2017 Big Ten men's soccer tournament

2017 Big Ten men's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams9
Matches8
First round siteU-M Soccer Stadium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana
Finals siteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana
ChampionsWisconsin (2nd title)
Winning coachJohn Trask (1st title)
MVPTom Barlow and Phillipp Schilling (Wisconsin)
BroadcastBTN
Big Ten men's soccer tournament
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2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Michigan + 6 – 1 – 1 12 – 6 – 2
No. 2 Indiana + 5 – 0 – 3 18 – 1 – 6
No. 6 Michigan State + 5 – 0 – 3 13 – 3 – 4
Maryland + 5 – 1 – 2 10 – 5 – 4
No. 10 Wisconsin ‡ 4 – 3 – 1 12 – 5 – 5
Ohio State 3 – 5 – 0 8 – 10 – 1
Penn State 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 10 – 2
Northwestern 1 – 7 – 0 7 – 12 – 0
Rutgers 0 – 8 – 0 4 – 13 – 1
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer tournament was the 27th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Maryland entered the tournament as the three-time defending champions, but were defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champions Wisconsin.[1]

This was the second Big Ten Tournament title for the Wisconsin Badgers.[2] The Badgers defeated Indiana in penalty kicks in the championship game.[3]

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.[4]

Seed School Conference record
Pld. W L T GF GA GD Pts.
1 Michigan 8 6 1 1 15 7 +8 19
2 Indiana 8 5 0 3 14 3 +11 18
3 Michigan State 8 5 0 3 13 4 +9 18
4 Maryland 8 5 1 2 15 6 +9 17
5 Wisconsin 8 4 3 1 16 13 +3 13
6 Ohio State 8 3 5 0 6 12 −6 9
7 Penn State 8 2 6 0 6 9 −3 6
8 Northwestern 8 1 7 0 6 16 −10 3
9 Rutgers 8 0 8 0 6 26 −20 0

Bracket

First Round
November 4 		Quarterfinals
November 5 		Semifinals
November 10 		Championship
November 12
1 Michigan 4
8 Northwestern 3 8 Northwestern 1
9 Rutgers 2 1 Michigan 0
5 Wisconsin 4
4 Maryland 1
5 Wisconsin 2
5 Wisconsin (pen.) 0 (4)
2 Indiana 0 (2)
3 Michigan State 1
6 Ohio State 2
6 Ohio State 0
2 Indiana 4
2 Indiana (OT) 1
7 Penn State 0

Results

First round

No. 8 Northwestern3–2No. 9 Rutgers
Katsiyiannis 33', 64'
Mazzola 49'		 Report Dovell Yellow card 17'
Borden Yellow card 27'
Guzman 65'
Peterson Yellow card 70' 73'
Gutierrez Yellow card 87'
U-M Soccer Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Attendance: 107
Referee: Peter Dhima

Quarterfinals

No. 4 Maryland1–2No. 5 Wisconsin
Elney 28' Report Leibold 51'
Segbers 87'
Attendance: 642
No. 3 Michigan State1–2No. 6 Ohio State
Freitag 50' Report Prosuk 8'
Mohamed 42'
Attendance: 371
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
No. 1 Michigan4–1No. 8 Northwestern
Atuahene 24'
Hallahan 56', 79'
Mertz 63'		 Report Katsiyiannis 50'
Attendance: 1,503
Referee: Cailin Radosov
No. 2 Indiana1–0 (a.e.t.)No. 7 Penn State
Thomas gold-colored soccer ball 97' Report
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Semifinals

No. 5 Wisconsin4–0No. 1 Michigan
Segbers 29'
Mueller 74'
Tom Barlow 82'
Alfaro 89'		 Report
Attendance: Not reported
No. 6 Ohio State0–4No. 2 Indiana
Thomas 17'
Gutman 47'
Moore 62'
Panchot 71'
Attendance: Not reported

Final

No. 5 Wisconsin0–0 (a.e.t.)No. 2 Indiana
Report
Penalties
Schlenker soccer ball with check mark
Tom Barlow soccer ball with check mark
Schilling soccer ball with check mark
Segbers soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Moore
soccer ball with red X Swartz
soccer ball with red X Toye
soccer ball with check mark Panchot
Attendance: 1,029

Top goalscorers

Rank Player College Goals
1 Greece Tommy Katsiyiannis Northwestern 3
2 England Jack Hallahan Michigan 2
3 United States Sebastian Elney Maryland 1
United States John Freitag Michigan State
United States Neil Guzman Rutgers
Germany Noah Leibold Wisconsin
United States Mac Mazzola Northwestern
United States Ryan Peterson Rutgers
United States Michael Prosuk Ohio State
United States Mark Segbers Wisconsin

All-Tournament team

  • Tommy Katsiyiannis, Northwestern
  • Sebastian Elney, Maryland
  • Josh Levine, Penn State
  • John Freitag, Michigan State
  • Ivo Cerda, Michigan
  • Abdi Mohamed, Ohio State
  • Francesco Moore, Indiana
  • Grant Lillard, Indiana
  • Phillipp Schilling, Wisconsin
  • Alex Masbruch, Wisconsin
  • Tom Barlow, Wisconsin
  • Offensive Player of the Tournament: Tom Barlow, Wisconsin
  • Defensive Player of the Tournament: Phillipp Schilling, Wisconsin

See also

References

  1. ^ Crabtree-Hannigan, James (November 5, 2017). "Maryland men's soccer loses to Wisconsin for its first-ever Big Ten tournament defeat". The Diamondback. Maryland Media, Inc. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  2. ^ Baggot, Andy (November 12, 2017). "The Champs: Wisconsin claims first Big Ten title in 23 years behind dominant defensive performance". Wisconsin Badgers. uwbadgers.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Bailey, Teddy (November 12, 2017). "IU men's soccer misses opportunity to hold a trophy again in Big Ten tournament". The Indianapolis Star. Gannett Company. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Statistics: Conference Standings and Results". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.