2020 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

2020 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	14
Matches	13 (total) 3 (main tournament)
Attendance	1,417
Site	Various (Campus sites)
Champions	Iowa (1st title)
Winning coach	Dave DiIanni (1st title)
Broadcast	BTN BTN+
Big Ten women's soccer tournament «2019  2021»

2020 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 4 Penn St  ‍†‍‍	9	–	1	–	1		.864			12	–	3	–	1		.781
Ohio St  ‍‍‍	6	–	1	–	3		.750			7	–	2	–	3		.708
No. 22 Rutgers  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	3		.682			8	–	3	–	3		.679
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍	6	–	3	–	2		.636			7	–	4	–	3		.607
Indiana  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	1		.591			6	–	5	–	1		.542
Illinois  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	1		.591			6	–	5	–	1		.542
Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	3		.591			5	–	3	–	3		.591
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	3		.591			5	–	4	–	3		.542
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	0		.455			6	–	6	–	1		.500
Purdue  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			4	–	6	–	2		.417
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	2	–	5	–	3		.350			2	–	5	–	3		.350
Iowa  ‍‍‡‍^y	2	–	8	–	1		.227			6	–	8	–	1		.433
Michigan St  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	1		.136			1	–	10	–	1		.125
Maryland  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	2		.091			0	–	10	–	2		.083
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:2020 Women's Soccer Standings

The 2020 Big Ten women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2020 season. It was held from April 8 to April 18.[1] As the tournament winner, Iowa earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Big Ten tournament was originally set to be played in November 2020. However, the Big Ten postponed fall sports with the hope of playing them in the spring.[2][3]

Format

The tournament consist of all 14 teams in the conference, instead of 8 as in previous years.

Rather than a straightforward 14-team tournament, there will be four "mini-tournaments" based on region and seeding. Two of the regionals will have four teams, and the other two, consisting of the two division winners, will have three. The four regional winners will advance to the main tournament, consisting of a semi-final round and the final, with each game hosted by the higher seed.[4]

Regionals

East regional 1

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Ohio State	4
	4	Maryland	2
						Ohio State		0
						Rutgers		1
	3	Rutgers	1
	2	Michigan State	0

Semifinals

Ohio State v Maryland

April 8	Ohio State	4–2	Maryland	Columbus, Ohio
12:00 p.m. ET	Kayla Fischer 42' Peyton McNamara 56', 80' Alyssa Baumbick 62'	Report	Mikayla Dayes 9' Alyssa Poarch 82'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 80

Michigan State v Rutgers

April 8	Michigan State	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Rutgers	Columbus, Ohio
3:00 p.m. ET		Report	Amirah Ali 106'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 44

Final

Ohio State v Rutgers

April 11	Ohio State	0–1	Rutgers	Columbus, Ohio
12:00 p.m. ET		Report	Ohio State own goal 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 120

East regional 2

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Penn State	3
	2	Indiana	-				Indiana	1
	3	Michigan	-

Semifinals

Indiana v Michigan

April 9	Indiana	Cancelled	Michigan	University Park, Pennsylvania
4:00 p.m. ET		Report		Stadium: Jeffrey Field

Final

Penn State v Indiana

April 11	Penn State	3–1	Indiana	University Park, Pennsylvania
	Ally Schlegel 12', 60' Frankie Tagliaferri 45'	Report	Anna Bennett 73'	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 258

West regional 1

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Illinois	1
	4	Iowa	2
						Iowa		2
						Minnesota		0
	3	Minnesota	-
	2	Nebraska	-

Semifinals

Illinois v Iowa

April 8	Illinois	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Iowa	Champaign, Illinois
8:00 p.m. ET	Kennedy Berschel 53'	Report	Josie Durr 48' Meike Ingles 93'	Stadium: Demirjian Park Attendance: 100

Nebraska v Minnesota

April 8	Nebraska	Cancelled	Minnesota	Champaign, Illinois
		Report		Stadium: Demirjian Park

Final

Minnesota v Iowa

April 11	Minnesota	0–2	Iowa	Champaign, Illinois
		Report	Meike Ingles 2' Samantha Tawharu 8'	Stadium: Demirjian Park Attendance: 11

West regional 2

	Semifinal					Final
						1	Wisconsin	1 (4)
	2	Northwestern	1				Northwestern	1 (2)
	3	Purdue	0

Semifinals

Northwestern v Purdue

April 8	Northwestern	1–0	Purdue	Madison, Wisconsin
6:00 p.m. ET	Regan Steigleder 67' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex Attendance: 50

Final

Wisconsin v Northwestern

April 11	Wisconsin	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Northwestern	Madison, Wisconsin
	Cameron Murtha 58'	Report	Lily Gilbertson 37'	Stadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex Attendance: 75
	Penalties
	Emma Jaskaniec Lauren Rice Sammy Kleedtke Clare Odmark		Regan Steigleder Aurea Martin Rowan Lapi Chloe McGhee

Final tournament

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Penn State	0
	4	Iowa	1
						Iowa		1
						Wisconsin		0
	3	Rutgers	1
	2	Wisconsin	2

Semifinals

April 15

5:00 p.m. ET

Penn State	0–1	Iowa
	Report	Meike Ingles 48'

Jeffrey Field, University Park

Attendance: 1

April 15

7:30 p.m. ET

Wisconsin	2–1	Rutgers
Lauren Rice 62' Emma Jaskaniec 86'	Report	Nneka Moneme 24'

Jeffrey Field, University Park

Attendance: 406

Final

April 18

12:00 p.m. ET

Wisconsin	0–1	Iowa
		Jenny Cape 64'

Jeffrey Field, University Park

Attendance: 272

References

1. "Big Ten Announces 2020–21 Women's Soccer Postseason Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on April 4, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
2. "Big Ten nixes fall football season, eyes spring". ESPN.com. August 11, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
3. "Big Ten and Pac-12 postpone 2020 fall sports". www.insidehighered.com. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
4. "Big Ten reveals 2020–21 women's soccer postseason schedule". SoccerWire. Retrieved April 9, 2021.