2018 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Big East Conference
Division:I
Gender:men's
Teams:6
Quartervenue:Higher seeds
Semivenue:Higher seeds
Finalvenue:Shaw Field
Finalcity:Washington, D.C.
Champions:Georgetown
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Brian Wiese
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:
Broadcast:BEDN, FSG, FS2

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

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Creighton7–1–1
2Georgetown6–2–1GU 1–0 vs. PC
3Providence6–2–1PC 0–1 vs. GU
4Marquette5–3–1
5Xavier4–4–1
6St. John's3–3–3

Results

First round

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Semifinals

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Final

Statistics

Goals

RankPlayerCollegeGoals
1 Ethan LochnerGeorgetown2
Luka PrpaMarquette
2 Matt DeperroProvidence1
Diego NúñezMarquette
Luke HaakensonCreighton
Derrick OtimXavier
Samson Sergi Xavier
Riley StrassnerGeorgetown
Kyle ZajecGeorgetown

Assists

RankPlayerCollegeAssists
1 Patrick SeagristMarquette3
2 Simen HestnesXavier2
3 Cameron BelleXavier1
Brendan ConstantineProvidence
Jacob MontesGeorgetown
Dylan NealisGeorgetown
Kevin VangProvidence
Zak WegnerMarquette

All Tournament Team

All-Tournament team:[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NCAA soccer: DI men's 2018 tournament bracket released; Wake Forest is No. 1 seed . ncaa.com . . November 24, 2018 . November 12, 2018.
  2. Web site: Goff . Steven . NCAA soccer tournaments: Georgetown men and women advance with home victories . . November 24, 2018 . November 18, 2018.
  3. Web site: Georgetown eliminates West Virginia men’s soccer team in 2nd round of NCAA tourney . . Raese Publishing . November 24, 2018 . November 18, 2018.
  4. Web site: Hoyas Win Second Straight BIG EAST Championship . guhoyas.com . November 24, 2018 . November 11, 2018.
  5. Web site: Georgetown Repeats As #BEfútbol Champions . bigeast.com . Big East Conference . November 24, 2018 . November 11, 2018.