2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Site	Grand Park; Westfield, Indiana (Semifinals and Final)
Champions	Minnesota (2nd title)
Winning coach	Stefanie Golan (2nd title)
MVP	April Bockin (Offensive) ; Maddie Nielsen (Defensive) (Minnesota)
Broadcast	BTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament
«2017	2019»

The 2018 Big Ten Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2018 season.^[1] It is held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final.^[1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play.^[1] Penn State is the defending champions. Minnesota beat Penn State in the tournament championship game on penalties 5–4 in seven rounds. Minnesota is the Big Ten Tournament Champion.It was the first Big Ten final ever decided on penalties and just the fifth to go to overtime (first since 2014), with the Golden Gophers becoming the fourth No. 7 seed to win the Big Ten Tournament title and the first since Wisconsin in 2005.^[2]

2018 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 15 Penn St ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	2	–	0	.818	15	–	5	–	1	.738
No. 25 Rutgers ‍‍‍^y	7	–	1	–	3	.773	11	–	3	–	5	.711
No. 22 Wisconsin ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	3	.682	12	–	3	–	4	.737
Ohio State ‍‍‍^y	6	–	2	–	3	.682	9	–	5	–	4	.611
Nebraska ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	3	.591	9	–	7	–	5	.548
Illinois ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	0	.545	11	–	8	–	1	.575
Minnesota ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	5	–	1	.500	11	–	8	–	2	.571
Michigan ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	1	.500	9	–	9	–	1	.500
Northwestern ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	3	.500	10	–	4	–	4	.667
Iowa ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2	.455	8	–	7	–	3	.528
Indiana ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0	.364	8	–	8	–	2	.500
Maryland ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	2	.273	4	–	10	–	5	.342
Purdue ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	3	.227	6	–	8	–	4	.444
Michigan St ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	2	.091	5	–	10	–	3	.361


† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 6, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big Ten Conference

Seeds

Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record.

Seed	School	Conference record
Seed	School	Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Penn State	11	9	2	0	20	6	+14	27
2	Rutgers	11	7	1	3	12	6	+6	24
3	Ohio State	11	6	2	3	12	9	+3	21
4	Wisconsin	11	6	2	3	12	9	+3	21
5	Illinois	11	6	5	0	12	10	+2	18
6	Nebraska	11	5	3	3	15	12	+3	18
7	Minnesota	11	5	5	1	16	14	+2	16
8	Michigan	11	5	5	1	13	13	0	16

Bracket

Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 28			Semifinals Friday, Nov. 2			Final Sunday, Nov. 4

1	Penn State	1

8	Michigan	0
			1	Penn State	1

			5	Illinois	0
4	Wisconsin	2 (0)

5	Illinois	2 (3)
						1	Penn State	0 (4)

						7	Minnesota	0 (5)
2	Rutgers	0

7	Minnesota	1
			7	Minnesota	2

			6	Nebraska	0
3	Ohio State	0 (2)

6	Nebraska	0 (3)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

October 28, 2018	#1 Penn State	1–0	#8 Michigan	State College, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EDT	Marissa Sheva 88'	Report		Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 1534 Referee: Peter Dhima Assistant referees: Timothy Suess Assistant referees: Michael Gorsegner Fourth official: Paul Gryszkiewicz

October 28, 2018	#4 Wisconsin	2–2 (a.e.t.) (0–3 p)	#5 Illinois	Madison, Wisconsin
1:00 p.m. EDT	Dani Rhodes 34' Cameron Murtha 49'	Report	29' Katie Murray 64' Hope Breslin	Stadium: McClimon Stadium Attendance: 259 Referee: Micahael Allie Assistant referees: Landon Albert Assistant referees: Jordan Pramuk Fourth official: Danielle Kaminski
	Penalties
	Dani Rhodes Lauren Rice Payton Wesley		Patricia George Katelynn Buescher Madi Wolfbauer

October 28, 2018	#3 Ohio State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	#6 Nebraska	Columbus, Ohio
2:00 p.m. EDT		Report		Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 292 Referee: Chris Ruska Assistant referees: Brandon Klepach Assistant referees: Justin Bell Fourth official: Noah Matos
	Penalties
	Alyssa Baumbick Sarah Roberts Blair Cowan Haley Walker-Robinson Izzy Rodriguez		Savanah Uveges Meg Brandt Kenzie Coons Brenna Ochoa Natalie Cooke

October 28, 2018	#2 Rutgers	0–1	#7 Minnesota	Piscataway, New Jersey
1:00 p.m. EDT		Report	87' April Bockin	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1137 Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Amber O'Connor Assistant referees: David Bork Fourth official: George Evanego

Semifinals

November 2, 2018	#1 Penn State	1–0	#5 Illinois	Westfield, Indiana
11:00 a.m. CDT	Own Goal 66' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 168 Referee: Marc Lawrence Assistant referees: Jordan Pramuk Assistant referees: Kyle Hannon Fourth official: Rachel Smith

November 2, 2018	#6 Nebraska	0–2	#7 Minnesota	Westfield, Indiana
1:30 p.m. CDT			2', 87' April Bockin	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 168 Referee: Rebecca Pagan Assistant referees: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Rachel Smith Fourth official: Kyle Hannon

Final

November 4, 2018	#7 Minnesota	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	#1 Penn State	Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. CDT		Report		Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 283 Referee: Art Arustamyan Assistant referees: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Landon Albert Fourth official: Marc Lawrence
	Penalties
	April Bockin Emily Heslin Haley Hartkemeyer Haley Mennes Emily Peterson TJ McKendrick Makenzie Langdok		Emily Ogle Marissa Sheva Shea Moyer Maddie Nolf Kaleigh Riehl Kim Dubs Frankie Tagliaferri

All-Tournament team

Katie Murray, Illinois^[2]
Sarah Stratigakis, Michigan
April Bockin, Minnesota – Offensive Player of the Tournament
Emily Heslin, Minnesota
Maddie Nielsen, Minnesota – Defensive Player of the Tournament
Meg Brandt, Nebraska
Devon Kerr, Ohio State
Amanda Dennis, Penn State
Ellie Jean, Penn State
Amirah Ali, Rutgers
Dani Rhodes, Wisconsin

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals

April Bockin – Minnesota

1 Goal

Hope Breslin – Illinois
Katie Murray – Illinois
Cameron Murtha – Wisconsin
Dani Rhodes – Wisconsin
Marissa Sheva – Penn State

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Women's soccer". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Minnesota Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

External links

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[bt_ws-1] "Women's soccer". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

[Big_Ten_Conference-2] "Minnesota Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

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