2018 Big Ten men's soccer tournament

2018 Big Ten men's soccer tournament
2018 Big Ten men's soccer tournament
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
Big Ten men's soccer tournament
«2017	2019»

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 Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion As of December 11, 2018 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
Seed	School	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

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First Round November 3			Quarterfinals November 4			Semifinals November 9			Championship November 11

			1	Indiana	2^OT
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	1^OT
									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	Sean Lynch 20' Camden Buescher 77' Matt Moderwell 87'	Report	16' Jake Scheper	Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 312 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Christian Little Assistant referees: 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	Rece Buckmaster 79' Spencer Glass 96'	Report	88' Matt Moderwell	Stadium: Bill Armstrong Stadium Attendance: 1005 Referee: Mark Kadlecik Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli Assistant referees: 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	97' Eric Matzelevich	Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 638 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Andrew Bigelow Assistant referees: Eulogio Villalpando Fourth official: John Douglas

November 4, 2018	#3 Michigan	3–1	#6 Penn State	Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT	Umar Farouk Osman 28' Umar Farouk Osman 52' Jack Hallahan 80'	Report	42' Ryan Gallagher	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1094 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Dimitrios Katsimingo Fourth official: Michael Allie

November 3, 2018	#2 Wisconsin	6–3	#7 Rutgers	Madison, Wisconsin
1:00 p.m. EDT	Noah Leibold 30' Patrick Yim 43' Isaac Schlenker 49' Noah Melick 69' Noah Melick 76' Alex Alfaro 82'	Report	10' Brandon Golden 13' Miles Hackett 37' Jordan Hall	Stadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex Attendance: 219 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Heber Estrada Assistant referees: 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	Ben Di Rosa 71'	Report	60' Andrew Gutman	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 360 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Michael Allie Fourth official: Josh Kelley
	Penalties
	Amar Sejdic Chase Gasper Mike Heitzmann Vinicius Lansade Johannes Bergmann		Francesco Moore Rece Buckmaster Austin Panchot Jeremiah Gutjahr Cory Thomas

November 9, 2018	#2 Wisconsin	0–1	#3 Michigan	Westfield, Indiana
3:30 p.m. EDT		Report	20' Marc Ybarra	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 360 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Ethan Buege Assistant referees: Landon Albert Fourth official: Josh Kelley

Final

November 11, 2018	#3 Michigan	0–3	#1 Indiana	Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. EDT		Report	Cory Thomas 6' Jeremiah Gutjahr 72' Spencer Glass 74'	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 1700 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Assistant referees: Eulogio Vilalpando Assistant referees: 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

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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

References

^ "2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament". Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ "Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. November 12, 2017. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ "Big Ten Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
^ "Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 6, 2018.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Indiana Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Championship". Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

External links

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[1] "2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament". Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[2] "Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. November 12, 2017. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[3] "Big Ten Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[4] "Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 6, 2018.^{[dead link‍]}

[5] "Indiana Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Championship". Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

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