7 – 10 – 1 $ – Conference champion Rankings from NSCAA

1989 Big Central Soccer Conference standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Cincinnati 5 – 1 – 0 14 – 4 – 1 Wisconsin–Milwaukee 5 – 1 – 0 12 – 5 – 3 Northern Illinois $ 4 – 2 – 0 14 – 4 – 2 Quincy 3 – 3 – 0 12 – 8 – 1 SIU Edwardsville 2 – 4 – 0 11 – 9 – 1 Drake 1 – 5 – 0 9 – 10 – 0 Louisville 1 – 5 – 0 8 – 11 – 2 $ – Conference champion Rankings from NSCAA 1990 Big Central Soccer Conference standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T No. 20 UW–Milwaukee $ 4 – 1 – 0 16 – 4 – 2 SIU Edwardsville 4 – 2 – 0 11 – 10 – 1 Drake 4 – 2 – 0 10 – 8 – 4 Wright State 3 – 1 – 0 12 – 6 – 2 Cincinnati 3 – 3 – 0 9 – 10 – 2 Quincy 1 – 4 – 0 7 – 11 – 0 Louisville 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 13 – 2 $ – Conference champion Rankings from NSCAA

Regular season champions

(From above)

• 1987 Quincy & SIUE
• 1988 Quincy
• 1989 UW-Milwaukee* & Cincinnati
• 1990 UW-Milwaukee
• * = Top seed on tiebreaker.

Tournament champions

• 1987 No tourney
• 1988 Quincy ^[2]
• 1989 Northern Illinois (Beat UW-M on PKs) ^[12]
• 1990 Wisconsin-Milwaukee ^{[5] [16]}

References

1. "SIUE kickers hope new league means playoffs". Alton, Illinois: Alton Telegraph. August 18, 1987. pp. 25 (on 19). Retrieved 31 March 2013.
2. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cinn/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2010supplement.pdf Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
3. "Drake Men's Soccer Yearbook". Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
4. http://www.guide.provations.com/louisville/louisville2011soccermens#pg65
5. "2012 Milwaukee Panthers Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. 2012. p. 60. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
6. "Men's Soccer".
7. "Home". glvcsports.com.
8. http://www.thesummitleague.org/RecordBook/MensSoccer.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
9. http://www.godrakebulldogs.com//pdf5/136351.pdf%5B%5D
10. "All-Time Series Histories - Marquette University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
11. Marquette did not adopt its current nickname of Golden Eagles until 1994.
12. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/niu/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/11-record-book.pdf Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
13. "2012 QU Men's Soccer Media Guide".
14. "2009 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Men's Soccer Guide".
15. Wisconsin–Milwaukee now brands itself for athletic purposes as "Milwaukee".
16. Schwabe, David (November 6, 1990). "Tuned into tournament". The Milwaukee Sentinel. pp. Page C1. Retrieved 31 October 2012.