2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament

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 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 Conference Men's Soccer Tournament «2017  2019»

2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	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
		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	1
	8	Northwestern	3
	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

#8 Northwestern v #9 Ohio State

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

#1 Indiana v #8 Northwestern

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

#4 Michigan State v #5 Maryland

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

#3 Michigan v #6 Penn State

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

#2 Wisconsin v #7 Rutgers

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

#5 Maryland v #1 Indiana

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

#2 Wisconsin v #3 Michigan

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

#3 Michigan v #1 Indiana

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

See also

• Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
• 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

References

1. "2018 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
2. "Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Title". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
3. "Big Ten Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
4. "Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament" (PDF). Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
5. "Indiana Wins Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament Championship". Bigten,org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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