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
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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

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.

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

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

	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

First round

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

Assists 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

• 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

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.
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.

External links

• Big East Men's Soccer Tournament