2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season

2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season
2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 25, 2017 – November 1, 2017
Teams	10
2018 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Eric Dick, Butler
Picked by	Sporting Kansas City, 13th overall
Regular Season
Season champions	Butler
Runners-up	Georgetown
Season MVP	FW: Brandon Guhl, Butler; MF: Ricky Lopez-Espin, Creighton; DF: David Enstrom, St. John's; GK: Erick Dick, Butler;
Tournament
Champions	Georgetown
Runners-up	Xavier
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LeagueNCAA Division I

SportSoccer

DurationAugust 25, 2017 – November 1, 2017

Teams10

2017 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Butler +	8	–	1	–	0	14	–	5	–	2
No. 16 Georgetown ‡	6	–	2	–	1	14	–	4	–	2
Saint John's	5	–	2	–	2	9	–	7	–	3
Xavier	5	–	4	–	0	11	–	6	–	3
Providence	2	–	2	–	5	5	–	8	–	5
Creighton	3	–	4	–	2	9	–	7	–	2
Marquette	3	–	5	–	1	3	–	11	–	2
Seton Hall	3	–	6	–	0	6	–	10	–	1
DePaul	2	–	6	–	1	5	–	11	–	2
Villanova	2	–	7	–	0	7	–	11	–	0

‡ – 2017 Big East Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the fifth season for the newly realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this was the 22nd season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name.

The regular season began on August 25, 2017 and concluded on November 1, 2017. Butler won the regular season title. The 2017 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to decide the Big East champion, and the conference's automatic berth to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship began on November 4, 2017 and concluded with the championship match on November 12, 2017.^[1] Georgetown defeated Xavier in the championship game, 2–1, on a golden goal by Declan McCabe.^[2]

Butler and Georgetown both qualified for the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Georgetown entered as an automatic berth, while Butler had an at-large berth. Georgetown was eliminated in the first round by SMU,^[3] while Butler reached the round of 16 before losing to Wake Forest.^[4]^[5]

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Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Big East record^[6]	NCAA Tournaments^[7]	NCAA College Cups^[7]	NCAA Titles^[7]
Butler	Paul Snape	Michigan (asst.)	7	52–40–20 (.554)	52–40–20 (.554)	18–16–2 (.528)	1	0	0
Creighton	Elmar Bolowich	North Carolina	7	375–173–52 (.668)	95–29–12 (.743)	23–10–3 (.681)	23	6	2
DePaul	Craig Blazer	U.S. national team (coordinator)	17	97–166–38 (.385)	97–166–38 (.385)	38–67–12 (.376)	1	0	0
Georgetown	Brian Wiese	Notre Dame (assistant)	12	118–61–25 (.640)	118–61–25 (.640)	58–32–7 (.634)	4	1	0
Marquette	Louis Bennett	Milwaukee	12	208–161–48 (.556)	73–97–31 (.440)	31–58–17 (.373)	7	0	0
Providence	Craig Stewart	Franklin Pierce	6	overall	55–35–11 (.599)
Seton Hall	Gerson Echeverry	Seton Hall (asst.)	6
St. John's	David Masur	Montclair State	27
Villanova	Tom Carlin	Villanova (asst.)	10
Xavier	Andy Fleming	Northwestern	8

Team	CSN^[8]	TDS^[9]	Total Signees
Butler	NR	TDS	Total
Creighton	NR	TDS	Total
DePaul	NR	TDS	Total
Georgetown	8	TDS	Total
Marquette	NR	TDS	Total
Providence	NR	TDS	Total
Seton Hall	NR	TDS	Total
St. John's	NR	TDS	Total
Villanova	NR	TDS	Total
Xavier	NR	TDS	Total

	Team ranking	First place votes	Raw points
1.	Providence	9	81
2.	Creighton	1	70
3.	Butler	0	68
4.	Villanova	0	52
5.	Georgetown	0	46
6.	Xavier	0	45
7.	Marquette	0	30
8.	St. John's	0	27
9.	DePaul	0	21
10.	Seton Hall	0	21

Award	Recipient(s)
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year	Mac Steeves, Providence^[a]
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year	Cory Brown, Xavier^[b]
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year	JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown^[c]
Preseason All-Big East XI^[d]	Ricky Lopez-Espin, Creighton
	Mac Steeves, Providence
	Harry Cooksley, St. John's^[e]
	Lewis Suddick, Butler
	Jared Timmer, Butler
	Chris Lema, Georgetown
	Luka Prpa, Marquette
	Andreas Bartosinksi, Villanova
	Lucas Stauffer, Creighton
	Mark Jecewiz, Providence
	Cory Brown, Xavier^[e]
	JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown

		Pre^[11]	Wk 1^[12]	Wk 2^[13]	Wk 3^[14]	Wk 4^[15]	Wk 5^[16]	Wk 6^[17]	Wk 7^[18]
Butler	C	25	17	21	RV	RV	22	15	20
Creighton	C	14	23	RV	RV	NR	25	RV	NR
DePaul	C
Georgetown	C		RV	18	9	16	14	10	9
Marquette	C
Providence	C	12	RV	RV	NR
Seton Hall	C
St. John's	C
Villanova	C
Xavier	C					RV	NR

2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season

Changes from 2016

Head coaches

Preseason

Recruiting

Preseason poll

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Regular season

Rankings

United Soccer Coaches National

United Soccer Coaches Great Lakes Regional

Postseason

Big East Tournament

NCAA Tournament

Awards

Draft picks

Notable non-draft signees

See also

Notes

References

Related Articles

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Semifinals			Final

1	Butler	2 (1)

4	Xavier (pen.)	2 (4)
			4	Xavier	1

			2	Georgetown (2OT)	2
2	Georgetown	2

3	St. John's	1

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
14	Chapel Hill	Georgetown	BYE	L 1–2^2OT vs. SMU – (Washington, D.C.)
—	Winston-Salem	Butler	W 2–0 vs. Lipscomb – (Indianapolis)	W 3–2 vs. #16 VCU – (Richmond)	L 0–2 vs. #1 Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)

Award	Recipient(s)
2017 B1G Men's Soccer Individual Awards^[19]
Offensive Players of the Year	Brandon Guhl, So., Butler Ricky Lopez-Espin, Sr., Creighton
Midfielder of the Year	Harry Cooksley, Sr., St. John's
Defensive Player of the Year	David Enstrom, Sr., St. John's
Goalkeeper of the Year	Eric Dick, RS-Sr., Butler
Coach of the Year	Paul Snape, Butler
Freshman of the Year	Derek Dodson, Fr., Georgetown

First Team	Second Team	Freshman Team
2017 B1G Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams^[19]
Forwards: Brandon Guhl, So., Butler‡ Ricky Lopez-Espin, Sr., Creighton‡ Mac Steeves, RS-Sr., Providence Midfielders: Harry Cooksley, Sr., St. John’s Chris Lema, Sr., Georgetown Lewis Suddick, So., Butler Defenders: Cory Brown, Sr., Xavier David Enstrom, Sr., St. John’s Brendan McDonough, Jr., Georgetown Lucas Stauffer, Sr., Creighton Goalkeeper: Eric Dick, RS-Sr., Butler	Forwards: Derek Dodson, Fr., Georgetown Declan McCabe, Sr., Georgetown Matt Vasquenza, Sr., Xavier Midfielders: Andres Arcila, Jr., Seton Hall Noah Franke, Sr., Creighton Simen Hestnes, Jr., Xavier Luka Prpa, So., Marquette Defenders: Shane Bradley, So., Villanova Joe Moulden, Jr., Butler Cameron Taylor, RS-Jr., Xavier Goalkeeper: JT Marcinkowski, Jr., Georgetown	Forwards: Matt DePerro, Providence Derek Dodson, Georgetown‡ Jack Shearer, St. John’s‡ Midfielders: Jacob Montes, Georgetown‡ Kuba Polat, Creighton‡ Theo Quartey, Villanova Istvan Wilhelms, DePaul Defenders: Samuel Buzzas, Xavier Manuel Cukaj, Marquette Sean O’Hearn, Georgetown Goalkeeper: Zach Nelson, Xavier

Round	Pick #	MLS team	Player	Position	College	Other
1	13	Sporting Kansas City	Eric Dick	GK	Butler	^[20]
2	26	Vancouver Whitecaps	Lucas Stauffer	DF	Creighton	^[21]
2	33	Real Salt Lake	Ricky Lopez-Espin	FW	Creighton	^[22]
2	34	FC Dallas	Chris Lema	MF	Georgetown	^[23]
2	43	Houston Dynamo	Mac Steeves	FW	Providence	^[24]
3	62	Vancouver Whitecaps	Cory Brown	DF	Xavier	^[25]
4	80	FC Dallas	Noah Franke	DF	Creighton	^[26]

Player	Position	College	Moving to	Acquired	Ref.
Harry Cooksley	MF	St. John's	Mallorca	Free transfer	^[27]
JT Marcinkowski	GK	Georgetown	San Jose Earthquakes	Homegrown player	^[28]

v t e Big East Conference men's soccer
Teams	Akron Zips Butler Bulldogs Creighton Bluejays DePaul Blue Demons Georgetown Hoyas Marquette Golden Eagles Providence Friars St. John's Red Storm Seton Hall Pirates UConn Huskies Villanova Wildcats Xavier Musketeers
Championships & awards	Big East Tournament
Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
Tournament	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll