Big East Conference men's soccer tournament explained
The Big East Conference men's soccer tournament is the conference championship tournament in soccer for the Big East Conference. The single-elimination tournament has been held every year since the Big East Conference realignment in 2013. In 2023, the tournament expanded from six to eight teams, coinciding with the Big East adding Akron as a single-sport member and increasing its men's soccer lineup to 12 teams. The conference has split into East and Midwest divisions for scheduling purposes, although it will maintain a single league table. Seeding for the tournament is based on regular season conference records. The team with the best overall conference record will earn the top seed; the second seed will be the team from the opposite division with the best conference record. All remaining seeds will be based on the overall conference table. With the expansion to an eight-team bracket, byes have been eliminated; instead, the top four seeds will host quarterfinal matches, with the survivors advancing to a predetermined site for the semifinals and final.[1] The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's soccer championship.
With five titles, Georgetown has the most Big East tournament titles in the current iteration of the Big East Conference.
Champions
Sources:[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
By year
| Year | Teams | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Most Outstanding Players | Host | Stadium | Attendance | Season Champion | Teams to NCAA Tourney |
|---|
| 2013 | 6 of 10 | Marquette | 3–2 | Providence | Axel Sjoberg (Def.)
Adam Lysak (Off.)
Both Marquette | Villanova | PPL Park
Chester, Pennsylvania | 506 | Georgetown | |
| 2014 | 6 of 10 | Providence | 2–1 | Xavier | Brandon Adler (Def.)
Markus Naglestad (Off.)
Both Providence | Villanova | PPL Park
Chester, Pennsylvania | 383 | Creighton | Creighton, Georgetown,
Providence, Xavier |
| 2015 | 6 of 10 | Georgetown | 2–1 | Creighton | Joshua Yaro (Def.)
Brandon Allen (Off.)
Both Georgetown | Georgetown | Shaw Field
Washington, DC | 1,541 | Georgetown | Georgetown, Creighton |
| 2016 | 6 of 10 | Butler | 2–1 | Creighton | Eric Dick (Def.)
David Goldsmith (Off.)
Both Butler | Butler | Butler Bowl
Indianapolis, Indiana | 1,443 | Providence | Butler, Providence,
Creighton, Villanova |
| 2017 | 6 of 10 | Georgetown | 2–1 | Xavier | JT Marcinkowski (Def.) | Georgetown | Shaw Field
Washington, DC | | Butler | Butler, Georgetown |
| 2018 | 6 of 10 | Georgetown | 2–0 | Marquette | Brendan McDonough (Def.) Ethan Lochner (Off.)
Both Georgetown
| Georgetown | Shaw Field
Washington, DC | 1,641 | Creighton | Georgetown |
| 2019 | 6 of 10 | Georgetown | 3–1 | Providence | Jack Beer (Def.)Dylan Nealis (Off.) Both Georgetown
| Georgetown | Shaw Field
Washington, DC | 1,031 | Georgetown | Butler, Georgetown, Providence, St. John's |
| 2020 | 4 of 10 | Seton Hall | 2–1 | Georgetown | Maurice Williams (Def.)Mattias Sundell (Off.) Both Seton Hall
| Georgetown | Shaw Field
Washington, DC | 0 | Georgetown | Georgetown, Marquette, Seton Hall |
| 2021 | 6 of 11 | Georgetown | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Providence | Stefan Stojanovic (Off.)Giannis Nikopolidis (Def,) Both Georgetown
| Georgetown | Shaw Field
Washington, D.C. | 1,567 | Georgetown | Georgetown, Providence, St. John's,
Villanova, Creighton |
| 2022 | 6 of 11 | Creighton | 3–0 | Georgetown | Duncan McGuire (Off.)Paul Kruse (Def.) Both Creighton
| Neutral Site | Maryland SoccerPlex
Boyds, Maryland | 3,530 | Georgetown | Creighton, Georgetown, Seton Hall |
| 2023 | 8 of 12 | | 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4) pen. | | Taylor Rhinehart (Off.)Johnny Mennell (Def.) Both
| Neutral Site | Maryland SoccerPlex
Boyds, Maryland | 4,405 | | , | |
By school
- Titles listed are only from the 2013 season onward. Team records include all years as noted in the Big East Conference Record Book.[9]
Notes and References
- BIG EAST Releases 2023-24 Olympic Sports Championship and Fall Television Schedule . Big East Conference . August 16, 2023 . August 26, 2023.
- Web site: Men's Soccer - Composite Schedule.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106122429/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/stats/2013-2014/confstat.html . 2014-11-06 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201235219/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/recaps/111713aaa.html . 2014-12-01 . dead .
- [2013 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament]
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150418205522/http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111614aab.html . 2015-04-18 . dead .
- Web site: Georgetown Men's Soccer Wins First-Ever BIG EAST Championship Title.
- Web site: Butler Wins BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship Title.
- Web site: 2022 Men's Soccer Record Book. bigeast.com. Big East Conference. 18. June 21, 2023.
