2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Big Ten
Gender:women's
Teams:8
Matches:7
Venue:Grand Park
City:Westfield, Indiana (Semifinals and Final)
Champions:Minnesota
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Stefanie Golan
Coachcount:2nd
Broadcast:BTN
Mvp:April Bockin (Offensive)
Maddie Nielsen (Defensive)
Mvpteam:Minnesota

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]

Seeds

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

SeedSchoolConference record
Pld.WLTGFGAGDPts.
1Penn State11920206+1427
2Rutgers11713126+624
3Ohio State11623129+321
4Wisconsin11623129+321
5Illinois116501210+218
6Nebraska115331512+318
7Minnesota115511614+216
8Michigan115511313016

Schedule

Final

All-Tournament team

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 Goals
1 Goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's soccer. Big Ten Conference. 28 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028131820/http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/big10-w-soccer-tournament-17.html. 28 October 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Minnesota Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20181106171834/https://bigten.org/news/2018/11/4/minnesota-wins-big-ten-womens-soccer-tournament-championship.aspx . dead . November 6, 2018 . Bigten.org . Big Ten Conference . 6 November 2018.