2018 Big Ten men's soccer tournament
American college soccer tournament
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The 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer tournament is the 28th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Wisconsin enters the tournament as the defending champions. The Number 1 Seeded Indiana beat the number 3 seeded Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game 3 to 0. Indiana won its 13th Big Ten Tournament title.[1][2][3]
| 2018 Big Ten men's soccer tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 9 | ||||
| Matches | 8 | ||||
| First round site | Top Seed Campus Site | ||||
| Quarterfinals site | Higher seeds | ||||
| Semifinals site | Grand Park Westfield, Indiana | ||||
| Finals site | Grand Park Westfield, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Indiana (13th title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Todd Yeagley (2nd title) | ||||
| MVP | Cory Thomas and Andrew Gutman (Indiana) | ||||
| Broadcast | BTN | ||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Indiana ‡ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 20 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Michigan State + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 14 | – | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Michigan + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 12 | – | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Maryland + | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 15 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big Ten Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
All nine Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference record | |||||||
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| Pld. | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts. | ||
| 1 | Indiana | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 24 |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 18 |
| 3 | Michigan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 14 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 14 |
| 5 | Maryland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 12 |
| 6 | Penn State | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 |
| 7 | Rutgers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 6 |
| 8 | Northwestern | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 3 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 1 |
Bracket
| First Round November 3 | Quarterfinals November 4 | Semifinals November 9 | Championship November 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Indiana | 2OT | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Northwestern | 3 | 8 | Northwestern | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | Indiana (pen.) | 1 (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maryland | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maryland | 1OT | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Indiana | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Penn State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Rutgers | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Schedule
First round
| November 3, 2018 | #8 Northwestern | 3–1 | #9 Ohio State | Bloomington, Indiana |
| 1:00 p.m. EDT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 312 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Christian Little Jacob Little Fourth official: Nabil Bensalah |
Quarterfinals
| November 4, 2018 | #1 Indiana | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | #8 Northwestern | Bloomington, Indiana |
| 4:00 p.m. EDT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1005 Referee: Mark Kadlecik Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli Sean West Fourth official: Youssef Elmessoussi |
| November 4, 2018 | #4 Michigan State | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | #5 Maryland | East Lansing, Michigan |
| 1:00 p.m. EDT | Report |
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Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 638 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Andrew Bigelow Eulogio Villalpando Fourth official: John Douglas |
| November 4, 2018 | #3 Michigan | 3–1 | #6 Penn State | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 1:00 p.m. EDT |
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Report |
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Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1094 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Dimitrios Katsimingo Fourth official: Michael Allie |
| November 3, 2018 | #2 Wisconsin | 6–3 | #7 Rutgers | Madison, Wisconsin |
| 1:00 p.m. EDT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex Attendance: 219 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Heber Estrada Eulogio Villalpando Fourth official: Jorge Cuate |
Semifinals
| November 9, 2018 | #5 Maryland | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | #1 Indiana | Westfield, Indiana |
| 1:00 p.m. EDT |
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Report |
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Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 360 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Nikola Aleksic Michael Allie Fourth official: Josh Kelley |
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| November 9, 2018 | #2 Wisconsin | 0–1 | #3 Michigan | Westfield, Indiana |
| 3:30 p.m. EDT | Report |
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Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 360 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Ethan Buege Landon Albert Fourth official: Josh Kelley |
Final
| November 11, 2018 | #3 Michigan | 0–3 | #1 Indiana | Westfield, Indiana |
| 12:00 p.m. EDT | Report |
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Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 1700 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Assistant referees: Eulogio Vilalpando Anthony Vasoli Fourth official: Michael Allie |
Top goalscorers
- 2 goals
- Spencer Glass - Indiana
- Noah Melick - Wisconsin
- Matt Moderwell - Northwestern
- Umar Farouk Osman - Michigan
- 1 goal
- Alex Alfaro - Wisconsin
- Rece Buckmaster - Indiana
- Camden Buescher - Northwestern
- Ben Di Rosa - Maryland
- Ryan Gallagher - Penn State
- Brandon Golden - Rutgers
- Jeremaih Gutjahr - Indiana
- Andrew Gutman - Indiana
- Miles Hackett - Rutgers
- Jordan Hall - Rutgers
- Jack Hallahan - Michigan
- Noah Leibold - Wisconsin
- Sean Lynch - Northwestern
- Eric Matzelevich - Maryland
- Jake Scheper - Ohio State
- Isaac Schlenker - Wisconsin
- Cory Thomas - Indiana
- Marc Ybarra - Michigan
- Patrick Yim - Wisconsin
All-Tournament team
- Andrew Gutman, Indiana - Defensive Player of the Tournament
- Francesco Moore, Indiana
- Cory Thomas, Indiana - Offensive Player of the Tournament
- Amar Sejdic, Maryland
- Robbie Mertz, Michigan
- Jackson Ragen, Michigan
- Connor Corrigan, Michigan State
- Matt Moderwell, Northwestern
- Ryan Gallagher, Penn State
- Jordan Hall, Rutgers
- Isaac Schlenker, Wisconsin