2017 Big Ten men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Big Ten
Gender:men's
Teams:9
Matches:8
1Stroundvenue:U-M Soccer Stadium
1Stroundcity:Ann Arbor, Michigan
Quartervenue:Higher seeds
Semivenue:Grand Park
Semicity:Westfield, Indiana
Finalvenue:Grand Park
Finalcity:Westfield, Indiana
Champions:Wisconsin
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:John Trask
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Tom Barlow and Phillipp Schilling
Mvpteam:Wisconsin
Broadcast:BTN

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]

SeedSchoolConference record
Pld.WLTGFGAGDPts.
1Michigan8611157+819
2Indiana8503143+1118
3Michigan State8503134+918
4Maryland8512156+917
5Wisconsin84311613+313
6Ohio State8350612−69
7Penn State826069−36
8Northwestern8170616−103
9Rutgers8080626−200

Results

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerCollegeGoals
1 Tommy KatsiyiannisNorthwestern3
2 Jack HallahanMichigan2
3 Sebastian ElneyMaryland1
John FreitagMichigan State
Neil GuzmanRutgers
Noah LeiboldWisconsin
Mac MazzolaNorthwestern
Ryan PetersonRutgers
Michael ProsukOhio State
Mark SegbersWisconsin

All-Tournament team

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crabtree-Hannigan. James. Maryland men’s soccer loses to Wisconsin for its first-ever Big Ten tournament defeat. The Diamondback. Maryland Media, Inc.. November 13, 2017. November 5, 2017.
  2. Web site: Baggot. Andy. The Champs: Wisconsin claims first Big Ten title in 23 years behind dominant defensive performance. Wisconsin Badgers. uwbadgers.com. November 13, 2017. November 12, 2017.
  3. Web site: Bailey. Teddy. IU men's soccer misses opportunity to hold a trophy again in Big Ten tournament. The Indianapolis Star. Gannett Company. November 13, 2017. November 12, 2017.
  4. Web site: 2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Statistics: Conference Standings and Results. Big Ten Conference. November 3, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171102014826/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-soccer/msoc-confsked.html. November 2, 2017. dead.