2018 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament

2018 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
2018 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Quarterfinals site	Higher seeds
Semifinals site	Higher 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
«2017	2019»

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.

2018 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Creighton	7	–	1	–	1	11	–	4	–	3
No. 13 Georgetown ‡	6	–	2	–	1	13	–	5	–	3
Providence	6	–	2	–	1	10	–	7	–	2
Marquette	5	–	3	–	1	7	–	9	–	3
Xavier	4	–	4	–	1	6	–	7	–	6
St. John's	3	–	3	–	3	7	–	8	–	3
DePaul	2	–	5	–	2	5	–	9	–	3
Villanova	2	–	6	–	1	7	–	8	–	2
Seton Hall	2	–	6	–	1	6	–	7	–	2
Butler	2	–	7	–	0	4	–	12	–	2


‡ – 2018 Big East Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

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 edit

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Creighton	7–1–1
2	Georgetown	6–2–1	GU 1–0 vs. PC
3	Providence	6–2–1	PC 0–1 vs. GU
4	Marquette	5–3–1
5	Xavier	4–4–1
6	St. John's	3–3–3

Bracket edit

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	1	3	Providence	0
6	St. John's	0

Results edit

First round edit

November 3

7:00 p.m. EST

No. 3 Providence	1–0	No. 6 St. John's
Deperro 14' Constantine 72' Kline 83'	Report	Rivas 52' Aquilon 86'

Anderson Stadium, Providence

Attendance: 859

Referee: Eric Tattersall

November 3

8:00 p.m. EST

No. 4 Marquette	2–2 (a.e.t.)	No. 5 Xavier
Prpa 64' 77' Núñez 72'	Report	Otim 12' Sergi 83' Hestnes 84' Wilson 85'
Penalties
Prpa Seagrist Coan Núñez Alba Sanchez Posarelli Salmeron Villa	5–6	Sergi Hestnes Goodall Pauer Nance Boe-Tangen Otim Belle Curran

Valley Fields, Milwaukee

Attendance: 328

Referee: Carmen Serbio

Semifinals edit

November 7

2:00 p.m. EST

No. 2 Georgetown	4–0	No. 3 Providence
Zájec 30' Strassner 59' Lochner 80', 81'	Report

Shaw Field, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 577

Referee: Sergio Gonzalez

November 7

8:00 p.m. EST

No. 1 Creighton	1–1 (a.e.t.)	No. 4 Marquette
Haakenson 23'	Report	Prpa 25'
Penalties
Koenig Fohr Ward LaGro Rydstrand Boudadi Macchione Tashiro Espeleta Haakenson Koenig Fohr	9–10	Prpa Coan Wegner Seagrist C. Alba M. Alba Sunesson Posarelli Villa Bohm Prpa Coan

Morrison Stadium, Omaha

Attendance: 1,352

Referee: John McCloskey

Final edit

November 11

2:00 p.m. EST

No. 2 Georgetown	2–0	No. 4 Marquette
McDonough 11' Achara 70'	Report

Shaw Field, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 1,641

Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Statistics edit

Goals edit

Rank	Player	College	Goals
1	Ethan Lochner	Georgetown	2
1	Luka Prpa	Marquette	2
2	Matt Deperro	Providence	1
	Diego Núñez	Marquette
	Luke Haakenson	Creighton
	Derrick Otim	Xavier
	Samson Sergi	Xavier
	Riley Strassner	Georgetown
	Kyle Zajec	Georgetown

Assists edit

Rank	Player	College	Assists
1	Patrick Seagrist	Marquette	3
2	Simen Hestnes	Xavier	2
3	Cameron Belle	Xavier	1
	Brendan Constantine	Providence
	Jacob Montes	Georgetown
	Dylan Nealis	Georgetown
	Kevin Vang	Providence
	Zak Wegner	Marquette

All Tournament Team edit

Tournament Offensive MVP: Ethan Lochner, Georgetown^[4]
Tournament Defensive MVP: Brendan McDonough, Georgetown^[4]

All-Tournament team:^[5]

Ifunanyachi Achara, Georgetown
Ethan Lochner, Georgetown
Brendan McDonough, Georgetown
Kyle Zajec, Georgetown
Luis Barraza, Marquette
Luka Prpa, Marquette

Patrick Seagrist, Marquette
Joel Rydstrand, Creighton
Akeem Ward, Creighton
Brendan Constantine, Providence
João Serrano, Providence

References edit

^ "NCAA soccer: DI men's 2018 tournament bracket released; Wake Forest is No. 1 seed". ncaa.com. NCAA. November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ Goff, Steven (November 18, 2018). "NCAA soccer tournaments: Georgetown men and women advance with home victories". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ "Georgetown eliminates West Virginia men's soccer team in 2nd round of NCAA tourney". The Dominion Post. Raese Publishing. November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Hoyas Win Second Straight BIG EAST Championship". guhoyas.com. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
^ "Georgetown Repeats As #BEfútbol Champions". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

External links edit

Big East Men's Soccer Tournament

[1] "NCAA soccer: DI men's 2018 tournament bracket released; Wake Forest is No. 1 seed". ncaa.com. NCAA. November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[2] Goff, Steven (November 18, 2018). "NCAA soccer tournaments: Georgetown men and women advance with home victories". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[3] "Georgetown eliminates West Virginia men's soccer team in 2nd round of NCAA tourney". The Dominion Post. Raese Publishing. November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[honors-4] "Hoyas Win Second Straight BIG EAST Championship". guhoyas.com. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[5] "Georgetown Repeats As #BEfútbol Champions". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

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